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So much TALENT in one room. The Hollywood Reporter  recently unveiled a simply beautiful cover of 6 of the most buzzed actresses who are racking Oscar buzz as the awards season approaches. And they are; Oprah Winfrey  – Lee Daniels’ The Butler Lupita Nyong’o  – 12 Years a Slave Julia Roberts  – August: Osage County Amy Adams  – American Hustle Emma Thompson  – Saving Mr. Banks Octavia Spencer  – Fruitvale Station They had a stunning photo shoot and had a roundtable conversation about life, acting, sacrifices and a whole lot more. by bella naija

Ever since he won the third season of Nigerian Idol, Moses Obi-Adigwe has gotten a few heads turning and will hopefully clear their doubts also in his new music video, “Number One”. by Onos O

The idea of Idris Elba polarises. To women, he’s a sex symbol. Handsome, tall, bearded and blessed with a pleasing to the ear British accent. To men he’s another of those figures we are somewhat envious of. To compensate for our inadequacies, we socialise ourselves into thinking that his sex appeal is responsible for the modest success he has earned. I used to like Mr Elba for no other reason than he was an Arsenal fan. And then he hosted a disastrous concert I attended in Lagos last Christmas. Whilst he was not at fault for the logistical flaws, his visible intoxication didn’t help. When I read that he was cast in the new Mandela bio pic, I was apathetic. The lines above were written before I saw the movie. Mr Elba, welcome to the A List. This is Will Smith in Ali, Denzel in Malcolm X, Jamie Foxx in Ray, Forrest Whittaker in Last King of Scotland territory. The stuff on which careers are defined and laurels won. The accent is close and the mannerisms and style of walking evolve o

Big Brother Africa: The Chase  star  Beverly Osu  and her media personality friend  Denrele Edun  paid their last respect to the legend at his house in South Africa. by bella naija

Microsoft has offered a bizarre take on wearable technology with a controversial new ‘smart’ bra for women. Researchers  for the software giant claim the undergarment will stop women comfort eating when stressed. The hi-tech bra measures the wearer’s heart rate and breathing and alerts them when their stress levels are rising by sending a Bluetooth alert to their smartphone. Senior Microsoft researcher Mary Czerwinski hopes the bra will make women think twice before opening the fridge. ‘It’s mostly women who are emotional overeaters and it turns out a bra is perfect for measuring the heart,’ she told Discovery News. ‘We tried to do the same thing for men’s underwear but it was too far away.’ However, many seem less than impressed with Microsoft’s latest product, with one Twitter user asking: ‘The most sexist product ever invented? ‘

First Royal Events, the organisers of  Exquisite Face Of The Universe beauty pageant has announced that 2face Idibia and Tiwa Savage will be performing at the  Exquisite Face Of The Universe  finals holding on Saturday December 19 2013. The biggest African beauty pageant event, being staged in Nigeria for the first time will take place at the prestigious Eko Hotel & Suites by  6pm . 2face and Tiwa will join other performers at the Exquisite Face Of The Universe finale to serenade guests and contestants with some of their latest hit singles. 2Face Idibia, who is no stranger to beauty pageants, will be joined on stage by some of the beauty queens vying for the top prize. Continue... Recently wedded Tiwa Savage is also expected to perform her upbeat  Kele Kele Love  and the recent chart topper,  Eminado . Guests will be treated to an exciting dance competition by the exquisite beauty queens in addition to talent and fashion shows during the grand finale event. Exqui

For quite some time now, the Copyrights Society of Nigeria (COSON), has been harassing the Broadcasting Society of Nigeria (BON) and the Independent Broadcasting Society of Nigeria, IBAN, insisting that they pay royalties for playing the songs of Nigerian artists. COSON has dragged several radio and TV stations to court, demanding millions, sometimes billions of Naira in royalty. Well, it seems IBAN and BON have had enough. Two days ago, they announced the ban of all Nigerian artists registered with COSON. Meaning that they ordered the immediate stop to the airing of songs of artists who are COSON members. The artists include 2face Idibia, D'banj, Onyeka Onwenu, Iyanya, Banky W, Flavour, Ice Prince, Dr Sid, Olamide, 9ice, M.I, eLDee, Ruggedman, Wizkid, Asa, Waje, Omawumi and several others. In a statement released and signed jointly by the President and Secretary of IBAN, Sonny Adun and Guy Murray Bruce, the need for such a drastic step was due to "the antagonism and harassme

JOHANNESBURG - A film based on the life of Nelson Mandela, “Long Walk to Freedom”, has became South Africa’s all-time highest grossing picture after its opening last week, production company Videovision Entertainment said Tuesday. The British-South African co-production, starring British actor Idris Elba as Mandela, has earned 4.4 million rand ($427,000, 315,000 euros) — shattering records previously held by blockbusters like “The Wolverine”, “Hangover 3″ and some locally produced films. South African producer Anant Singh said he was “extremely pleased with the audience reaction” and the emotional response to the two-and-a half-hour movie. Largely based on Mandela’s autobiography of the same title, “Long Walk to Freedom” traces the life of the revered leader from his childhood in the rural Eastern Cape, through his anti-apartheid activism and decades of incarceration, to his election as the country’s first black president in 1994. The film opened in the United States on Novem

After the much buzzed about exit of young tech executive  Michael Ugwu   from   iROKING   in October, a CEO for the brand was yet to be named. Today BellaNaija received a release that  Jason Njoku , the original founder and CEO of iROKING and its sister company  iROKOtv , will now be at the helm of affairs for the brand. Read the press release sent out; iROKING, Nigeria’s leading digital music platform, announces that its new CEO is Jason Njoku. Njoku was the original founder and CEO of iROKING alongside his role at iROKOtv, the world’s largest online catalogue of Nollywood movies. Njoku will now return to take overall control of iROKING artist management, all aspects of music distribution, including YouTube, iTunes and Amazon distribution, and oversee platform partnerships with the likes of Mxit and Eskimi. Speaking on returning to a company he founded, Jason Njoku says: “What we’ve built with iROKING in its 23 month history is pretty incredible. There’s a lot of chat amon