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It makes you wonder who makes these decisions on who is most beautiful because Gwenyth paltrow is far from that title as far as I am concerned

omar22: Just because we Nigerian accept rubbish, doesnt mean the rest of the world should do it....

CRASH B@NG WALLOP and the movie is on the VCD/DVD.... oh please!!! No imagination, invetion, creativity, research etc into a movie.... just shoot without editing straight unto disc?


I echo Baby-boy when he said BRAVO!!!

What next the rulers of western world should adopt the way our politician behave

everybody is entitled to their opinion, the article says otherwise from what you are saying, nobody here said Nollywood is perfect but some blacks in America are looking towards Nollywood way.

and for a article to bring up this topic that means many other people are feeling that to.

William I can see it but the picture for Kate is over-exaggerated, she will still look youthful looking to me

Orikinla: Tyra Banks is the Most Popular Model On Social Media

Source: http://totnaija..com/2013/03/tyra-banks-is-most-popular-model-on.html

interesting thanks for the info

oluwadare26: But likes his daughters when they watch Beyonce perform semi-unclad

kulyie: abi o,talking about hypocrisy and double standard.am sure beyonce is a better role model than kim,that reminds me some 2 or 3 years back i saw beyonce's nude body here on nairaland,its a pity i cant find it,ill have posted it here.she was completely nude,no pant no bra.i was shocked to my bones.i saw another picture of her where she was entertaining her audience sitting down and she spread her 2 legs so wide for her audience to see what jay.z is browsing.am not bringing beyonce down but if you say you dont want your kids watching 'keeping up with the kardashians' because its not educative,is beyonce's 'irreplacable song and ,single ladies etc' are they informative,do they add to the intellect seeing semi nude women dancing,shaking their bom bom for the camera and opening their legs.abeg spare me joor if you were even saying you allow your kids to only watch cnn,bbc,aljazera,religious stations and disney cartoons,e for don better

you guys have a point, but I guess since beyonce and jay-z raised money for his campaign for his second term he has a little biased view towards beyonce then kim

ok, I wanted to make a updated list of the richest Nollywood actresses RIGHT NOW(2013) based on sources, how you interpret it is up to you:

it has been reported Funke Akindele is the richest Nollywood actress as of 2013: http://www.osundefender.org/?p=84801

in 2012 it was reported Kate Henshaw was the richest Nollywood actress in the top ten list: http://allafricancinema.com/list-of-top-earning-nollywood-actresses-2012/

BUT

there was a recent list of the top ten richest nollywood actresses of 2013, and guess what, I saw Kate Henshaw as number one again not Ini Edo: http://answersafrica.com/10-richest-nigerian-nollywood-actresses.html

Now I am assuming that Kate must the richest for the english nollywood industry, while Funke Akindele is the richest in the yoruba nollywood industry, the richest between the two I don't know but I would assume Funke Akindele.

[b]"The popular Funke Akindele is a talented Yoruba movie actress who rose to fame in ‘I Need To Know’, a TV series that enlightened youths about HIV/AIDS. However, the Nollywood star cemented her stardom in the Nigerian film industry with her amazing performance in her rib cracking movie ‘Jenifa’.

This movie cuts across all social groups with the street parlance in it becoming the mode of communication at social gatherings. Many folks now says ‘Yelz’ instead of Yes, ‘Big Gehs’ instead of Big Girls, ‘Parry’ instead of Party, etc.

So far, Funke has earned over 56 Million Naira, netting about 20 Million Naira in 2012 alone.

Her movie ‘The Return of Jenifa’ brought 35 Million Naira to her coffers. ‘Maami’ (Starring Funke Akindele, Ayomide Abatti and Wole Ojo. Produced by Tunde Kelani ) made 11 Million naira. Funke was also the lead for the flick ‘Married But Living Single’ which grossed 9.9 Million Naira.

Another movie which she’s part of is the upcoming ‘A Wish’ and industry buffs are already hoping it will become a box office success. With all these facts and numbers, the question about Funke Akindele being the richest Yoruba actress can be said to have been addressed.

Funke is undeniably very rich and to cap her success, the highly creative actress got married in 2012! "[/b]
http://www.osundefender.org/?p=84801

Funke Akindele
https://tribune.com.ng/sat/images/stories/feb2010/akindele6.jpg

bbexcel: So you all believe this crap of a list. Una no reason am say no right thinking. Nollywood actors/actress would actually reveal how much they are worth. You want armed robbers to start chasing them abi? If am to believe the list Omotola should be at the number one spot.

