Amber Rose looked so different wearing a black wig. The long hair looks
good on her, but she obviously prefers her short signature hair.
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Monday, September 14, 2015
15 babies & children among 34 killed after refugee boat capsizes near Greek island
A total of 34 died after a boat capsized on a trip from Turkey to a tiny
Greek island. One distraught mum had made it to the beach but screamed:
“Where are my babies, where are my babies?” Fellow refugees told her:
“They’ve drowned.”Another devastated mother wailed as she said she had lost her nine-month-old baby and nine-year-old son. Police confirmed four babies, six boys and five girls were among the victims.
Details of the nationalities and ages of the victims of yesterday's sinking off the island of Farmakonisi were not immediately available.
The coastguard said 68 people were rescued from the water and another 30 survivors from the same boat were found on Farmakonisi.
6yr old girl invites the Queen to her birthday party & gets a response
A 6 year old schoolgirl who invited the Queen to her birthday party got a
delightful response. Melissa Poll made a card for the Queen
congratulating her on becoming the longest reigning monarch- but
complained that she hadn’t been allowed into Buckingham Palace.The 6 year old and her little sister recently visited Buckingham Palace on a family trip, but because of an ongoing strike there was no time to queue up to get inside.
So she wrote to the Queen explaining she was disappointed she could not go inside the palace and also invited the monarch to her birthday party which will take place this month.
It was posted to Buckingham Palace and within a few days Melissa received a response from the Queen’s lady-in-waiting, reports the Manchester Evening News.
The letter personally thanked Melissa for the card and included an apology she could not attend the birthday party.
It read: “The Queen wishes me to write and thank you for your letter in which you tell Her Majesty about your disappointment at not being able to tour the State Apartments at Buckingham Palace.
“Her Majesty was sorry to hear that you and your grandmother tried twice to see inside the palace and that, for various reasons, you were unlucky.”
“Although unable to come to your birthday party, the Queen greatly appreciated your kind thought for her, and I hope you have a lovely time with your family and friends on September 27.
“I am to thank you too for your kind thought in writing about the forthcoming splendid milestone in Her Majesty’s reign.”
Photos: Pregnant Kelis shows off her growing baby bump
Kelis was glowing as she flaunted
her growing baby bump while performing on the second day of On
Blackheath Festival in London on Sunday. The
36-year-old singer wore an all-black ensemble, while the addition of a
sheer shirt offered festival-goers a peak of her growing belly. More
photos after the cut..Caitlyn Jenner surprises Kris Jenner as they pose for a selfie (pics)
'Are we going to start hanging out together?' Cait asked during the 103-second clip.
'Sure, you can come over for a drink,' Kris responded. But she drew the
line at shopping together, saying: 'Let's not get carried away.'
Looking a little sombre, Kris continued: 'I just want to get to a place
where it's comfortable for us to share celebrations together.'
'Are we going to start hanging out together?' Caitlin asked during the clip.
Kourtney, Kim and Khloe Kardashian all stepped out to dinner on Sunday
night with their little siblings Kendall and Kylie Jenner. The sisters
looked very stylish in their outfits and of course, Tyga, Kylie's beau
was at dinner with his gf. More photos after the cut...
Man who died in plane crash during filming of Tom Cruise movie talked about danger of shooting films
Alan Purwin, one of the men who died in a plane crash on Friday while filming Tom Cruise pic “Mena” in Colombia, recently spoke to Variety about the dangers inherent to his line of work as a pilot.
In Variety‘s Artisans video series, Purwin addressed the risks of being a pilot for cameramen. He said that his team tries to take precautions in dangerous situations. “We try to de-risk as much as possible,” he said.
When asked what a good day on the job would entail, Purwin replied, “That everything is safe. That we walk away at the end of the day.”
He added, “Let’s face it: This is not something that is the safest thing to do. If you’re working in a helicopter, it’s like working in a race car every day. It’s just something that’s not normal.”
Purwin was founder and president of Los Angeles-based Helinet Technologies, which provides aerial surveillance technology to law enforcement and government agencies. He had worked on movies including “Transformers,” “Pearl Harbor” and “Pirates of the Caribbean.”
In Variety‘s Artisans video series, Purwin addressed the risks of being a pilot for cameramen. He said that his team tries to take precautions in dangerous situations. “We try to de-risk as much as possible,” he said.
When asked what a good day on the job would entail, Purwin replied, “That everything is safe. That we walk away at the end of the day.”
