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OMOTOLA JALADE-EKEINDE’S ENTERTAINMENT FAIR GETS YOUTUBE AND AGN SUPPORT

The Entertainment Fair and Festival, TEFFEST, which has Omotola as its convener is scheduled to hold on Friday, November 29, 2019.

The AGN President, Ejezie Emeka Rollas will join Ali Baba, Bisola Aiyeola and Craig Fenton of Google as speakers at the event.

Speaking on the event, the ‘Alter Ego’ star said,

“Our Vision is to show how all other industries service, improve, relate to, and can do business in/with entertainment eventually, creating one of the biggest business chains in the economy. We hope to help bring structure to the entertainment industry while collaborating with international partners to provide training, advice, network, and opportunities,” said the 2018 AMVCA Best Actress.

Omotola said further that the ulterior aim is to promote and showcase the businesses around African entertainment to the world as it creates a platform for world-class innovations around entertainment to come into Africa.

On why AGN is backing the fair and festival, Rollas says it is a welcome development that should be encouraged for the growth and sustainability of the industry. The AGN president said it’s more laudable that the fair and festival is the brainchild of one of Nollywod’s pride.

TEFFEST is coming on the heels of the African International Film Festival, AFRIFF, which held between November 10 and November 17, 2019.

 

 

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UKONWA OJO BECOMES THE SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT OF MAC COSMETICS!

After three years, Ojo will be leaving her role as Chief Marketing Officer for Coty Consumer Beauty where she had to oversee brands like Cover Girl and Sally Hansen.

She made the announcement on Instagram saying that she has always wanted to work with MAC Cosmetics.

When I was in business school (circa 2003), I wanted to switch from a 6-year career in Finance to Marketing/Brand Management. A very common question many companies asked in brand management interviews was… Interviewers: Can you give me an example of a brand you think is marketed well? Me: M.A.C Cosmetics

Ojo has previously worked with high-end brands including Clairol, Rimmel, Katy Perry Parfums, and Nautica.

In her post on Instagram, she expresses her gratitude to Cover Girl and Coty Consumer Beauty for “an amazing career a girl could dream of.”

She also thanks MAC for bringing her on board.

To my M.A.C family, thank you for welcoming me so warmly. ME LOVE YOU LONG TIME!!!

See her Instagram post below:

Photo credit: @ukonwaojo

 

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#RUBYGIRLS| “IN FIVE YEARS TIME, I SEE MYSELF BECOMING THE WOMAN I HAVE ALWAYS DREAMT OF” -ADEBANJO ADERINSOLA ABIBAT

Adebanjo Aderinsola Abibat, a versatile young woman and entrepreneur is a graduate of Performing Arts, Olabisi Onabanjo University, (OOU). She is an indigene of Ogun State.

She is a hair stylist, a fashion designer, make up artist (including special effect) and an actor. She is also the CEO of Black doll and Rinsola Aesthetics and the Co-Founder of Costume Sisters.

Aderinsola shares her ‘Ruby Girl’ story in this interview.

 

MEET ME

My name is Adebanjo Aderinsola Abibat, popularly known as Rinsola. I am a graduate of Performing Arts, Olabisi Onabanjo University OOU. I am from Ogun State.

I’m an hair stylist, a fashion designer, make up artist (including special effect) and an actor. I am the CEO of Black doll and Rinsola Aesthetics and the Co-Founder of Costume Sisters.

HOBBIES

I am a freak when it comes to applying makeup and taking pictures. I also love dancing, drawing and standing in front of camera, either acting or making my short videos.

INSPIRATION

I am mostly inspired by my Milieu, especially when I have to express myself through drawing. I draw what I see, and I also do this sometimes when it comes to making a creative outfit. Social media is another source of my inspiration. When I see people’s work, I get motivated to do more than ever someone else has done, plus it’s a constant reminder not to relent and also improve to be the best. Hakeem Effects (Onilogbo Hakeem) inspires me more on the area of special effects or makeup fantasy.