I go by the source and that source was back in 2011, the same source that mentioned about famous people like Aliko Dangote and genevieve Nnaji, so that source seems reliable to me, so I guess I will believe that list you call crap. I don't want any armed robbers to be chasing them but if the media is already reporting this all to millions of people, they already have spread the news, so me posting this on nairaland back then would make no difference. So maybe you should complain to every media outlet reporting this then me posting it on nairaland.

Based on your thinking I guess you are going to be angry with CNN and other news outlets that talked about Aliko Dangote, and question or accuse people who post what the media says about them of attracting robbers to them, lol

If you want to believe Omotola is number one well OK, but I go by facts not what I feel should be the number one, here is the source, that I posted when I did this thread back in 2011, where you can complain to them: http://allafrica.com/stories/201009270858.html
and another: http://showbiz.peacefmonline.com/movies/201109/71446.php

p.s. check out the year it was done 2011 for the second source

[quote author=baby-boy]ha ha ha ha ............... Actresses sleeping with producers and directors for roles "Bravo"!!![/quote]off topic, and that has happened in Bollywood and the early days of hollywood and still happening to a extent so whats your point HAHAHA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fB0_3GLa3hM

I Wish My Mum Married Someone Like Dangote – Doris Simeon

[b]"Edo State-born actress, Doris Simeon, talks about her life in an interview with ‘Nonye Ben-Nwankwo

Why do you concentrate more on Yoruba movies?

I have done a couple of English movies. But I do more of soaps and TV series. But there is a new movie, The Nanny, in which I played the lead character. But I still do English movies.

How did you become a part of the Yoruba movie industry?

I actually started with Papa Ajasco and Co. I went for the auditioning. My purpose for going wasn’t to get auditioned. I went there to see if I could sight some stars and mingle with them. I never had in mind that I would get auditioned. But fortunately, I was given a script to audition and I did well. I met a director on that set and he was the one that brought me into the Yoruba movie industry.

Do you remember the first movie you featured in?

Yes. The title of the movie was changed twice. But funny enough, the movie wasn’t released early enough and some other movies I featured in after it came out before it. When it was eventually released, I think the title was Ten Million Naira or something like that.

When was this?

This was in year 2000. The Papa Ajasco sitcom I featured in was in 1999. I have stayed some time really.

Did you think, back then, that you would get to the level of playing lead roles?

Sincerely, it wasn’t my goal. I wanted to be behind the camera. When I was coming up and I saw how fans almost mobbed my senior colleagues, I had a rethink. I said I wouldn’t want to be in their shoes. I would rather wish that people would know the name and not the face. But I was told it didn’t work that way. I also realised that you make more money being in front of the camera than being behind it. I decided to go for it. I didn’t plan it this way but I thank God. In everything you have to thank God.

But you have started producing your movie, why?

It is not about trying my luck being a producer. It is not every time your luck will shine. It is about what you have inside and also the passion you have. You would want to do something people would appreciate and learn from and not only to get entertained. But it is not only actors that produce movies, directors also produce movies and even act in the movie. It is just what you have inside you and you don’t want it to die so you try and explore it. Money can come out of it, yes but let the passion be the drive for becoming a producer.

Talking about money, we hear that the Yoruba movie actors are paid peanuts…

That is what most people will always come up with. But this industry is not about fixed prize. We have our different ways of negotiating. It all depends on the way you carry yourself. If you want to do for me and I do for you, nobody will query you. If you want to do a job and collect your money, that is also fine. This is not a salaried job that anybody will sack you or tell you he won’t pay you at the end of the month. If they pay them so fantastically well in the English movie industry, most of them wouldn’t have gone into producing movies as well. It is about choice.

Do you have a fixed amount you charge?

No, I don’t.

Can you tell us the highest amount you have pocketed?

Hmm… let it be inside my pocket. But I am comfortable and I thank God for that. I am good.

Why do you reject scripts?

At this point in my career, there are some scripts you would read and try to advice the producer especially when it has the potential of tarnishing the image of the actors. If you can’t go with my advice, I reject the script. I have been building my career for a long time. I wouldn’t want to do a movie and I tarnish this image I have been trying to build in a good way. So if the script to me is not what people would wish to see me in, I reject it.

Actresses in Nigeria live above their means, do you do same?

I don’t do that. I am myself. You have to accept me the way I am. I don’t do things to impress anybody, no policeman will arrest me. But I have some other businesses I am doing. I want to venture into TV presentation and some other stuff. I don’t bite more than I can chew and that is a fact.

How was growing up?