He added, “Let’s face it: This is not something that is the safest thing to do. If you’re working in a helicopter, it’s like working in a race car every day. It’s just something that’s not normal.”
Purwin was founder and president of Los Angeles-based Helinet Technologies, which provides aerial surveillance technology to law enforcement and government agencies. He had worked on movies including “Transformers,” “Pearl Harbor” and “Pirates of the Caribbean.”
Miss Georgia sings her way to Miss America crown
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. – Miss Georgia Betty Cantrell is the new Miss America, but her crowning moment was nearly overshadowed by a three-decade old pageant scandal, and a still-raw debate over whether the NFL's reigning champions cheated on their way to a Super Bowl victory.
Cantrell rode an opera performance to the title in Atlantic City's Boardwalk Hall Sunday night, besting 51 other competitors in the nationally televised pageant. She won a preliminary competition earlier in the week, also with an opera performance.
"I'm still so overwhelmed, I don't know what to say other than thank you! " Cantrell told reporters moments after being crowned Miss America.
The pageant also marked the return of Miss America 1984 Vanessa Williams, who was back for the first time after resigning the crown following a nude photo scandal. Pageant executive chairman Sam Haskell apologized to Williams on behalf of the pageant.
"I want to apologize for anything that was said or done," Haskell told Williams as they stood on the stage and the audience bathed her in applause. "Vanessa: Welcome back!"
Cantrell was asked during the question and answer portion of the pageant whether New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady cheated en route to his team's run to a Super Bowl title last season. A league-imposed four-game suspension of Brady was recently overturned by a federal judge.
During the pageant, Cantrell said, "I'm not sure" when asked if Brady cheated. "I'd have to see the ball and feel it" she said, before adding, "If there's any question, then yes, he cheated."
Asked by The Associated Press to clarify her remarks afterward, Cantrell said, "It was kind of a funky question to ask me if Tom Brady cheated. If there was any question as to whether or not he cheated and somebody else felt the ball and decided that it was deflated, then yes, I guess he did cheat."
Miss Georgia's win ended New York's dominance at the Miss America pageant. Last year's Miss America, Kira Kazantsev, was the third consecutive Miss New York to win the title.
"I can't believe it's been a year since I was backstage getting ready to compete, just as the contestants are right now," Kazantsev said at a press conference Tuesday afternoon in Boardwalk Hall. "
Preliminary competition in talent, interviews, evening wear and swimsuit competition ran through Thursday.
On Saturday, the Miss America contestants hit the Atlantic City Boardwalk for the annual "Show Us Your Shoes" parade.
Most of the shoes had designs specific to the contestant's home states. New Jersey, for instance, had dice and Monopoly money on her shoes in a nod to the pageant's Atlantic City history. Miss Idaho had a potato.
Contestants from all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico were vying for the crown. The U.S. Virgin islands, which competed last year, could not field the required minimum number of entrants this year, pageant officials said. It is eligible for future competitions.
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After 13 years together, Beyonce
and Jay Z are still crazy about each other. The power couple were
pictured kissing during their family holiday in Sardina, Italy
yesterday. See more photos after the cut.
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http://ghxtra.com/photos-jay-z-and-beyonce-kiss-passionately-during-holiday-in-italy-photos/#sthash.InDSCvSQ.dpufThursday, July 16, 2015
Wizkid gets loving birthday shoutout from his GF, Tania Omotayo
See how a woman dressed to meet the Pope. Of course she was escorted out (photos)
The police were forced to escort her out following a public outcry by Paraguayans who found her dressing offensive. She wore this tiny white top without a bra making her silicon boobs very visible. Pics of her being escorted out after the cut...
This isn't the first time Victoria will be involved in a public uproar. Few weeks ago, two pilots were sacked from Austral Airlines after taking selfies with her in the cockpit and letting her take the controls.
She was also publicly rebuked after she posted a Photoshopped picture of her self with a false big butts six months ago. For several weeks Victoria had been trying to get a private meeting with Pope Francis because she says she wants him to forgive all of her sins.
Friday, July 10, 2015
Meet another boobilicious Nollywood actress (Photos)
Well, hers isn’t as big as Cossys but she’s close. Her name is Sarraphina Amaechi and she’s a Nollywood actress. She’s currently on location in Owerri shooting a movie called Ara Sarraphina which features Cossy, Ebube Nwagbo, Rita Edochie and other actors. See more photos after the cut…
MEET AFRICA’S MOST INFLUENTIAL WOMAN IN IRELAND
A few weeks ago I had the opportunity of researching an amazing individual; Yemi Adenuga especially when I have been following Nigerian Carnival Ireland for a while now. At first, I recognized her husband Deji, whom I have seen several times in Nollywood movies.
