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What a time to be alive: on Monday, while performing on stage in Stockholm’s Gröna Lund theme park, Lenny Kravitz managed to rip the crotch of his leather trousers when he crouched down, revealing his penis to the crowd and, later, multiple YouTube viewers.

Of course, nip slips happen, but penis slips? Not so much, and it was particularly unexpected given the fact that Kravitz was wearing leather trousers. “Good leather trousers should give,” says Peter Goodall, owner of the General Leather Company in London a leather specialist which made Adam Ant’s trousers back in the day. He remains baffled that this waldrobe malfunction happened at all: “A good pair can last for ever. Adam’s are 30 years old and still going strong. They don’t break easily.”

http://smileandtalk.com/2015/08/07/ooops-lenny-kravitz-exposes-his-manhood-after-ripped-jeans-mishap-penisgate/

On this episode of African Dream hosted by Agnes Marquis, You will watch an exclusive chat with former Governor of the Central Bank Of Nigeria, HRH Muhammad Sanusi II, Emir of Kano. Get ready to be inspired as he opens up on his life, his career, his views on Nigerian politics and what it means to be the Emir of Kano.

http://smileandtalk.com/2015/08/07/documentary-meet-hrh-muhammad-sanusi-ii-emir-of-kano/

Last week on #NdaniRealTalk, there was a discussion on “Full Disclosure or Not” (click here if you missed it) by Timi Egbuson, DJ Caise and Sika Osei. On this episode of NdaniRealTalk featuring Toyosi Phillips Host of the Gist, Ozzy Agu, Co-host of Studio 53 and Uzi Ukwendu fitness expert and musician, with host, Cornelia O’Dwyer, the disscussion is centered around successful women. Should a woman downplay her success and achievements to get/keep a man? Find out here and continue the discussion in the comment section below…

http://smileandtalk.com/2015/08/06/watch-toyosi-phillips-ozzy-agu-and-uzi-ukwendu-discuss-should-a-woman-downplay-her-success-to-keep-a-man-on-ndanirealtalk/

WATCH: A shopper narrowly missed being crushed by collapsing ceiling in the East Rand Mall. Footage has emerged.

“During the current refurbishment at East Rand Mall a part of the new floating bulkhead dislodged," the mall's manager Petra Foord said

"No damages or injuries have been incurred or have been reported.”

According to pictures of the incident on social media, the section collapsed outside the entrance to Woolworths.

The CCTV footage was filmed and uploaded by Arrive Alive to YouTube.

http://smileandtalk.com/2015/08/06/watch-a-shopper-narrowly-escape-collapsing-ceiling-in-south-african-mall/

Will Smith slapped an overzealous male reporter at the Men in Black 3 premiere in Moscow. Hollywood’s friendliest star had to defend himself after a well-known prankster pounced on him, trying to kiss him on the lips.
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Celebrity, Movies, Scandal, Russia, Thrills&Spills, Accident, Media
The incident happened Friday on the red carpet at the October Cinema in the Russian capital. The reporter walked over to the MIB star asking for an innocent hug. As Will kindly obliged, the journo literally pounced on him, trying to feverishly smooch the actor, wherever his lips would reach.

“What the hell is your problem, man?” Smith said as he slapped the guy. “He tried to kiss me on my mouth. He's lucky I didn't sucker punch him,” Smith explained to journalists and fans as he moved away from the fanatic reporter.

After the accident a source explained Will’s actions to TMZ saying: “the reporter's mouth brushed up against Will's and that's why the actor reacted so violently. Despite the incident, Will stayed positive…and happily continued to sign autographs for fans and do red carpet interviews.”

Will Smith is famous for his friendly attitude towards fans and journalists, an attitude he may reconsider after this unfortunate accident.

