MARY J. BLIGE TO STAR ON E! MUSIC REALITY SERIES "OPENING ACT"

Mary J. Blige will help amateurs get a shot at the big leagues.

Mary J. Blige has been tapped to be a judge on E!’s upcoming music reality competition Opening Act.

According to Deadline, MJB joins American Idol executive producer Nigel Lythgoe and Rock Mafia’s Antonina Armato for the show, where the trio will scour the Internet looking for unmined talent.

The goal is to give amateurs the opportunity to open for major acts on tour. So far, artists who have agreed to participate include Nicki Minaj, LMFAO, Gym Class Heroes and more.

TV personality Olivia Lee will break the news to unsuspecting bands or solo acts, who will be brought to Los Angeles for “performance boot camp” and mentoring sessions with industry executives.

Opening Act is set to debut on July 9th.

UNCOVERED ! THE 3 REASONS RAP STAR,MI DENIED HIS MARRIAGE PLANS TO ERICA OKUNDAYE

Few weeks ago it was reported that rap star MI (Jude Abaga) was set to wed his lover of 2 years Erica Okundaye,Miss Nigeria 2010 1st runner-up.

After reading the report, the short dark-complexioned tweeted that he is not getting married and does not have a girlfriend.

In his words I am not getting married. Not yet at least. I wish I could get a super model to date me

Response from his fans and followers on Twitter led to the second tweet that : Why would I want to marry a short super model and curse my kids to the same height defect?

MI’s response has so far confused so many people who are aware of his affair with Erica and when he was asked by a particular follower on Twitter if he was denying Erica,the talented rapper refused to respond.

Right now for those in the know, the question remains why would MI deny dating Erica and those that are not aware of their relationship still ponder if the report is true.

During our findings, we came about 3 reasons MI had to deny that he is getting married to Erica.

He sure didn’t do it without the approval of Erica who prefers to keep a low profile and the first reason is the outburst of the pastor of their church.

They both attend Covenant House of Praise Church Rodizzo,GRA Ikeja,Lagos.

The pastor who is like a father to Erica was said to have been angry that she didn’t inform him and also told her that she shouldn’t put herself in the public glare nor should she release information about their wedding until a date has been picked.

The easy going lady was so confused and when she told MI, they both agreed to deny it until when they are ready.

The second reason is Erica’s family members, who we gathered were not pleased about the story and for spiritual reasons, they advised them to keep their private life and plans secret for now.

The last reason is that MI wishes to focus on his record label and new album which was unveiled on Wednesday, 13th April 2012 at the industry Nite which held at Oriental Hotel,VI,Lagos.

He has to re-focus the mind of his fans on his new project and not have them dwell on his marriage.

Many artistes over the years have denied their wedding plans but eventually got married to the same person they must have denied.

MI’s case is understandable but what many people close to him wonder is why he would go all the way to deny Erica out rightly and refer to an ex-beauty queen who stands 5feet 8 inches tall as a short super model!

TONTO DIKEH's POLICE ARREST THREAT ** I NEVER ABANDONED A MOVIE SET FOR ANOTHER - TONTO DIKEH

A national newspaper reported over the weekend that a movie producer threatened to arrest Nollywood actress, Tonto Dikeh with police if she doesn't show up for an abandoned movieproduction in Asaba, Delta State.

The news story had it that Tonto left the movie production on the excuse of travelling to Lagos last week Monday but was on another movie shoot.

She was reported to have still not returned to the abandoned movie set as at last weekend. Speaking to Nigeriafilms.com through her publicist, Tonto claimed that she never dumped the movie production in Asaba for another movie production.

She claimed that she actually travelled to Lagos on Tuesday for a TV shoot for Tee A's 'Time Out With Tee A', which is a comedy TV show. She also claimed that when news broke about her abandoning a movie set, she offered to make a refund of all the money collected from the movie producer because of the embarrassment caused her but the producer begged her not to take that step.

According to what we gathered, other movie stars the likes of Queen Nwokoye, Frank Arturs amongst others are also taking part in the movie shoot in Asaba.

You will recall that last year, a movie producer, AMACO Investment had same problem with actress, Uche Ugbodo. The latter was reported to actors' guild leadership and was almost faced with a two-year ban from acting.

STAR ACTRESS RITA EDOCHIE’S 1ST DAUGHTER, NKIRU WEDS

It was a gathering of the who is who in the entertainment industry on Saturday, 21st April 2012 when Nkiru,daughter of Nollywood star,Rita Edochie finally got hooked and tied the knot with her long time heart throb,Chukwuemelie Ibekwe.

The colourful traditional marriage and white wedding took place on the same day were held at Onitsha, Anambra State.

It was a festival like event.A fun filled event to its brim .

After the traditional marriage,held in the bride’s home,they went to St. Mary’s Catholic Church, awka road for the white wedding after which they went to Ogboli Primary Schoool field for the reception.

To say that Rita Edochie was obviously filled with joy and happiness that day is an understatement, it was all over her. Emelie and Nkiru we gathered started their relationship about 10 years ago when Nkiru was said to be in secondaty school.They have a son who is about 10 years,but they separated for a very long while before fate brought them together again.

However,Nkiru who looks exactly like her mum and her lover,Emelie decided to make it permanent this time.

The tall and elegant actress,Rita drew the cream of Nollywood acts to grace the occasion as they all came out en masse to give her their support. Despite the fact that movie practitioners had a lot of events that weekend such as Chidi Mokeme’s tradition marriage and Stephanie Okereke’s white wedding in Paris.