“Wow!! so this man marry fine babe sha” was my exclamation. Nevertheless, I was fascinated by the fact that a Nigerian can be honored far away FROM HOME as being influential contrary to the bad names some others give us.
Yemi Adenuga is such an amazing person, I enjoyed every bit of
conversing with her during this interview. Down to earth is more like
the remark that fits her personality.
So here is to this adorable mentor, inspiring mother and beautiful wife.Enjoy…
Can you tell us about yourself?
My name is Yemi Adenuga. I am a game changer, an audacious woman of Influence, an activist, a broadcast media executive, a dynamic International Public speaker, a social entrepreneur, an ambassador of culture, a wife and a mother.
I was born in Ikare, Ondo State, into a polygamous family, to Late Pa Isaac Olujimi Solaru and Deaconess Christian Solaru. I am the 16th of 27 children of my father who is from Iperu-Remo, Ogun State and the 1st child of my mother, who is from Ejukwu, Kogi State. As a little girl, we moved around Nigeria a lot by virtue of my father’s job at the time as a top officer in the Police force. I grew up in Shell residential area, Rumukwurushi, Port-Harcourt, Rivers State, where my father, after his retirement from the police force, worked as a senior manager for Shell Petroleum Development Company.
I attended Army Children’s School, GRA, and Government Secondary School Eneka, both in Port-Harcourt, completing my secondary school education in Christ Apostolic Grammar School, Iperu-Remo, Ogun State. I studied Accountancy and Mass Communication at the Moshood Abiola Polytenic, Abeokuta, Ogun State, and hold a Bachelors degree in Business Studies (Human Resource Management Stream) from University College Dublin (UDC), and a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree (Project Management stream) from the Liverpool John Moores University, United Kingdom.
I am a qualified and highly experienced training and development consultant and have a certificate in First Line Management from the Institute of Leadership and Management, Ireland and a Diploma in Television Directing from the CEFAP institute of Television production and Directing, Paris, France. I am a member of several professional bodies including the Institute of leadership and Management, Ireland, the MBA Association of Ireland and Project Management Association, Ireland. I am also an associate of the Irish Institute of Training and Development.
You were recently named one of the most influential women in Ireland, can you tell us how it all started?
I’m not sure exactly how it started, but I suppose it happened as a result of the work I have done and still do within the Irish society. Even I was surprised myself but everyone keeps telling me it was well overdue. Honestly, I believe it was all God’s favor, especially giving the fact that I am the first and only African/migrant woman on that list. As an African business leader and role Model in Diaspora, one of my desires is to make positive impact on women and youths and bring about positive change in my own little way.
Everything I do revolves around making my family, friends and my countries Nigeria & Ireland proud of me. My mission is to empower women and I do this through my development brand which inspires, motivates, encourages and challenges women around the world to achieve their dreams. Over and over again, I have demonstrated by my own examples, determination and hard work, that any goal can be achieved. Through my NGO, African Women Development Initiative (AWDI), I give back to Africa by supporting the education of girls, supporting the less privileged and encouraging women and youths through personal/business development training and career guidance, to build their confidence and take the key to their own success. I do a lot of lobbying and advocacy work in the (Dáil) Parliament here in Ireland on behalf of Migrants.
In my local County, Meath, where I live, twice I have been elected chairperson of Cultúr Migrants Centre, a community work organization working across Co. Meath with ethnic minorities with a vision to see an equal and intercultural County Meath and a mission to promote the empowerment, participation, self-determination and rights of ethnic minorities who experience or are at risk of poverty, social exclusion and racism.
I am a director and member of the Executive Board of the National Women’s council of Ireland (NWCI), Ireland’s leading national women’s membership organization which represents over 170 groups and a wide range of individual members from a diversity of backgrounds, sectors and locations and seeking equality for women. So going back to your question, these and other reasons might account for how it started.
Can you share some of the challenges you faced and how you were able to overcome them?
If its with regards to my listing as one of the most influential women in Ireland, there were no challenges for me because I didn’t even know I was nominated, shortlisted and listed. But in other areas of my life generally I have had challenges. Who hasn’t? Growing up I had to deal with the challenge of being a girl child, one of 27 children of my father. My mum has 6 girls and my uncles never thought we would ever amount to anything.