Earlier this week Smith expressed his support of same-sex marriage following President Barack Obama’s formal endorsement of the
institution.

http://smileandtalk.com/2015/08/06/will-smith-slaps-a-reporter-after-he-tries-to-kiss-him-blacktwitter/

Looks like Weezy has got some pwerful fans in the USA. In this video, hip hop royalty, Alicia keys and her husband Swizz beats, are getting down to Wizkids hot track

http://smileandtalk.com/2015/08/05/alicia-keys-and-swizz-beatz-dance-to-wizkids-ojuelegba/

Appcircus and Google are proud to present the Summer of Apps! A series of 4 consecutive events at Google’s offices in San Francisco to celebrate the coolest trending apps in 4 different categories (Eating & Drinking, Business & Work, Music and Sports).

How it works:

This competition is open to any App Maker in any of the above 4 categories.
Off all submissions 10 apps will be selected to presented live on stage at Google SF offices.
Each of the 10 selected apps will have 3 minutes on stage to pitch in front of a jury and peers.
Each event will feature 10 selected apps to pitch live on stage at Google’s San Francisco offices. A jury of experts will select the final winner during each event. The winner will get a direct slot to pitch at the biggest app show on earth: the Mobile Premiere Awards during MWC 2016 in Barcelona!


http://smileandmobile.com/2015/07/30/appcircus-and-google-are-calling-for-app-submissions-summerofapps/

It seems now that we hear of at least one of these police murder cases every week!! Why the sudden increase, what has changed? I think technology has made the change. These killings were always happening, but today we have phone cameras, body cameras and social media. Today if a police officer makes up a story, there will probably be a camera to catch him in the lie. That was the case in April when a phone camera captured Michael Slager shooting Walter Scott in the back, even though he claimed Walter was attacking him. Technology came to the rescue again today in form of a body camera, as we all watch in pure horror as Sam Dubos was shot point blank in the head by officer Ray Tensing!


http://smileandtalk.com/2015/07/29/another-day-another-police-murder-caught-on-camera/

12 year old Curtis Jones and 13 year old Catherine Jones were convicted of murder in 1999 and sentenced to 18 years in prison! The two siblings killed their fathers girlfriend Sonya Nicole Speights and they also had plans to kill their father and a male relative who they claimed was sexually abusing Catherine. In 1999 Child services also confirmed that there was evidence of abuse but apparently nothing was done. Its hard to imagine people so young thinking of murder, but it is equally unsettling to see people so young tried in court as adults. Curtis was released yesterday and his sister is scheduled to be released on Saturday



http://smileandtalk.com/2015/07/29/youngest-convicted-killer-in-the-united-states-released-from-prison-yesterday/

The World Bank Group is launching a recruitment drive aimed at increasing the number of Sub Saharan Africans in its work force. This commitment to hire Sub Saharan Africans reflects the Bank Group’s senior leadership commitment for a diverse workforce in which African nationals can play a key role in fighting poverty and increasing shared prosperity. Employment opportunities will be in various technical areas and professional streams for talented and diverse young professionals and mid-career level professionals to contribute and grow their skills in a career in international development.

A career with the World Bank Group offers a unique opportunity for exceptionally talented individuals with a passion for international development to contribute to solving some of the world’s most pressing problems. Bank staff work with governments, civil society groups, the private sector, and others in developing countries around the world, assisting people in all areas of development, from policy and strategic advice to the identification, preparation, appraisal, and supervision of development projects.

http://smileandmobile.com/2015/07/28/world-bank-group-recruitment-drive-for-african-nationals-deadline-august-31st-2015/

Alex Iwobi scored his first goal for Arsenal as they continued their preparations for the new season with a 6-0 friendly win over Lyon.
The 19-year-old winger, who is the nephew of former Bolton forward Jay-Jay Okocha, capped an impressive first half with Arsenal's third goal.
Olivier Giroud, Aaron Ramsey and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain were also on target for the Gunners in the first half.

http://smileandtalk.com/2015/07/25/okochas-19-year-old-nephew-scores-his-first-goal-for-arsenal/