 

ONE ACCESSORY I CAN’T LEAVE HOME WITHOUT

Earrings

BALANCING IT ALL…

Everything in life has its own season or time. Especially when it comes to hair and sewing. There are times when I get jobs for make up only or sewing e.t.c. So far, I haven’t been in a situation where I have to do all at the same time. It’s either two or three at most.

I remembered a situation where I had to dance, act, and was also the costumier and makeup artist for that production. It was actually stressful, but I was able to pull through because it was something I really enjoyed doing. I have passion for these things and also derive happiness from doing them.

BEST QUOTE

Make hay while the sun shine.

 

ONE THING I WILL LIKE TO CHANGE ABOUT ME

Low self esteem especially when it comes to competition or public speaking.

WHAT KEEPS ME UP AT NIGHT

Social media. I love feeding my eyes with things that are trending, especially things that have to do with fashion.

MOST MEMORABLE EXPERIENCE ON STAGE AS A THEATRE ARTS STUDENT…

My induction ( initiation to Theater Arts). Walking around the school bare footed with palm front in my mouth alongside my course mates and dancing on stage with public figures including the likes of Abbey Lanre, Yinka Quadri, Jide Kosoko, Shola Kosoko, Faithia Balogun, Toyosi Adesanya, and Victor Olaotan who was the chief priest of the occasion.

 

IF GIVEN THE CHANCE TO BE THE PRESIDENT FOR A DAY…

I would change the economy. It is one of the biggest problem that Nigeria is currently facing. The rate of buying and selling has drastically increased and is negatively affecting the citizens. Inflation in prices of goods and services is rising and our currency is depreciating. Income earned by workers can no longer sustain them, which is a threat in the lives of many people.

UPBRINGING

My upbringing didn’t prepare me for all that I am today. Maybe I would have been better than this if that was the case but I thank God for where I am today.

 

MY BRAND IN THE NEXT 5 YEARS

I see myself becoming the woman I have always dreamt of. A successful entrepreneur and a public figure.

 

WORDS OF ADVICE FOR GIRLS YOUNGER THAN ME

No matter how bad your background is, how broke you are, where you are today or what anyone else says about you, your life and your future matters. Hard work is the younger brother to miracle, put in effort and hard work in whatever you do, just be yourself and never follow anyone else path and the sky will be your starting point.

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JAY Z AND BEYONCE’S DAUGHTER, BLUE IVY WINS SONGWRITING AWARD

Blue Ivy bagged the Ashford & Simpson Songwriter’s Award at Sunday’s Soul Train Awards for co-writing her mother’s hit Brown skin girl, a song celebrating dark- and brown-skinned women.

Blue Ivy gives a vocal performance that opens and closes the song, which also features Wizkid and Saint Jhn.

The Carters were not at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas to accept the honour named after the legendary Motown songwriting duo Nick Ashford and Valerie Simpson.

Blue Ivy shares the win with Beyonce, Jay-Z, St Jhn and several other co- writers.

This week could get even better for Blue Ivy.

 

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MODEL SLICK WOODS REVEALS SHE HAS STAGE 3 MELANOMA CANCER

Slick Woods, the model who trended when she walked the runway for Rihanna’s Savage X Fenty fashion show while in labour (read here), shocked her fans when she took to Instagram to reveal she’s undergoing chemotherapy.

She has now revealed that she has stage 3 Melanoma cancer. She told TheShadeRoom that the cancer is spreading and she’s currently fighting for her life.

 

Model Slick Woods reveals she has stage 3 Melanoma cancer

 

Celebrities and Slick’s fans have been sending in messages of support.

 

Model Slick Woods reveals she has stage 3 Melanoma cancer

 

She also took to Instagram to write: “Stop treating me like a victim.”

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GAME OF THRONES STAR, EMILIA CLARKE REVEALS HER PRODUCERS ‘GUILT-TRIPPED’ HER INTO ACTING MULTIPLE NUDE SCENES

British actress Emilia Clarke who played Daenerys Targaryen in the popular HBO series ‘Game of Thrones’ has made an astonishing claim about the hit tv show producers.

