Monday, 14 December 2020

Resources for Women Filmmakers

For the eighty-sixth time in their ninety-one-year history, the Academy Awards failed to nominate a single female director in 2019. This most recent awards snub is part of a bigger problem in the film industry. Women are dramatically underrepresented as directors, accounting for 10.6 percent of directors in 2019, according to the Inclusion Initiative. While that’s an increase of 7.9 percent from what it was in 2007, it’s still a disappointing ratio of 20:1 male to female directors over the past thirteen years. When we look at the ratio of white male to female POC directors, it jumps to a shocking 92:1. 
Things are only slightly better in film production, where women are listed as producers on just 18 percent of the top 300 movies from 2015 to 2018. (Only 1.6 percent of those were women of color.)
Connected to womens’ underrepresentation is the horrifying, ongoing abuse and harassment they’ve suffered at the hands of their male colleagues. More than a hundred years ago, the safe haven and social club Hollywood Studio Club opened to protect women working in film from rampant sexual abuse by their male colleagues. How far have we really come from those days? The revelations of Harvey Weinstein’s victims and the #MeToo movement show that sexual harassment is still a major industry issue.

Sunday, 13 December 2020

What do Africans think of the Chinese?

I will try as much as possible to be honest here.

From here in Nigeria, we think the Chinese are smart (intellectually and Trick wise).

They have given loans to most African countries to build railway lines, which was executed by Chinese owned companies . In other words they gave Africa some money, took it back , and now Africa owes them some money. This is not illegal, and by doing that the Chinese have not broken any law. It only shows how smart they are when it comes to making deals. You know sometimes smart people get the better of others in deals.

From here we think the Chinese love cheap labour. We also think they are humble . They always buy from the cheapest source which shows how prudent they are when it comes to money. They are risk takers and they easily integrate into their new environment( I don’t know if it is a buisness strategy) I have seen chinese transact buisness in the most dangerous regions where even some Nigerians might feel reluctant to go.

Finally we also think that the Chinese intentionally manufacture poor quality products which are nevertheless cheap just so you can come back again to patronise them once more.

Saturday, 12 December 2020

Lawrence Okolie is the next undisputed boxer

Cruiserweight Lawrence Okolie made quick work of Nikodem Jezewski, whom he floored three times in a second-round TKO win at The SSE Arena in London on Saturday.

For Okolie, who now waits for a world title shot, this was an inconvenient fight he just had to deal with. Jezewski (19-1-1, 11 KOs) was a last-minute replacement after Okolie's first world title attempt against Krzysztof Glowacki was called off. But Okolie coped with the late change in his opponent with aplomb.

"I will be unified world champion in 2021," Okolie, from London, said after the fight.

Former world titlist Glowacki tested positive for COVID-19, and his fellow Polish fighter Jezewski stepped in on a week's notice, but without the vacant WBO cruiserweight world title on the line.

Okolie (15-0, 13 KOs), 27, who is managed by unified heavyweight titlist Anthony Joshua, showed he has heavyweight power. Okolie floored Jezewski twice in the first round, first with a body shot, then wobbling Jezewski with a straight right before dropping him again.

Okolie predictably dropped Jezewski again in the second round, with a right hand straight to the jaw, and the fight was stopped.

"Glowacki, [WBC champion Ilunga] Makabu, [Mairis] Breidis, Okolie will go through the whole cruiserweight division before going to heavyweight," Matchroom's Eddie Hearn, who promotes Okolie, said.

Okolie is ranked No. 2 with the WBO governing body, his highest ranking among the four bodies, and has yet to fight for a world title.

Friday, 11 December 2020

Spain Evicts Francisco Franco's Heirs From Late Dictator's Summer Palace


The Pazo de Meirás, seen here in September, has been turned over to the Spanish state by the heirs of Gen. Francisco Franco. The summer palace in Sada, in the region of Galicia, had been the subject of a contentious lawsuit that the Spanish government won

It has been more than eight decades since Spain's fascist dictator, Gen. Francisco Franco, took possession of the Pazo de Meirás during the civil war that brought him to power.

Since then, the palace in the northwest region of Galicia has served as an opulent summer retreat — first for the dictator himself, then for his family after Franco's death roughly 45 years ago.

Not anymore.

On Thursday, the Spanish government formally seized the palace from Franco's heirs in a simple ceremony that capped a hard-fought legal struggle to expropriate the property.

The moment was a symbolic triumph for Spain's left-wing government — which won possession of the palace in a court ruling in September, and has repeatedly pushed to remove or reclaim other memorials that glorify the dictator's nearly four-decade reign.

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Calvo said the government plans to repurpose the palace to educate the public about the dark side of Franco's reign and celebrate the legacy of Emilia Pardo Bazán, the prolific writer whose family previously owned the manor.

Franco's supporters bought the palace and donated it to him in 1938, and his heirs say Franco made a formal 1941 purchase of the property. But in September — ruling in a case brought by the Spanish government in 2019 — Judge Marta Canales found the 1941 sale to be fraudulent and asserted that the palace was not given to Franco, specifically, but rather to the Spanish head of state.