The Africa Business Fellowship is a partnership between Econet, African Leadership Network (ALN), and Management Leadership for Tomorrow (MLT). The program will match young American business professionals with paid 6-month placements in African companies. Its purpose is to strengthen relationships between the African and American business communities and provide future American business leaders with the hands-on experience they need to truly understand business in Africa. We believe that by exposing high-achieving American professionals to African business at this stage in their careers, we are setting the stage for increased American-African investment and more meaningful collaboration.

http://smileandmobile.com/2015/07/24/african-business-fellowship-now-accepting-applications-deadline-nov-9th-2015/

Barack Obama has arrived in Kenya on the first visit to his ancestral home as serving US president. During his two-day visit Mr Obama will hold talks with Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta and other top officials.

Senator Obama went to Kenya in 2006, who would have thought he would return on airforce one!


http://smileandtalk.com/2015/07/24/president-obama-returns-to-kenya-blacktwitter/

Texas trooper Brian Encinia was caught fabricating his story to his supervisor, regarding the events leading up to Sandra Bland's arrest. Dashcam footage captured audio recording of his phone conversation with his sergeant immediately following Sandra's arrest in Waller County, Texas.


http://smileandtalk.com/2015/07/24/officer-brian-encinia-lied-to-his-superiors-after-arresting-sandra-bland-phone-conversation-sandybland-sandrabland/

Things were looking up for 28 year old Sandra Bland. She had just received two job offers and was in Houston, Texas for one of those offers when she was pulled over by Texas police for a routine traffic stop (switching lanes with no signal). She was arrested for arguing with the officer (I cant think of any other reason why she was arrested) and three days later she was found dead in jail! Its tough to believe that somebody that has just received to promising job offers would want to kill themselves but we will leave that up to you guys to decide. However, we have obtained a voicemail that she left a friend of hers while she was in jail. What do you guys think?

http://smileandtalk.com/2015/07/23/voicemail-left-by-sandra-bland-one-day-before-she-died-in-prison-whathappenedtosandybland/

Chei I dey feel for the guy hehe
That is a nightmare that will be playing over and over in his head!


http://smileandtalk.com/2015/07/23/beyonces-first-boyfriend-regrets-ever-cheating-on-her

Many people doubted Ghana international star, Asamoah Gyans, decision to sign with China Super League team, Shanghai SIPG, this month. A Career in the premier league, Serie A or Bundesliga is what is expected of all top level football talent. However, Gyan decided to forfeit the possibility of European gold and instead go after cash in the east. At Shanghai SIPG he will be making $227,000 per week!!! In his debut game he showed the chinese team that they made a good investment as he scored a goal off a brilliant cross.


http://smileandtalk.com/2015/07/22/ghana-striker-asamoah-gyan-scores-goal-in-china-super-league-debut/

Charlie Miller of Twitter and Chris Valasek of IOACTIV, show how you can remotely take over a vehicle over the internet while somebody is driving!!! They showed you can do this by hacking into the cars entertainment system through its cellular connection. Once they are in they will be able to control everything in the car, from the steering wheel, to the seat belt or the breaks etc. Scary stuff! Watch the video and see for yourself!


http://smileandmobile.com/2015/07/22/hackers-can-now-take-control-of-your-car-wirelessly/

A conversation with Dr. Dennis Kimbro the father of the study of Black Millionaires. Listen to him tell us the secrets of Black Millionaires. Engage with Dr. Dennis Kimbro as he shares excerpts of learnings from his best selling book, The Wealth Choice. Based on a seven year study of 1,000 of the wealthiest African Americans.


http://smileandtalk.com/2015/07/21/success-secrets-of-black-millionaires-motivation/

U.S. President Barack Obama met with Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari at the White House Monday and offered U.S. support in the fight against Boko Haram militants.

Just eight weeks after taking office, Buhari sat beside President Obama in the Oval Office and listened as the American leader praised the “historic” vote marking the first democratic transfer of power since the end of military rule in Nigeria in 1999.

