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Excitement From Femi Adebayo As He Joins Emmy Awards Academy
Femi Adebayo, a Nigerian actor and filmmaker, has been incorporated into the International Academy of Television, Arts, and Sciences – a non-profit, membership organization that is based in New York City, United States of America.
The prestigious academy is an organization that organizes the internationally-recognized ‘International Emmy Awards’, a platform that promotes and celebrates excellence in the television industry across the globe.
The information on Femi Adebayo’s incorporation into the ‘Academy’ was conveyed in a statement sent to ‘Saturday Beats’, in which the statement reads in part, “In a momentous stride for the Nigerian film industry, celebrated actor and filmmaker, Femi Adebayo, has been welcomed into the esteemed fold of the International Academy of Television, Arts, and Sciences.”
The International Emmy Awards is being organized, annually, by the International Academy of Television, Arts, and Sciences, and serves as a platform of excellence in recognizing outstanding television programming-productions from outside the United States, and Adebayo’s incorporation into this global organization, creates an impactful source of inspiration for actors and filmmakers across Africa.
More so,, this feat does not only mean ‘global win’ for Adebayo but also promotes and showcases the growing influence and impact of African cinema on global entertainment realm. It is also a global recognition, confirmation, and elevation of his significant contributions to the world of entertainment, particularly his superlative performances in the movies— ‘King of Thieves’ and ‘Jagun Jagun’.
Femi Adebayo, a son of legendary actor, Adebayo Salami (Oga Bello), has consistently been commended for his versatile acting skills and entertaining prowess on the screen, and his ability to breathe life into distinctive characters and to also tell interesting stories.
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Nigerian Afrobeats singer, Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun, aka Wizkid, has announced that his sixth studio album would be dedicated to his late mum, Jane Morayo Balogun.
The ‘Ojuelegba’ hitmaker made the announcement in a video message shared via his social media platform on Saturday, June 1, 2024.
He also disclosed that the album, which is titled ‘Morayo’ and in honour of his late mum, would be released ‘very soon’.
Wizkid’s words: “My album ‘Morayo’, dedicated to my mum, the love of my life, drops very soon. Don’t dull. Don’t sleep.”
It could be recaled that Wizkid’s mother, Jane Dolapo Balogun, died on August 18, 2023, in London.
The singer said the pain of losing his mum ‘hurts deeply’.
In his words: “The pain is profound.”
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Actress Patience Ozukor: I Rejected The Name-Tag ‘Liz Benson of Enugu’ On Me, To Have My Own Name-Tag ‘Patience Ozukor’
Nollywood veteran actress, Patience Ozokwor, has disclosed and talked about how people tried to impose titles and name-tags on her at the beginning of her career and how she handled it.
The veteran actress said when she began her acting career, people tried to compare her with legendary actress, Liz Benson, by tagging her as ‘Liz Benson of Enugu’ but she rejected the tag because she believes they are both unique.
She disclosed that she also rejected suggestions to answer her husband’s first name as her surname and instead chose to bear his family name.
She actually disclosed this in an interview session via a media platform.
Her words: “I don’t know how it started, all I know was that when I started my acting career and people started recognizing this woman from Enugu.”
“So, there was a time I came to Lagos for a shoot and people started saying, ‘That’s her, this woman from Enugu.’ They said, “You’re the ‘Liz Benson of Enugu.”
“I said, ‘No, with all due respect, I don’t want to be like Liz Benson, I want to be myself. I am ‘Patience Ozokwor of Enugu’.”
“And some people came and said, ‘You don’t even need to answer Patience Ozokwor again. Answer your husband’s first name Edmund; Patience Edmund.’
“I said, ‘No, because in Igbo land, you’re not just married by one man, you’re married by a family. I don’t know about other tribes.”
“So, my husband’s people, their name is Ozokwor. When you mention Ozokwor in any part of this world, people who know the Ozokwors would say ‘I know where she comes from’,” she concluded.
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