Franco's heirs lost a subsequent appeal of the ruling. They handed over the keys to the manor on Wednesday, one day before the court-ordered deadline.

"Today the circus is celebrated with its clowns," the dictator's grandson, also named Francisco Franco, said in a statement translated by Politico. He added: "We are not going to lend ourselves to this circus."

The eviction at the Pazo de Meirás did not satisfy the Association for the Recovery of Historical Memory, however. The group, which dedicates itself to preserving the memory of Franco's human rights abuses, said Wednesday that the return of the palace "cannot end without a judicial process against those who illegally occupied it and filled it with the fruit of a huge plunder of the state's patrimony."

There is disagreement about how many people fell victim to Franco's repressive regime, though it is widely believed that more than 100,000 people were killed or disappeared during his absolute rule in Spain from the end of its bloody civil war in 1939 until his death in 1975. Yet his legacy remains the subject of significant controversy in the country, particularly in recent years.

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has made it a central campaign promise to reevaluate the dictator's memory and how it's marked in official monuments. Last year, after a long, bitter legal battle that reached the country's Supreme Court, the government exhumed Franco's remains from the massive mausoleum northwest of Madrid constructed as his memorial.

Franco's remains were flown by helicopter to a cemetery near the Spanish capital, where he was reinterred next to his wife

Wednesday, 9 December 2020

Let's support and vote for this wonderful super comedian (MECOYO)

His one of the best comedians to watch out on #chickzytv💎💎💎

Let's support and vote for this wonderful super comedian (MECOYO)👇


I just want to say thank you again and also remind you that  Yes I have qualified to the next round but  more votes are needed..... The Voting lines are now open again.
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Tuesday, 8 December 2020

Está bien lo que acaba bien: Shakespeare recibe la vacuna Covid

Margaret Keenan ha hecho historia al convertirse en la primera persona en el mundo en recibir una vacuna Covid-19 fuera de un ensayo clínico, pero si hay un nombre con el que asociará este día, puede que no sea el de ella.

 Entra, perseguido por juegos de palabras, William Shakespeare.

 No el escritor, poeta y dramaturgo, sino su homónimo de 81 años.  Este Sr. Shakespeare fue la segunda persona en recibir un golpe y, adivinen qué, también viene de Warwickshire.

 "¿Mucho ruido y pocas nueces?"  No importa: "está bien lo que acaba bien".

 "¿Es esta una aguja que veo ante mí?"  el actual Shakespeare podría haber preguntado, pero su reacción fue un poco menos, bueno, dramática: dijo que estaba "complacido" de recibir el golpe, y que el personal del Hospital Universitario de Coventry había sido "maravilloso".

 Entonces, si la Sra. Keenan era el paciente 1A, ¿el Sr. Shakespeare era "Paciente 2B o no 2B"?


La vacuna se administra en dos inyecciones, con 21 días de diferencia, y la segunda dosis es un refuerzo.  La inmunidad comienza a actuar después de la primera dosis, pero alcanza su efecto completo siete días después de la segunda dosis.

La suya fue la primera de las 800.000 dosis de la vacuna Pfizer / BioNTech que se distribuirán en las próximas semanas en el Reino Unido.

 "Dos dosis, ambas iguales en cantidad", si se nos permite otro juego de palabras, pero aquí hay algunas otras el día que comenzó "la domesticación de la gripe".

Covid-19 vaccine in spain

 We made a movie on Covid-19 coronavirus on how it is causing a lot of problems economically and otherwise, some people think that covid-19 coronavirus is not real and we made the movie to encourage people to that believed or not to they  protect themselves in order to protect others.

The movie was produced and directed by Ezeruom Ugwu a Nollywood film Expert based in Europe, in the aim of education masses and clearing the air on the fact that coronavirus is a scam or not.

The film was shot in Spain by Nigerian Spanish based actors and actresses in the autónomo region of Catalonia in spain.

he also added that coronavirus should be taking seriously as it is  a threat to humans existence 

To watch the movie, click the below link 

remaking NOLLYWOOD evergreen movies

This man here has changed the game in Entertainment and Luxury Lifestyle business in Nigeria.

His name is Charles Okpaleke but better known as Charles of Play.

He came into the movie industry (Nollywood) with the beautiful idea of remaking NOLLYWOOD evergreen movies, which by the way, an idea he said he got from his wife.

He has successfully re-made "Living in Bondage", "Rattle Snake" and "Nneka - The Pretty Serpent".

What made me decide to make a post about him?

I just saw an advertisement that says that the classic, Chinua Achebe's novel,  "Things Fall Apart" will be staged in Abuja on 12th December and guess what, he is the Executive Producer.

Again, the real deal is that it will feature legends like Pete Edochie and Patience Ozokwor. I totally love it and I am certain it will sell out.

This is what it means to be in SHOW BUSINESS. See the opportunity and take it.

