Tems earns 2022 MTV VMAs nomination

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2 years ago

July 28, 2022 7:56 am

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Nigerian international sensation Tems has earned an MTV VMAs nomination for Best Hip Hop Video for her contributions to Future’s ‘Wait For U’.

The single is one of the songs on Future’s 9th solo studio album ‘I Never Liked You’ and it features Drake and also samples vocals from Tems’ ‘Higher’.

‘Wait For U’ debuted at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 thus earning Tems her third Billboard Hot 100 entry and made her only the second Afrobeats act to reach number one on the chart.

Full nomination list for 2022 VMAs:

Video of the Year

Doja Cat – ‘Woman’
Drake ft. Future & Young Thug – ‘Way 2 Sexy’
Ed Sheeran – ‘Shivers’
Harry Styles – ‘As It Was’
Lil Nas X, Jack Harlow – ‘INDUSTRY BABY’
Olivia Rodrigo – ‘brutal’
Taylor Swift – ‘All Too Well’ (10 Minute Version) (Taylor’s Version)

Artist of the Year

Bad Bunny
Drake
Ed Sheeran
Harry Styles
Jack Harlow
Lil Nas X
Lizzo

Song of the Year

Adele – ‘Easy On Me’
Billie Eilish – ‘Happier Than Ever’
Doja Cat – ‘Woman’ – Kemosabe Records
Elton John & Dua Lipa – ‘Cold Heart (PNAU Remix)’
Lizzo – ‘About Damn Time’
The Kid LAROI & Justin Bieber – ‘STAY’

Best New Artist

Baby Keem
Dove Cameron
GAYLE
Latto
Måneskin
SEVENTEEN

Best Collaboration

Drake ft. Future & Young Thug – ‘Way 2 Sexy’
Elton John & Dua Lipa – ‘Cold Heart (PNAU Remix)’
Lil Nas X, Jack Harlow – ‘INDUSTRY BABY’
Megan Thee Stallion & Dua Lipa – ‘Sweetest Pie’
Post Malone & The Weeknd – ‘One Right Now’
ROSALÍA ft. The Weeknd – ‘LA FAMA’
The Kid LAROI & Justin Bieber – ‘STAY’

Push Performance of the Year

September 2021: Griff – ‘One Night’
October 2021: Remi Wolf – ‘Sexy Villain’
November 2021: Nessa Barrett – “I hope ur miserable until ur dead”
December 2021: SEVENTEEN – ‘Rock With You’ – PLEDIS Entertainment
January 2021: Mae Muller – ‘Better Days’
February 2022: GAYLE – ‘abcdefu’
March 2022: Sheneesa – ‘R U That’
April 2022: Omar Apollo – ‘Tamagotchi’
May 2022: Wet Leg – ‘Chaise Longue’
June 2022: Muni Long – ‘Baby Boo’
July 2022: Doechii – ‘Persuasive’

Best Pop

Billie Eilish – ‘Happier Than Ever’
Doja Cat – ‘Woman’
Ed Sheeran – ‘Shivers’
Harry Styles – ‘As It Was’
Lizzo – ‘About Damn Time’
Olivia Rodrigo – ‘traitor’

Best Hip-Hop

Eminem & Snoop Dogg – ‘From The D 2 The LBC’
Future ft. Drake, Tems – ‘WAIT FOR U’
Kendrick Lamar – ‘N95’
Latto – ‘Big Energy’
Nicki Minaj ft. Lil Baby – ‘Do We Have A Problem?’
Pusha T – ‘Diet Coke’

Best Rock

Foo Fighters – ‘Love Dies Young’
Jack White – ‘Taking Me Back’
Muse – ‘Won’t Stand Down’
Red Hot Chili Peppers – ‘Black Summer’
Shinedown – ‘Planet Zero’
Three Days Grace – ‘So Called Life’

Best Alternative

Avril Lavigne ft. Blackbear – ‘Love It When You Hate Me’
Imagine Dragons x JID – ‘Enemy’
Machine Gun Kelly ft. WILLOW – ’emo girl’
Måneskin – ‘I WANNA BE YOUR SLAVE’
Panic! At The Disco – ‘Viva Las Vengeance’
Twenty One Pilots – ‘Saturday’
WILLOW, Avril Lavigne ft. Travis Barker – ‘G R O W’

Best Latin

Anitta – ‘Envolver’
Bad Bunny – ‘Tití Me Preguntó’
Becky G X KAROL G – ‘MAMIII’
Daddy Yankee – ‘REMIX’
Farruko – ‘Pepas’
J Balvin & Skrillex – ‘In Da Getto’

