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Thursday, January 31, 2013

Tonto - ITZ OVA Ft Snypa (Official Video) The most anticipated video of the new year is here with a big bang. Award wining actress Tonto Dikeh is out with her hot new video ITZ OVA and this year she's holding nothing back and taking her music career to the next level.

The most anticipated video of the new year is here with a big bang. Award wining actress Tonto Dikeh is out with her hot new video ITZ OVA and this year she's holding nothing back and taking her music career to the next level. 

Tonto and her team have partnered with fast rising producer/director, Gbemi Philips of Gbemi Phillips Productions to bring you this extremely exciting and sexy video.

Produced and Directed by Gbemi Phillips of Gbemi Phillips Productions

The best dressed star at the American Music Awards: Taylor Swift and Gwen Stefani lead the group


The American Music Awards in November had revived the fashion in Los Angeles, and the star had to turn to ammaliarci on the red carpet. Wonderful put decorated and delicious dresses were a popular choice, as well as decadent evening gowns hugging.  Nicki Minaj has bewitched the crowd with a suit of class, a vibrant Monique Lhuillier, while  Gwen Stefani  showed off her rocker side with a jacket and decorated the top of the bra in sight, thanks to Balmain. 
Stacey Keibler  has leveraged its statuesque figure thanks to a shiny dress reminiscent of the festive spirit of those seen wearing a  Taylor Swift  and  Kelly Rowland,  instead  Jenny McCarthy  showed that the 80s are back more alive than ever in a bold look impossible to miss.

