Denrele leaves Soundcity
Controversial Soundcity vee-jay, Denrele Edun, has confirmed his resignation from the popular urban music channel, Soundcity.
The popular
presenter, who is famous for his peculiar lifestyle as well as for
impressively conducting many red carpet interviews for the music
channel, revealed that he voluntarily left his job of six years to
pursue some other personal dreams.
“I resigned two
weeks ago,” said Denrele, who has now attained a celebrity status, in a
telephone conversation with X2. “I believe it was time I move on to a
greener pasture and do other things for myself.”
Denrele, who is
currently on the location of a yet-to-be titled new traditional epic
movie with Funke Akindele and Yinka Quadri in Oyo State, also quickly
dispelled rumours that his exit from his old job is fuelled by a
fallout with his boss concerning his infamous picture with Charly Boy.
“It had nothing to
do with it. The picture happened before last year’s Soundcity Music
Video Awards and since then, I have continued to host shows for
Soundcity without any issue. Initially, I thought it will cause a
little tension because I know I am a controversial figure but really it
did not,” he said.
Denrele also
reveals that aside taking more prominent roles in movies, his next plan
includes coming up with his own television show.
“I hope to soon
flag up my own celebrity interview show. I have interviewed so many
celebrities and I hope to use that to start on my own. Recently, I was
in Dubai to host a show Usher had, so I hope to continue to do things
for myself,” he said.
Mid-last year, a
picture of Denrele in a mouth-to-mouth kiss with Charly Boy was
released on the Internet and met with wide spread condemnation.
Although Soundcity
boss, Tajudeen Adepetu, isn’t available to comment on Denrele’s exit,
he was vociferous in condemning the picture with Charly Boy in an old
interview. He called it “a foolish act”.
New music
Many Nigerian
entertainers have released new music and new music videos over the
weekend. Storm Records’ new recruit, Young6ix, teamed up with Empire
Mate Music’s singer, Wizkid, on a dance oriented track, ‘Follow Me’.
Also, Hip-Hop World Awards nominee, Lord of Ajasa, popular for his
witty raps in Yoruba, has released a new single, ‘Gbafun’. Toeing his
trade mark rhyming in Yoruba, Ajasa laid his braggadocio rap over a
laid back beat.
Similarly, Kennis
Music’s frontline act, JayWon, released his latest single ‘Oya’
featuring label mates, Eedris Abdulkareem and Joe EL on a Jay Sleek
production.
Singer cum producer
and chief executive of Kasbeats Entertainment, Kas, has released the
music video of the second lead single off his debut album. The music
video, ‘If You Wind For Me’, is directed by Gini.
‘Superman Returns’ director offers mea culpa
The 2006 movie
‘Superman Returns’ was supposed to reignite the comic-book character
for big-screen audiences and make a star out of unknown actor, Brandon
Routh. While critics praised the film, it underwhelmed at the box
office, earning $391 million worldwide.
Now, with another
Superman film in the works – Zack Snyder’s ‘Superman: Man of Steel’,
which stars Henry Cavill in the title role – ‘Superman Returns’
director-producer, Bryan Singer, says he made some mistakes with his
own film.
“I think that
‘Superman Returns’ was a bit nostalgic and romantic, and I don’t think
that was what people were expecting, especially in the summer,” Singer
said in an interview with VoicesFromKrypton.com.
“What I had noticed
is that there weren’t a lot of women lining up to see a comic book
movie, but they were going to line up to see ‘The Devil Wears Prada,’
which may have been something I wanted to address.
“But when you’re
making a movie, you’re not thinking about that stuff, you’re thinking,
‘Wow, I want to make a romantic movie that harkens back to the Richard
Donner movie that I loved so much.’ And that’s what I did,” Singer said.
Many moviegoers
criticised the third act, in which Lex Luthor (Kevin Spacey) stabs
Superman with a shard of kryptonite, but then the two characters don’t
appear onscreen again for the rest of the movie. In defending the
scene, Singer said he tried to insert a religious analogy into his
storytelling, which was probably too “heavy” for a summer movie.
“I’ve always felt
that the origin of Superman is the story of Moses – the child sent on a
ship to fulfill a destiny,” said Singer, a producer on the upcoming
‘X-Men: First Class’. “And this was a story about Christ – it’s all
about sacrifice: the world, I hear their cries. So what happens? He
gets the knife in the side and later he falls to the earth in the shape
of a crucifix. It was kind of nailing you on the head, but I enjoyed
that, because I’ve always found the myth of Christ compelling and
moving. So I hoped to do my own take, which is heavy s— for a summer
movie,” Singer further said.
He said if he were
to take on another Superman film, he would do a reboot of the franchise
by remaking the original and would make it a more “balls-to-the-wall
action movie” with a different pace from ‘Superman Returns’. Despite
the disappointing performance of ‘Superman Returns’, Singer still says
he’s “proud” of the film.
“There are a bunch of movies I’ve made where I’m, like, ‘Yuck, that was weak’ or ‘That could’ve been better,’ and I can see why.
But with ‘Superman Returns’ … If I could go back, I would have tightened the first act.”
