Ali Baba, Bovi for Joker at Terra
Organizers of the monthly standup comedy talent search show cum live comedy performance by acclaimed comedians, ‘Joker at Terra’, have revealed the lineup for the May edition, which will hold on Saturday, May 7 at Terra Kulture in Lagos.
According to Darlington Abuda, the managing director of Peekaboo Global Consulting, the event’s PR company, the May edition will feature performances from notable comedians including Alibaba, Bovi, Ushbebe, Elenu, MC Erem and two past winners from the show, Memory Card and Whale Mouth.
Abuda says that the show promises “a myriad of qualitative comedy with strings of variety,” and revealed that the reason why the show was not staged in April was “to make allowances for the general elections held during the month.” He also promised that the May edition will have an interactive session between present guests and the ace comedians, in what will be known as the ‘Amateur Half Hour’.
‘Joker at Terra’ is a monthly comedy talent search show which debuted in February 2011.
Awa Okunrin gets a release date
Yoruba film actress and producer Funke Akindele, popularly known as Jenifa, is set to release her forthcoming movie titled ‘Awa Okunrin’. The actress, who came to the limelight playing the lead role in her 2008 movie, ‘Jenifa’, revealed through her Twitter page that the movie will be released on Monday, May 9.
The movie will star hip-hop musician, Steel. as well as known Yoruba movie actors Yomi Fashlanso, Kolade Odunlade, and Funke Akindele.
‘Awa Okunrin’ tells of the different games men play in marriage.
Winners of the Webby Award
Pop star Justin Bieber on Tuesday scored his first Webby Award, which celebrates the best of the Internet.
Comedian and ‘The Hangover’ star Zach Galifianakis was the person with most wins, thanks to his hugely popular web series ‘Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis’. Website ‘Funny or Die’, founded by Will Ferrell and Adam McKay, walked away with eight wins.
The Webby Awards present two honors: The Webby Award, chosen by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, and the People’s Voice Award, chosen by the public.
Bieber received the People’s Voice Award for the comedy video ‘Justin Bieber Takes Over Funny or Die’. Among the multiple winners were former ‘Friends’ star Lisa Kudrow and her series ‘Web Therapy’, the iPhone app Angry Birds and the New York Times website.
Talk show host Conan O’Brien, rapper Snoop Dogg, Jim Carrey, Twitter, Skype and Hulu were among other winners in a contest that encompassed everything from websites to interactive advertising and media, online film, video and mobile and apps.
Winners of the 15th Annual Webby Awards will pick up their honours at a ceremony in New York on June 3.
Charity album, ‘Songs for Japan’, raises $5 million
A charity album featuring hits from the likes of Lady Gaga, Bob Dylan and Madonna has raised $5 million for the victims of the Japanese earthquake and tsunami, the record labels involved said on Wednesday.
The album ‘Songs For Japan’, a collaboration between the world’s biggest record companies, was released a month ago and has been on sale in digital format and as a two-disc CD set. It was available from March 25 on iTunes and from April 4 as a CD.
Organisers said the Japanese Red Cross Society last month received $2 million on behalf of featured artists, songwriters, labels, publishers and iTunes, who waived their royalties and proceeds. A further payment of $3 million was made on Monday. More than 500,000 copies of the album have been sold so far in all formats.
‘Songs For Japan’ featured 38 hits and classic songs, including ‘Imagine’ by John Lennon, ‘Don’t Let The Sun Go Down On Me’ by Elton John and ‘Pray’ by Justin Bieber.