Emilia, 33, who went nude and simulated sex scenes as Khaleesi in the first episodes of the Tv show, claims she was pressured by her bosses to perform the multiple nude scenes because according to her bosses she would be disappointing a lot of fans if she didn’t do them. She said she had to rely on a lot of alcohol to act those scenes.

 

Game of Thrones star Emilia Clarke alleges her producers
In an interview with Dax Shepard on his podcast Armchair Expert, the actress said she hadn’t agreed to the nude scenes in advance but felt she should do it anyway because she was new to the industry.

Emilia said: ‘I’m a lot more savvy [now] with what I’m comfortable with, and what I am okay with doing.

Game of Thrones star Emilia Clarke alleges her producers

 

‘I’ve had fights on set before where I’m like, “No, the sheet stays up”, and they’re like, “You don’t wanna disappoint your Game of Thrones fans”. And I’m like, “F**k you”.’

Season one filming began in July 2010, when Emilia was 23 and now admits the amount of nudity in the first season was ‘overwhelming’ and she had relied on alcohol to get through the scenes.

She said: ‘I took the job and then they sent me the scripts and I was reading them, and I was, like, “Oh, there’s the catch!”

‘But I’d come fresh from drama school, and I approached [it] as a job – if it’s in the script then it’s clearly needed, this is what this is and I’m gonna make sense of it. Everything’s gonna be cool.’

”So I came to terms with that beforehand, but then going in and doing it… I’m floating through this first season and I have no idea what I’m doing, I have no idea what any of this is.

‘I’ve never been on a film set like this before, I’d been on a film set twice before then, and I’m now on a film set completely naked with all of these people, and I don’t know what I’m meant to do and I don’t know what’s expected of me, and I don’t know what you want and I don’t know what I want.

 

Game of Thrones star Emilia Clarke alleges her producers

 

‘Regardless of there being nudity or not, I would have spent that first season thinking I’m not worthy of requiring anything, I’m not worthy of needing anything at all…

‘Whatever I’m feeling is wrong, I’m gonna cry in the bathroom and then I’m gonna come back and we’re gonna do the scene and it’s gonna be completely fine.’
In another scene, another of her love interests stripped for the camera, and she praised the show for that, but added that her love interest in season 1, Khal Drogo didn’t strip for the camera but she did..

She added: ‘No, I don’t know why. But I’d like to bring your memory back to Mr. Michiel Huisman and I copulating for the first time, which began with me saying, “Take off your clothes,” and then you got to see his perfect bottom.’

She explained: ‘I love that so many women watch the show. If you look at ‘Game of Thrones’ on face value — blood, t**s, dragons, swearwords — you’re like, “Oh, this must be for guys”.’

‘But if you take that away, the story lines are fascinating depictions of the struggle for power. And women are in on that conversation.’

She said about Khal Drogo: ‘Oh, I did. I saw his member’, she said. ‘But it was covered in a pink fluffy sock. Showing it would make people feel bad. It’s too fabulous.’

 

 

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ALICIA KEYS AND HUSBAND, SWIZZ BEATZ PRESENT A CASE STUDY ON THEIR LIVES AT HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL

Alicia Keys and her husband Swizz Beatz presented a case study on their lives at the prestigious Harvard Business School.

The power couple, who are both Grammy award winners, presented their work entitled, “Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys: A Power Couple”.  Their presentation was about the success of their personal and professional partnership.

Power couple, Alicia Keys and Swizz Beatz presented a case study on their lives at Harvard Business School

 

Though the presentation held over the weekend, Alicia Keys took to Twitter this week to reveal the news and also to share photos.

 

Power couple, Alicia Keys and Swizz Beatz presented a case study on their lives at Harvard Business School

 

She wrote: “Friday was a powerful day. My baby, Swizz Beatz, and I presented case studies on our lives and business at Harvard Business School.”

Power couple, Alicia Keys and Swizz Beatz presented a case study on their lives at Harvard Business School

 

She added: “As a kid I never would’ve imagined this! If we can do it, you can do it better.”