Wednesday, January 30, 2013

9 stages of love all couples go through




 Do you remember the first fight or angry disagreement you and your partner had? For the first time ever in the relationship, both of you confront each other over a conflict, even though it’s sorted out quickly. 
Relationships are unique.
And one experience of love is never ever the same.
You may have been in several relationships in your life, and all of them may have been very different from the earlier one.
But there are a few traits about every single relationship that binds all relationships along a similar path.
Relationship stages in your love life
Relationships, just like life, have their own stages. It starts off with infatuation and goes through several stages along the way.
And these stages are like tests that check your compatibility with each other.
Go wrong anywhere along the way, and your relationship will take the brunt of the fall.
Have you ever met a couple who seemed like they were going to stay together forever, but ended up breaking up a few years later?
Perhaps, in all probability, they went wrong in one of these stages of the relationship.
The 9 relationship stages that all couples experience
Are you in a new relationship? Or are you in a seasoned relationship with someone you’ve been with for several years?
It doesn’t matter how long your relationship has lasted, because all the relationships will fit snugly in one of these relationship stages.
Find your own relationship stage here, and it’ll definitely help you understand your own love life better.
Stage #1 The infatuation stage. This is the first stage in every relationship. It almost always starts with an intense attraction and an uncontrollable urge to be with each other. Both of you may be intensely sexually attracted to each other, or both of you may just love the cuddles and each other’s company. In this stage, both of you overlook any flaws of each other and only focus on the good sides.
Stage #2 The understanding stage. In this stage, both of you start getting to know each other better. You have long conversations with your partner that stretches late into the night, and everything about your partner interests and fascinates you. You talk about each other’s families, exes, likes and dislikes and other innocent secrets, and life seems so beautiful and romantic.
Stage #3 The stage of disturbances. This stage usually forces its way into a happy romance after a few months of blissful courting. Do you remember the first fight or angry disagreement you and your partner had? For the first time ever in the relationship, both of you confront each other over a conflict, even though it’s sorted out quickly.
Stage #4 The opinion maker. In this stage, both of you create opinions about each other. As the months pass by, both of you know what to expect from each other, and you make an assumption about your partner’s commitment towards the relationship.
When these opinions and expectations about your partner differ now and then in real life, it can either leave you ecstatic or depressed.
You don’t expect your man to buy you flowers, but he does. You feel ecstatic. At the same time, you expect him to pick you up from the airport on time. But he arrives an hour later because he forgot all about picking you up. It depresses you.
Stage #5 The moulding stage. You have your own expectations from an ideal partner. And in this stage, both of you try hard to mould each other to fit your own wants in a perfect partner. This stage is a lot about give and take, and both partners constantly try to subtly convince each other to change their behavior towards the relationship. This is a power struggle, and one that can end the relationship if both partners are domineering.
Stage #6 The happy stage. If the relationship survives past the moulding stage, both of you may have changed equally for each other and understood each other’s expectations. In this stage, the relationship cruises along perfectly and both of you may be blissfully happy with each other.
Almost always, this is the stage when both of you feel like a perfect match. You may even decide to get engaged or get married. This happy stage is also the stage of attachment when both of you truly feel connected to each other and love each other intensely.
Stage #7 The stage of doubts. It’s been several years since both of you have been in a relationship with each other. And somewhere along the way, doubts start to creep in. The intensity of the doubts depend on how happy both of you are in the relationship.
You start to think of your past relationships, your exes, and other prospective partners. You tie your happiness in life with your relationship. If you’re unhappy, you blame it on the relationship.
In this stage, you start comparing your relationship with other couples and other relationships. Would your relationship survive this stage? It definitely could, as long as your relationship isn’t monotonous and repetitive.
Stage #8 The sexual exploration or bust stage. This is the stage when your sex life starts to play a pivotal role. Both your sex drives may change or one of you may get disinterested in sex.
In this stage, you either give up on passionate sex or constantly look for ways to make sex more exciting. If sexual interests start differing here, one of you may end up having an affair. But on the other hand, if you find creative ways to make sex more exciting, your relationship could get better and bring both of you a lot closer.
Stage #9 The stage of complete trust. This is the happy stage when both of you love each other and trust each other completely. But at the same time, the unbreakable trust in each other could also turn into taking each other for granted.
In this stage, both of you know the direction of the relationship and both of you are completely happy with each other and find it easy to predict each other’s behavior and decisions. But with stability in love comes the urge to take each other for granted.
As pleasant as this final stage of love may be, it’s still no excuse to take each other lightly or stop appreciating each other, because love is an intense emotion that can be rekindled by anyone else at any time if you fail to express your romance to your lover.
If you’re in a relationship for a while, you may have experienced all or most of these relationship stages. And if you’re still in a young love, don’t let the dark side of these relationship stages scare you.
Instead, look at these 9 relationship stages as stepping stones into a better future, one that’s filled with a lot of love and happiness, just as long as both of you remember to keep love alive all the time.



10 Tips for Starting a New Relationship



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When we’ve been burned in a relationship, we go into new relationships a little more wary. “That’s a two-edged sword,” says relationship coach Amy Schoen. While being street-smart can help you avoid making the same mistake the next time, “It can also keep you so hyper alert to possible problems that you don’t give yourself to a relationship,” Schoen says. Here are some tips to help you when you're ready to try again.

10 TIPS FOR STARTING A NEW RELATIONSHIP
  
1. Settle the past. Work with a therapist to understand how and why you picked your failed marriage.

2. Realize you can make a choice. OK. Something bad happened. You are not a victim. You can and will move on.

3. Learn who’s safe and not safe and how to be safe. Once fooled, twice smart. Learn the early warning signs that someone lacks integrity and construct proper boundaries to keep people like that far from your heart.

4. Get clear about your expectations. What do you want for yourself? What are you moving toward? Know what your values are and be clear about what you’re looking for in a relationship. Then, be bold about not settling for less.

5. Realize there are wonderful people everywhere. Uh huh, you ended up with a world class schmuck AND the world is full of really great people.

6. Learn where to go to meet people who enjoy the same things you do. If you like to dance, take dance lessons. If you like to hike, join a trail club.

7. Hold off on the séx. Give yourself time to get to know someone before jumping in the sack.
Sociologist Dr. Edward Lauman’s research found that 85 percent of couples had known each other at least 30 days before having séx and 45 percent waited at least a year.

