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Will You Walk the Red Carpet With Your Boyfriend If He Is Wearing This?

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"12 Years a Slave" Director Steve McQueen and Actress Lupita Nyong'o To Receive Hollywood Film Awards

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Actress Lupita Nyong'om, left, and director Steve McQueen attend InStyle & Hollywood Foreign Press Association's Annual Toronto International Film Festival Party, hosted by Salvatore Ferragamo on Monday, Sept. 9, 2013, held at the Windsor Arms Hotel in Toronto, Canada. 30 September 2013 16:45 Africa/Lagos "12 Years a Slave" Director Steve McQueen, And Actress Lupita Nyong'o To Be Honored At The Hollywood Film Awards HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Sept. 30, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Carlos de Abreu, founder and executive producer of the 17th Annual Hollywood Film Awards, announced today that Fox Searchlight's "12 Years a Slave" director, Steve McQueen will be honored with the "Hollywood Breakout Director Award," and actress Lupita Nyong'o will receive the "New Hollywood Award" for her great performance. The awards will be bestowed at the Hollywood Film Awards Gala Ceremony on Monday evening, October 21, 2013 at the Beverly Hilton Hote

"Half of A Yellow Sun" is "Like Gone With the Wind" - Thandie Newton

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Anika Noni Rose, Chiwetel Ejiofor and Thandie Newton at Half of A Yellow Sun Premiere at the Winter Garden Theatre, 2013 Toronto International Film Festival. Thandie Newton, the leading actress in the Nigerian civil war drama Half of a Yellow Sun has compared the film to Gone with the Wind , the 1939 epic historical film based on American civil war-era South. The British actress also told Julie Miller in the interview published by Vanity Fair that her role as "Olanna" is the most sophisticated modern woman she has ever played so far. Julie Miller: You’ve described Half of a Yellow Sun as being like Gone with the Wind set in Nigeria. Can you explain what you meant by that? Thandie Newton: Well, this is all happening when the Biafran War [or the Nigerian Civil War] kicks off, and that was really run by the intellectuals and the academics, the world that Olanna has chosen to be in. And even when she has a chance to leave, to get on a flight that costs god knows how

KittyBradshaw.com 5 Year Blogiversary

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ABOUT KITTY BRADSHAW: Born and raised in Los Angeles, California, Kitty Bradshaw brings a fresh and innovative perspective to the blogosphere. With a following of over 30,000 avid readers, Kitty Bradshaw is able to effortlessly engage readers with her sincerity, communal presence, and creative approach to “Online Journalism”. Bradshaw’s likeability and success are largely due to her determination and adaptability to the ever changing Social Media Industry. With 16 years of technical writing experience under her belt —spanning through multiple accounts on various social networks, messages boards and chat groups, Kitty Bradshaw is on the list of “who’s who” with a savvy internet presence that will inevitably make her a household name. Kitty Bradshaw currently resides in New York City where she writes about “New York Life from a California Perspective”. As the Self-Proclaimed, “(neighbor)Hood Journalist”, she reports news as she cat walks over it in her pumps. Contact Kitty: Co

Heineken® Challenges Consumers' Claims with "Departure Roulette" Roadshow

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Heineken® Challenges Consumers' Claims with "Departure Roulette" Roadshow After Receiving Feedback Through Social Media, Heineken Tests Consumers On Their Doorsteps NEW YORK, Sept. 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- After positive boasts online, imagine if someone showed up at your door asking you to spontaneously push a button to take a trip to an unknown destination. Would you play Departure Roulette and go? To find out, Heineken took to the road with "Departure Roulette"- a social experiment that aims to push people outside of their comfort zones, crossing their borders for experiences unknown. The Departure Roulette Roadshow follows the initial social experiment at JFK that aimed to reward spontaneity and capture the genuine moment of facing an instantaneous decision. Heineken followed and started conversations with people online who commented that they would press the red button on the old style flight clicker board if given the opportunity. Heineken arrived

Oluchi Onweagba-Orlandi in Sexy SPANX!