“We saw an election in which a peaceful transition to a new government took place,” President Obama said. “It was an affirmation to Nigeria’s commitment to democracy.”

Buhari, dressed in traditional attire and speaking softly, thanked President Obama for U.S. support in making the hope of a peaceful transition a reality.

“The maintenance of pressure by the United states, mainly, and Europe to make sure that the elections were free, fair and credible – led us to where we are now,” Buhari said.

http://smileandtalk.com/2015/07/20/presidents-obama-and-buhari-discuss-economy-and-security/

A surfing competition in South Africa was canceled Sunday after professional surfer Mick Fanning escaped a shark attack in the opening minutes of the final heat.

Organizers of the J-Bay Open, the sixth stop on the 2015 Samsung Galaxy World Surf League Championship Tour, called off the remainder of the competition. After discussion with WSL Commissioner Kieren Perrow, Fanning and competitor Julian Wilson decided to take equal second in rankings points and split the prize purse awarded to the winner

http://smileandtalk.com/2015/07/20/shark-attack-live-on-television-during-surf-competition/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMBU200LEHA

DoBoy Belcher & Aiko Tanaka put on a blindfold to find out if there’s a such thing as “talking white.”. We already showed you similar episodes from All Def Digital such as, Guess the ethnicity of the booty and Guess the ethnicity of the person talking. Is It True is a brand new series from All Def Digital (a Russell Simmons creation). In this series they try to tackle some of the biggest racial stereotypes head on. Enjoy


http://smileandtalk.com/2015/07/18/is-it-true-you-can-determine-someones-race-just-by-listening-to-them-talk/

To all my Nigerian brothers and sisters…

I am, always have been, and always will be proud of my Nigerian heritage. I understand the pain and anger caused by some of the comments I made in a recent interview, and I wanted to address you directly. Contrary to popular belief, this interview was not the first in which I mentioned Nigeria. In fact, I’m frequently bragging about how Nigerians attend the world’s most prestigious institutions, and how we are known to produce world class doctors, entrepreneurs, innovators, lawyers, engineers, professors, athletes and artists. Unfortunately, people tend to leave these moments out, and, in this case, highlight stereotypes. I would never do or say anything to intentionally disgrace the legacy of my father nor my fatherland. But to not relay my own story, both the good times and the bad, would be a disservice.

My name is Jidenna, which means “to hold or embrace the father” in Igbo. It was my father who gave me this name and who taught me countless parables, proverbs, and principles that made me the man I am today. These same principles helped me to write the record “Classic Man.” When I brought home a 98 percent on a test, my father would say, “ah ah, where are the other two points? Go and get them, then bring them back.” My father and Nigerian culture has always stood for excellence.

http://smileandtalk.com/2015/07/17/jidenna-pens-letter-to-nigeria-to-apologize-for-comments-he-made-in-recent-interview/

Mike Tyson and Sugar Ray Leonard drop by to surprise “The Greatest” Muhammad Ali at the Arsenio Hall show in 1990. You can see the respect each boxer has for each other. Arsenio asked Ali who he thought would win if he fought Tyson in his prime. Guess what he said??!

http://smileandtalk.com/2015/07/17/when-mike-tyson-met-muhammad-ali/

They opened the door to Cell 123, and President Obama stared inside. In the space of 9 feet by 10 feet, he saw three bunks, a toilet with no seat, a night table with books, a small sink, prison clothes on a hook, some metal cabinets and the life he might have had.

In becoming the first occupant of his high office to visit a federal correctional facility, Mr. Obama could not help reflecting on what might have been. After all, as a young man, he smoked marijuana and tried cocaine. But he did not end up with a prison term lasting decades like some of the men who have occupied Cell 123.