8. Check out their “fit.” How are they around your family and friends? How comfortable are you around theirs?

9. Pay attention to their overall behavior. Is this person an “easy keeper” or is your relationship full of drama? Are there periodic temper tantrums? Regular “flake sessions?” If so, next!

10. Listen to your gut. You have a built-in radar that alerts you when something is up. So, listen to and honor your intuition.
  

BBA's Millicent Mugadi Wins Election In Kenya



Big Brother Africa Amplified, Millicent Mugadi, the tall and sexy Kenya actress has won the first stage of her ambition to become a council boss of her people in the on going Kenya elections.

Milly, as she is fondly called has been causing a lot of stirs in the Kenya political environment as the only lady seriously working hard at her political party named TNA to beat the men to it. The presidential flag bearer for TNA is the son of the Kenya's first President, Jome Kenyatta, Uhuru.

In a brief chat with Milly shortly after her victory at the primaries, she said "I won my party elections as the Councilor where I wrestled politically with the incumbent councilor. I will be battling out with other political parties come March 4th this year. I could not believe that politics and movies are different ball games entirely. In fact, acting is not the same thing as politics as I saw hell since my incursion into politics. But, sincerely, we must give it to African women who are making relevance in politics, they have really tried to beat the menfolk to it, now I know it's not a day'sjob at all. I am so humbled by the kind of support I received during the last primaries from my people and hope by 4th of March, God will give us victory over other opposition parties. For now, I'm the only lady so far in my area," she said.

Justin Bieber Kisses And Grabs Female Fan's Bréast In Public



Justin Bieber appears to get very friendly with a young female fan at a meet and greet session.
The teen heart-throb was pictured with a hand on the youthful Belieber's chest while he kissed her on the cheek.
The teen heart-throb was posing for pictures with devoted followers at the event in Miami when he seems to have casually placed his hand underneath the girl's boob, his other arm wrapped gently around her shoulder.
The girl in question is seen smiling awkwardly in the image - which was later posted in a photo gallery on his fan club website BieberFever.Com before being removed.
The pair are also seen whispering to one another in a second snap on the site.
The image emerged just days after the once clean-cut star was accused of verbally abusing a US radio presenter in the gym.
Justin, 18, was in Miami for the last night of his US tour yesterday and seized the opportunity to flash his well-honed abs at photographers during a day relaxing poolside at a $24million mansion.
He recently confessed that he is struggling to get over his break-up from actress Selena Gomez.
In an interview with Billboard magazine when quizzed about their split he said: "I'm not in the happiest place that I've ever been.

Whitney Houston’s Daughter Gets Engaged to her Brother






Bobbi Kristina Brown isn’t letting her family’s drama get in the way of her happiness. Whitney Houston’s daughter is said to be engaged to her “adopted brother” Nick Gordon, Us Weekly reports.
Brown, 19, was recently photographed in Atlanta holding hands and kissing Gordon, the 22-year-old man whom Houston took in 10 years ago after his mother was unable to care for him. According to the magazine, Brown has been wearing a sizeable diamond engagement ring that was once worn by her mother.
“The situation is beyond sad,” a source told Us. “Whitney never formally adopted Nick, but he lived with her and Bobbi Kristina from the age of 12 and they were raised like brother and sister. Nick came from a really bad background.” In addition to their alleged plans to wed, the couple is reportedly living together in one of Houston’s Atlanta properties. “Bobbi Kristina is still so vulnerable since her mother passed away,” the source added. “But Nick has become like her rock.” Not surprisingly, Brown’s family is said to be “really upset” about the young couple’s blossoming romance.
Namely, Houston’s mother has voiced her disapproval. A friend of Cissy Houston told TMZ that the family matriarch said “what they’re doing is incestuous.” She is reportedly afraid Gordon is a bad influence on Brown, and wants him evicted. After rumors that the two are dating surfaced earlier this month, Gordon took to Twitter to slam haters. “Yea we got a little closer and what!” he wrote. He later added, “For the stupid ppl out there, she gave birth to 1 child. And she trusted me with Everything!” On Wednesday, Gordon told ABCNews.com that he and Brown are “just close – just going through her mom’s passing and grieving together.”
During her interview with Oprah Winfrey on last Sunday’s “Oprah: The Next Chapter,” Brown was seen wearing the alleged engagement ring as she spoke about her famous mother’s passing. “I’m doing as good as I possibly can at this point. I’m just trying to keep going,” she said. “I can sing her music, but to hear it now, I can’t. I can hear her voice telling me, ‘Keep moving, baby. I got you.’ She’s always with me. I can always feel her with me. She used to always say, ‘Do you need me?’ And I said, ‘I always need you.’”