It was fun. It was just the typical Nigerian child growing up. We were told not to watch TV but read our books. During my time, parents wanted their children to be doctors and lawyers and engineers. But fortunately, my parents were free minded. I told them I wanted to be a news caster or a radio presenter. I used to watch TV a lot. There was a day my mother beat me black and blue. She sent me on an errand and I went and got the wrong thing because I was watching Indian movie in my neighbour’s place. My parents gave me their blessings. They supported me. One woman was so angry with my mother and asked her how she could allow me to become an actress. She told my mother that actresses sleep around and all that. But it was that same woman that came back years later and was begging my mother that her niece wanted to be an actress and my mum should help her talk to me to help her.

What kind of home did you grow up in?

I came from a polygamous home. We fight and settle and fight again and settle. It was so much fun. Now, I remember all we did and I laugh. My parents were wonderful, God rest their souls.

So your parents are late?

Yes. I am an orphan. I am actually looking for an orphanage where I can move to if they have a bed space for me. (laughs). I miss them a lot anyway.

Every young girl will always remember her first boyfriend, do you remember yours?

I remember that I did ‘shakara’ a lot when I was growing up. ‘Toasting’ then was just writing letters. But when I was growing up, the guys I liked never asked me out. The ones I didn’t like would always flock around me. I don’t think I remember having a first boyfriend. It was actually when I started acting that I started having boyfriends. But afterwards, those ones I liked started coming and I told them it was too late. There was this guy, in his mind, I was his girlfriend. He came to Lagos for his youth service. He used to take me out to eateries. So I would say he was my first boyfriend but we didn’t date. We didn’t even kiss.

Why?

He said he was very patient and he would wait for me till I was ready.

So who eventually became your first ever boyfriend in the real sense?

He is in the UK. We dated for two years. I was grown up then and I realised that I couldn’t stand distant relationship. He liked surprising me. He would come around and wouldn’t tell me he was coming. He is still based in the UK.

A lot of people may think you are arrogant…

I thank God that I am not. I had parents that brought me up in a great manner. My mum was a very beautiful woman and sometimes, I asked her how she got married to my father. I would ask her why she didn’t marry somebody like Dangote. She would tell me that if you have a fine face and you don’t have a good character, nobody will come after you. I don’t take life so hard. When you die, it will all be vanity. It is better you are humble and be yourself. Your lifestyle has to be decent.

But you should feel bad that your marriage didn’t work out few years after you got into it?

There is always time to be happy and time to be sad. There is time to reflect and think and learn from your life. You make mistakes to learn. You don’t make mistake and go back to it or dwell in it.

But will you get married again?

Hmmm. I don’t know what to say. I am not taking life so hard. You don’t say some things when you are happy because you might regret it. I want to go the way life goes.

But are you in a relationship again?

Yes. I am in a relationship with God and my son. Is God not male? My son is also a man. He is my boyfriend now.

Would you say it was your fault that your marriage broke up?

I just thank God. I thank Him for everything.

How do you cope with the scandal your marriage generated?

You have to accept life the way it is. At least I am alive and people talk about me. Some people are alive and they are not known. Even if I die today, people will talk about me.

What if your ex wants his son back?

He is his son. It is not all the kids that you train that will remember you. You just do your own and leave the rest to God.

What is your greatest desire?

I won’t say I want to be like God, but I want to touch lives. I want to make an impact so that people will never forget me.

What if your husband comes back to you and begs you for forgiveness?

I leave it to God. (sings) I am married to Jesus, Satan leave me alone…

But you look so happy…

I am so happy. Do you know that one of my colleagues died recently? I am older than Bisi Komolafe and she is dead now. I can provide for myself. Why should I be sad? That is why I am not taking life so hard. You don’t know when you can slump and die."[/b]
http://www.punchng.com/feature/saturday-people/i-wish-my-mum-married-someone-like-dangote-doris-simeon/#

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqJ21Wa31Jk

Bonaguy: Old list! Ini Edo is currently the richest with N130m followed by Uche Jombo and Rita. @OP don't just post things u re not sure abt

When it was posted that was the correct list then(2011), now the list has changed, so what? that doesn't mean I was incorrect when the thread was created, if I was then(2011), then you would have a point now about "what I am sure about" but right now you don't. If you want to make a updated list(with Ini Edo being the richest) right now go ahead, their are many threads that were done back then(2011) that had the same info about this topic(with the same results) and people are still commenting on them even though things have changed since then.

shymexx: My beautiful Nigerian American nurse, anonymous6, is back...

lol, what do you think about the list

[quote author=Dan_de_Numeruno]Did you honestly expect someone to read through all that Crap?[/quote]I did, maybe it is just you

