Friday 30 March 2012
Wednesday 28 March 2012
MBGN (MOST BEAUTIFUL GIRL IN NIGERIA) SCREENING ABOUT TO BEGIN
BENIN
Date: Tuesday March 27
Venue: HomeVille Hotel, Evbuomwan Street off Sapele road. Benin City
PORT-HARCOURT
Date: Thursday March 29
Venue: Silverbird Showtime, Former Obi Wali Cultural Center, MILE 1, Diobu, Port Harcourt.
ABUJA
Date: Saturday March 31
Venue: Silverbird Entertainment center, Plot 1161, Memorial Drive, By Musa Yar’adua Center, Central Business District, F.C.T.
LAGOS
Date: April 3rd
Venue: Xclusive lounge, Silverbird Galleria, 133 Ahmadu Bello Way, Victoria Island
ACTRESS STEPH-NORA ABOUT TO LAUNCH TV SHOW
BEYONCE AND MOM, TINA KNOWLES SPOTTED WITH BLUE IVY
Beyonce and Tina Knowles (looking fiercely snatched), were spotted getting out of their super luxury van earlier today in Manhattan, which is equipped with a full bathroom, Direct TV and Wifi. Meanwhile, Baby Blue Ivy tagged along in style while wrapped up in a fur baby sling.
Sunday 25 March 2012
ARETHA FRANKLIN TURNS 70
Aretha Franklin celebrated her 70th birthday last night with a swanky party at the Helmsley Park Lane Hotel in NYC.
Aretha also celebrated a new record deal.
“I have re-signed with Clive Davis, so I’m recording with Clive again. She added, “We’re going to sit together and decide what it is we’re going to record.”
TINY AND TI GET DAUGHTER A PORSCHE FOR HER SWEET 16
Check out the pics:
Nelly was spotted with his kids at the event.
Stylist Misa Hylton Brimm arrived with her son Justin Combs
Zonnique was carried into the event like Royalty
And cutie Diggy Simmons was there to wish her a Happy Birthday
TI, Nelly and Justin Combs
Zonnique was tweeting about how cute Justin was after the event
Tiny and Misa hanging out
TI’s daughter Deyjah and his mom was there…
Zonnique tweeted after the event, ‘Thanks to everyone that came to my party lastnight! You guys made it the best birthday party for me!
)’Saturday 24 March 2012
TIPS FOR REMEMBERING STUFF WE FORGET
The event includes memorizing 99 names, a
shuffled deck of cards, a poem, and a list of 500 words. We'll find our
keys.
Memory competitor Mike Mirski (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
• Exercise: Seriously. You may think of "mental athletes" as MENSA dorks who eat Cheetos and study flashcards, but the best brains need bodies that work out.
"If you have a healthy body, you'd better have a healthy mind," says Memory Championships founder Tony Dottino. "A third of the oxygen you breathe in is consumed by your brain."
Top competitor Paul Mellor, 53, has run a marathon in all 50 states. He blends mental practice with physical training: While swimming, Mellor keeps lap count by assigning a number to a friend or loved one. So when he finishes a third lap, he thinks of a third cousin. And so on. Defending champion Nelson Dellis, 28, is a mountaineer who has scaled Everest and raises money for Alzheimer's research with every ascent he does around the world.
• Wild Imagery: If there's something you're likely to forget, imagine an action you wouldn't normally do. The best place for your keys is the key holder (imagine that), but if you're in a rush and you have to put your keys down elsewhere, dream up something improbable. Putting your sunglasses down near the blender? Imagine putting them into a smoothie. Drop the mail near the flat-screen? Imagine pasting your TV with envelopes.
Mellor does this when he goes shopping. No need to bring a list when he imagines milk coming out of his nose and having a chicken on his shoulder. Then he goes one step further and assigns frequently purchased foods to body parts, so nose always represents milk and his shoulder reminds him to pick up chicken. He may forget his list, but he won't forget his shoulder.
