Author: Adekugbe Adedayo

Ultimate Fighting Championship, UFC, has announced a new partnership with streaming platform Kick. This partnership also includes opening an official Kick account for global streaming.

According to UFC, its partnership with Kick is a direction for its global marketing partnership. UFC will have its own dedicated channel, which features “compelling original UFC content such as fight watchalongs, press conferences, behind-the-scenes access, athlete interviews, and more.”  As a plus for KICK, it will be named an official partner of UFC and “will be integrated within a selection of UFC’s biggest events around the world.”

KICK is an on-demand video live-streaming platform and a large competitor to Amazon’s Twitch. During UFC matches globally, Kick will be offered high-visibility branding. UFC and Kick hopes to receive more visibility across hundreds of millions of households with their partnership.

“KICK will first activate the new partnership around this week’s action-packed UFC 308: TOPURIA vs HOLLOWAY in Abu Dhabi, a milestone that marks the 20th UFC event held in the UAE over the past 15 years,” UFC.

“We’re thrilled to begin our relationship with KICK by becoming a major element of their innovative streaming service, joining some of KICK’s most well-known streamers, including Westcol, and Adin Ross,” said Nicholas Smith, Vice President of Global Partnerships for TKO. “We’re looking forward to our KICK channel becoming a strong, reliable platform to drive awareness for all our live UFC events, while enhancing the UFC live experience with unique, compelling content for UFC fans around the world.”

“We are delighted to partner with UFC to bring amazing content and behind-the-scenes access to our audience on KICK,” said Akhil Sarin, Chief Marketing Officer at KICK.  “We look forward to the launch of the UFC channel this week, with our branding set to appear on the canvas at UFC 308 in Abu Dhabi, our very own Max Holloway competing for the featherweight title, and unmissable UFC content streaming for the first time live on KICK. Make sure you tune in and engage in the chat.”

The ‘Lights, Camera…Naija’s event created by Netflix is an event that celebrates and honours Nollywood pioneers, veterans, and key players.

BBNaija’s Ebuka Obi-Uchendu will return to host this year’s event, which will be held on November 2, 2024.

See the announcement video below:

This year’s theme—Pioneers, Pillars, and Players— pays tribute to the legends who laid the foundation of Nollywood, the off-screen masterminds—directors, producers, and crew members—who keep the industry running, and the vibrant actors who captivate audiences worldwide.

Aimed at spotlighting Nollywood’s finest, celebrating the trailblazers, behind-the-scenes heroes, and the on-screen stars who make the industry shine, the event often has in attendance industry professionals, music artists, and celebrities grace the stage. [Pulse]

The 2024 Lagos Fashion Week 2024 is officially on. The event began on October 23rd and will end on Sunday, October 27th, garnering several fashion enthusiasts, executives, models, and creatives.

The 2024 Lagos Fashion Week theme is COMMUNE, honouring Africa’s fashion ecosystem’s collaborative spirit by honouring designers and behind-the-scenes creative minds.

Imad Eduso, Maliko, Ajabeng, Born Star Nigeria, NYA, Pettre Taylor, Kente Gentlemen, LFJ, Ajabeng, Oshobor, and Ugo Monye blessed the runway on Day 1.

This year’s highlight will include Lagos Fashion Week’s Green Access program by Style House Files, an initiative to boost sustainable emerging designers.

Bornstar Nigeria x Maison Mystic debut their collaboration on the Lagos Fashion Week 24 stage.

Maison Mystic collection photographed by @insignaonline, courtesy @sonyalphanigeria

EVENT 1: Lagos Fashion Week x Bicester Collection Roundtable

DATE: Wednesday, October 23rd 2024

TIME: 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM WAT

LOCATION: External Ballroom, Federal Palace Hotel (FPH)

The 2024 Lagos Fashion Week 2024 is officially on. The event began on October 23rd and will end on Sunday, October 27th, garnered several fashion enthusiasts, executives, models, and creatives.

The 2024 Lagos Fashion Week theme is COMMUNE, honouring Africa’s fashion ecosystem’s collaborative spirit by honouring designers and behind-the-scenes creative minds.

