Black Panther, Lady Gaga, Regina King, Mahershala Ali Nominated for 2019 Golden Globes | See Full List

The nominees for the 2019 Golden Globes awards were announced early this morning by Terry Crews, Danai Gurira, Leslie Mann, and Christian Slater.

The 76th Annual Golden Globe Awards are set to air live on NBC on Sunday, January 6, 2019, with Sandra Oh and Andy Samberg as hosts.

See the nominees below:

MOVIES

Best Motion Picture – Drama
Black Panther
Bohemian Rhapsody
A Star Is Born
If Beale Street Could Talk
BlacKkKlansman

Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Crazy Rich Asians
The Favourite
Green Book
Mary Poppins Returns
Vice

Best Motion Picture – Animated
Incredibles 2
Isle of Dogs
Mirai
Ralph Breaks the Internet
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

Best Motion Picture – Foreign Language
Capernaum
Girl
Never Look Away
Roma
Shoplifters

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama
Glenn Close, The Wife
Lady Gaga, A Star Is Born
Nicole Kidman, Destroyer
Melissa McCarthy, Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Rosamund Pike, A Private War

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
Bradley Cooper, A Star Is Born
Willem DaFoe, At Eternity’s Gate
Lucas Hedges, Boy Erased
Rami Malek, Bohemian Rhapsody
John David Washington, BlacKkKlansman

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Emily Blunt, Mary Poppins Returns
Olivia Colman, The Favourite
Elsie Fisher, Eighth Grade
Charlize Theron, Tully
Constance Wu, Crazy Rich Asians

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Christian Bale, Vice
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Mary Poppins Returns
Viggo Mortensen, Green Book
Robert Redford, The Old Man and the Gun
John C. Reilly, Stan and Ollie

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture
Amy Adams, Vice
Claire Foy, First Man
Regina King, If Beale Street Could Talk
Emma Stone, The Favourite
Rachel Weisz, The Favourite

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture
Mahershala Ali, Green Book
Timothée Chalamet, Beautiful Boy
Adam Driver, BlacKkKlansman
Richard E. Grant, Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Sam Rockwell, Vice

Best Director – Motion Picture
Bradley Cooper, A Star Is Born
Alfonso Cuarón, Roma
Peter Farrelly, Green Book
Spike Lee, BlacKkKlansman
Adam McKay, Vice

Best Screenplay – Motion Picture
Alfonso Cuaron, Roma
Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara, The Favourite
Barry Jenkins, If Beale Street Could Talk
Adam McKay, Vice
Peter Farrelly, Nick Vallelonga, Brian Currie, Green Book

Best Original Score – Motion Picture
Justin Hurwitz, First Man
Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman, Mary Poppins Returns
Marco Beltrami, A Quiet Place
Alexandre Desplat, Isle of Dogs
Ludwig Göransson, Black Panther

Best Original Song – Motion Picture
“All the Stars,” Black Panther
“Girl in the Movies,” Dumplin’
“Revelation,” Boy Erased
“Shallow,” A Star Is Born
“Requiem for a Private War,” A Private War

TELEVISION

Best Television Series – Drama
The Americans, FX
Bodyguard, Netflix
Homecoming, Amazon Prime
Killing Eve, BBC America
Pose, FX

Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy
Barry
The Good Place
Kidding
The Kominsky Method
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

Best Television Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
The Alienist, TNT
The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story, FX
Escape at Dannemora, Showtime
Sharp Objects, HBO
A Very English Scandal, Prime Video

Best Performance by an Actress in a Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Amy Adams, Sharp Objects
Connie Britton, Dirty John
Patricia Arquette, Escape At Dannemora
Laura Dern, The Tale
Regina King, Seven Seconds

Best Performance by an Actor in a Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Antonia Banderas, Genius
Daniel Buhl, The Alienist
Darren Criss, The Assassination of Gianni Versace
Benedict Cumberbatch, Patrick Melrose
Hugh Grant, A Very English Scandal

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Drama
Caitriona Balfe, Outlander
Elisabeth Moss, The Handmaid’s Tale
Sandra Oh, Killing Eve
Julia Roberts, Homecoming
Keri Russell, The Americans

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Drama
Jason Bateman, Ozark
Stephen James, Homecoming
Richard Madden, Bodyguard
Billy Porter, Pose
Matthew Rhys, The Americans

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy
Kristen Bell, The Good Place
Candice Bergen, Murphy Brown
Alison Brie, GLOW
Rachel Brosnahan, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Debra Messing, Will & Grace

