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Tinsel Airs 2000th Episode Today As Longest Running TV Series In Nigeria

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Tinsel ‘Tinsel’, an acclaimed longest running TV series in Nigeria, is set to attain a milestone of airing its 2000th episode on Thursday.

Tinsel won its first Africa Magic Viewers Choice Award at the 2017 edition, where it earned the Best M-Net Original Drama Series.

The series, produced by Darien Amos for M-Net/Africa Magic, is a Nigerian soap opera that began airing in August 2008.

It is also known as “the most successful television drama on Nigerian Television in recent times.”

Tinsel’s plot revolved around two rival film companies: Reel Studios, founded by Fred Ade-Williams (Victor Olaitan), and Odyssey Pictures, headed by Brenda “Nana” Mensah (Funmilola Aofiyebi-Raimi).

The show’s 1000th episode was aired on May 23, 2013, and for nine years it has continued to introduce talented actors to its Nigerian audience.

It has created remarkable characters such as Shalewa, Phillip Ade-Williams, Soji, Brenda, Chuks, Titi K and Sheila.

The youngest actors to have featured on Tinsel came on board as 2-week old babies, and both are still acting on the show.

They are Nathaniel Omene who plays Tochi (Amaka Ade-Williams’ Child) and Abiola Bayode who plays Amarachi Obi (Chuks’ and Ene’s daughter) in the series.

The oldest actor is Taiwo Ajai Lycett, a 76-year-old veteran actor, who plays Sheila’s mother on the show.

Other casts in Tinsel include: Ireti Doyle, Gideon Okeke, Linda Ejiofor, Gbenro Ajibade,and Bimbo Manuel, among others.

 

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Kanye West ventures into porn industry

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Kanye West, the controversial US rapper, has announced plans to launch his pornography site.

The 46-year-old disclosed his intentions to delve into porn production via a post on his X page on Thursday.

“Yeezy porn is c*g,” he wrote.

The tweet, which has been seen over 11.4 million times, however, sparked a wave of reactions on X — since the rapper had earlier expressed regret about his pornography addiction.

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Police arrests actor Orpheus Pledger for assault — after 3-day manhunt

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Orpheus Pledger, the Australian actor best known for his role on the popular soap opera ‘Home and Away’, has been arrested by the police after a three-day manhunt.

Pledger was wanted on assault charges stemming from an alleged attack on a woman.

The incident, captured in now-viral CCTV footage, purportedly shows Pledger dragging the woman to the ground and stomping on her head.

The actor appeared in Melbourne magistrates’ court on Monday and was charged with four counts of assault.

He was first arrested on March 25 and was held in pre-trial detention.

The movie star was granted the right to undergo an assessment at the hospital after Matthew MaCuspie, his lawyer, argued that his client’s mental health was at risk if he remained detained behind bars.

He was due in court on Tuesday for a mental health evaluation but failed to show up.

Justin Foster, the magistrate, expressed frustration at attempts to accommodate Pledger’s mental health needs.

“I will never make an order like that again … (I) bent over backwards to try and offer someone mental health treatment as they require,” the magistrate said.

Authorities issued a warrant for his arrest, leading to a manhunt that concluded on Thursday afternoon.

Details of Pledger’s arrest have not been disclosed by the police.

The actor is now required to appear in court on May 10.

Pledger’s assault case is not his first brush with the law.

In 2021, he was arrested on drug charges and received a good behaviour order.

Pledger played the character Mason Morgan on ‘Home and Away’ from 2016 to 2019.

He also briefly appeared on season three of SAS Australia before voluntarily withdrawing due to ‘erratic behaviour’.

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I’ve been in love with girls my whole life, says Billie Eilish on sexuality

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Billie Eilish, the US singer and songwriter, has opened up about her sexuality.

In a recent interview with Rolling Stone, the 22-year-old revealed that she has had a lifelong attraction to women. She also said she is ready to fully embrace it.

“I have been in love with girls for my whole life, but I just did not understand — until, last year, I realised I wanted my face in a vagina,” she said.

Eilish said it took her time to accept this aspect of herself and criticised the pressure from the internet to disclose one’s sexuality.

She added that it is important to allow individuals to define their identity at their own pace.

“I was never planning on talking about my sexuality ever, in a million years,” she added.

“I have known people that do not know their sexuality, or feel comfortable with it, until they are in their forties, fifties, sixties. It takes a while to find yourself, and I think it is really unfair, the way that the internet bullies you into talking about who you are and what you are.”

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