A Nollywood movie by Eniola Ajao is set for released. The movie featuring prominent Yoruba actors will be available in cinema across the nation n march 29th.

Superstar Rapper and Actor, Ikechukwu Onunaku popularly know as KILLZ released first album in 15years. The 14 tracker album featured 7 artists.

The Rapper dropped the visual to BREEZE, track 6 on the album….. see it here https://youtu.be/sHmrhr7lzjM

Over the weekend, Nigerian Superstar, Kcee released the remix to his hint singer Ojapiano featuring One Republic.

In just a few short weeks, the live-action remake of Disney’s The Little Mermaid will be part of our world. Ariel has been swimming around for more than a century, ever since Danish author Hans Christian Andersen wrote the fairy tale in 1837, but the 1989 animated film is by far the most iconic and beloved iteration of the story. So it’s no surprise that Disney would once more wish to go under the sea for this highly anticipated remake. Before diving in, here’s everything we know about The Little Mermaid — every last gadget, gizmo, whozit, whatzit, and thingamabob.

The first teaser trailer (shown above), which is mostly atmospheric shots of the film’s underwater setting followed by the brief reveal of actress Halle Bailey’s Ariel singing a bit of “Part of Your World,” debuted in September of last year.

The second trailer, which is much longer and shows off more of the plot and the film’s other characters, made its debut in March during the Academy Awards. (Literally during the awards, not during a commercial break. The Oscars were on ABC and Disney owns that network. Corporate synergy!)

WHO’S IN THE CAST?

Halle Bailey, an actress and singer who was previously best known for her musical career as one half of Chloe x Halle along with her sister, Chloe Bailey, plays the titular little mermaid. Her casting was announced in July of 2019, and there was, sadly but seemingly inevitably, racist backlash to the news. Jonah Hauer-King, an English actor known for his role in A Dog’s Way Home, plays Ariel’s love interest Prince Eric, though the role almost went to another singer-turned-actor, Harry Styles. Melissa McCarthy plays Ursula, the half-octopus sea witch who tricks Ariel into giving up her voice, and Javier Bardem plays Ariel’s father King Triton.

Ariel’s animal friends have big-name actors behind them, too. Room and Luca star Jacob Tremblay voices Flounder, while comedian and The Farewell star Awkwafina voices Scuttle, Ariel’s bird friend. (In the ‘89 animated film, Scuttle was a seagull, but here she’s some sort of ocean diving bird instead.) Hamilton star Daveed Diggs voices Sebastian, King Triton’s right-hand-crab.

Art Malik plays Grimsby, Prince Eric’s butler, and Noma Dumezweni plays Queen Selina, a new character exclusive to the live-action film. Ariel’s sisters have all been renamed, as well. There’s Lorena Andrea as Perla; Simone Ashley as Indira; Kajsa Mohammar as Karina; Nathalie Sorrell as Caspia; Karolina Conchet as Mala; and Sienna King as Tamika. Jessica Alexander, Russell Balogh, Emily Coates, John Dagleish, and Adrian Christopher also appear in as-yet-undisclosed roles.

WHAT’S THE STORY?

The plot of The Little Mermaid should be pretty familiar to anybody who grew up in the ‘90s or later (or who had children they showed The Little Mermaid to.) It’s basically the same as the ‘89 film, which itself is only loosely inspired by Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tale — which has a much darker ending than the movie.

Here’s the official synopsis, per Disney:

“The Little Mermaid is the beloved story of Ariel, a beautiful and spirited young mermaid with a thirst for adventure. The youngest of King Triton’s daughters and the most defiant, Ariel longs to find out more about the world beyond the sea, and while visiting the surface, falls for the dashing Prince Eric. While mermaids are forbidden to interact with humans, Ariel must follow her heart. She makes a deal with the evil sea witch, Ursula, which gives her a chance to experience life on land, but ultimately places her life — and her father’s crown — in jeopardy.”

What’s intriguing is that despite having the same basic plot as the ‘89 movie, the ‘23 Little Mermaid is a full hour longer than the animated original. The animated Little Mermaid is a tight 83 minutes long, while the live-action is two hours and 15 minutes. Exactly what will happen in that extra hour has yet to be revealed, though chances are the new characters and an expanded role for Ariel’s sisters will pad out the runtime.

IT’S STILL A MUSICAL (WITH SOME MINOR TWEAKS)

The 1989 Little Mermaid is credited with kicking off the so-called “Disney Renaissance,” a decade-long period from 1989 to 1999 when the company was reinvigorated and produced some of its most critically and commercially acclaimed work. The songs, penned by composer Alan Menken for the original Little Mermaid, are a key part of what makes the film so beloved, but he won’t be solely responsible for the film’s soundtrack. Remember, a movie musical can’t get nominated for a Best Original Song Oscar if the song isn’t, well, original. That’s why most of these remakes have a brand new song or two in there somewhere.

With that in mind, the studio has enlisted the help of hitmaker and Disney veteran Lin-Manuel Miranda to collaborate with Menken on some new songs, which reportedly blend their two styles together. Miranda has been a longtime admirer of Menken, and he has previously spoken about his love specifically for The Little Mermaid, so the partnership was a bit of wish fulfillment for him. The combination of the classic Menken tunes and the new ones crafted for the live-action film should result in a bit of a box office boost.