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy
Sacha Baron Cohen, Who Is America
Jim Carrey, Kidding
Michael Douglas, The Kominsky Method
Donald Glover, Atlanta
Bill Hader, Barry

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Alex Borstein, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Patricia Clarkson, Sharp Objects
Penelope Cruz, The Assassination of Gianni Versace
Tandy Newton, Westworld
Yvonne Strahovski, The Handmaid’s Tale

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Alan Arkin, The Kominsky Method
Kieran Culkin, Succession
Edgar Ramirez, The Assassination of Gianni Versace
Ben Whishaw, A Very English Scandal
Henry Winkler, Barry

Sweet Spot: Here’s What Reekado Banks’ Family Did for Him on his Birthday

Birthdays are generally sweet days for the celebrants and sweeter are the gifts and surprises one receives that day.

Reekado Banks‘ brother and his family had a massive surprise for the singer on his birthday, a massive display of “Happy Birthday Reekado Banks” inscribed on 25 cakes. Beautiful!

Reeky shared a photo on Instagram and wrote: “So my brother and his family brought 25 cakes for my birthday. Who wants cakes, please?”.

watch woman striped naked for stealing in a shop

She was caught along side her partner and striped, they stole an undisclosed amount, there

Photos: Olamide takes his son on a trip to Disneyland

Nigerian rapper, Olamide just shared photos from his trip to Disneyland with his son, Batifeori Maximilliano Adedeji.

He captioned it, 'somehow found myself in Disneyland with my hitta'.

See more photos below...

'Just like Ojukwu, Nnamdi Kanu is just another unprincipled, opportunistic coward with no values' - Freelance writer, Kelvin Odanz

Freelance writer, Kelvin Odanz shares quite an interesting thread on the sudden return of the leader of the now proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu who was spotted in Jerusalem, Israel today.



According to him, 'I am glad to hear that Nnamdi Kanu is alive even though I don't agree with his politics and methods. Just like Ojukwu, he's just another unprincipled opportunistic coward with no values. He's learnt how to exploit the victimhood sentiments in the Igboland and that's a shame'.






Follow his thread below...

Beautiful photo of Cristiano Ronaldo and his girlfriend Georgina Rodríguez

Superstar footballer, Cristiano Ronaldo shared this cute photo of himself with his partner, Georgina Rodríguez, as they stepped out for a date.

Hilarious Video: Kid sister of Ooni's new wife slays and twerks in the palace

Pretty Oluwaseyi Phebian is the kid sister of Evangelist Naomi, the new bride of Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi.

Phebian shared this video of herself in the palace, slaying and having a swell time with her big sister who is now the Queen.

She's also updated her Instagram bio to read, 'King's inlaw, his imperial majesty Oba Babatude Enitan Ogunwusi. Queen's sister Olori Shikuola Ogunwusi. Arole oodua, Anan kabiesi, public figure'.

 

Surgeon says Diego Maradona must have artificial knees put in if the football legend is to carry on walking

Football legend, Diego Maradona's surgeon has said he needs to have artificial knees if he is to carry on walking.

German Ochoa confirmed the retired player has severe arthritis in both knees after Diego was seen in a video this week struggling to walk with the help of right-hand man Luis Campos at the training ground of the Mexican second division club he now manages. 

He said knee replacement surgery is the only long-term option for the Argentine legend.

According to Mail Online, the Colombian medic operated on the 58-year-old in 2004 and saw him again before the World Cup when he injected a gel-like fluid into his knee joints to ease his pain.

He told Argentinian news website Todo Noticias: 'Maradona has severe arthritis in both his knees and has no cartilage left.

'The bones rub together. It's a serious problem because it causes him a lot of pain and swelling and makes it difficult for him to move.

'Maradona knows the solution is an operation and protheses in both knees.

'He has to take a decision on knee replacement surgery in the short or medium term.

Claiming a genicular nerve block, which uses anaesthetic to interrupt pain signals sent to the brain, would only ease the former footballer's discomfort temporarily, he added: 'There is no solution for arthritis. It leads to a total and progressive destruction of the cartilage and if it's not dealt with, it gets worse. That's why knee replacement surgery is needed.

'Diego won't be left unable to walk, it's not going to get to that stage. Technological advances means there are solutions nowadays.

'But the most intelligent way of reaching a solution is to operate on his knees. First one and then the other. Diego knows it because we've spoken about it many times.

Aides added that after footage of Maradona struggling to walk emerged that he was suffering the consequences of his insistence on joining his squad in an informal training session and acting like he was still an active footballer.