Tonto - BEHIND THE SCENE OF 'HI' (Official Video)

The behind the scene footage of the most anticipated video 'HI' by Tonto aka 'Poko'. Tonto unveils her flip side personality in this video with the best of technicalities, professionalism and attitude. The colourful costumes and dance steps are all in sync.....enjoy people.
Produced and Directed by Gbemi Phillips of Gbemi Phillips Productions

Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Beyonce Buys $5.9 Million Mansion For Mother




 It may be a mansion fit for a queen of pop, but  Knowles is rumoured to be splashing out $5.9 million on a palatial Houston home for her mother Tina. The 31-year-old singer, who was brought up in the Texan city, is reported to be close to finalising a deal on the six , 16 bathroom mansion. Located in the prestigious Piney Point village, the home is reported to have been reduced from an asking price of $20 million just three years ago.
Sumptuous: Beyonce is said to be preparing to splash out $5.9 million on this six bedroom Houston mansion for her mother Tina Knowles

The 25,000 square ft house sits on two acres of land and features a games room, two jacuzzis, and a pool. It also boasts a private screening room article-2266086-17142552000005dc-800_638x429for Tina to watch all her ‘s movies and music videos on leather couches with suede upholstered walls and black out curtains. A listing describes the third floor games room as equipped with a pool table, gaming tables and a hidden television. Judging by interior shots of the mansion,the design has been heavily influenced by French and Italian architecture, with ornate murals on the walls and intricate carved murals.
A photograph of one of the home’s four kitchens boasts wooden units and matching floors, with marble counter-tops. And visitors to the pad would be impressed by the sweeping staircase and wrought iron bannisters. According to the home’s listing,the Houston mansion contains a “mirrored elevator”, granite floors with marble, semi-precious stone and gilded plaster crown moulding, frescoes and elaborately carved Corinthian capitals on interior cast stone columns. No expense is spared withwide planked walnut cherry floors and gold plated fixtures included.

Grandiose: The hallway boasts sweeping staircases and ornate iron banisters on a balcony


 Ornate: The grand house features a combination of French and Italian style architecture
The ornate Master Suite is decorated using a largely neutral colour scheme with antique plaster reliefs set into the wall facing the marble fireplace. It features two walk in closets, a built in coffee bar, granite floors with a warming system and a double entry steam shower with five shower heads. There will be plenty of room for Beyonce and husband Jay-Z to park their plush vehicles when they visit, with a four car garage on the property.










Mi, IYANYA, BRYMO, PRINCESS @ THE LAUNCH OF LUCOZADE BOOST


Mi, IYANYA, BRYMO, PRINCESS @ THE LAUNCH LUCOZADE BOOST IN CAN

Rapper Future DUMPS CIARA, PROPOSES To His BABY MAMA



Rapper Future DUMPS CIARA . . . And Immediately PROPOSES To His BABYS MOTHER!!! (This Is The SECOND Time Her BF Gets MARRIED On Her)