That said, some of the lyrics to the classic songs have been altered. Speaking to Vanity Fair, Menken revealed that a few of the lyrics to Ursula’s villain song “Poor Unfortunate Souls” and “Kiss the Girl” have been changed, acknowledging that there were some problematic elements in the original lyrics that they wished to revise.

WHEN DOES IT OPEN?

The Little Mermaid, directed by Rob Marshall, will premiere in theaters on May 26. It’s the major release of the weekend, with only the A24 comedy-drama You Hurt My Feelings and Gerard Butler’s War on Terror action flick Kandahar serving as (meager) competition to Disney’s latest. Fast X and Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse open the preceding and following weekend, respectively, but The Little Mermaid will likely make a splash despite a crowded summer release calendar.

Eventually, The Little Mermaid will be available to watch on Disney+, though when exactly it will hit the streaming platform has yet to be revealed. Between 45 and 90 days after the theatrical release has tended to be the pattern in the past.

Sweden’s Loreen was always the one to beat, and her team knew it too.

She had something none of the other contestants competing on Saturday’s Eurovision grand final had – the experience of winning it before.

The 39-year-old from Stockholm took the title with her banger Euphoria in Baku, Azerbaijan, in 2012. Now, with Tattoo, and 583 points, she becomes the first woman to win it twice.

It’s an experience she said was “overwhelming” as she accepted the glass microphone and took to the stage in Liverpool to repeat her winning performance.

In November 2022, at a gig in Amsterdam where lots of previous Eurovision contestants were performing, Loreen closed the show.

Rumours were circulating she was going to try to enter Eurovision again. And there is no barrier to competing more than once in this contest.

Backstage after the show in her dressing room I cheekily asked if they were true? “Darling,” was all she said.

A few weeks later it was confirmed Loreen would be participating in Melodifestivalen – the TV selection show to pick Sweden’s participant for the song contest in Stockholm.

It runs for six weeks and has become a must-watch event for Eurovision fans around the world – with viewing parties in different cities.

After one such party at the Swedish church in north London in early March, fans piled into the upstairs of a pub around the corner and Eurovision hits were played.

Tattoo, Loreen’s Melodifestivalen entry came on, and people put down drinks to dance to it hard. Bear it mind, it hadn’t even won the Swedish selection by then.

But she is royalty in Eurovision world and fans were excited that she was trying again.

When the final rolled around on 11 March in Stockholm, and the BBC’s Eurovisioncast went to interview her, she picked up the conversation again with: “Darling…”.

“I didn’t think I’d do it ever again,” she said. “But then they sent me the song and I could just feel it was a good song, and then they popped the question.

The answer?

“Hell no.”

It took her team, which included the same songwriter and producers of Euphoria, around four weeks to change her mind and convince her to go for the double gold in Liverpool.

Sweden and Finland picked their acts on the same night – the last two countries to confirm their participants in this year’s contest.

Now Loreen was in the mix, the other contestants were excited.

The UK’s Mae Muller continuously refers to her as a “queen”, while other Eurovision artists openly said that she had it in the bag.

Meanwhile, Tattoo continued to notch up tens of millions of streams.

Pre-party events took place across Europe in the run-up to Liverpool and fans travelled to places like Madrid and London to see her perform her two Eurovision songs live.

Outside the venue in London, many fans had Swedish flags and said they were there specifically for Loreen.

It’s hard to encapsulate her cultural significance in the competition’s history but she generated a whole new generation of fans of the song contest after 2012 – including myself.

“I love this community,” Loreen said, as she posed for selfies. “I hope people feel how much I love them and care”.

Once rehearsals began in Liverpool and a full arena of 6,000 people packed into the venue for preview shows this week, it was fascinating to hear the crowd’s silence when she sang.

The audience was transfixed by her and nobody wanted to miss a moment.

She created a performance that looked visually stunning on-screen, captivating the 160 million watching at home with pyrotechnics, smoke machines, incredible staging and, most-importantly, stand-out vocals.

Sweden’s 2023 win puts it on par with Ireland as having the most victories in the competition with seven.

Next year, the competition will head to Scandinavia – some 50 years since Abba won in 1974 with Waterloo, catapulting them to international stardom.

My prediction for next year’s slogan for Eurovision could also be a personal message from me to this year’s contestants: “Thank you for the music.”

Wizkid’s ‘Essence’, Tekno’s‘Enjoy’, and 1da Banton’s ‘No Wahala’ all made the 50-track soundtrack.

The appearance of the Nigerian contingent is not detached from the fact that one of the main character in the series is a Nigerian.

The Apple TV comedy Ted Lasso, which stars Jason Sudeikis as the charismatic and well-intentioned Coach Lasso as he attempts to bring honour to hypothetical Premiership club AFC Richmond, has received overwhelmingly positive reviews from both viewers and critics.The first trailer for the third season was released on March 15, 2023.

The timeless ship keeps sailing strong as Davido announces dates for the “Timeless” North America tour.

DMW record label boss Davido pulled out one of the biggest crowds in West Africa, with a Timeless concert in iconic Lagos, stadium TBS on the 23rd of April 2023.

Following his comeback to the music industry in March, Davido has had a massive roll-out performing in different parts of the world New York, London, and Lagos all in the space of a month.

Davido took to his social media accounts to announce his North American tour, starting on the 1st of July 2023, Davido picked famous arenas like the Toyota Centre, Capital One Arena, MGM Music Hall, and others.

Davido has made an incredible comeback to the music scene, with the release of “Timeless”. Davido cements his place as one of the most prominent Afrobeats artists ever.