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BBTitans: 16 Housemates Left to Battle for Ultimate Prize
Marvin and the ‘mummy of the house’ Yaya have been evicted from Big Brother Titans. While this is one of the most unexpected evictions, voting statistics showed that Maya (Marvin and Yaya) got only 5.94% of the total votes, placing them at the bottom of the table. Marvin is the first Nigerian guy to be evicted from the BBTitans show.
While the eviction was the highlight of last week in Biggie’s house, there were other incidents worthy of note.
Big Brother introduced the ‘Great divide’ rule which forbade male housemates from speaking or interacting with female housemates. The rule only allowed conversation between the opposite sex to pass through the messengers. If there was a need to speak to the opposite sex, it must go through Yaya and Marvin who were nominated as the messengers for female and male housemates respectively. This rule saw more housemates of the same gender spending more time together.
Nigerian hunk, Yemi got a taste of his own medicine last week when he caught Khosi and Thabang cuddling in bed. Nelissa who had finally shared a kiss with Thabang told Yemi, in tears, that she caught Khosi and Thabang kissing and cuddling. The fight between Yemi and Khosi turned dirty fast and angry words were exchanged.
It seems this new ship, Khosi and Thabang is because of Yemi’s insistence on putting Khosi in the friend zone after Ebuka’s revelation of how he spent time with Blue Aiva.
New beef is brewing between Nelissa and Khosi because of her involvement with Thabang. This was evident when she was telling Yemi about getting up from the sofa she was sharing with Thabang to ease herself only to return and find Khosi in her spot. We also got to see her turning down Thabang’s offer to join them on the sofa.
South African Diva, Blue Aiva is bent on moving on despite her breakup with Yemi and his efforts to block other love interests from courting her. Blue was caught kissing Blaqboi soon after promising Yemi she will stay up to wait for his kiss on Valentine’s Day.
The housemates seem to keep us guessing with their actions and alliances. Follow all the excitement on BBTitans on channel 29 on GOtv. Follow the conversation on social media with the hashtag #BBTitans.
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Nollywood actor, Saidi Balogun has reunited with his estranged wife, Faithia Williams at the graduation ceremony of their son, Khalid Ayomide Balogun.
The couple, both Nollywood actors, who called it quits with their marriage a few years ago, had cause to come together, to celebrate their son’s achievement as he graduates from the University of Lagos with a first-class honours.
Trending videos and photos captured the couple in jolly mood posing for photographs and exchanging pleasantries with well wishers and friends.
Saidi and Faithia had a bitter separation, which prompted Saidi to caution his ex-wife to desist from using his name, Balogun.
African Voices Changemakers, the popular CNN International magazine programme will this weekend host one of Hollywood’s most celebrated African actors, Djimon Gaston Hounsou. The programme is sponsored by digital solutions provider, Globacom.
The star actor who was born in Benin Republic in April 1960, will be chatting with programme anchor, Larry Madowo on his inspiring journey and how he links the Black diaspora with its roots through the Djimon Hounsou Foundation which he launched in New York in 2019.
Hounsou became a thespian when he acted in the 1990 film titled Without You, I’m Nothing from which he has gained recognition for his outstanding roles in several other films including Amistad (1997); Gladiator (2000) and a French film titled Forces speciales (2011) among other great works. His talents have earned him the Golden Globe Award as Best Actor in Drama and the NAACP Image Award both in 1998 and for his role in Amistad. He also got the Academy Awards as Best Supporting Actor in 2004 as well as an Outstanding Performance Award for Blood Diamond in 2007.
His foundation has been at the forefront of empowering Africans through his philanthropic initiatives like Run Richmond 16.19. He has successfully bridged history, culture, and community in a mission to unite the African diaspora and honour African heritage.
African Voices Changemakers will be broadcast on Saturday at 8.30a.m. and will be repeated same day at noon. Further repeats will be broadcast on Sunday at 4.30a.m. and 7p.m.; Monday 4a.m. Repeat editions will come up in the same broadcast schedule next week from Saturday.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has postponed the announcement of this year’s Oscar nominations due to the wildfires ravaging the Los Angeles area.
Originally scheduled for Friday, January 17, the nominations will now be revealed on January 19.
Voting for the nearly 10,000 Academy members, which began on January 8, has also been extended by two days, now closing on Tuesday, January 14.
Among the celebrities affected by the fires are former Oscars host Billy Crystal, Paris Hilton, James Woods, and Miles Teller, all of whom have lost their homes.
In a letter sent to members on Wednesday, Academy CEO Bill Kramer offered his condolences, saying, “We want to offer our deepest condolences to those who have been impacted by the devastating fires across Southern California.
“So many of our members and industry colleagues live and work in the Los Angeles area, and we are thinking of you.”
Wildfires sweeping through communities across Los Angeles County, which began around 5:45 pm on Wednesday, have damaged or destroyed over 2,000 homes, businesses, and other buildings, with at least five confirmed dead.
