Amazon Studios has appointed Wangi Mba-Uzoukwu, M-Net West Africa’s former Regional Director, as its first Principal Head of Content Acquisition in Africa. Wangi Mba will oversee content acquisition for Prime
Britney Spears is under investigation over misdemeanor battery after a staff member at her home alleged the singer struck her, authorities said Thursday. Deputies responded to Spears’ home in Southern
R&B star R. Kelly is back in a criminal court, this time for opening statements in his long-anticipated federal trial arising from years of allegations that he sexually abused women
Prominent Nigerian actor Richard Mofe-Damijo says he was mobbed on one of his visits to Trinidad & Tobago. Popularly known as RMD, he told ARISE News on Wednesday that the
R. Kelly is a “predator” who demanded absolute fealty from the many women and underage girls he dominated in a two-decade racketeering scheme, a federal prosecutor said on Wednesday as
Top Nigerian actor Richard Mofe Damijo says Nigerian performers are constantly shortchanged through acts of piracy that ensures they don’t get what’s due them. He stated this on Wednesday when he featured
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American pop singer Justin Bieber has thanked Nigerian afrobeats exponent Wizkid for having him on the remix of his global hit song, Essence. Bieber also confirmed his appearance on the
Nigerian American record label executive, Tunji Balogun has joined multinational record label, Def Jam Recordings as its Chairman and CEO to take effect on January 1, 2022. Balogun will be
Record executive, Tunji Balogun who is also the founder of Keep Cool, an RCA imprint alongside Right Hand Music Group becomes the new CEO of Def Jam Records. Meanwhile, the
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Police in Beijing have detained Chinese-Canadian pop star Kris Wu on suspicion of rape. Wu’s detention on Saturday came after a 19-year-old student accused the singer of date-raping her when
Black Widow has a new enemy: the Walt Disney Co. Scarlett Johansson, star of the latest Marvel movie “Black Widow,” filed a lawsuit Thursday in Los Angeles Superior Court against
Federal prosecutors in R. Kelly’s sex trafficking case say he had sexual contact with an underage boy in addition to girls, and the government wants jurors in his upcoming sex
The family of entertainer James Brown has reached a settlement ending a 15-year battle over the late singer’s estate, an attorney involved in the mediation said Friday. David Black, an
Kanye West barely said a word during his album listening session Thursday night, but the mercurial rapper still had most attendees standing on their feet while hanging on every word
Dr. Dre has been ordered to temporarily pay his ex-wife, Nicole Young, nearly $300,000 a month in spousal support starting in August, court documents show. That amounts to more than
‘Essence’ by Nigeria’s Ayodeji Balogun better known as Wizkid, featuring fast-rising singer, Temilade Openiyi, also known as Tems, has topped the Billboard Hot 100, debuting at no. 82. This is
A Los Angeles judge has said US pop star Britney Spears can choose her own lawyer in the fight to end her controversial conservatorship. The ruling came on Wednesday as
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