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Tuesday, 28 January 2014

"You should be a stand-up comic!"


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"You should be a stand-up comic!"
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The controversy of Grammy Award 2014::

Grammys 2014: Tig Notaro deserves to win comedy award

Critic Dominic Cavendish looks at the five Americans who are up for the Best Comedy Album at the 2014 Grammys and believes that Tig Notaro should be the runaway winner

Grammy-nominated comedian Tig Notaro
Grammy-nominated comedian Tig Notaro Photo: tignation.com
 
Of the quintet of stand-ups vying for 'Best Comedy Album' at this Sunday’s Grammy Awards, there’s one real stand-out, one consistently enjoyable act, one worth-a-listen and two albums I struggled to get on with and which should ideally come with a special “load of junk” advisory. So here without further ado, drum-roll please, are the comedians from over the pond who are making waves this year and those unlikely to stir more than a ripple of interest on these shores.
Top of the pile – and deserving of the award, in my view – is Tig Notaro with an album simply called 'Live'. It’s not quite as bland a title as you’d think because the woman born Mathilde O'Callaghan Notaro in 1971 wasn’t sure how long she had got at the time of the show’s recording in 2012, when she had just been diagnosed with breast cancer. She has since had a double mastectomy, and everything’s “OK”, but her life was completely up in the air at this point, with a legion of other personal disasters – another major illness, the sudden death of her mother and the break-up of a relationship – confronting her at the same time.
Some American comics might go raw and angsty about all this misfortune but the strange joy of Notaro’s set is not only that she confronts the dark stuff but that she does so in a manner that’s droll, dry and detached – almost amused. The repeated line “I have cancer” becomes akin to a running-gag, provoking uneasy laughter in the audience. It should be said that the most irritating aspect of all five recordings is the level of whooping and cheering in the crowd – are we Brits quite as fawning and easy to impress? But at least Notaro cuts against this irksome tendency – on stage, she’s happy to let pauses of almost Pinter-esque proportions creep in and she thrives on the anti-climax and awkward moment. “Sir,” she rebukes one belly-laugher early on, “this should not tickle you so much!” The album is only half an hour long but it’s cheaper to buy than any of the other nominees (a mere £3.49 for an iTunes download) – and is worth every penny.

Kathy Griffin Wins Best Comedy Album

Kathy Griffin Wins Best Comedy Album

Kathy Griffin accepts her GRAMMY for Best Comedy Album at the 56th Annual GRAMMY Awards Pre-Telecast Ceremony on Jan. 26 in Los Angeles.
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Julius Agwu attends Grammy Award 2014:::

  Julius Agwu attends Grammy Award 2014:::

The 2014 Grammys rocked US on Jan 26, 2014 at Staples Centre, and ace comedian Julius Agwu was among the celebrated entertainment people around the world who graced the occasion as pictured above. However cool this photo is, it appears this event center is so massive that our dear loving comedian is hardly noticed, or is it the other way round?
Congrat to you boss....e no easy abeg...

Monday, 27 January 2014

ROWLAND OKORIE KELECHI FEATURES IN WORLD CONTENT MARKET AS THE ONLY BLACK MAN


ROWLAND OKORIE KELECHI FEATURES IN WORLD CONTENT MARKET AS THE ONLY BLACK MAN
 
“The truth, they say is like a pregnant woman that cannot be hidden from a public recognition “just like we have always pride ourselves as the only format company in Nigeria and only member of FRAPA from West Africa, the MD/CEO Equity Concepts Entertainments Ltd, has been featured in the world content market www.worldcontentmarket.com coming up in Prague, Czech Republic on the 17th -19th of February. Mr Rowland Okorie Kelechi has been featured as the only black man to take the future of content market to the next level.  
I want all Africans especially Nigeria my country to be part of whatever that is happening in the media world and not to be told or to learn afterwards, we need to be part of it. He reiterated, this is because we are rated as one the biggest media industry Nollywood as the third largest in the world after Hollywood and Bollywood.  KNOW YOUR MOVIES TV Game Show  which is seen as the world biggest TV game show is coming from Nigeria and this is just a prove to show the world our passion for film making and if we are giving an opportunity we can lead the world.
 Investment in our media industry and sensitization of young minds is what we need now and going into partnership with all the embassies of the world is our major focus for now as we are ready to sell the franchise of our product globally he said.
At Mipcom 2013 in France he called for total investment into the Nigerian market for more information view. http://www.prensario.net/6370-Mipcom-2013-be-prepared-to-a-very-busy-week.note.aspx

Tuesday, 21 January 2014

WHAT YOU DON'T KNOW ABOUT #DE DON COMEDIAN:::

WHAT YOU DON'T KNOW ABOUT #DE DON COMEDIAN:::

A few things Nigerian comedian De Don (real name Iruvwe O. Don) will like our readers to know about him. He’ll like you all to know that he’s from a family of ten and that he’s the second to the last child. He is happily married to Elfrida Obiebi Iruvwe. He is a graduate of Economics from LASU. He started comedy professionally 9 years ago and has been doing great. His role models are Basorge Tariah Jnr, Ali Baba, Basket Mouth, and few others who inspire him. At the moment, he is working on his TV show and the reload of the first ever stand-up comedy show on radio (Comedy Happy Hour With De Don) on Rainbow 94.1fm, Mondays – Fridays, from 4pm to 6pm. The show is sponsored by Unilever Nigeria Plc. Recently at Club 38, he scattered everywhere with laughter....nice one to DE DOn the boss....