 

Power couple, Alicia Keys and Swizz Beatz presented a case study on their lives at Harvard Business School

 

Swizz Beatz graduated from Harvard Business School. He earned a certificate from Harvard’s Owner/President Management Program.

Earlier this year, Swizz Beatz helped put together “Gordon Parks: Selections from the Dean Collection” at Ethelbert Cooper Gallery and was featured in The Harvard Gazette.

 

Power couple, Alicia Keys and Swizz Beatz presented a case study on their lives at Harvard Business School

 

Alicia Keys and Swizz Beatz have been married since 2010 and share sons Egypt, nine, and Genesis, four.

 

Power couple, Alicia Keys and Swizz Beatz presented a case study on their lives at Harvard Business School

 

 

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COME 2020, THE BALTIMORE SUN MUSEUM OF ART WILL BE ACCEPTING WORKS FROM FEMALE ARTISTS ONLY

The Baltimore Museum of Art will celebrate 2020 by adopting a daring new policy designed to reverse the art world’s historic marginalization of female artists.

Museum director Christopher Bedford said Thursday that every artwork the BMA obtains for its permanent collection next year — every painting, every sculpture, every ceramic figurine, whether through a purchase or donation — will have been created by a woman.

“You don’t just purchase one painting by a female artist of color and hang it on the wall next to a painting by Mark Rothko. To rectify centuries of imbalance, you have to do something radical.” -CHRISTOPHER BEDFORD

In addition, each of the 22 exhibits on view will have a female-centric focus. Nineteen will showcase artworks exclusively by women and will include works by at least one transgender woman, Zackary Drucker, a Los Angeles-based artist and consultant for the Amazon original television series “Transparent.”

Two exhibitions will explore how male artists perceive women, and another will honor the visionary Adelyn Breeskin, who directed the BMA from 1942 to 1962.

“This how you raise awareness and shift the identity of an institution,” Bedford said. “You don’t just purchase one painting by a female artist of color and hang it on the wall next to a painting by Mark Rothko. To rectify centuries of imbalance, you have to do something radical.”

Next year marks the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th amendment guaranteeing U.S. women the right to vote. More than a dozen local arts groups have prepared some sort of programming to celebrate that milestone, according to a survey conducted by the Greater Baltimore Cultural Alliance.

What sets the BMA’s initiative apart, experts say, is the depth of its commitment, devoting an entire year to recognizing the contributions of female artists.

Bianca Kovic, incoming executive director of the New York-based National Association of Women Artists, said she isn’t aware of any other general-purpose museum in the U.S. that has devoted so much time, gallery space and money to showcasing female visual artists.

“What the Baltimore museum is doing is so cool,” Kovic said. “We think all museums should do it. It’s particularly important that the BMA is creating a platform for woman artists to showcase their work, because that will inspire other women to make art. Even today, female artists are highly under-represented in museums. We have a lot of work still to do about educating the public on the importance of women in American art history.”

The BMA acquired its first work by a female artist — a painting by Sarah Miriam Peale — in 1916, just two years after the museum was founded. Nonetheless, just 4% of the 95,000 artworks in the permanent collection today were created by women.

“We’re attempting to correct our own canon,” Bedford said. “We recognize the blind spots we have had in the past, and we are taking the initiative to do something about them.”

Last year, Bedford’s decision to sell seven artworks in the museum’s collection by such modern masters as Andy Warhol, Robert Rauschenberg and Franz Kline to purchase paintings and sculptures by women and artists of color aroused an art world uproar. A letter to the editor in the Sun by David Maril, who father was an artist who served on the BMA’s board, described that decision as “horrendous.”

The museum sold five of the paintings for nearly $8 million and used some proceeds to buy works by such prominent contemporary artists as Mark Bradford and Amy Sherald.

The highlights of next year’s exhibition schedule likely will be a two ticketed shows: a selection of videos by the South African artist Candice Breitz that opens in March and touches upon such topics as the lives of immigrants and sex workers, and a retrospective of paintings by the renowned abstract expressionist artist Joan Mitchell that debuts in September.