A roll call of the crème of entertainment people that graced the marriage include top Nollywood stars, Kenneth Okonkwo, Chinwetalu Agu, Amaechi Muonagor,Tony One Week,Klint Da Drunk amongst several others.

TV STAR, DAYO –D-ONE-ADENEYE SURVIVES SURGERY

Nigeria’s top showbiz personality,Dayo D-One-Adeneye was recently admitted at Premiere Specialist Hospital in Victoria Island,Lagos where he went through an appendicitis surgery.

For many days, the Showbiz Big Boy family and well wishers in the Nigerian entertainment industry and from all over the world were sending in their get well. The super star television personality who clocked 47 on March 23rd is said to be recovering fast from the operation.

A close aide to the TV star said he is getting on well and might be discharged the next day. D-One is really,really happy with fans’ greetings across the world.

The show of love and enthusiasm has been so wonderful.I think it has to do with his ambassadorial role in Africa and in the Global Entertainment Industry.He is presently in high spirit and would be talking to you soon.

He is having a bed rest at the moment

REPORT: KHLOE KARDASHIAN & LAMAR ODOM ENDING REALITY SHOW

Treating themselves to a delicious meal, Khloe Kardashian and Lamar Odom were spotted at Serefina’s restaurant in New York City last night (April 29).

Joined by Lamar’s daughter Destiny Odom, the E! Reality Television pair looked snazzy as they hit up the popular eatery. And it sounds like “Khloe & Lamar” is getting the axe after this season so that Lamar can focus all of his attention on his basketball career.

On the latest episode, the Tinseltown pair looked to be having issues with their relocation to Texas for Lamar to play for the Dallas Mavericks.

In one scene, Khloe declares, “I’m miserable. Lamar and I have been missing our family.” Odom was eventually let go from the Dallas Mavericks prior to the end of the season.

STAR ACTRESS MERCY AIGBE'S HUBBY DETAINED FOR FRAUD?

The gist flying all over the social circuit, concerning top businessman and hotelier, Larry Gentry, the amiable husband of Nollywood star,Mercy Aigbe,is not palatable at all.

The gist according to those who spread it, is the alleged detention of the big boy by the police in Abuja for allegedly being involved in a scam involving several millions of naira.

As the story goes,the case has been on for sometime,but Gentry’s first wife who is a top police officer,we hear,had helped in quelling the fire. The case as insiders put it,almost cost her,her job as she defended her man with all her might.

Things however took a different turn following Gentry’s marriage to Mercy Aigbe,the top actress and producer of the new wave making flick, Osas, Omo Benin.

Mercy was alleged to have taken total control of Larry Gentry’s heart and home and made him dump his police officer wife. Mercy has often told the press that she met Gentry unmarried before he wed her.

This we hear, led the police officer lady to move her face away when a fresh petition was fired by Gentry’s associates alleging he duped them and effectively reviving the old case. We hear that he was whisked to Abuja where he was detained for over a week even as investigations on the case continue.

Meanwhile,in a recent chat ,Mercy Aigbe laughed off the allegation,insisting that the story was totally false and revealed that Mr. Gentry was away on business at the United States.

HOW AMAA REVIVED RITA DOMINC’S DWINDLING CAREER

It is no longer news that top and sexy actress Rita Dominic grabbed the trophy as African’s Best Actress on Sunday, April 22,2012 at the 8th edition of African Movie Academy Awards(AMAA),over her lead role in a Kenyan movie entitled, Shattered.

What people are not really aware of is the major reason the light skin actress was perplexed over the honour.

NFC will without charge inform you on this page that before her role in Shattered, which was not a Nigerian film though,Ms Dominic was almost listed among Nollywood actresses whose acting careers were gradually dwindling.

The Imo State born screen goddess almost became an actress who was celebrated just for her old glory. Either as a result of waiting for the cinema movie scripts, challenging roles,non-contemporary Nigerian drama or the script not coming her way, Ms. Dominic almost became invisible on the scene of movie making.

However,the script came for the actress to play a lead that took her outside the shores of this country and position her above other actresses in Africa in 2012.

According to the information reaching us,the awards seems to be on the great path to revive Ms. Dominic’s career, as top movie producers are already staging out plans to star the actress in various movies that will hit the cinemas in 2013.

MARIAH CAREY ROCKS THE ISCHGL SKI RESORT

She’s always up for a good time, and earlier today (April 30) Mariah Carey was spotted onstage at the Ischgl Ski Resort in the Austrian Tirol for the legendary Season Closing Concert. The “Always Be My Baby” songstress got all bundled up for the gig, singing through her hit-laden catalog in the chilly conditions.

According to a report, Carey got started about a half hour late, but nobody seemed to mind once her 90-minute set got underway.Prior to the show, Mariah was spotted at a pre-concert shindig held at the Trofana Royal Hotel in downtown Ischgl.

Over the weekend, Ms. Carey and her handsome hubby Nick Cannon renewed their wedding vows at the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France.

JAY-Z'S BROOKLYN NETS LOGO REVEALED

 The Nets reveal its highly anticipated Jay-Z designed logo.

The new logo for Jay-Z's Brooklyn Nets has been revealed. Hov, who designed the logo himself, settled on a black-and-white color scheme and a classic, simple look.

During a press conference earlier today, CEO of Nets Basketball Brett Yormark was quoted as saying, "Today, we launch the next chapter. Boy, this feels good. We've been waiting seven years to get to this point."

Merchandise sporting the team's logo is already available on NJNets.com, while additional items can be viewed at the team's Facebook page including hats and tees.

Check out an image of the logo and an alternative logo below.