• Turn Numbers Into Words: Dellis remembers the seven digits of a phone number by splitting it into three groups: the first three numbers, the second two numbers, which he turns into an action, and the last two numbers, which he makes an object.
Take the number 207-4563. Start with 207. Dellis turns all numbers ending in -07 into James Bond characters. So 007 is James Bond, 107 is Austin Powers, and 207 is No. 2. Then 45 is easy -- D is the fourth letter in the alphabet and E is the fifth. So 45 is DE or "Duke Ellington," who plays the trumpet. Now 45 is always a trumpet. And 6 is "S" -- same phonetic sound -- and 3 corresponds to third-letter C, which gets Dellis to SC or "Stephen Colbert," who sits behind a desk. And so he arrives at "No. 2 blowing a desk out of a trumpet" -- 207-4563.
If that seems too complex, divide up digits into jersey numbers. Pedro Martinez wore 45 and Gene Upshaw wore 63. Whatever your system, keep in mind that once you get it down, it'll pay off for the rest of your life.
"I know these sound totally arbitrary," Dellis says, "but when I see numbers I instantly see pictures and make stories out of them." Admit it, you're more likely to remember a James Bond figure blowing a desk out of a trumpet than seven random digits.
• Use Your Voice: How often do we forget someone's name as soon as we hear it? Make an effort to repeat the name immediately. "Nice to meet you, Colleen."
Ask every server at a restaurant his or her name and repeat it when you need something. This will sound cheesy at first -— like you're a used-car salesman —— but it will become second nature and people absolutely love hearing their own names.
And just saying anything out loud is a great tool for memory. Parking in row 2G? Say "2G" when you hit the lock button. (And swap out G for Georgia or a place name, so "I parked in Georgia.") "If I'm driving on the road in the daytime," says Mellor, "I'll say, 'Lights on.' Once I say it out loud, it certainly helps later."
Friday 23 March 2012
KIM KARDASHIAN FLOUR BOMBED
It looks as though she didn’t do much harm as Kim arrived back on the red carpet moments later, flour-free and in good spirits while telling the paparazzi, “I told my make-up artist that I needed a little bit more powder but I didn’t think it would be that much.”
Meanwhile, Kim’s sister Khloe got word of the situation and tweeted:
I wish I was with my sister tonight. I bet you that woman wouldn’t have dared tried a thing.
DRAKE INTRODUCES NEW DANCE CALLED 'WHEELCHAIR JIMMY'
LOL!! After dances like ''the laffy taffy'', ''skanky leg'', ''the dougie'' and even ''the azonto'', drake is out with a new dance inspired by his role in Degrassi.
Enjoy.(And don't try this at the club...jk.)
RIHANNA ON THE SET OF 'PRINCESS OF CHINA' VIDEO
Rihanna is a fierce kitty in black hair.
Last night, she shared a few photos from the set of the ‘Princess of China’ music video that she is currently filming with ColdPlay. The song was first performed by Rihanna and ColdPlay at this year’s Grammy Awards and now the collab will have an interesting visual to accompany it.
Riri is giving off ‘Gangsta Goth Geisha’ meets ‘Chinese princess’ in the video but judging from the pics, there is a lot more fierceness to come.
See below
WHITNEY HOUSTON CAUSE OF DEATH REVEALED
The Los Angeles County Coroner has finally released the cause of Whitney Houston’s death and has determined that it was an accidental drowning. The autopsy results also revealed that there was cocaine found in her system.
According to reports, her prolonged cocaine use along with her atherosclerotic heart disease could have caused her to suffer a heart attack, pass out, and eventually drown. There were other drugs found in her system at including Benadryl, Xanax, and marijuana, but the Coroner decided they didn’t have anything to do with her death, however she did use the cocaine immediately prior to her collapse in the Beverly Hilton Hotel. When investigators arrived on the scene, they found no traces of cocaine in her hotel room and it is believed that someone removed all traces of the drugs from her room before paramedics arrived on the scene.