We told you just a few WEEKS AGO that R&B singer Ciara was SERIOUSLY dating top rapper FUTURE. Well, he's officially DUMPED her . . . for his new BABYS MOTHER Brittani.
And not only did he GET BACK with his BM . . . but Future PROOPOSED MARRIAGE to her. That's right CiCi . . . Brittani was PROUDLY showing off her new ring yesterday . . . and tweeting how "Blessed" she is.
This is the SECOND MAN in less than a year that DUMPED Ciara for their babys mother . . . and immediately got engaged. NBA superstar Amare Stoudemire DUMPED Ciara last winter . . . and immediately married his BM.
We're not sure WHAT Ciara is doing to these men . . . but after a few weeks of DATING her . . . the go RUNNING BACK TO THEIR BABYS MOTHERS. And they're not just going back . . . they're MARRYING THEM.
We're not sure what THATS all about. But Ciara . . . we have a GIRLFRIEND who's been trying to get her childs father to marry her for a MINUTE. Would you mind DATING HIM for a few weeks. Help a sista out . . . LOL

BREAKING NEWS: Chris Brown's Ex-Girlfriend .. . Is F*CKING Drake . . . ALLEGEDLY!!!




Well the Chris Brown-Rihanna-Karrueche love triangle just turned into a SQUARE. According to our friends over at Hollywood Life, Drake is SMASHING Karrueche. And Kae is supposedly doing it to get Chris Brown jealous.
Here is what they're reporting:
Karrueche Tran is apparently taking jabs at ex Chris Brown because the aspiring model/fashion designer took to her Twitter page on Jan. 16 and quoted lyrics by Chris’ nemesis — the one and only Drake! 

“I will have a model wife,” Karrueche tweeted from Drake’s song “Miss Me.” 

Perhaps Karrueche is sending a very subliminal message to Chris by tweeting that line, suggesting she may be over him, romantically, for good. 
As HollywoodLife.com reported Jan. 9, Karrueche admits spending time with the R&B star back in 2011 has been filled with many ups and a lots of downs and was just one trying emotional ride!

Monday, January 7, 2013

(Olu Maintain: My Collabo With 50 Cent)Olu Maintain Hypnotize me ft. Olivia & Big A






Award-winning singer, Olu Maintain’s R&B single ‘Nawti’, released last year, enjoyed impressive reviews from pundits at home and abroad, winning a couple of awards. His new single, ‘Hypnotize Me’ featuring American rapper 50 Cent and velvet-voiced songbird Olivia, was released yesterday. The singer hopes to make a big impact in the industry with this musical ‘marriage’. He speaks on how he has fared in the recent past, his new plans and sundry issues.

