Oscar-winning actress Angelina Joliehas publicly reiterated what matters to her above all… Motherhood.
While speaking on Good Morning America with Michael Strahan to promote her upcoming film, Maria, Angelina Jolie expressed how she feels about her kids describing it as something similar to Maria Callas’s passion for singing.
The actress told Strahan that motherhood is happiness: “You can take everything else away from me. Nothing else matters.”
Maria is a biopic about the opera singer, Maria Calles portrayed by Angelina Jolie. The movie also stars legendary actors Haluk Bilginer, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Alba Rohrwacher, and Valeria Golino directed by Pablo Larraín.
She and ex-husband Brad Pitt share six kids: Maddox, 23, Pax, 20, Zahara, 19, Shiloh, 18, and Knox and Vivienne, 16-year-old twins.
Jolie’s two eldest sons, Maddox and Pax, worked with her on Maria as assistant directors, which described the experience as “amazing” despite having no interest in being seen on camera yet. “They’re quite private. Shiloh’s extremely private. They weren’t born with privacy, right? So I hope they can have that as they grow,” she said.
The Eternals star has always been outspoken on motherhood and the importance of education.
“I’m somebody who has tried to have a better education on foreign policy. I think of the amount of times it’s been summarized, ‘You’re an artist, but you also use your voice,’ you feel like, that’s just being a person,” she said. “I’m trying to understand what is happening within our world, why so many things are the way they are. I’m trying to understand how to best be a guide for my children, to make sure that they are good people. I don’t often feel like I’m doing enough. So when you say, ‘You use your voice,’ I feel like there are so many things I don’t quite know how to do or say at this time.”
Angelina Jolie underwent vocal training for her performance as Callas in Maria—a process that her kids were apparently witnesses to. “All of my children suffered through my early opera singing in the house before I got kinda good,” she recalled, adding jokingly, “which was a nightmare.”
Congratulations to Alexandra Daddario and Andrew Form. The 38-year-old White Lotus star announced the birth of their newborn baby.
Alexandra Daddario made the birth of her child through a whimsical Halloween Instagram post. She shared a picture of her child in a bowl with some candy on him with the caption, “I thought this was a weird bowl of candy.”
The gender of her child is yet to be revealed.
Via @alexandradaddario
The actress immediately received in bulk congratulatory messages:
Earlier this year, Daddario opened up about her pregnancy, explaining her “complicated” feelings after previously suffering a miscarriage.
“I’m pregnant and it’s all successful and everything’s healthy. ” She continued to share the emotional toll of her previous loss, stating, “I had been pregnant. Then I had a loss. It’s long and complicated, so I don’t want to be too specific.”
“Those kinds of losses and trauma are very hard to explain unless you’ve been through them.” “I really relate to all the women who have been through those kinds of things in a way that I didn’t understand fully before. It’s very, very painful.”
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.
Onyeka Onwenu hailed from Arondizuogu, Ideato North in Imo State, Nigeria. She was born on 31 January, 1952 and died on 30 July, 2024 (Aged 72). She was a journalist, singer, song writer, actress, activist and politician. Well known to some as the “Elegant Stallion”
Onyeka Onwenu previously served as the chairperson of the Imo State Council for Arts and Culture and also held the position of Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer at the National Centre for Women Development.
EARLY DAYS
Onyeka Onwenu was raised in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria.
She was the youngest daughter of Late Dickson Kanu Onwenu, an Educationist and Politician who died in an autocrash a week before he was to be appointed Minister for Education and also represented Port Harcourt at the Federal House of Representatives between 1954 to 1956 when he passed on.
As at the time of his demise Onwenu was only four (4) years of age, leaving her and her siblings to be catered for by their widowed mother.
Young Onyeka Onwenu
EDUCATION
Onwenu had a BA in International Relations and Communication from Wellesley College, Massachusetts and an MA in Media Studies from The New School for Social Research, New York.
While away at the State, she served as a tour guide to the Unite Nations before returning home to Nigeria in 1980 and went for her National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) where she was posted to the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), Lagos State, for her service.
CAREER
Journalist
As a an employee in Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), Onwenu made her mark as a reporter for the television station. In the year 1984, she wrote and presented an internationally acclaimed BBC/NTA documentary: “A Squandering of Riches” that depicted corruption in Nigeria and the Niger Delta agitation for the resource control and campaign against environmental pollution in the oil rich regions in Nigeria.
She was also a former member of the NTA board and was a also a presenter who hosted multiple shows all on NTA.
Music
Onwenu had a melodious voice and was also a very talented writer whose songs were mostly written by her. She sang on issues in the society and world at large relating to Health, Peace, Human right, etc.
She began her singing career in 1981 while still working at the Television station, releasing an album “For the Love of You” and later went on to release her second studio album “Endless Life” produced by Legendary Sonny Okosun. Both of her releases was done under EMI Label.