Best R&B

Alicia Keys – ‘City of Gods (Part II)’
Chlöe – ‘Have Mercy’
H.E.R. – ‘For Anyone’
Normani ft. Cardi B – ‘Wild Side’
Summer Walker, SZA & Cardi B – ‘No Love (Extended Version)’
The Weeknd – ‘Out Of Time’

Best K-Pop

BTS – ‘Yet To Come (The Most Beautiful Moment)’
ITZY – ‘LOCO’
LISA – ‘LALISA’
SEVENTEEN – ‘HOT’
Stray Kids – ‘MANIAC’
TWICE – ‘The Feels’

Video for Good

Kendrick Lamar – ‘The Heart Part 5’
Latto – ‘Pussy’
Lizzo – ‘About Damn Time’
Rina Sawayama – ‘This Hell’
Stromae –‘Fils de joie’

Best Metaverse Performance

BLACKPINK The Virtual | PUBG
BTS | Minecraft
Charli XCX | Roblox
Justin Bieber – An Interactive Virtual Experience
Rift Tour ft. Ariana Grande | Fortnite
Twenty One Pilots Concert Experience | Roblox

Best Longform Video

Billie Eilish – ‘Happier Than Ever: A Love Letter to Los Angeles’
Foo Fighters – ‘Studio 666’
Kacey Musgraves – ‘star-crossed’
Madonna – ‘Madame X’
Olivia Rodrigo – ‘driving home 2 u’
Taylor Swift – ‘All Too Well’ (10 Minute Version) (Taylor’s Version)

Best Cinematography

Baby Keem & Kendrick Lamar – “family ties”
Camila Cabello ft. Ed Sheeran – “Bam Bam”
Harry Styles – “As It Was”
Kendrick Lamar – “N95”
Normani ft. Cardi B
Taylor Swift – ‘All Too Well’ (10 Minute Version) (Taylor’s Version)

Best Direction

Baby Keem & Kendrick Lamar – ‘family ties’
Billie Eilish – ‘Happier Than Ever’
Ed Sheeran – ‘Shivers’
Harry Styles – ‘As It Was’
Lil Nas X, Jack Harlow – ‘INDUSTRY BABY’
Taylor Swift – ‘All Too Well’ (10 Minute Version) (Taylor’s Version)

Best Art Direction

Adele – ‘Oh My God’
Doja Cat – ‘Get Into It (Yuh)’
Drake ft. Future & Young Thug – ‘Way 2 Sexy’
Kacey Musgraves – ‘simple times’
Lil Nas X, Jack Harlow – ‘INDUSTRY BABY’
Megan Thee Stallion ft. Dua Lipa – ‘Sweetest Pie’

Best Visual Effects

Billie Eilish – ‘Happier Than Ever’
Coldplay X BTS – ‘My Universe’
Kendrick Lamar – ‘The Heart Part 5’
Lil Nas X, Jack Harlow – “’INDUSTRY BABY’
Megan Thee Stallion & Dua Lipa – ‘Sweetest Pie’
The Kid LAROI & Justin Bieber – ‘STAY’

Best Choreography

BTS – ‘Permission to Dance’
Doja Cat – ‘Woman’
FKA twigs ft. The Weeknd – ‘Tears In The Club’
Harry Styles – ‘As It Was’
Lil Nas X, Jack Harlow – ‘INDUSTRY BABY’
Normani ft. Cardi B – ‘Wild Side’

Best Editing

Baby Keem & Kendrick Lamar – ‘family ties’
Doja Cat – ‘Get Into It (Yuh)’
Olivia Rodrigo – ‘brutal’
ROSALÍA – ‘SAOKO’
Taylor Swift – ‘All Too Well’ (10 Minute Version) (Taylor’s Version)
The Weeknd – ‘Take My Breath’

RMD calls out the hypocrisy in christianity

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May 7, 2024 8:19 am

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Nollywood veteran Richard Mofe-Damijo (RMD) has highlighted hypocrisy as one of the biggest issues in the church.

Speaking as a guest on the King of Talks podcast hosted by Teju Babyface, the actor stated that his views about God and Christianity are unconventional.

“My idea of Christ in today’s world and how we should embrace him is probably not very traditional. But I think the Lord says ‘That’s why I brought you here.’ so I stir quite a bit of controversy everywhere I speak. I think that I am appointed for a time like this, to do it unconventionally,” he said.