On Winning NMVA Award: "It just makes me feel that hard work has indeed paid off, having been quiet for about three years and nominations popping out everywhere to the extent that 'Nawti' won the Best Video of NEA Awards in New York.
"'Nawti' was also nominated as the Best R&B Song at the Hip Hop World Awards, and I learnt that the only reason it wasn’t nominated as the Best Video at the Hip Hop World Awards was that no video directed by a foreigner is ever nominated. I don’t know why. They should have asked because the director of 'Nawti' video is Kehinde Nayomi Smith, and she’s a Nigerian. She was in Nigeria recently for the first time when I won the NMVA Award.
"But going forward, 2012 has been a very eventful year because my target was to release the album for 2012. With success of Nawti and the dynamism which the music industry was taking, I slowed down on the songs I had recorded initially because I have not been satisfied that I have put in my best into the ‘CHOOSEN ONE’ album. So, I went back to the studio and stared recording again. But now, I can confidently say that the album is coming out in the first quarter of this year and the second track on the album titled ‘Hypnotize Me’ features two international artistes."
On the Title Of the Album: "The reason it’s ‘CHOOSEN ONE’ with double ‘o’ is that it’s a ten-track album, and each of the letters that come together to form the acronym, represents each track on the album.
"There’s a remix of 'Nawti' in the works, and I found a new PR team in America called KNX based in Los Angeles and they’re trying to stock my songs and see the possibility of it pre-listed on mainstream radio and the response has been positive. They’re the ones making collaborations with the international acts that I’ve been working with.
"For me, doing collaboration with any international artiste should not just be by the star power of the artiste; it should be by merit that this artiste can genuinely do justice to the song in question. So, if I was asked who I would love to do collaboration with, a female singer that is equally as pretty and has a beautiful voice, my choice would be Olivia because I’ve always been her fan. So, when we met and I played her the song, she liked it and said she was willing to do it. Then we met in New York at the Platinum Studio owned by Jerry Wonder, one of the most sought after producers in the world.
"Coincidentally, Olivia is Jerry Wonder’s new artiste as well. 50 Cent has his lines on this track too. And there was this chemistry upon our meeting and we did the song with a beautiful experience and the video too is on the way.
"Everything is pretty much falling into place and I’m more than happy that I’ve waited this long. In terms of quality, you should never compromise because you have the obligation to always beat your best. So far, my name has evolved from Mr. Yahooze to Mr. Nawti. So, I look at 'Nawti' as the best effort that I’ve put out there and Hypnotize Me has to come to beat what Nawti has done."
Assesment Of the Industry In 2012: "In all fairness, the industry has evolved bigger and more eventful in 2012. The Nigerian music industry is breaking more frontiers. Afro Beat is now a genre that’s now officially accepted in the UK and the larger parts of Europe and we have international record labels signing Nigerian artistes. We have more collaboration with international artistes as well.
"2012 was big and 2013 is going to be bigger. This is encouraging from what the industry used to be some ten years ago. This is just a motivation to keep striving harder yearning for music that has substance. Nigerian music industry has gained a lot although; in its growth, it still lacks some level of development in terms of structure. Recently, I learnt that COSON has been able to get some level of publishing for some Nigerian artistes who have had songs over time. I’ve not got anything from COSON but that is a welcome development from COSON because Nigeria is the only developing country in the world where artistes don’t get publishing for airplay. Go to the UK and the US, one of the major income generating avenues for artistes is shows/concerts but everywhere else in the world publishing plays a larger part in financial rewards that an artiste gets. So for COSON to have intervened to forcefully demand for what is the right of Nigerian artistes, I think it’s a positive development. It’s like a marriage. A typical young man is not ready for marriage but when you find yourself in a situation where it’s inevitable to be in that circumstance, you deal with it. You manage it and you excel in it. So, if the Nigerian media hides behind the excuse that it’s not ready yet, nothing will move forward. Saying you’re not developed enough to impact in policies that the Western world has been doing for decades, you’re basically running from responsibilities. It’s like a loser’s statement; that it’s not going to be easy is not an excuse for it not to start. COSON has started. If everyone has that mentality that we want to follow the structure that we look up to in the west, then it can in no way be a step in the wrong direction."
2013 Of My Dream: "2012 for me was a production phase. It was a phase where Olu Maintain came out of a three-year hiatus and when he came out, he made a statement. So, the Olu Maintain brand is now known as one that doesn’t make a statement every time, but when it does, he gets it right. Coming up from a split in a group called Maintain, it made a global statement with Yahooze. And after three years hiatus, he made a statement again with Nawti, both the video and audio and won awards. So, in 2013, you can only expect that the production phase is over and it’s now an exhibition phase. Tours, endorsements, concerts are in the offing for the brand Olu Maintain in 2013."
Collaboration With Nigerians: "There’s a track in my album titled ‘Naija A-list’, and it’s a beat produced by a young producer, Yung D. He has produced quite a number of successful songs in 2012 and one of them is Timaya’s ‘Bum Bum’. This is the part I want to have collaboration with five best Nigerian rappers, so I called it ‘Naija A-list’. I have my choices but I’m not going to subject the feature on the song to my decision making alone. I want to let my fans decide who the best five are. It will be an online campaign and people are going to vote for their five best Naija rappers which will be like a survey among industry heads and fans out there."1






Saturday, January 5, 2013