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Nollywood actor, Charles Okocha, aka Igwe 2Pac, has opened up about his near-death experience. Featuring in a recent episode of ‘Curiosity Made Me Ask,’ the comedian shared that he was once shot six times and miraculously survived. Okocha revealed that one of the bullets passed through one side of his stomach and came out on…
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Netflix is raising prices for some subscribers as it reported 18.9 million new customers in the last three months of 2024. Prices will rise for users in the United States, Canada, Portugal and Argentina. Netflix has not yet confirmed if the UK will see any similar price increases – but it signals a direction of…
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Mark Owen and his family have been forced to flee their home in Los Angeles as the wildfire spreads. The Take That star’s wife, Emma Ferguson, said on Instagram yesterday that the couple, their children and animals had to evacuate after waking to “helicopters, thick black smoke and winds howling”. She said she “feels so…
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Oscar-winning actor Mel Gibson has revealed his home was destroyed in the Los Angeles wildfires while he was away recording a podcast interview with Joe Rogan. The Mad Max star said his home was “completely toasted” but that his family were “happy and healthy and out of harm’s way”. Appearing on NewsNation’s Elizabeth Vargas Reports,…
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Actress Jamie Lee Curtis has said her family is donating $1m (£814,600) to fire relief efforts in Los Angeles. Writing on Instagram, the Halloween and Freaky Friday star said she had been in contact with California Governor Gavin Newsom, mayor Karen Bass and senator Adam Schiff. “All the available first responders and agencies involved in…
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The Princess of Wales has been working on her annual Christmas carol service – one of the highlights of the royal calendar, it has emerged. Kate was mentioned in the Court Circular after holding a meeting about the event with aides and members of her Royal Foundation at Windsor Castle on Tuesday. It is only the…
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Pop star Justin Timberlake pleaded guilty in a New York State court on Friday (Sept 13) to a lesser traffic charge than drunk driving after he was arrested over the summer when police spotted him failing to obey a stop sign and veering off lane. Timberlake, 43, agreed to plead guilty to driving while ability…
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After his first big role in The Dirty Dozen in 1967, Sutherland’s career as a leading man peaked in the 1970s. He starred in films by the era’s top directors – even if they didn’t always do their best work with him: Come the next decade, Robert Redford, to the surprise of some, cast Sutherland…
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Helen Mirren will ‘miss’ Donald Sutherland’s ‘presence in this world’ Helen Mirren has described Donald Sutherland as “one of the smartest actors I ever worked with”. In a statement to The Hollywood Reporter, she said: “He had a wonderful enquiring brain, and a great knowledge on a wide variety of subjects.” He also “combined this…
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A New York judge decided today that Jonathan Majors will still be sentenced next week on his assault and harassment conviction. Judge Michael Gaffey has denied the defense motion to set aside the verdicts and strip the guilty results against the Creed III actor that a jury delivered on December 18 last year. With this last Hail Mary effort now dead, Majors…
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The Minister of Arts, Culture and Creative Economy, Hannatu Musawa has expressed sadness over the death of renowned Nollywood actor, John Okafor, popularly known as Mr Ibu. The minister, in a statement through her Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Nneka Anibeze, described the occurrence as “one death too many”. Musawa said this was coming…
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Veteran Hong Kong actor Benz Hui’s daughter Charmaine held a second wedding ceremony with her Singaporean husband Shane Sim at The Fullerton Bay Hotel Singapore last weekend. Based on a report by Shin Min Daily News yesterday, when Benz, 75, was asked to give wedding advice to the couple, he said: “There is no best decision…
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Actor Christian Oliver and his two daughters have died in a plane crash in the eastern Caribbean. The aircraft went down just west of Petit Nevis, a tiny private island near Bequia, part of St Vincent and Grenadines, on Thursday afternoon, according to the Caribbean nation’s police. The pilot, Robert Sachs, also died. The single-engine…
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After eight years of being together, Mediacorp actors Nick Teo, 33, and Hong Ling, 29, have finally gotten hitched. The couple registered their marriage on Thursday (Dec 14) and had their wedding banquet the following day. On Dec 8, a few days before tying the knot, Hong Ling had taken to Instagram to share a…
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Nigerian artistes, Davido, Burna Boy, Ayra Starr, Asake, and Olamide have all been nominated for the 66th Grammy Awards. Grammy-winning star, Burna Boy bagged a total of four nominations for the 2024 event while Davido, Asake, Arya Starr and Olamide were nominated for the first time. Davido bagged three nominations while the other got one…
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Big Brother Naija reality show star, Terseer Waya, aka Kiddwaya, has urged his colleagues to stop pressuring themselves to flaunt flashy lifestyles, claiming that celebrity lifestyle may not be for them. Kiddwaya, a son of flamboyant billionaire businessman and socialite, Terry Waya, also urged fans to stop pressuring their faves. He said flamboyant lifestyle isn’t…
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