[quote author=@kenyattaMoore]Seems like youtube blocked season 5 throughout ,I was sad that I missed it. I love that show, very entertaining.[/quote]Yeah, I am nuetral about the show but I didn't know they blocked it in youtube, they also did it on cable when you want to see reruns

well it shows now that the guy is a baffoon cause non of that happened, america just got out of a war the former president bush started, something obama was against so why would obama even think of starting war with a country like Iran, especially when most americans are against it. Fidel is senial and delusional so I am not surprised

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4bS9eXCkj0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOe_4lTRhU0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdkgjP1NdQM

[b]"The Real Housewives of Atlanta happens to be the most popular of the franchise and NeNe Leakes knows the exact reason why! NeNe thinks it has to do with race! She tells the Insider, “In the…’Real Housewives’ franchise, we are the only brown girls. You can always turn on the TV and see those Beverly Hills girls, those Miami girls, those New Jersey girls, and New York girls and you still sort of…get the same flavor, but when you turn and see the ‘Real Housewives of Atlanta,’ you’re getting a group of brown girls.”
NeNe adds, “With us, we’re not so plastic surgery. On these other franchises, everybody’s so plastic…We’re just regular girls. We’re really keeping it real, and I’m always surprised when people say, ‘Are you guys scripted?’ We’re so not scripted; we’re just a disaster.”

Well NeNe is a bit plastic surgery. She’s gotten a nose job, her teeth done, her breast done, and lipo! Do you agree with NeNe and think the reason there show is such a hit is because of their color?"[/b]
http://www.allabouttrh.com/nene-leakes-says-the-real-housewives-of-atlanta-is-so-popular-because-theyre-brown/

KidStranglehold: Sadly not better than Jamaican beef patties.

that's a tough one because Jamaican patties are just as good as Haitian patties.

[quote author=*Kails*]L.I.B!!!

Liberian Cassava Leaves

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDF17hkule4

picture:
https://images.quickblogcast.com/37205-34467/cavassa_leaf.jpg[/quote]I've tried this, very delicious

somalia9: somali food

I'm surprised you posted, I thought you don't consider yourself black

alanmwene: I have taste almost all african and carribean foods and this my take!
T the best and most diverse cuisines in africa are found mainly among people living in tropical forest areas.For example in nigeria,the best and richest cuisine is the calabar cuisine.The calabar is no different from the camerounese cuisine etc....The tropical forest offers a wealth of vegetables,ingredients and spices you cant found in countries like ethiopia,somalia,south africa,algeria,etc.....
This is my list:
1-Kongo+cameroun
2-guinee conakry
3-nigeria(because of calabar!)
4-senegal+mali
5-black brasilian

The rest are just good!

nice, please post some Cameroon dishes you know and like

MsDarkSkin: hope you enjoy these Anony.
Let me know if you want certain/specific recipes from the islands.
i'll be glad to post them.

Oh yes I am enjoying, please post more, you have helped me with this thread.

I want this thread to be a high light and source of cuisines from black cultures around the world

KidStranglehold: Haitian Plantains:
[img]http://eatingwithyourhands.files./2012/07/happy-haitan-crispy-fried-plantains.jpg[/img]

Haitian Beef Patties(not as good as Jamaican Beef Patties):
https://haitiennemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/patties.jpg

Jamaican Beef Patties:
https://www.brain-food.org/userfiles/images/jamaican%20beef%20patties.jpg

Dominican Rice and Beans:
[img]http://1.bp..com/_oBXi-LUPC-s/SWKNmXQzdiI/AAAAAAAAAtE/jVp02nwnUFU/s320/010.JPG[/img]

California rolls:
https://trialx.com/g/California_Rolls-3.jpg

Italian spaghetti:
https://www.moneysavingmadness.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/sausage-spaghetti.jpg

Italian Lasagna:
https://bobevans.com/images/recipes/EasyItalianSausageLasagna_225201122850.jpg

Double Quarter Pounder with Cheese
https://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lknoy8cKEw1qflpc1o1_500.jpg

Popeyes fried chicken
https://www.nashvillescene.com/binary/21a3/popeye_chx.jpg

I love Haitian beef patties, they are the best

shymexx: ^^^Where have you been hiding?

I'm here shymexx, please post some pictures of delicious cuisines

MsDarkSkin: anony. you ever try trini food?
if so have you ever tried roti?

Yes but not as much as Jamaican food, the funny part I never tried roti, I definitely need to try it.

The roti and banana fritters got my attention including those delicious drinks.