Imad Eduso, Maliko, Ajabeng, Born Star Nigeria, NYA, Pettre Taylor, Kente Gentlemen, LFJ, Ajabeng, Oshobor and Ugo Monye blessed the Runway on Day 1.

This year’s highlight will include Lagos Fashion Week’s Green Access program, by Style House Files, an initiative to boost sustainable emerging designers.

Ajabeng collection photographed by @kolaoshalusi @insignaonline, courtesy @sonyalphanigeria

EVENT 1: Lagos Fashion Week x Bicester Collection Roundtable

DATE: Wednesday, October 23rd 2024

TIME: 10:00AM – 12:0PM WAT

LOCATION: External Ballroom, Federal Palace Hotel (FPH)

Cardi B vows to fight the lawsuit against her and her now-divorced husband Offset. In the lawsuit, the property owner of the mansion used in the music video of her hit single “Like What’ claims she and her estranged husband Offset duped them into using their property for the music video “without paying full market value.”

In response, the Grammy winner has vowed to defend herself against the “greedy owners.”“The problem is people wanna find loopholes and get over but IRON YOUR BEST SUIT BITCH, I’ll see you in court!!!” the Grammy-winning rapper wrote on X.

In her statement on X, Cardi B claimed the property owners were paid $10,000 in cash to use the property for 24 hours “We paid those people $10,000 IN CASH to rent the property for a whole 24 hours that same day 6am to 6am the next morning and we went over by ONE hour which we paid overage fees to the realtor for in March.” She also claimed the owners are trying to get more money from there through legal loopholes: “Now they wanna finesse us trying to say we told them it was a TikTok video when that was nowhere in the contract and like they didn’t hear the whole song playing and see how long we was shooting….Why would it take us 24 hours to shoot a TikTok? The problem is people wanna find loopholes and get over…”

To add to her defence Cardi B claims the owners were on set when the shoot was taking place: “There was cameras all over and both the realtors and the owners was there the ENTIRE time… I got pics and videos of them on set!!“

According to the mansion owner’s 11-page complaint, Cardi and Offset had their eyes set on using the property’s highly distinctive design and “devised a plan” to use it “without paying full market value.” The property owner, Bi LLC, alleged the ex-couple reached out through their representatives in late 2023 or early 2024 and booked the house anonymously “under the false pretense” it would be used for a TikTok video. The house was previously home to Justin Bieber.

The lawsuit was filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court, which included still photographs from the video shoot and noted that the music video produced during the shoot, “Like What,” had garnered more than 26 million views on YouTube since its release six months ago.

Peter Sedufia’s upcoming Pan African comedy thriller, One Night Guest, has officially wrapped up filming and principal photography.

The movie is a collaboration between Ghanaian production studio, OldFilm Production, Sozo Films (Nigeria), and South Africa’s Gravel Road Studios.

The movie which began its production in 2022 will be released on Christmas Day.

It stars a diverse cast including; Yvonne Okoro, Majid Michel, Warri Pikin, Roselyn Ngissah, Ini Edo, Chidi Mokeme, James Gardiner, Lasisi Elenu, and Akah Nani.

The film was written and directed by Peter Sedufia and produced by Chris Odeh.

Silverbird has obtained national theatrical rights and Canal Plus for international rights.

Source: Shock

Microsoft recently made an announcement that has affected gamers in a good or bad way (you decide.) Games like Gotham Knights, Valheim, and Paw Patrol: Grand Prix will be leaving Xbox Game Pass.

Starting September 30th, 9 games will be leaving the Game Pass library. On September 15, Microsoft announced it would remove 6 games, bringing the total number of games leaving its Xbox Game Pass library to 15 this September.

All hopes are not lost, as Game Pass subscribers can get these games for a 20% discount before they are gone as part of their membership.

New games are also coming to Game Pass later this month, including Wargroove 2 (September 19), Frostpunk 2 (September 2), and Ara: History Untold (September 24).

See all new titles leaving Game Pass soon:

Nollywood actress Oyindamola Sanni has shared the first look at her upcoming film ‘Tiaraoluwa’ in a photo featuring her and actor Okikiola Bakare on her Instagram.