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Our FASHION SUNDAY SPECIAL is our own proudly Nigerian born supermodel Oluchi Onweagba-Orlandi in white sexy SPANX! Just click on her picture to get yours right away from Amazon ! SPANX In-Power Line Super Higher Power Power Panties Shapewear in white or black. Tweet

With Love from Gucci

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Gucci Guilty fragrance ad featuring a shirtless Chris Evans and sexy Evan Rachel Wood. Q: what does it smell like? try to get it for my husband A: It's hard to describe it but i'd say a much better version of Armani Black.. It's got a spicy deep smell.. You can never get tired of smelling it.. Tweet

Win $5,000 Trip for Two to New York City from The Shopping Channel Live From New York

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26 September 2013 15:30 Africa/Lagos THE SHOPPING CHANNEL Jet Sets to the World's Fashion Capital With TSC Live From New York, Beginning Sept. 30 at 10 p.m. - Hot on the heels of the TSC brand evolution on September 6, THE SHOPPING CHANNEL announces its biggest off-site production in history, live from New York - - TSC presents four exceptional Today's Showstoppers all on one day from Isaac Mizrahi, Joan Rivers, Carol Brodie, and Stila Cosmetics - - TSC's Richard Nester, Rachel Huber, and Susan Yull host live from The Big Apple - MISSISSAUGA, ON, Sept. 26, 2013 /CNW/ - TSC is live every day but it's not every day that it's live from New York. In a TSC first, Canada's leading multi-channel retailer broadcasts live from the forefront of fashion beginning Monday, Sept. 30 at 10 p.m. ET with TSC Live From New York . This special one-day event, which wraps up 24 hours later at 10 p.m. ET on Tuesday, Oct. 1, features some of New York's top designers and m

Miss Earth Nigeria 2013 Complete Photo Gallery

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These are just five photos from the photo gallery of the 2013 Miss Earth Nigeria held on Sunday 22nd of September at the Oriental Hotel on Victoria Island, Lagos. Model Marie Miller was the winner of the glamourous and prestigious beauty pageant which is one of the 149 national franchises of the Miss Earth pageant . The event was hosted by the popular award winning actor and TV presenter Joseph Benjamin and the judges were African American actor Boris Kodjoe, American model and actress Amber Rose, American hip hop artiste Karly Redd, celebrated Nigerian photographer Kelechi Amadi-Obi and Nollywood diva Ini Edo. Nollywood diva and President of the Actors Guild of Nigeria Ibinabo Fiberesima who is the founder and National Director of the pageant presented the new Miss Earth Nigeria her prize of a brand new 2013 Toyota Avensis and N3 million one year salary. She will represent Nigeria at the World Miss Earth Pageant on December 7th in Pasay City, Philippines. The celebritie

U.S Born Miss Philippines Wins 2013 Miss World Pageant in Indonesia

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Miss Philippines Megan Young has been crowned Miss World 2013 on Saturday in Bali, Indonesia. Megan Lynne Young The pageant was held under tight security, because the global beauty pageant was threatened by fanatical Muslims who wanted to disrupt the event for violating the Islamic ethics of the world's most populous Muslim country. The radical Islam Defenders Front marched in public protests against holding the pageant in Indonesia and forced the organizers to move the event from a venue outside Jakarta to the predominantly Hindu Island of Nusa Dua in southern Bali. The 23-year-old U.S.-born beauty queen studying digital film was overwhelmed with emotion as she accepted the crown from her predecessor, Wenxia Yu of China and promised to "be the best Miss World ever". Marine Lorphelin, a 20-year-old medical student from France was the first runner-up and Miss Ghana Carranzar Naa Okailey Shooter, 23, also a medical student was the second runner-up. Tweet

Kunle Afolayan Breaks Down after the Wrap of October 1

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Daring and accomplished young Nigerian filmmaker Kunle Afolayan was admitted for fatigue at a hospital in Lagos after he completed the shooting of his latest film "October 1st" last week. One of the members of his cast and crew said he is recovering fast and will soon release the official trailer of the historical film set in 1960, against the backdrop of Nigeria's independence on October 1st. The screenplay was written by Tunde Babalola, one of Nigeria's most accomplished screenwriters and winner of several notable awards including; 2004 Screen Nation Awards, (Critical Assignment), 2004 Hollywood Film Festival (Critical Assignment), 2003 Screen Nation Film & Television Award For Scriptwriting (Degsy) and the 1996 Channel 4 Sit-Com Festival (In Exile). October 1st is a psychological thriller detailing the activities of a northern police detective, Dan Waziri who was posted to the western region to unravel the mystery behind a series of female murders in the co