Thursday, August 28, 2014
Folorunso Alakija At 63 - Shares Pictures Of Her Childhood And Life Through The Years
Mrs Folorunso Alakija at 63 has been married for 38 years to her husband Mr. Modupe Alakija and they are blessed with four sons and several grandchildren.
Folorunso Alakija emerged the richest woman in Africa in 2012 with a career that spanned years as a fashion designer, before she went into the oil business, becoming the Executive Vice Chairman of Famfa Oil and Gas Limited.
Worth an estimated $2.5 billion, she has increased her philanthropy through the Rose of Sharon Foundation, which caters primarily to widows and orphans. Folorunso is also an author of three books launched on her 60th birthday in 2011 - an autobiography, and books on marriage counselling and philanthropy.
Her new website provides pictures of her life through the years. Check out some of them below...
Throwback Thurday - Halima Abubakar and Stella Dimokokorkus Kiss And Make Up
For #tbt today, there's these photos of actress Halima Abubakar and blogger Stella Dimokokorkus hanging out together. So it seems the two old friends had some recent falling out over a bikini picture, but that has been sorted out now.
Halima shared the pictures as a reminder of how far they've both come, and Stella buried the hatchet. All is well that ends well. With blogging anyway, it's rarely anything personal :)
Can you guess the year the pictures were taken? From the shaved eyebrows and pale lipstick with black lip liner, I say late 90s...
See another picture below.
Woman In Court For Threatening to Kill Chisco Boss Says It's An Affair Gone Wrong
33-year-old Chineye Chinwuba, says her attempt to quit a love affair with Chidi Anyaegbu, the CEO of Chisco Transport Limited [pictured above], is what has led to her being charged for threatening his life.
According to her, the two started having an affair in 2012, which made the Chisco boss to give her a two-room apartment in one of his houses in Lekki.
The defendant also told the open court that it was Anyaegbu who brought her to Lagos from Onitsha in Anambra State on August 5, 2012. She said Anyaegbu was her lover and that they started dating immediately she got to Lagos, adding that their initial agreement was for him to help her get a job which he promised but failed to do.
She added that it was when she decided to end the affair that he began to use the police and courts to harass her.
Wednesday, August 27, 2014
Jennifer Hudson Speaks On Lesbian Rumors, Her Gay Fans And Playing Whitney Houston
Jennifer Hudson, 32, says she doesn't care whether people think she's lesbian. This is in a reaction to public speculation on her sexuality which started more than 7 years ago.
The singer and actress, says in a recent interview that she faced scrutiny again after singing marriage equality anthem, "Same Love" with Macklemore and Mary Lambert at the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards.
If someone ever questions or thinks that, I don't care what you think. It shouldn't matter. And I did get that! People were like, "Is Jennifer trying to tell us something?" Hey, I wasn't, but if you wanna think that, it's all right with me. When I got the call (to do that performance), I was like, "Oh my god, I definitely wanna do this. A powerful statement is being made and I wanna be a part of that."
Read JHud's take on the upcoming Lifetime biopic about Whitney Houston below, and some more exerpts from the interview...
#ABCWorldNews Says Goodbye To @DianeSawyer But I'll Be Waiting For Her Specials!
Tonight is @DianeSawyer's last night anchoring @ABCWorldNews. We are so excited to see her adventures ahead at @ABC.
That was how ABC "World News" confirmed earlier today that this will be Diane Sawyer's final appearance. I am a big fan of Diane Sawyer and as I watch her helm the news this evening, I can only wish her all the best in her future endeavors.
According to HuffPo, "Sawyer has been at the helm of "World News" since 2009 when she took over for Charlie Gibson. She said in a statement that she will use her time now to focus on primetime specials and to make appearances on other ABC News programs."
I'll certainly be tuning in. Good luck and good night Diane.
Jennifer Aniston Says Birthing A Child Does Not Define Her Value As A Woman
Many questions have followed Jennifer Aniston throughout her career, especially during her marriage to Brad Pitt, one of the most desirable men in Hollywood, their eventual divorce, and Brad going to have several biological and adopted children with Angelina Jolie.
Now that Jennifer Aniston is engaged again to fiance Justin Theroux, some of these questions have started up again including; "When is she getting married? Will she have children? Is she pregnant now?"
In an interview with TODAY's Carson Daly, Jennifer Aniston shared her take on the expectations that come with the questions.
“I don’t have this sort of checklist of things that have to be done, and…if they’re not checked, then I’ve failed some part of my feminism or my being a woman or my worth and my value as a woman because I haven’t birthed a child. I’ve birthed a lot of things, and I feel like I’ve mothered many things. And I don’t feel like it’s fair to put that pressure on people.”
Below is the video of their conversation and more of what she spoke about in the interiew;
Natalia Kills Blames Nicki Minaj's Anaconda Song For Bullying Skinny Women
Singer Natalia Kills is publicly speaking out against the bulling of skinny or as she put it, "small framed" women. While she doesn’t name-check Nicki Minaj, she talks about a popular song out there that offensively refers to ‘skinny bitches’.
Nicki Minaj raps in Anaconda, “f*ck those skinny b*tches, f*ck those skinny b*tches in the club.”
Natalia Kills posted on Twitter;
I just heard a sad and degrading song that I can't quite figure out if it's a public joke or not.
Why are we publicly deemed "skinny BITCHES" if we're naturally smaller than sz 6? Horrified i'm considered a bitch for not being overweight.
Larger framed women need to stop bullying/victimizing girls with small frames, less voluptuous figures as if they're unattractive/anorexic.
Coupled Up? Drake And Nicki Minaj Shop For Snacks At 7-11
Drake may sing about treating his lady to lobster and shrimp, but he only took Nicki Minaj to the local 7-Eleven. But he did tell her to, "Get whatever you want. All you gotta do is point." And he even offered to get some for her friend too.
Yes, there's a video of Drake and Nicki Minaj getting some snacks like ordinary people :)
He tells her to "get some Nutella dipsticks" and he pays for everything too, Cheetos and all. Like a perfect gentleman. So cute.
And it's just for Usher's music video, "She Came to Give It to You". What if it was for real?
See the video below...
Mariah Carey And Dembabies - Her Twins, Moroccan and Monroe - Step Out For Lunch
Mariah Carey was photographed recently out with dembabies, Moroccan and Monroe, the twins she had with estranged husband, Nick Cannon. This is in the wake of confirming that indeed there are marriage troubles with husband and father of the twins, Nick Cannon.
Both Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon have confirmed that they're living apart, and say they want to focus on their children's best interests.
Wishing the family more grace at this time.
Mariah looks amazing BTW. See more pictures below...
Prince Harry Takes Camilla Thurlow, His New Girlfriend On Romantic Cruise
Prince Harry is currently on a romantic getaway with new girlfriend, Camilla Thurlow in St. Tropez in the South of France. The new couple have been staying at a friend's luxury villa and have barely left the premises while on vacation, a source tells E! News.
Instead of going out to clubs or restaurants, the lovebirds have been spending every minute together by the pool and out of the eyes of the prying paparazzi. Harry and Camilla first started dating about six weeks ago and have bonded over her job as a charity worker. Says the source;
"They've been talking until late into the night and having one of those magical times that you have when you first fall in love and want to find out everything you can about the other person. Harry's had no interest whatsoever in going out and just wants to focus on Camilla without any distractions."
"Camilla's the full package—she's got beauty and brains. Harry loves how she's devoted her life to charity—she's fully committed to helping other people and he sees a lot of his mother Diana's goodness in her.
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