Nollywood greats like Afeez Oyetoro (Saka) Mide Martins, Jumoke Odetola, Afeez Abiodun, and Kiki Bakare are expected to star in the movie, amongst others.

The movie is directed by Afeez Olayiwola Abiodun and produced by Oyindamola Sanni with Honeydee Films Production Ltd acting as executive producers.

Taking to her Instagram Oyindamola wrote: “HAPPY SUNDAY FROM THIS CUTE YET CRAZY COUPLE.
You need to see the movie “TIARAOLUWA” to understand what I’m talking about. My birthday mate and I made magic in the enthralling movie TIARAOLUWA”

In an exclusive interview with Streamdorm, Oyindamola describes the movie as an “amazing movie; the story is everything and more, very emotional, captivating, dramatic, and very relatable.”

The movie will air on YouTube on August 8th via ApataTV YouTube channel, with the trailer dropping on August 4th.

SEE THE PHOTO BELOW:

Consumers of Startimes or MultiChoice’s DSTV and GOTV can watch all the Paris 2024 Olympic games on SportyTV and SuperSport (DStv ch 203 and GOtv ch 61) starting July 26, 6:30 pm. All the action will also be covered on the Olympics’ official Paris 2024 live blog, beginning July 24.

“As part of our commitment to delivering the best sporting action to Nigerians, we will broadcast across SuperSport channels with additional pop-up channels on DStv and GOtv. The Olympics is the largest gathering of athletes competing for honours. We will make the games available to customers on DStv Yanga and GOtv Jolli. offering them the opportunity to watch history unfold and follow our Nigerian athletes at the Games. In the spirit of the Olympics, each of the SuperSport channels will also be renamed as ‘Olympic Channel’ for the duration of the games,” executive Head of Marketing MultiChoice West Africa, Tope Oshunkeye made this announcement.

On Friday 26th, July 2024 Team Nigeria will make its 19th appearance at the Olympics. Representing Nigeria are 82 sportsmen and women in 11 sporting events.

The 2024 Olympics in Paris will officially begin from 24 July to 11 August 2024.

Team Nigeria is expected to compete in the following sports:

1. Athletics
2. Badminton
3. Basketball
4. Boxing
5. Canoeing
6. Cycling
7. Football
8. Table Tennis
9. Taekwondo
10. Weightlifting
11. Wrestling

Yesterday Team Nigeria Super Falcons played with Brazil but unfortunately lost its first game but hopes to recover in the next match. Follow @streamdorm on Twitter or Threads to stay updated on Nigeria’s Olympic progress.

In 2022, Matt Reeves’ The Batman changed the reception of Batman to the big screen. Fans of The DC superhero-verse and Batman were expecting spinoffs to build Matt Reeves’ The Batman Universe. Unfortunately, only ‘The Penguin’ was greenlit as ‘Arkham Asylum’ and ‘Gotham PD’ were cancelled.

Director Matt Reeves called his The Batman Universe, “Batman Epic Crime Saga,’ and it will continue with Collin Farrell starring as Oswald Cobblepot in “The Penguin” limited TV Show which will premiere on September 19th on Max.

Matt Reeves reveals The Penguin show begins weeks after The Batman ends and will connect to The Batman 2.

In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Matt Reeves spoke about how the cinematic universe for The Batman began: “As we were writing the movie [The Batman], I was like, ‘Hey, you know what? I think there are some cool shows that we could do,” he said. “It was actually why I wanted to make our deal at Warner Bros.”

A character that Reeves was planning to explore was Riddler, unfortunately not all spin-offs were greenlit but the stories found a way to thread into The Penguin.

“They were like, ‘We like what you’re doing, and we want to lean harder into the marquee characters,” Reeves said, “what’s interesting is that, in the movie, the big red herring of the story is it seems like the person they’re looking for, that the Riddler’s pointing to must be the Penguin, some kind of informant. This movie creates a power vacuum, and because Penguin is so underestimated, people don’t really see who he is.”

In another universe, Prime Video is exploring the early days of Batman in The Caped Crusader an animated show premiering August 1st.