MTV unveils Basketmouth as host of the Big Friday Show

Ace Comedian Basketmouth  has been revealed as the host of THE BIG FRIDAY SHOW – the edgy new Friday night music and entertainment show from MTV Networks Africa and STV. The show will be airing every Friday night from 5 August, THE BIG FRIDAY SHOW brings fireworks, fun and Nigerian youth culture to Friday night TV. 

Among the regular slots featured on the show will be: interviews with the hottest Nigerian celebrities; entertainment news and gossip from the digital sphere in C-VON’s and BellaNaija’s V-Log of the week; a club review highlighting the best places to party when the weekend lands, and a weekly restaurant challenge where Lagos’ top chefs create “THE BIG FRIDAY SHOW SPECIAL” for their menu.

As you would expect from a funnyman of Basketmouth’s stature, comedy will be a key component of the show – with side-splitting pranks, spoofs and zany skits bringing laughs aplenty to Friday night viewing. Episode one will see 2Face’s seminal track ‘African Queen’ given a makeover as ‘African Weave’ – a humourous homage to fake hair – while WizKid will be the first celebrity on the receiving end of one of THE BIG FRIDAY SHOW’s soon-to be-legendary pranks!

In his typical comic style, Basketmouth promises, “The Big Friday Show will give you more entertainment than a Super Eagles and Black Stars soccer match, more gossip than a group of women in a hair salon and more videos than Alaba has to offer!!!”

Fast forward to the MTV Base block on STV every Friday at 18:00-19:00 for your big, big, BIG helping of THE BIG FRIDAY SHOW.

Mercy Johnson and her wedding: Part 1

Just as we all know that it is barely three weeks to Mercy Johnson’s grand wedding ceremony, plans are being cemented and invitation cards have already started going out, but as the count down begins to the wedding date, some lady that goes by the name Lovely Okojie has surfaced, and her story is that she was married and is still married with two kids to Prince Odianose Okojie, Mercy Johnson’s husband to be. As expected, this situation has been generating a lot of comments but here are some basic facts to the story.

The relationship between Prince Odianose Okojie and Lovely Okojie, packed up five years ago, and Mercy Johnson’s marriage plans to Odi has been in the open for quite a while. Odianose truly is the father of the girl in the pictures being spread all over the internet but there are doubts that he is the father of the boy.

Odianose is a prince and can marry more than one wife under customary law. In her bid to stop the marriage, Lovely Okogie has gone to Christ Embassy to demand that the marriage be stopped, but the Church has requested that she provides a marriage certificate to back up her claim but as at the time of this publication, Lovely is yet to come up with a tenable certificate. While we are left to decide who is right and who is not, Mercy Johnson and Odi’s plans for the wedding remains the same, it will be a 4-day event that will run from August 25 to 28, 2011. In details, the court wedding will be on August 25, Engagement will be on 26, Church wedding and reception will be on 27 and then a Thanksgiving Service/Bride’s party on 28.

Nicki Minaj Performs On ABC's "Good Morning America"

Nicki Minaj started the weekend off right performing early this morning on ABC's 'Good Morning America' at Rumsey Playfield, Central Park on August 5, 2011 in New York City. After fans been waiting since yesterday afternoon, they finally got a chance to see Nicki Minaj perform "Till The World Ends (Remix), "Where Them Girls At", "Moment 4 Life", "Super Bass", and after taping she performed "Roman's Revenge" acapella for the GMA audience.

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Minaj Fined £7 For Swearing During Jamaican Concert

Nicki Minaj has been given a £7 fine (equaled to 1,000 Jamaican dollars) for swearing while performing at the Montego Bay Reggae Sumfest. After the show, Nicki was approached by police who issued her a court date set for July 28th. Continue reading for more info. Nicki Minaj has been fined for swearing during a performance in Jamaica.

The rapper and singer broke the law with her profanity-laden set, prompting a court appearance and a tiny fine. It was Minaj’s first time performing in Jamaica, a country that strongly enforces anti-profanity laws at concerts. After headlining the final night at Montego Bay’s Reggae Sumfest, Minaj was reportedly approached by Jamaican police and told she had violated the Towns and Communities Act, which dates from British colonial times and penalises “obscenity in a public place”. She was issued a court summons for 28 July.

Minaj never appeared. Instead, a local lawyer entered a guilty plea on her behalf. The singer was ordered to pay a fine of 1,000 Jamaican dollars – equivalent to just £7. On Twitter, Minaj joked about the incident: “I swear I just had the time of my life,” she wrote.

In the Jamaican press, some journalists wondered whether local artists would have been shown the same leniency as Minaj. “[What] would have happened had those same expletives come from the lips of our own Jamaican performers?” asked the Jamaica Observer. Earlier in the festival, singjay I-Octane apparently told the crowd he had been warned not to perform his marijuana anthem Puff It. In a more serious incident in 2005, reggae artist Sizzla spent two weeks in prison after singing about killing gay men.
Minaj is currently touring the US in support of Britney Spears.

Rapper Nicki Minaj is the latest celebrity to deal with sex tape rumors on the Internet. The 25-year-old Queens, N.Y. bred rapper has been heralded by the New York Times as the "Cindy Sherman of Rap" and is a hot draw on radio for her hit "Knockout" with label mate Lil Wayne. Thus far, she has not commented on the rumors.

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Bruce Lee items to go under the gavel

Late kung fu film star's hand-written letter to friend, fur-lined jacked from 'Game of Death' among lots to be sold.

Thirteen items belonging to the late kung fu legend Bruce Lee, including a hand-written letter and a fur-lined coat, are set to go under the hammer in Hong Kong this weekend. 

Among the items to be sold in what is thought to be the largest auction of Lee memorabilia in Hong Kong to date is the fur-lined costume jacket, which was made for Lee's film "Game of Death" and worn by him in 1973, just before he died of a reaction to medication.

Other items include a letter written in 1966 to Taky Kimura, a friend in Seattle and fellow kung fu instructor who was best man at Lee's 1964 wedding.
"Actually I think the most important, the best item, is the three-page hand-written letter by Bruce Lee," said Anna Lee, spokesperson for Phila China Auctions, which with U.S.-based Kelleher Auctions is conducting the sale.

Hugh Hefner Planks With Playmates

Hugh Hefner is the latest to sign up for the Those Who Plank club -- which includes Justin Bieber, Katy Perry, Rosario Dawson and more. The strangely fascinating fad of stiffed posing hit the Playboy mansion on Tuesday night, according to Hef's Twitter page
 
Post-Uno game but pre-bedtime, girlfriend Anna Sophia Berglund cajoled the house impresario to lay face-down on the dining table -- silkily robed and all. Afterward, Hefner executed a more devious revenge by aligning the playmates in planking fashion and sporting a goofy thumbs up.

The planking photo even scored some air time on Dutch television, according to Twitter user dutchGNDfan.

Lil Wayne sued for $15 million over 'Bedrock'

Rapper Lil Wayne faces a $15 million legal battle over allegations he stole the hit song "Bedrock."

Georgia-based production company Done Deal Enterprises is suing Wayne, Universal Music Group, Cash Money Records and Young Money Entertainment for copyright infringement.

Lawyers for the rapper and representatives for Universal Music didn't return a request for comment Thursday. Lil Wayne has been ordered to appear in court Oct. 12.

The song, which featured appearances by Drake, Nicki Minaj and Lloyd, peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was on the compilation 2010 CD "We Are Young Money."

The lawsuit, filed Friday in the Southern District court, is the latest legal woe facing the rapper, born Dwayne Carter Jr. He also has been sued by several producers over unpaid royalties.