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Alex Murdaugh was found guilty on two counts of murder at his trial at the Colleton County Courthouse in Walterboro, S.C. The disbarred lawyer was convicted of killing his wife Maggie, 52, and son Paul, 22, on the family’s hunting compound in June 2021.

Murdaugh, 52, was also indicted and charged with two counts of murder and two counts of possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime.

Earlier in the trial, in one of the most damning revelations, the prosecution presented electronic data and video pulled from the victims’ cellphones,...

Brittany’s long, lean legs took center stage as she posed for her fans. Pic credit: ©ImageCollect.com/Xavier Collin/Image Press Agency

Brittany Aldean’s legs are certainly one of her best features, and the blonde beauty recently highlighted them in a pair of Daisy Dukes.

The 33-year-old stunner, married to country superstar Jason Aldean, knows a thing or two about fashion.

Always one to stay on top of the latest fashion trends, Brittany runs her own clothing line, Brittany + Kasi, alongside her sister-in-law, Kasi Wicks, and is a lover of all things fashion and beauty.

As she has been traveling the country with Jason for his Rock N’ Roll Cowboy tour, Brittany has also been sharing some of her outfit choices while she enjoys life on the road.

Posing for a snap in her Instagram Stories, the former NBA cheerleader recently shared a photo of herself modeling one of her show looks.

News on the march…! Held over the weekend, in Yenegoa, Bayelsa State (Nigeria) on Saturday, March 26, 2011, the celebration announcing the winners of the 2011 African Movie Academy Awards (Amaa) – in just its 7th year.

This year’s nominations list boasted an even longer list of awards, compared to previous years, as the award ceremony continues to grow.

Viva Riva, a film I’ve touted on this website in recent days, after seeing it for the first time last week, rightfully dominated, winning 6 trophies, including Best Film, Best Director, Best Supporting Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Cinematography, and Best Production Design.

The rest of the story follows in the table below, lifted from the Amaa’s website Here:

Category

Nominated Films

Winners

Best Short Film Bougfen – Petra Baninla Sunjo (Cameroun)

Weakness – Wanjiru Kairu (Kenya)

No Jersey No Match – Daniel Ademinokan (Nigeria)

Duty – Mak Kusare (Nigeria)

Bomlambo – Zwelesizwe Ntuli (South Africa)

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Over the weekend, as most of us were reveling in Academy Awards thrills and chills, the nominations for another major movie award ceremony were announced, many miles, across the Atlantic Ocean; I’m referring to the 7-year old (this year) Africa Movie Academy Awards (Amaa), which will be held in Yenegoa, Bayelsa State (Nigeria) on Saturday, March 26, 2011.

This year’s nominations list boasts an even longer list of awards, compared to previous years, as the award ceremony continues to grow.

I’ll have to thoroughly scrub this list to highlight as many titles as I can – especially in the feature film categories, and I’ll do that with individual posts over the next week, or so. In the meantime, however, I’ll quickly point out those few titles that we’ve previously given ink to on this website, that are nominated for Amaa awards, including the following: in the Best Diaspora Feature,...

Think of any major Hollywood star vehicle and, chances are, it premièred at The Empire, Leicester Square, one of Leicester square’s cinemas regularly used for star-studded, red carpet film premières and first runs in London’s West End.

And now, for the first time ever, a Nollywood film is going to get the Empire Leicester Square treatment when The Mirror Boy, a rites of passage family adventure film, has its world première there on Friday 24th February.

From the film’s official website:

“The Mirror Boy” is an enthralling journey through the picturesque terrains of The Gambia, as seen through the eyes of a London-born 12 year old boy, Tijani.

On the 13th of June and wholly out of character, Tijani gets involved in a street fight in which a boy is hurt. Convinced that Tijani needs discipline, Teema, his mum decides to take him to the Gambia to live with her sister.

Nollywood Babylon is an in depth documentary that takes a look at the third largest film industry in the world. Yes, you heard me right, just behind the United States and India.

The film follows filmmaker Osita Iheme, a prominent film maker in Nigeria who, at the time of the film, was working on his 157th film. The Nigerian film industry started in the beginning 90’s as way for Nigerians to make films that they could relate to. Their film strategy is to pump out as many films as they can, and then sell them on the streets. The other side to their film industry is the religious figures that push films that they make they make themselves. These are directed towards promoting Christianity, and keeping those who are already devoted to their religion.

The main idea is to make films for Africans, by Africans. Sure, American films are featured in Nigeria,...