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Chief Dele Momodu Chief Dele Momodu, the publisher of Ovation International Magazine, has offered his unflinching support to popular Ghanaian actress Yvonne Okoro to win the Pan African Best Actress at the upcoming 2012 Nigeria Entertainment Award (NEA). The NEA, which is in its seventh year, honours African entertainers. It is scheduled to take place via a grand red carpet ceremony in New York, United States of America, from August 31 to September 2. The beautiful award-winning actress was nominated for Pan African Actress category of the NEA for her role in ‘Single Six’ from the stables of Venus Film. She is competing with actresses Ama Abebrese- ‘Ties That Bind’, Juliet Ibrahim- ‘Crazy Scandal’, Kudzai Sevenzo- ‘Playing Warriors’, Jokate Mwegelo- ‘Chumo’ and Millicent Mahheido- ‘48’.   The awards are entirely based on fan votes via online and SMS, hence whoever gets more votes will win. Yvonne Okoro NEWS-ONE sources confirmed that Chief Dele Momodu had...

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Van Vicker Following outstanding performances in the field of acting over the years, prince of African movies Van Vicker has fulfilled the promise he made to movie fans all over the world. His passion of directing and rolling out quality movies from his Sky + Orange Production house is now a reality. The multitalented, worldwide household name, Van Vicker, known for his exceptional acting skills, has proved to be more than just an actor. He is currently about to direct his fifth movie titled ‘Lost’. Some of his previous productions under Sky + Orange Productions are ‘Friday Night’ (2008), ‘Raj’ (2010), ‘The Hands Of Time’ (2012) and ‘Joni Waka’ (2012). Taking a look at the movies under Van Vicker’s belt as a director and producer, there is no doubt that the handsome actor has enormous talent. The movie ‘Friday night’, which was released in 2008, got people talking about Van’s talent as a director, with critics in some sections of the industr...

Zynnell Lydia Zuh Sometimes actors accept certain roles not because there is nobody to play them but because they enjoy playing them. Ghanaian actress Zynnell Lydia Zuh is not different from such actors. The beautiful actress has been on Ghanaian silver-screens for the past eight years and has featured in a number of Ghanaian movies. Over the years, she played and enjoyed the good and bad of different roles- from a prostitute, a girlfriend, to a messenger and more. Speaking in an exclusive interview with NEWS-ONE on Monday, Zynnell described every role she had ever played as fun. She said enjoyed every moment on set playing different roles even though she felt she had not been challenged with any of the roles yet.     “I enjoy every role. So far nothing really challenging for me,” she said.  But what kind of challenging roles is Zynnell looking for? She explained, “Like a serious action movie where I would have to do some serious stunts...

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Funke Akindele Star Nollywood actresses Funke Akindele Oloyede and Mercy Aigbe added more feathers to their caps Sunday, July 22 as they were awarded for excellence at the Global Leadership Awards for Excellence (GLADE) in Lagos. The event took place at Time Square Events Ltd, Ikeja, Lagos, where awards were given out in categories such as politics, banking, personalities, movies, music, fashion, etc. Funke, who defied the rain to attend the event, stormed the awards ceremony and stole the show with her royal dress style. She won the Crossover Actress of the Year, while Mercy Aigbe won the Best Yoruba Actress. Global Leadership Awards for Excellence was put together by a Lagos soft-sell magazine, Global News. Also, sexy actress Halima Abubakar was in her elements at the event. She looked radiant and sexy while photo-journalists took photos of her. She accompanied the boss of her PR outfit who won an award at the event. JJC and his boys, Tipsy, Mister May D, Raymond F...

All is set to for this month’s edition of the Exopa New Faces contest. The event, which is anticipated to add some glamour to the modeling and fashion activities this month, will as usual come off at the Exopa Burg behind the Accra International Trade Fair Centre, on Saturday, July 28. Currently, the Exopa Modeling Agency is leaving no stone unturned to provide an exciting show. Last Saturday, the agency held an audition to pick wannabe models for the occasion. The numbers were encouraging but not as last month’s, which was described as unprecedented. The Exopa