Quavo claims he slept with Nicki Minaj on new track 'Huncho Dreams'

The Migos rapper, Quavo who just released his album “Quavo Huncho” has left many wondering after he made claims that he slept with Nicki Minaj.

The rapper made the claim in the  “Huncho Dreams” which is an obvious response to Nicki Minaj’s “Barbie Dreams”. In her song, Nicki jokes about sleeping with rappers in the industry. 

She says of Quavo:  “Somebody go and make sure Karrueche okay though / I heard she think I’m tryna give the coochie to Quavo.”

Now, Quavo has hit back at Nicki by responding with an entire song dedicated to her.

“Made her scream (Scream) / Chanel, I bought her two of ’em / You can check IG (Hey, IG) / ‘Cause when she post, it go up (Go)”

He also references Nicki Minaj being upset with him over not defending her to Cardi B over the whole “Motorsport” fiasco.

“She said I hurt her feelings 52 times (Two) / Call up queen (Nicki) / The queen can’t flex on a young bull (Flex).”

Quavo references he and Nicki’s duet, “She For Keeps”.

“Is she for keeps? (For keeps) / Only if she come with two of ’em (Two)”

He says that he’s not trying to wife Nicki and implies that the two have had sex.

“Yeah, I be snipin’ (Snipe, snipe) / I can’t be wifin’ (Nah, no wife) / I know she feisty (Feisty, feisty)”

He refers to himself as video game character Bison from Street Fighter. Nicki often refers herself to Street Fighter character Chun Li.

“I’m Huncho Bison (Huncho Bison) / She treat me righteous (Righteous, righteous) / Nigga don’t mean to brag (No) / I be tryin’ to keep it cool, but I sniped yo’ ass (Swear).”

He also references Nicki Minaj and Takashi 69’s “FeFe”

“No “FEFE,” I skeet-skeet (“FEFE”) on yo’ face ass (Face ass) / Called up Huncho to come tap that ass (Swear) / Pull up on you, autotune when I grip that ass (Skeet, skeet) / Pullin’ on yo’ weave, ‘cross the room when I pipe that ass (Pipe it).”

He does however finish with an apology: 'if I hurt your feelings, I am truly sorry / Straight out the jungle, no safari,' — referencing yet another Nicki ex in Safaree Samuels.

But while playing the song at his listening session, Quavo had a Nicki Minaj impersonator to re-enact Nicki’s reaction to his Chanel bag gift.

Selena Gomez was "hit hard" by news ex Justin Bieber had married Hailey Baldwin before she suffered "emotional breakdown"

American singer Selena Gomez was thrown "off guard" by Justin Bieber's marriage to Hailey Baldwin, according to sources.

It's being claimed that Selena, 26, took it hard when ex-boyfriend Justin got engaged to and then married the 21-year-old model last month.

Bieber's whirlwind romance and surprise proposal to Baldwin shortly after his relationship with Selena Gomez ended had a "deep impact" on the singer, a new People report claims.

A source revealed:

that the 26-year-old can be a delicate flower, especially because she has had constant medical struggles, but Justin’s engagement and quick marriage threw her off guard and hit her hard.

Selena is currently seeking treatment at an East Coast psychiatric facility receiving dialectical behavior therapy, DBT, after suffering an emotional breakdown.

An insider to the website:

She and Justin have been on and off for years, although they were so young when it all began.

Justin was her first big love, and she isn’t over him.

Lol! Tekno shatters a very 'big table' with his Instagram post

The singer shared the photos above with the caption, 'In pursuit of freshness, dark knuckles done full everywhere for industry'.

‘We were never consulted'' - South-East leaders react to Peter Obi's emergence as Atiku's running mate

South-East leaders and governors today said the PDP presidential candidate in the 2019 election, Atiku Abubakar, did not consult them before picking one of their sons, Peter Obi, as his running mate. Atiku announced Peter Obi as his running mate yesterday October 12th.

Rising from a meeting today, the South East leaders say they were sidelined by Atiku. Speaking on behalf of the leaders, Ebonyi state governor, Dave Umahi, said the leaders would however support anyone picked from the region, adding they were not aware of Obi's candidacy.

“We just finished our meeting and we want to use the opportunity to congratulate our presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, for his very well deserved victory (at) our very transparent and fair primaries that we just finished in Port Harcourt, Rivers state. It is our prayer that God will sustain him and lead him and take him to that destination that PDP gave him our ticket. We have met because of what we saw in the social media over the issue of vice-presidential candidate. In as much as we will never be against anybody chosen from south-east to be the presidential running mate to our PDP candidate but we are shocked and surprised that social media starts carrying such insinuation that the leaders of south-east are not aware that our candidate has chosen a candidate.