TMZ is reporting:
One source who is extremely close to the situation tells us … the individual who removed the cocaine was also the person who supplied it to Whitney.Meanwhile, According to the press release from the coroners office, no foul play is suspected.
As we previously reported, other items were removed from the room as well, including bed sheets.
The Beverly Hills PD just told TMZ … its investigation is not closed. Cops will not comment on whether they are looking at evidence tampering.
Patricia Houston, Whitney’s sister-in-law and manager released a statement on behalf of the family saying they’re just happy to have some closure:
“We are saddened to learn of the toxicology results, although we are glad to now have closure.”
Via Los Angeles Times & TMZ
WIKIPEDIA FOUNDER, JIMMY WALES, GOVERNOR BABATUNDE FASHOLA AND OTHERS SET TO SPEAK AT THE YOUTH MARKETING CONFERENCE 27TH & 28TH MARCH, 2012
Founder of Wikipedia, Jimmy Wales will lead a line up of speakers at the second edition of Youth Marketer Converge Conference (YMC 2.0) scheduled to take place in Eko Hotel & Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos between March 27 and 28, 2011.
The Youth Marketer Converge Conference, with the theme: ‘What are Young People really searching for?’ will be the largest gathering of marketing professionals focused on the youth demography in Nigeria. It will also feature other professionals from the African continent and Europe, UK and the USA for peer reviews and best practices.
The series of events scheduled to take place include: a 1-day conference and exposition tagged, INTERACTIVE for Brand Managers, Marketing Managers, Marketing Directors, CEOs, Creative and Advertising Media Agencies, Brand Custodians, Social Entrepreneurs, Youth Leaders/Trend Setters, other Marketing Professionals, Researchers and other professionals in the Brand and Marketing industry around the continent.
The impressive speakers list includes: His Excellency, Babatunde Raji Fashola, Executive Governor of Lagos State; Tolu Ogunlesi; Arts Manager, British Council, Enioma Anaba; Group Head of Marketing, Interswitch, Bisi Awoyemi; Project Director, L.E.A.R.N. (Lagos State Empowerment & Resources Network), Lanre Aina; Business Development Analyst, Google Nigeria, Engr. Gbenga Adebayo; CEO, CNSSL/President, Royal FM , Mike Saunders; CEO, Digitlab South Africa, Japheth Omojuwa; Curator, Omojuwa.com , Lade Adeyemi; CEO, Negotiation Pros and Chiekezie Dozie; CEO, Persnickety.
Beyond the conference, YMC will continue to exist through the year as an information and resource portal with updates on the Youth Marketing scene across the continent and a reference source for data on Youth Marketing and Research. The outcome of this initiative is a more professional, competitive and impactful youth market with many luring brands that are focused on engaging young people.
F.B. Initiatives, a fast rising marketing and advertising firm are the organizers of this epoch-making event. Led by the dynamic Funke Babatola, “ This conference will hold again because of the long-term vision, which is to elevate the professionalism employed in this market to become commensurate to its size and relevance in the overall marketing spend of brands and consumption levels. We have identified that there still exists a gap between youth brands and their targets and therefore provides this platform to engage professionals, stakeholders from all over Africa to expose these professionals to statistics and data that will escalate purchasing power of young people, foster better-informed policy decisions, produce more creative and well-thought-out brand campaigns and results”.
The International Conference
Date: Tuesday 27th March 2012
Time: 8 AM – 5 PM
Venue: Eko Hotel & Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos
The Mega Youth Panel
Date: Wednesday 28th March 2012
Time: 8 AM – 5 PM
Venue: Indoor Sports Hall, Rowe Park, Yaba
Contact: For more info and general enquiries
Call 08191881892, 08191881893
Email info@fbinitiatives.com
Visit their Website http://fbinitiatives.com/ | http://ymc.fbinitiatives.com/
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