As it turns out, Mr. Obama noted, there is a fine line between president and prisoner. “There but for the grace of God,” he said somberly after his tour. “And that, I think, is something that we all have to think about.”

http://smileandtalk.com/2015/07/17/historic-obama-becomes-the-first-sitting-us-president-to-visit-a-federal-prison-facility/

He was to be the greatest boxer of his generation, the heir to Muhammed Ali’s vacant thrown, but it all came crashing down around him in 1992. It was at that time that Mike Tyson was convicted of Raping Desiree Washington in a hotel room and was sent away to jail for three and half years in his prime. Is it true? Did he really rape her? In this video Mike Tyson gives his version of the events of that night


http://smileandtalk.com/2015/07/16/the-untold-story-of-mike-tysons-1992-rape-conviction/

A video making the rounds on Facebook shows a man scrapping it out with two cops for almost a minute while getting tased without being fazed in Southern California, even scoring a knockdown with a solid punch to the face as the man with the camera chants “Bleep the police.”
The video abruptly ends after the knockdown punch, leaving us to wonder if the cops ended up killing him, knowing they could easily get away with it.

But no, the Hawthorne police officers, whom have proven to be aggressive and abusive of the rights of citizens to record them, were actually able to detain him without killing him, even though many commenters were cheering on for the cops to do just that.

http://smileandtalk.com/2015/07/15/man-fights-two-police-officers-knocks-one-of-them-out-cold/

Oof — tough audience! Brandy Norwood didn't get much applause after she recently sang on a New York City subway. Instead, the singer and actress — who is currently starring as Roxie Hart on Broadway's Chicago — got totally ignored!

The Moesha alum, 36, brought along her friend Frank Silent to capture the performance on camera. She tried to look unrecognizable by wearing sunglasses and a hoodie.
"I have thoroughly enjoyed my stay in New York. Ever since moving here in April I've made sure to REALLY experience the city," she wrote on her blog on Monday, July 13. "I've hung out in Central Park, Times Square, ridden the bus, and I've gotten accustomed to taking the subway too. I feel like a real New Yorker. I'm learning the streets and everything, y'all! There's something different about NY. The energy and the drive of the people is just DIFFERENT. I like it!"

http://smileandtalk.com/2015/07/14/brandy-in-disguise-breaks-into-song-in-new-york-subway-ignored-by-passengers/

We all know Bill Cosby has been accused of drugging and raping over 20 women. A shocking story that has ruined the reputation of America’s Favorite Dad. At this point nobody knows who is telling the truth, but one thing is for shore, this Cosby Show clip watched today seems creepier than it did in the 80s!…enjoy


http://smileandtalk.com/2015/07/12/this-cosby-show-episode-does-not-seem-so-funny-today-yikes-billcosby/

Last time they wanted you to "Guess the Ethnicity of that booty?", this time All Def Digital wants you to guess the ethnicity of that voice. They have two people blind folded and then they listen to people singing, and have to guess if the person is white or black before removing the blindfolds. Watch the video and make your guess before you see the persons ethnicity!!

http://smileandtalk.com/2015/07/10/guess-the-ethnicity-of-that-voice-blacktwitter/

Few hours ago, a UK-based writer, Yetunde Bustline Oduwole, in a Youtube clip lambasted and cursed her former live-in-lover who is a Nollywood actor, Baba Tee.

Baba Tee, talking to E247mag about the video, dragged his 44-year-old ex-lover, alleging she stalked him and begged him to marry her. He said:
“I was marveled when I saw what the ‘wannabe’ London big babe, as people write (this makes me laugh), Yetunde wrote on her blog yesterday and today. I think I just need to put some things straight. Please Yetunde, how many stories do you want to tell us? You know deep within your heart that you asked me out, though people may not know. It was even reported when you came to Nigeria to beg me to marry you. You were stalking me around during my movie shoot in order to spite your ex-husband.


http://smileandtalk.com/2015/07/10/nigerian-celebrity-lovers-squabble-taken-to-youtube-babatee-nollywood-bustline/