Onyeka Onwenu’s debut album with Polygram, “In The Morning Light,” came out in 1984. Her track “You and I,” was re-recorded for the 2001 film “Conspiracy,” starring Nkem Owoh and Onwenu.
For her 1988 album “Dancing In The Sun,” Onwenu embraced a more Afrocentric sound and collaborated with veteran jùjú artist Sunny Ade on the track “Madawolohun (Let Them Say).” This was their first collaboration, followed by “Choices” and “Wait For Me,” which focused on family planning and were endorsed by the Planned Parenthood Federation of Nigeria, with “Choices” being used in their public service announcements.
“Dancing In The Sun,” her last release with Polygram, was dedicated to Winnie Mandela, whom Onwenu honored with a song of the same name, performed live during Nelson Mandela and Winnie’s visit to Nigeria in 1990 after his release from prison.
In 1992, Onwenu switched to Benson and Hedges Music and released her only album with them, “Onyeka!” After this, she transitioned to Christian and gospel music. Her latest collection, “Inspiration for Change,” focuses on promoting attitudinal change in Nigeria.
Onwenu partnered with Paris-based La Cave Musik, led by Nigerian cultural entrepreneur Onyeka Nwelue, and UK-based Jungle Entertainment Ventures, headed by musicologist David Evans-Uhegbu.
La Cave Musik is set to release her collection titled “Rebirth of a Legend.” Recognized for her contributions to music and the arts in Nigeria, she has been celebrated by professionals such as Mahmood Ali-Balogun, Laolu Akins, Charles O’Tudor, and former PMAN president Tony Okoroji.
She was one of the judges on X Factor Nigeria in 2013.
Onyeka Onwenu
Acting
Onwenu’s debut film role was as Joke, a woman unable to have children who decides to adopt an abandoned baby in Zik Zulu Okafor’s Nightmare.
In 2006, she received the Africa Movie Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her role in Widow’s Cot and was also nominated for Best Actress in a Leading Role for her performance in Rising Moon.
In 2014, she starred in Half of a Yellow Sun alongside Chiwetel Ejiofor and Thandiwe Newton, and she was featured in Lionheart in 2018.
Politics
Onwenu was affiliated with the People’s Democratic Party. She ran for the position of Local Council Chairman in Ideato North Local Government Area, Imo State, on two occasions, but was unsuccessful both times. Despite these setbacks, she was later appointed as the Chairperson of the Imo State Council for Arts and Culture by former governor Ikedi Ohakim.
On September 16, 2013, President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan appointed her as the Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer of the National Centre for Women Development.
DEATH
On July 30, 2024, Onwenu collapsed while performing at a friend’s birthday celebration in Lagos. She was swiftly transported to Reddington Hospital, where she was pronounced dead. She was succeeded by two children.
There’s a viral clip of American rapper Ye (Kanye West)calling out Twitch streamerKai Cenat. Kanye West is not pleased with Kai Cenat for calling his daughter by name and naming him an Industry Plant.
“On the wrong side of the future. If you’re posting something negative, you’re on the wrong side of the future because, you know, we’re out here, stepping away from Adidas. Like, the s**t that Kai said – that’s some industry plant s**t. Of course, he’s a total f**king… that exact genre is the most industry plant. It’s about, like, influence and mind control,” Ye said in the viral clip from The Download podcast.
One thing that angered Kanye West the most was Kai Cenat made referencing his daughter North during a stream. “Don’t mention my daughter’s name and then you dissing what’s paying their $200,000 a month child support. That don’t make God happy,” Kanye West warns Kai.
A few months ago, Kai Cenat on his stream criticized Yeezy, which Ye was uncomfortable with. This led Kanye West to send multiple Instagram DMs to Kai Cenat. Kai Cenat then shared Ye’s DM to his fans via his stream and then called Kanye West’s manager, John Monopoly.
Internet personality and crossdresser, Okuneye Idris Olanrewaju, popularly known as Bobrisky, has filed a notice of appeal against his recent conviction for Naira abuse.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission(EFCC) brought four charges of naira abuse and mutilation against Bobrisky. He then pleaded guilty before Justice A.O. Awogboro of the Federal High Court, Lagos. On April 12th, 2024, Justice Awogboro sentenced Idris to six months of imprisonment without the option of a fine.
The crossdresser has appealed to the court, seeking to replace the maximum sentence imposed on him with a penalty of a ₦50,000 fine for each count.
In the appeal, filed by his lawyer Bimbo Kusanu before the court, Bobrisky argues that the “earned trial judge erred in law and in facts by his imposition of the maximum sentence of months imprisonment terms against the appellant without option of fine, contrary to the provisions of Section 416(2) d of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act of 2015 (“ADCJA”) that prescribed the mandatory guidelines on the trial court on the imposition of sentencing after criminal conviction of a first-time offender as the appellant.”.
Bobrisky is seeking an “order setting aside the 6-month maximum imprisonment sentence imposed on the appellant and, in its place, imposition of a fine in the sum of ₦50,000 (Fify Thousand Naira) on each of the counts against the appellant.”.