I overcame that challenge by studying hard, working hard and staying focused with a determination to succeed. Moving to Ireland over 15 years ago I had to deal with the challenge of starting from the scratch. I had to leave the life I knew behind and getting a job wasn’t the easiest thing. I overcame that by constantly searching till I found and I worked my way up the ladder in spite of all odds. In my work life as I broadcaster, I had to deal with the challenge of losing my privacy.
People automatically make themselves authorities where your life is concerned; if you spit it means you must be pregnant, if you board public transport it means you must be broke, if you have lunch with a person of the opposite S*X you must be having an affair. The tabloids don’t help matters. They make up all kinds of headlines to sell their papers and leave people miserable and relationships broken. People love you when the going is good and hate you when you make wrong moves. I know some celebrities mess up, big time, but that doesn’t mean every celebrity WILL mess up.
We will certainly make mistakes because we are human, but it doesn’t mean people and the press should bring the sledge hammer down as judge and jury with hardly any chance of an appeal. I believe also that if celebrities stay true to themselves and remain consistent, whatever people say or write, the truth will eventually be known. Without planning to, because we are in the public eye, we become role models for so many and have to work towards doing the right thing always as people constantly watch our lives.
It’s a privilege to be a role model and a popular face, but it comes with its challenges. I could go on and on, but challenges are a big park of stepping up in life and my challenges have lead me thus far. I love challenges.
What t influences did you have growing up and what were the things that inspired you?
My initial influence was from my background and great love for music. I love music passionately and growing up, I use to listen to the radio a lot. There was a lady presenter on Radio in Port-Harcourt (Forgotten her name now). She was good and I always looked forward to when she was on air. She influenced my interest in radio and years down the line, my husband insured me to go into broadcasting.
Would you say today’s youths have the right kind of influences as you did growing up?
Yemi: No, not at all. Times have changed so much. Sometimes I wonder at how things have changed so drastically. Growing up, everyone looked out for everyone else’s children along with theirs, now if you as much as correct a child, you are accused of child abuse. As a child, you wouldn’t dare encounter an adult and not greet properly, you wouldn’t dare look an adult straight in the eye when they chastised you, you were born and trained to ooze respect and I honestly believe it defined us and made us good people.
Today, I watch youths speak rudely to their elders, even their parents and the parents shrug it off as ‘children of now-a-days’. It’s very disheartening. If you tried that in my time, prepare to receive half-a-dozen slaps from uncles, aunties, neighbors, etc. (Your head go correct). The struggles of our mothers made them our direct role models, we saw them as our super heroes, somehow they always made things right, but these day youths hardly have direct role models.
They chose their role models on Television and on social media. People they will never see or interact with. It’s such a sorry state of things.
How were you able to distinguish yourself as a force to be reckoned with in Ireland?
I didn’t set out to distinguish myself as a force to be reckoned with in Ireland. I just did the things I was passionate about and I did them consistently because I enjoyed and loved doing them. My passion to pay it forward and the things I do have gotten recognized in the humanitarian and philanthropic initiatives I lend myself to.
I am involved in my community and I get asked to contribute or support a number of projects in and outside my local community. What I do is part of who I am, so it come naturally, not out of a wish to be the most outstanding African woman in Ireland. All of those recognitions are extra added value to what I do.
What is your mission and why do you do what you do?
My mission like I mentioned earlier is simply to empower women, support and encourage them to build their confidence and take the key to their own success. Why do I do what I do? It is simply because I wish to see a society where women can rise through the ashes and make a success of their lives like myself even when family, friends and society have all condemned them to a life of failure.
I want to pass a clear message that you can achieve your goals in life as a woman without compromising your dignity and integrity and even still have a loving family to crown all your hard work. People (and sadly some women too) believe that, for a women to be very successful and outstanding she has to either be single, divorced or willing to sell herself short. Well I make bold to say that is a whole load of hogwash. Success comes at varying levels and if people work hard at what they love doing without the need to prove anything to anyone, the limit is beyond the sky.
Tell us how you met your husband and what was the attraction?
I met him in 1985 in Church at the choir rehearsal for our annual convention in Ikenne, Ogun State. Sparks did fly or anything of the sort. I simply thought, ‘Hmmm… here is a fine looking guy, too dark, but not bad looking’. That was all. There wasn’t really a ‘toasting’ as such. We became friends, we wrote to each other regularly and I suppose the content of our letters spoke plenty without being direct. We became so fond of each other so much so that things naturally fell into place. I became attracted to him as a result of his sincerity and kindness. He’s very genuine. He’s never afraid to admit to a mistake and apologize for it. He sees the good in everyone and always has a kind word for people. He is nice to a fault, but I love him like that.
