Did Denrele and Charly Boy Kiss?

Pls! people, help me look at these pix. is it photoshopped cos I can't tell from where I am sitting.
The Punch Newspapers published this two days ago. below is the report from The Punch....

Area Fada, Charley Boy, has been associated with a lot of negative – and positive – things, but never before has he been called a homosexual. That is up until now.

A romantic picture of Charley Boy kissing Denrele has been circulating on the Internet for a while, and it has made many believe that both of them are involved in a sexual relationship.

But Denrele told Life and Beat that he didn‘t owe anybody any explanation.

“If not that I know you, I would have told you I don’t owe you any explanation. I just think that some people are out to tarnish my image. Call it Photoshop, call it publicity stunt or whatever the picture is, people just want to tarnish my image.”

But to those who he feels are out to tarnish his image, Denrele said, “I’m not bothered in anyway. They are just making me popular. The story is not affecting me in anyway. I have been receiving calls from all over the world about this same picture. I’m not gay, but I don‘t think I owe anybody any explanation.”

Charley Boy’s phone was unreachable when Life and Beat tried to contact him.

MHH! Na wa o!

Today's Photo

I see a lot of rides... this is one of them. u like?

DELETE ALL!!!!

Early this morning, about 6am I got a text message from my mom that was not even meant for me, but for my brother. I was still groggy with sleep...what my people call "sleep-eye" I used the track pad to scroll to "DELETE".
A minute later, I got another text message from my fiance, and there my inbox was saying MESSAGE(S) INBOX (1) instead of MESSAGE(S) INBOX (457).
I was confused and all that sleep-eye left me....
Apparently, the time I thought I deleted my mom's message, I had actually scrolled to DELETE ALL and wiped out all my messages!! I miss old school phone buttons! That track pad can be too fast sometimes.

Atomic Tom and Their iPhone Subway Concert Video

Atomic Tom has made music for roughly three years, but the Brooklyn four-piece only started making headlines over the past three days. In a video posted to YouTube last Friday (Oct. 15), the group performed its single "Take Me Out" on a New York subway using just iPhones. Since then, the clip has earned nearly 1.3 million YouTube hits and helped the song jump to No. 86 on the iTunes singles chart.

"Since this video launched, it immediately became the most intense thing this band has ever experienced press-wise," says lead singer Luke White. "The response has been incredible, and beyond our wildest expectations."

White says that guitarist Eric Espiritu's brother Ben originally came up with the idea for the performance over a month ago. Treating the project as another entry in the band's series of video blogs, Atomic Tom used four different iPhone applications (Shred, Drum Meister, Pocket Guitar and Microphone) to recreate their respective instruments.

After rehearsing for nearly a month, the group filmed the performance on three different iPhones on Oct. 8 as the B train crossed the Manhattan Bridge. "We were on the last take, and people started getting out of their seats and crowding around," says White.

To see the video on YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAllFWSl998


Although White swears that the project was "completely top-secret," with no label or publicity involvement whatsoever, he has no problem admitting that the performance was a calculated publicity stunt. "We're a band that is trying to reach out to new fans," he says. "Of course it was intentional. Of course we rehearsed it. We're creating our own story and get ourselves out there."

The singer says that Atomic Tom's label, Universal Republic, was approached by Apple soon after the "Take Me Out" clip began earning thousands of YouTube views over the weekend, and a partnership is being discussed. The group's debut album, "The Moment," was featured on the iTunes Store home page and hit No. 11 on the iTunes albums chart.

"That's been so meaningful to us, to see that people actually appreciate the performance enough to go buy the record," says White. "The Moment" was released digitally in July, but White says that Universal Republic will give the album a physical release in the next few months.

Before the release, Atomic Tom will capitalize on the video's success by heading out on the road this fall. Although the group will play "Take Me Out," and the rest of "The Moment," using real instruments, White would not be opposed to the group performing on their iPhones in concert. "I'm sure we'll be requested to do so, and we'd be happy to oblige," says White.
(culled from http://www.billboard.com/news/atomic-tom-iphone-subway-concert-video-was-1004121630.story#/news/atomic-tom-iphone-subway-concert-video-was-1004121630.story)

Chile miners' resue begins

Workers test the escape capsule being used to rescue the 33 trapped miners.

For over 2 months, 33 miners have been trapped about half a mile underground...that's far! The 1st of the miners is expected to be rescued today (tues.) via this capsule-like machine...away from the camera flashes of the press. The Chilean government is taking this seriously and the miners' family members have camped in the area all this while. Kudos to the people of Chile and the miners for remaining calm for this long.
It made me wonder what the case would have been if 33 miners got trapped in some other countries (I won't call names..lol).

Today's pic

The bus looks like there's still room for one or two people...heeey!

 Though not taken today, this is a photo from my all-time Weird and Wonderful photos on FB.
How do you think these people fit into this bus? Took this in the commercial city of Aba

Anchor Baby! The movie to look out for...

Anchor Baby is a movie movie to watch out for, not just cos the producer is my brother but also cos for a fact, it's an excellent production with an amazing story line.

The movie is about a married, illegal immigrant couple Joyce (Omoni Oboli) and Paul Unanga (Sam Sarpong) have been ordered by the U.S. immigration to leave the country. They decide that they will leave, but only after Joyce, who is five months pregnant, delivers her baby in the U.S. This will guarantee automatic U.S. citizenship for their child. Ignoring the deportation order the couple goes into hiding. Later, Paul is caught and deported by a team of Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers, led by agent Mark Castello (Michael Scratch). This leaves Joyce to struggle on her own to accomplish their dream.

  But bureaucracy keeps getting in the way of Joyce achieving her goal and just as she is about to give up hope, she meets Susan Backley (Terri Oliver), a married freelance writer who offers to help in the form of safe, free accommodation until the baby is born. With the help of her newfound friend, Joyce sets out to make the ‘American Dream’ come true for her unborn child.

Anchor Baby highlights the struggles of many immigrants in the United States and other developed countries across the world, and features Nigerian “Nollywood” star Omoni Oboli (Figurine, Guilty Pleasures), Ghanaian-raised LA-based Sam Sarpong (Street Kings, The Dedd Brothers, Keeping Up with the Steins) and Canadian actress/songwriter Terri Oliver. 

The movie was recently entered for the Harlem International Film Festival and it scooped the Best Film Award and the Best Actress Award went to Omoni Oboli for her outstanding performance. So, obviously, this is not a "joke-joke" movie.

Another award is the one won by my big bro, Lonzo, who was selected by Reel World Film Festival as one of the Emerging 20 Filmmakers in Canada...

That's something.... more so, we should all be set to go and watch the movie when it hits the cinemas in Nigeria, U.K. etc.

Back on the Blog!

Well, it's not like loads of people missed me for the long time I didn't know what i was doing on blogger.... but I'm back anyway and I intend to have fun with it. So please read my blog, pls pls!!! and leave ur comments and follow me, I follow u (I learnt about that too...lol!). cheers!!