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“Someone was telling me about someone doing a podcast about faith and stardom and I said I’d love to do that. Why? Because of the way Christians are wired. We were wired to think that the spirit of excellence should not be in you being a distiller. They thing that a distiller of whiskey shouldn’t be called a Christian. Why? It’s a craft,” he said.

RMD emphasised that the essence of Christianity is for Christians to be able to come just as they are to the church.

He said, “People built boats in the period that Christ lived. People owned vineyards and produced all the best wines in the area at the time. If they wanted to be followers of Christ, they could. That’s the whole essence of following Christ. Come as you are.”

“People are meant to come as they are. You can’t stop people from coming to Christ the way that they are. it’s when they come that their renewal starts. So let them come and then function in the societies where they find themselves in a way that can bring people to Christ without being hypocritical. I think that’s one of the biggest problems of today’s church. It’s hypocrisy,” he concluded.

See the full interview below:

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Kanayo introduces first son to filmmaking (Video)

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May 7, 2024 7:52 am

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Kanayo O Kanayo, the Nigerian actor, has introduced Clinton, his first son, to the film industry.

In an Instagram post on Monday, Kanayo unveiled Clinton to members of Simpliciter Associates Productions, his production company, on a movie set.

He said Clinton would join the crew as assistant production manager and be his personal assistant.

The ace actor also informed his crew members that his son was enlisted to work and should not be treated with kid gloves.

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“This is Clinton Onyeze Mbaise, my first son. And he is joining us today as assistant production manager and as PA to me. Do not treat him like my son. It is a warning I am giving to everybody. He is here to work. He is going to earn a fee like every other person,” he said.

“Do not begin to say na K.O.K son. I no dey for that kind thing. Treat him as member of production crew. He is going to understudy the production manager and learn this work. Treat him with respect to the extent that you are treating others with respect. That is what I want him to grow into. I do not want you to spoil my son for me when you are not telling him not to do some things.

“So please he is joining us today. He has just finished from Babcock University. He studied ICT.”

Kanayo added that his first son will understudy filmmaking and management.

“My son, Clinton, Onyeze Mbaise, joins us as Assistant Production Manager & my Personal Assistant. He is an intern to understudy Filmmaking and Management before proceeding for further studies,” he wrote in the caption.

“We should let our children work in our organisations or other establishments to appreciate industry. Kudos Onyeze. Welcome on board Simpliciter Associates Productions.”

The ace actor is married to Nneka Onyekwere. Their union is blessed with four children — three boys and a girl.

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Toke Makinwa calls bleaching her skin ‘the dumbest thing’ she’d ever done

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May 6, 2024 10:56 am

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Media personality Toke Makinwa has revealed that she regrets bleaching her skin, calling it ‘the dumbest thing ever.’

On May 4, 2024, Makinwa responded to a fan’s question on X which read, “If you could go back in time, what would you do differently?”

She said, “Nothing. Regret is so exhausting!!!! Wait, maybe bleaching my skin, it was the dumbest thing ever and I’m just so thankful for good genes and money cos…”

Makinwa’s revelation led to a series of reactions in the comment section, with some applauding her for admitting her truth, and others encouraging her to “return to her natural skin tone.”

A commenter highlighted the danger of skin bleaching saying, “Thanks for sharing, people don’t know how damaging it can be to their skin and internal organs.”

“Then stop once you stop you reverse it; the only reason you’re still light skinned is cos you’re still doing it,” said another commenter.

An X user commended Makinwa saying, “This is so great coming from you, hopefully, others see this and learn before it’s too late.”

“But genuinely asking, if you decided to stop won’t you just get back your natural skin tone back? I love how your dark-skinned sister looks and I think that’s how you looked as well. Anyway, you look beautiful now still, just think it might be exhausting,” a curious fan inquired.

“Ommoo, if you no get money ehn you eyes for don see shege. Anyways, it’s terrible to bleach. The end result will destroy your skin eventually!” said another.

Bodex F. Hungbo, SPMIIM is a multiple award-winning Nigerian Digital Media Practitioner, Digital Strategist, PR consultant, Brand and Event Expert, Tv Presenter, Tier-A Blogger/Influencer, and a top cobbler in Nigeria.

She has widespread experiences across different professions and skills, which includes experiences in; Marketing, Media, Broadcasting, Brand and Event Management, Administration and Management with prior stints at MTN, NAPIMS-NNPC, GLOBAL FLEET OIL AND GAS, LTV, Silverbird and a host of others