Can you remember how he proposed?
It was on the balcony of his three bedroom flat in Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State then. He first rattled some mumbo-jumbo about the past, the future and the reasons why he loved me. Then out of the blue, he got on one knee and asked me to marry him. He even had a cake with a candle in it. (My kids think that was so weird) but how does one resist that at that time?
With your hectic schedule how have you been able to balance career and family?
Yemi: It was a challenge a few years back, especially when we first started running our company in Ireland, but we have overcome that challenge now. The kids are grown and are still growing so they have become accustomed to my husband and I being away often. The best part is, my husband and I work together so we get to mix business with pleasure a lot. Every business trip is a ‘holiday’. We make the best of it. Plus we spend a lot of time with the children when we are home to make up for when we are not.
What principles have you applied to enjoy marital bliss?
Enjoy what you have right in front of you as what you’re struggling to have might either never come or might come at a time when you’ve too old to enjoy it. Life is too short, enjoy the time you’ve got.
How have you been able to instill the Nigerian culture in your children being based abroad?
As you may be aware, I run the annual Nigerian Carnival Ireland (NCI) every August with my husband and a very dynamic team. As a result, we have both become ambassadors of Nigerian Culture. We are very proudly Nigerian and we teach our children respect and the fear of God. We speak Yoruba to them at home. My two older girls understand and speak Yoruba and the boys understand but are learning to speak. They love singing in Yoruba and dressing in native attires. They all love Nigerian food which we make often at home.
They have a lot of fun watching Nollywood movies as they are always quick to point out ‘crazy’ scene such as when someone is shot and there is no BLO*D, when guys take girls shopping (they say it’s always in a boutique), when someone is having a flashback of a situation he wasn’t even present at etc. They love going to Nigeria and getting caught in the traffic with the crazy noise all around, they get excited at seeing live chickens, lizards etc. We teach them about who they are and who they can be.
What do you do in your leisure time and how do you relax
I spend time with the family and totally chill out. I listen to music too. I love music. I also do a lot of write. I’ve currently writing 6 books and will publish them soon when I finish the 7th one I am writing with my husband.
What African dish do you love to prepare for your family?
Amala, Gbegiri and Ewedu.
If you weren’t doing what you are doing now, what other career would you dive in?
Acting. I have done some acting a bit on the side and I love it every time I do it.
What advice do you have for young youths pursing their dreams?
Consciously find a direct role model who has made it in the line of your chosen career. Someone you can actually see in real life and talk too. Tell them you have chosen them to be your mentor and set out a mentorship plan with them. You need someone to see your dreams as you see them, to encourage you and tell you it’s doable because they’ve done it themselves and to show you how to achieve that dream.
Sharing your dream with the wrong person may kill that dream for life. Be wise in the choices you make and be ready to accept responsibility for them even when you fail. It’s the best way to learn from your mistakes.
MC Galaxy Arrested For Beating Up His Female Manager
MC Galaxy was reportedly arrested last night, July 9th, 2015 for beating up his manager, Babra.
A source close to SDK claims that the singer was arrested and charged with three count charges of battery and abuse.
The source said “First he locked her up in the bathroom for hours after beating her up and she managed to sneak a phone into the bathroom and tried reaching out to some Nigerians she knew for help luckily a friend called the police but before then galaxy had seized Her international passport, packed up her stuffs and dragged her into the jeep Governor Akpabio gifted him and was already driving furiously to the airport when the police accosted them and dragged them all to Maroko police station”
Babra lives with the singer and his artistes in their Lekki home. And she’s currently in a sympathizers house recuperating from the shock she suffered in the hands of the musician.
The source accused the singer of maltreating women and that his wings should be clipped. “When will Galaxy’s wings be clipped cause he had gotten away with too much of abusing and beating up women and every dog should have its day??” the source added.
Galaxy was released on bail this morning, Friday, 10th of July and was asked to sign an undertaking.
The undertaking stated that if anything happens to his manager he will be held responsible.
Thursday, July 09, 2015
Gov Fayose pictured drinking palmwine with Ekiti residents at a local joint
Photo: Checkout Chris Brown Massive shoe closet
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