But the exhibition schedule also includes such well-known Baltimore-based artists as Grace Hartigan, Betty Cooke and Jo Smail.

“This is the start of a much-needed change,” said Shan Wallace, an artist whose photographs and collages of Baltimore will be exhibited in a group show during the spring.

She said that it’s “absurd” that the BMA’s holdings include just 3,800 artworks created by 1,500 woman artists and designers when the museum is located in a city where 53% of the population is female.

“I think that what the BMA is doing will get other institutions to show more women artists,” Wallace said. “I am glad that my hometown museum is embarking on something this important.”

Other local cultural groups celebrating women artists include Everyman Theatre, whose inaugural New Voices Festival will highlight the work of three female playwrights; Johns Hopkins University, which in May will host a major scholarly conference on women, gender and sexuality, and the Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History & Culture, which is running an exhibit of the works of the late sculptor Elizabeth Catlett, including several works that celebrate motherhood.

Bedford said the BMA expects to spend up to $2 million next year to purchase art by female artists — and that’s just the beginning.

“This is a declaration of intent going forward of the kinds of exhibits we will have and the kind of acquisitions we will make,” he said. “There can be no beginning and no end, just a consistency of effort in the right direction.”

 

 

Culled from: baltimoresun.com

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MEET OFENTSE PITSE, THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN TO CONDUCT AND OWN AN ORCHESTRA

27-year-old Ofentse Pitse has set the bar in more ways than one with her groundbreaking orchestra, Anchored Sound.

Not only is Pitse the only conductor of an all-black orchestra, but the young black female owns the musical group as well.

SowetanLIVE reported that Anchored Sound is the first of its kind in the world and it’s heartwarming to note that it is the brainchild of a young South African woman.

Pitse has music flowing in her genes as her late grandfather, Otto Pitse, was known as a great trumpeter and orchestra conductor as well. Perhaps she was therefore destined for musical greatness, but the fact that she’s achieved so much without a formal qualification in music, still takes some doing.

Pitse shared some insight as to what it takes to become an orchestra conductor. She said,

“You have to walk in there with a certain kind of reverence and confidence.”

Pitse explained that part of the challenge is that she needs to lead people who almost expect to see an elderly male leading them during performances.

Briefly.co.za gathered that much of her success in the industry is due to the role played by her mentors Thami Zungu and Gerben Grooten, after she called on them for guidance.

Pitse has been slowly forming her ensemble since 2017 as she handpicked youngsters from Tembisa, Soweto, Pretoria and Katlehong. Thanks to her forward-thinking, talent and determination, the group grew from only eight members to a 40-piece symphony orchestra.

Pitse revealed her passion for empowering black youth as she said, “I’m a believer in the black narrative and a believer in the black child.” Anchored Sound is living proof of this, as all proceeds from performances are used to directly assist its members.

 

 

Source: Briefly.co.za

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ALICIA KEYS TO HOST THE GRAMMYS AWARD FOR THE SECOND TIME IN A ROW

Alicia Keys will be for the second time in a roll host the 62nd edition of the Grammy awards.

According to Recording Academy, the Grammy award winner will be returning to its stage for the second time later in January 2020. The music star while reacting to the news said she thought it was a one-time thing.

“At first I did think last year was a one-time thing but when the opportunity came back around there was no question about returning as the host of the Grammys award. Last year was such a powerful experience for me. Not only did I feel the love in the room, but I felt it from around the world and it confirmed the healing and unifying power of music,” she said.

During the last awards show, Alicia showed out by simultaneously playing two pianos, and brought the audience to tears during her opening monologue with influential ladies like #MichelleObama and Jada Pinkett Smith.

Alicia Keys is no newcomer when it comes to the Grammys as she had been nominated 29 times and has gone home with 15 Grammy Awards! [Instagram/AliciaKeys]

Alicia Keys is no newcomer when it comes to the Grammys as she had been nominated 29 times and has gone home with 15 Grammy Awards! The 62nd edition of the Grammys will be held on Sunday, January 26, 2020.

 

 

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