In response to claims made by TikTok influencer Dabarbie, Mayorkun sues the TikTok influence with Mayorkun slams TikTok influencer Nickie Dabarbie for a ₦1 billion lawsuit for defamatory statements.
Precious Kingsley, popularly known as Nickie Dabarbie, accused musicians Skiibii and Mayorkun of attempted murder for money rituals.
In a series of posts shared via her Instagram account, Dabarbie claimed both singers use multiple girls for rituals. In addition to her claims, she said the artists gave her dog poop to eat. On her Instagram live she also accused the musicians of sending soldiers after her.
American singer Ashanti and rapper Nelly are confirmed to be expecting a child together.
The 43-year-old singer announced her pregnancy alongside her engagement to 49-year-old Nelly in an interview with Essence.
In a video shared on her Instagram, Ashati was asked by her mom, Tina Douglas, how much time she needed to be ready for her performance. Her response was, “Uh, I’m going to need about nine months.”
“This new year of my life is such a blessing full of love, hope, and anticipation,” she told the magazine, “Motherhood is something that I have looked forward to, and sharing this with my family, fiancé, and loyal fans, who have been so supportive of my career, is an amazing experience.”
Aside from Ashanti, Nelly has two adult children, Chanelle, 30, and Cornell Haynes III, 25, with his ex-Channetta Valentine. Nelly also adopted his niece and nephew, Shawn and Sydney Thomas, following the death of his sister, Jackie Donahue.
In September, Nelly confirmed the couple was back together during an appearance on the Boss Moves with Rasheeda show. “It wasn’t anything that we planned. We both were pretty much doing what we do,” he explained. “But sometimes, being separate, you understand one another more. You could be like, ‘Well yo, let me exactly see maybe what they see.’ We all can be defensive sometimes in our own relationships. We know we wrong but we going to stand on it, you know what I mean? But we all a victim to that.”
Moments after an American stylist posted a cosy picture of herself and Davido, Anita Brown took to social media to explain the stylist’s situation. She said not everyone in America knows Davido is married. She elaborated by stating that Davido wasn’t widely recognized until the release of his latest album or until he was involved in a new controversy.
“Y’all Gotta Stop Acting Like Everybody Knows That Man Is Married. It’s So Many People In America Never Heard Of Him Until His Recent Album Or Because Of Drama. He Don’t Even Post His Wife. Celebs Like Clout, Why That Man Never Post His Wedding & His New Babies Or Post His Wife Enough For It To Be KNOWN. Y’all Gotta Stop Coming For These Females, It’s Getting Old. Put Some More Emphasis On YOUR WIFE, That’s What Real Respectable Husbands Do.“
Anita Brown via Threads (ninatheelite)
The Controversy
An American influencer/stylist who goes by Gorgeous Doll posted a picture of Davido and herself but instead drew backlash from netizens. To clarify, she explained that she’s just friends with Davido.
On her TikTok account on April 15, she explained the nature of her relationship with Davido:
“I did not know that this man was married. Anytime I was around Davido, it was for one or two things okay? It was either because I was styling him for an event because that’s what I do, whether it’s athletes or rappers. Another thing I would do is help him with bookings when he comes into Atlanta. I would call the club owners and tell them ‘Hey Davido is in town, do y’all want to book him?
At this point, I had never seen a wife, only baby mamas and I knew he had multiple baby mamas. I didn’t care because it wasn’t my business to ask and I never thought to ask ‘Are you married.“
Social media influencer and Internet personality, VeryDarkMan, has released a diss track for Bobrisky after news broke out confirming Bobrisky is a man.
On April 15th, the officials of the Nigerian Correction Services (NCoS) said Bobrisky underwent screening, which proved his male genitals were still intact. According to them, Bobrisky is treated like any other male inmate.
“After a thorough examination, it was revealed there was no evidence of gender or genital organ realignment. Bobrisky’s male biological characteristics remained unchanged”—The Nigerian Correctional Services (NCoS).
After this revelation, VeryDarkMan took to his Instagram page to diss Bobrisky, saying that after Bobrisky paraded himself as a woman, he is still a man.
In a conversation with Punch, a source explained his condition:
“After that, a cell was allocated to him, and he had a certain number of inmates with him. A bed space was also allotted to him. It is just like a boarding house where your housemaster will issue you your personal belongings. When it is time for class, he attends. When it is time for food, he will go and get his portion. The same goes with prep and light out. He observes all these without preference. He has been going about his business just like other inmates since he was brought in here”
The source explained that he will not be getting any preferential treatment: “He is not getting any five-star treatment and is not being protected from anybody. He follows the same rules and regulations just like every other inmate. Single cells of isolation cells are to prevent outbreaks of communicable diseases. In a male prison, homosexuality is outlawed and it is a grievous offence. Sodomy or homosexuality, is frowned upon here in the custodial centre. So any inmate that tries to violate him will face the law.”