Daalụ kwanu 🙏

Saturday, 5 December 2020

Kelly, the winner of 'La Voz' Spain

Kelly, the winner of 'La Voz' after a play-off: from starting with Alejandro Sanz to giving Laura Pausini the victoryHis career goes from Alejandro Sanz's team in Blind Auditions, to the repechage in 'El Regreso' with Miriam Rodríguez to winning in Laura Pausini's team.Kelly came to ‘La Voz’ with only one goal: to win.  The 27-year-old Nigerian artist living in Lleida made it clear from the outset that Alejandro Sanz was his reference and fate wanted him to become his coach.


 Kelly joins Alejandro Sanz's team after a full Blind Auditions

 The talent performed 'Roxanne', from The Police, at the Blind Auditions and thrilled everyone with her unique and inimitable style, getting all four coaches to tour.  Full!  Kelly, very excited, was lucky to choose who he wanted to go with and, true to his word, he did not hesitate to choose Alejandro Sanz.

 In the Assaults phase, we were able to once again enjoy her talent and the passion she wastes on stage.  Kelly chose the song 'Hotel California' by The Eagles and made it his own in the reagge version.  However, the talent did not obtain the Battles pass but Miriam Rodríguez, the fifth coach, wanted to give it a second chance in ‘El Regreso’, an innovative digital format that comes from the hand of Grupo Catalana Occidente.

 Miriam Rodríguez chooses Kelly in El Regreso to qualify for the repechage

 Kelly faced several of his eliminated teammates who were fighting to return to the contest and he gave himself the skin in each of the performances to win over Miriam and convince her that he had to be the chosen one.

 In the first program of ‘El Regreso’ she opted for the theme ‘Grenade’ and went on to the second program after beating Betty Akna and Rufino Oliva.  This time she opted for ‘It’s a man’s man’s mans’ world ’in her battle against Guillem Gené and Sabela Trigo.  Both interpretations earned him so that the fifth coach gave him the opportunity to sing in the Final Phase, facing Sergio Chaves, the other talent who opted for the repechage after being eliminated in the Final Battle.

Kelly did not waste this gift and left his soul performing "Walking on the moon" in the Final Phase.  The public of the program voted because he was the repechage of the program and returned as a full-fledged contestant.  A historical event in ‘La Voz’.  At this time, she became a direct member of Laura Pausini's team after the decision of the talent itself: "I have no doubt, I'm going with Laura Pausini."  Finally, she became the semifinalist of the ‘Pausini Team’ alongside Paula Espinosa after the votes of the set spectators.
 Kelly achieves victory in Laura Pausini's team

In the Semifinal, the program began with the eight talents joining their voices to the rhythm of ‘Otra vez’, a hymn from ‘La Voz’.  Curricé, Paula Espinosa, Miguelichi, Adam Ainouz, Johanna Polvillo, Rafael Ruiz, Roger Padrós and Kelly thrilled the audience while, through different screens, the program remembered the 52 talents who have passed through this edition.

 Before singing individually, the two talents of Laura Pausini's team sang together with their coach ‘The Solution’, starring in one of the most impressive performances of the night.

Ya en solitario, Kelly volvió a sorprender con su particular voz llena de matices y se adelantó a lo que le iba a deparar el destino en ‘La Voz’ interpretando ‘A change is gonna come’. Como dice el título de la canción, un cambio iba a llegar y así ha sido finalmente.

El concursante repescado llegaba a La Final con ‘When we were young’, de Adele, y emocionaba a todos, especialmente a Pablo López, quien no ha podido contener las lágrimas mientras Laura Pausini miraba a su 'pupilo’ con gran orgullo.

In addition, the talent was able to sing with a very special guest artist.  Together with Beret, they performed the song ‘Sueño’ as a duet, a performance that left the audience totally surprised.  Alongside Curricé, the finalist of Antonio Orozco's team, and Sebastián Yatra, they performed the song 'Where are they going' with great rhythm.  A song that in addition to singing, they were able to dance and lift their spirits throughout the set.


Eva González: "You are the living image of triumph"


 Finally the moment of truth arrived.  Curricé, Johanna Polvillo, Kelly or Paula Espinosa, only one would succeed Andrés Martín as the winner of ‘La Voz’.  After public voting, Johanna and Kelly became the last two finalists and, finally, Eva González proclaimed Kelly as the winner of the edition.  "Second chances can change life," Laura Pausini confessed, very excited.

Without a doubt, Kelly has been the reflection of the struggle and the work, and his career has confirmed that second chances can taste glorious;  "The Voice" opened the door for him again and he climbed to the top of success.  Congratulations Kelly!

Kelly canta  When we were young   La Final  La Voz

https://youtu.be/TJX6Tc-5ong

Thursday, 3 December 2020

"THE PANDEMIC SHORTFILM"


COVID-19 affects different people in different ways. Most infected people will develop mild to moderate illness and recover without hospitalization

We  made a short movie to keep reminding people that covid-19 pandemic is real and that they should protect themselves in order to protect others.

The movie was produced and directed by Ezeruom Ugwu a Nollywood film Expert based in Europe, in the aim of education masses and clearing the air on the fact that coronavirus is a scam or not.

The film was shot in Spain by Nigerian Spanish based actors and actresses in the autónomo region of Catalonia in spain.

he also added that coronavirus should be taking seriously as it is  a threat to humans existence 

To watch the movie, click the below link