“If anything is the truth in the social media assertion, the leaders of south-east were never consulted neither are we aware. However, his excellency Atiku Abubakar has sent a message to the leaders of south-east that he’s out of the country today on a short visit and as soon as he comes back, he will be coming down to the south-east to meet with the south-east leaders for a very deep and cordial discussion and relationship''he said

If you’re dating my ex, don’t give me attitude because I can end your relationship with just “I miss you” - Female twitter user

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'Fake news fuels crisis in Nigeria' - Lai Mohammed

Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, on Saturday appealed to all Nigerians to join forces with government to combat the menace of fake news.

The minister made the appeal while speaking at the inaugural lecture of the Guild of Professional Bloggers of Nigeria (GPBN) in Lagos with the theme of the lecture was “Combating Fake News in the Cyberspace”.  

Mohammed said the collective efforts of all Nigerians were needed in view of the threats fake news posed to peace and unity of the country. He explained that most of the security issues confronting the country, such as herders/farmers were caused by the misrepresentation of facts in both the mainstream and social media.

“The media have a responsibility to verify the facts before they share, because once they share, it is always very difficult to retract. You see most of the issues we have about herders/farmers clashes, killings are being fuelled by fake news. Look at the farmers/herders’ clashes, the truth is that they are being caused largely by population explosion, climate change and pure criminality.

So, it has nothing to do with religion or ethnicity. Nigeria at Independence only had 45 million people  but today, we are 190 million people. You can imagine the same water, same air and same arable land available for 45 million people at Independence are now being shared by 190 million people.

It is like a room that can take 45 people, you now bring 190 people, you can imagine what will happen.  So, that is the honest truth about population explosion. Then, the other is climate change. We read about earthquakes and flooding in different parts of the world. These are manifestations of climate change. So, how does it affect Nigeria?  

The Lake Chad that used to cover a surface area of 25,000sq km and 35 million people from six nations, including Nigeria, Cameroon and Chad depend on the water for fishing, agriculture, irrigation and so on. The same water has shrunk to 2000 sq km. So, these 35 million people have to look for water elsewhere.

That is why we have all these clashes. Of course, I must state the issue of criminality too, but we must stop presenting the issues as if it is Muslims against Christians or Hausas against Ibos. That’s not true. So, we should stop this narrative of Christians/Muslims or North/South. We are dealing with pure criminality, population explosion and climate change and that is the way we should look at it.

If we continue to post fake news attributing different reasons to the real causes of these issues, a stage will come when Muslims will be suspicious of Christians, Christians become suspicious of Muslim for no reason. And that is not good for our unity,” he said.  

The minister said the government was partnering different media organisations to check the problem of fake news. He listed some of them as the News Agency of Nigeria, Nigeria Television Authority, Vanguard Newspapers and Television Continental (TVC)  Mohammed said the government was also collaborating with local and international social media platforms such as Facebook and WhatsApp to tackle the problem of fake news.  

He described bloggers as critical stakeholders in the media industry in view of their number and capacity to influence others. While stating the readiness of government to collaborate with them on the threats of fake news, the minister urged them to uphold the ethics of the profession to ensure they disseminate only credible information.

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala denies endorsing President Buhari's re-election bid

Former Minister of Finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has denied media reports that she has endorsed the re-election bid of President Buhari.

Okonjo-Iweala took to her twitter handle to react to a newspaper publication in which she was quoted as endorsing President Buhari while giving a speech at a United Nation's summit in Mauritania. See her tweet below.

 

Photos from the lone accident on Third Mainland Bridge this morning

This morning, there was an accident on Third Mainland Bridge involving just one car and the driver who lost control.

According to the Rapid Response Squad, 'no injuries or lives lost. Efforts are in progress by men of the RRS to tow the affected vehicle off the road'.

 

See the unthinkable effort classmates put together to stop a Nigerian boy, his brother and mother from Ireland's deportation (Photos/Video)

A Nigerian boy who was to be deported from Ireland has been allowed to remain in the country after his classmates mounted a campaign against his deportation.

14-year-old Nonso Muojeke of Tullamore College in Ireland who alongside his brother Viktor Muojeke and his mother Chidiebere Muojeke who were to be deported, were granted leave to remain in Ireland.

Thanks to his fellow students and teachers who staged up an unthinkable campaign before the deportation was revoked.  This was achieved by a  21,000 signature-strong online campaign which was set up by his classmates at Tullamore College.

They also printed posters of Nonso and shared on social media including taking to the streets in Ireland to campagn against the deportation. 

The Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of the Department of Justice and Equality in a statement confirmed that Nonso Muojeke and his family will be allowed to remain in Ireland.

A statement from the Department of Justice said the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) had revoked the deportation order following “a detailed reconsideration of the family’s immigration case in light of court proceedings and the receipt of updated submissions from the family in September.

“The reconsideration was completed towards the end of last week with the relevant decision letters having been issued earlier this week.”

Nonso issued a statement on Wednesday evening following the announcement that he and his family had been granted leave to remain in Ireland.

“I would like to thank the Minister [for Justice] for the humane way in which he handled my case. I am very grateful to my friends, my school, the Tullamore community and everyone else who has supported me. I am really looking forward to my future here in Ireland.”

The teenager moved to Ireland with his mother and older brother after his father died in 2007. The family reportedly fled Nigeria because of the ill-treatment Mr. Muojeke’s mother had faced. However, their application for asylum was declined in 2009 and they were served with a deportation order.

Mr. Muojeke’s mother continued to engage with the State through solicitors but the family’s application for humanitarian leave to remain in 2017 was refused.

The family can now legally live and work in the country.

See more photos from the campaign and watch the video below.

Davido and Chioma meet Atiku in Abuja (Photo)

Davido and Chioma met with the PDP presidential candidate in Abuja today. 

Davido who performed at the PDP primaries last week shared the photo saying 'thank you for having us sir '.

Nigerian couple welcomes son after 9 years of waiting

Gospel artiste, Uchena Thelma Eshareturi and her husband,Omax, have welcomed a son after nine years of waiting. Sharing the good nes on her IG page, the excited new mum wrote;

''After Waiting on God for 9years, we are happy to announce our most precious gift our son Oreoghene Ebubechukwu Eshareturi . @orennturi is all of God's grace in one face and a confirmation that when Jesus says Yes, nobody can say No. @omaxeshareturi and I are super grateful to God for filling our arms with love and our hearts with Joy.
All glory to almighty God
#nevergiveup
#heisable 
#joyunspeakable 
#motherhood 
#hisgraceissufficient''

 

Listen to Quavo’s new Track “Swing” featuring Davido & Normani on

Quavo has released his new track “Swing” featuring Nigerian superstar Davidoand Normani.

Listen below:

Solidstar strips down to his briefs, flaunts his massive eggplant

Singer, Solidstar stripped down to just his briefs and showed off his eggplant in a new photo he shared via his IG page.

See full photo below.

 

Adorable new photo of Cristiano Ronaldo relaxing with his girlfriend and children

Cristiano Ronaldo has put his rape scandal aside to spend some quality time with his family.

The Juventus striker shared this adorable photo of himself relaxing at home with his girlfriend, Georgina Rodríguez and three of his children Eva, Mateo, and Alana.

The Portuguese superstar is currently being accused by a 34-year-old teacher, Kathryn Mayorga, who is claiming the footballer raped her in 2009.

Juliet Ibrahim shows off all the goodies she woke up to

Whoever is the man in Juliet Ibrahim's life is definitely doing a great job.

The Ghanaian actress shared the romantic goodies she woke up to.

Flowers, money and a huge breakfast in bed are just some of the things she got first thing in the morning.

See below.

Usain Bolt scores first two goals in professional football (Videos)

Usain Bolt, 32, has scored his first goals in his second trial match for a Australia's Central Coast Marinersto boost his chances of becoming a professional footballer.

The Jamaican eight-time Olympic sprint champion and world’s fastest man scored the Mariners' third and fourth goals in a 4-0 win over Macarthur South West on Friday and celebrated with his trademark lightning bolt pose.

After the match, Bolt who wore No 95 shirt, in reference to his world record time over 100m said: "Dreams become reality through hard work".

"My first start and scoring two goals, it's a good feeling, I'm happy I could come here and show the world I'm improving. I'm keen to be a Mariner, to play my best and get into the team," he added.

The 100m and 200m world record holder has previously trained with Borussia Dortmund, South African clubSundowns and Norway's Stromsgodset.

Watch the goals below.

Cardi B rocks double split leopard print skirt as she seductively grinds on husband Offset at her birthday night out (Photos)

Cardi B celebrated her 26th birthday in style wild night out, in Los Angeles on Thursday. 

The rapper and mother of one who donned a bespoke leopard print metal mesh co-ord by Lauren DeWitt flaunted her thighs in the double split skirt that was slashed to her waist.

At one point, she was pictured seductively grinding on her husband, rapper Offset.

See full photos below.