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Saturday, September 7, 2013

Romance Meets Life

Romance Meets Life

Rita Dominic Shows Off Her Sexy Side as She Gets Ready For a Pool Party

Posted: 07 Sep 2013 07:03 PM PDT


Actress, Rita Dominic is currently in Las Vegas after accepting her NEA award in New York. Living the Vegas life, she been to the famed Caesars Palace Hotel , and shows a rare sexy side just before going for a pool party. What happens in Vegas doesn't stay in Vegas anymore :)

#SaveYourVictim - Drunken Driver Makes Confession in a Youtube Video "I Killed a Man"

Posted: 07 Sep 2013 04:09 PM PDT


A video tagged #Saveyourvictim" and "Make The Promise to Never Drink and Drive" has gone viral after it was posted on Youtube some days ago. The video shows Matthew Cordle confessing to an accident in which another man died. Cordle says he's to blame for causing the car crash after a night of heavy drinking and he's willing to take "full responsibility" for the death of the man who died in the accident.



Some part of the transcript below.

"My name is Matthew Cordle, and on June 22nd, 2013, I hit and killed Vincent Canzani," he says somberly. "This video will act as my confession."
"When I get charged I'll plead guilty and take full responsibility for everything I've done to Vincent and his family,"
"I can't bring Mr. Canzani back, and I can't erase what I've done, but you can still be saved. Your victims can still be saved.

Some people are are complaining that the confession is meant to help him reduce his sentence or not be charged, but I think the video is like a PSA from a real person, not an actor, and the main message is "make the promise to never drink and drive."

Also, there's nothing like taking responsibility for your actions and mistakes which is what Cordle has done. While it is now certain he'll be charged, and will possibly go to prison for upwards of 8years [USA Today], his conscience has already convicted him, and by acknowledging his crime, he may be on the path to forgiveness, from both the family of his victim and more importantly, himself.

Vacation Time - New Pictures of Mercy Johnson and Family in Dubai

Posted: 07 Sep 2013 01:03 PM PDT


Mercy Johnson is currently on vacation in Dubai with her husband, Prince Odianose and baby, Purity. They look like they're having loads of fun doing the usual touristy things, visiting the Burj Al Arab, swimming, and what Naija tourists do best, shopping :)













Photo Credit - Mercy Johnson Okojie

Dear Myne - My Mother Doesn't Want Me To Date a Suitor Who Has Children Already

Posted: 07 Sep 2013 01:34 PM PDT


Please I really need your advice in an issue that's bothering me. I have dated guys before including single parents but I get discouraged when am dating a guy and I know he has a child and the reason is because of my mother. She doesn't want any of her children to get married to anybody who has a child cause of her
marriage to my dad who had a daughter who gave us stress after he died.



Right now am in a relationship with a guy who has everything I need in a man but has 2 kids from a lady he dated while he was in the UK and she later left him for another man. He wants to meet my family but I have been resistant about it because I  know that my mum will not agree. I don't know what to do cause I really love this guy and single guys I have dated have either dumped me or treated me badly.

Please I don't know what to say or do.

#superdad #superhusband - Adaeze Yobo Sings Her Husband's Praises on His Birthday

Posted: 07 Sep 2013 10:03 AM PDT

#familytime #superdad #superhusband #superhuman ;)
For his birthday, Joseph Yobo received a couple of cakes from his wife, Adaeze Yobo, one of them is the superman cake pictured above. See more pictures below and the cute and touching message she wrote for him...




Happy birthday to my bestfriend, lover, husband, my baby daddy, my world! Your so special to me, am proud of who you are and what you've achieved and it doesnt stop here. Your still moving higher, there is no stopping you. You lay Gold as dust! Your like a tree planted by the river side.... Your life is a testimony! I love you more than words can tell, even more than I can show! !#Godlivesinyou #hehasjuststartedwithyou #kingingonanotherlevel #Happybirthdaybooboo

#MissWorld2013 - Vote For MBGN Anna Banner For Miss World 2013 in Indonesia

Posted: 07 Sep 2013 09:05 AM PDT


Anna Banner, the MBGN representing the country at the 2013 Miss World currently holding in Indonesia, is asking for our votes. These are some of her pictures shared on Instagram with the tags - #MissWorld #competition #Bali #Indonesia #love #me #laughter #voteontheMissWorldApp #voting #vote #beautypageant #AnnaBanner. Downoad the app if you can, and vote :)

Movie Review - Elysium

Posted: 07 Sep 2013 03:00 AM PDT


No one knew who South African film director Neill Blomkamp was until District 9, a sci-fi action thriller, was released years ago to critical acclaim. And although Nigerians felt wounded by the gross misrepresentation of its people depicted in the film, not to mention the cheeky but brazen mockery of a certain Nigerian ruler, District 9 proved to be far from a mere popcorn flick, drawing fairly acceptable performances from its obscure cast and being nominated for four Academy Awards.  Now, fast forward to 2013, and Blomkamp brings yet another offering on the sci-fi alter, with as much special effects that characterized his previous work: a testament to his extraordinary skill as a visual filmmaker.

In Elysium, it's 2154 and Earth is the home of the poor, a place ravaged by disease, pollution, overpopulation and has become one vast, apocalyptic slum, monitored by stern security robots. Meanwhile, the rich have relocated to an idyllic place called Elysium, a luxurious ring-shaped space station where they regularly use in their homes man-sized medical devices (or Med-Pods), to keep them free from diseases. Everything up there is lushly green and glinting with chrome, its citizens living in white mansions, speaking French, attending endless cocktail parties and poolside fundraisers with other stuffy rich people.

The plot revolves around Max Da Costa (Matt Damon), an ex-con who now works in a plant that manufactures robots and the bulk of Elysium's weapons, owned by top-ranked Elysian citizen John Carlyle (William Fitchner). But after an industrial accident exposes Max to a massive dose of radiation, he becomes terminally ill, having only five days to live. He isn't alone, though. The daughter of his childhood best friend Frey (Alice Braga), has leukemia, and her health, too, is declining quickly. Frey works as a nurse in a local hospital where the health care is bleakly inadequate to save her daughter's life.  Max, knowing that his chance of survival is to use the Med-Pod available only on Elysium, tracks down Spider (Wagner Mourer), a notorious crime lord and they make a deal.

In exchange for a ticket on an illicit flight to Elysium, Max will adopt Carlyle in order to steal valuable information from him. And so, considering his frail state, Max undergoes a surgical operation—a strength-boosting exo-skeleton suit grafted onto his body—to enhance his physicality.  Accompanied by a small team, the attempt to adopt Carlyle goes awry, due to the interception by a vicious mercenary called Kruger (Sharlto Copley, a familiar face from District 9, remember?), hired by Elysian Secretary of Defence Jessica Delacourt (Jodie Foster). Delacourt is the ambitious, grim-faced, stiletto-wearing official seeking to usurp the government of Elysian President Patel (Faran Tahir), and when Max finally manages to land on Elysium, things begin to fall apart.



Elysium's greatest strength is its aesthetic vision of future earth and its space-bound Beverly Hills. The film spends a good amount of time establishing the inequality between the poor and the rich in this always relevant parable of people in wealthy nations turning their backs on the world's less fortunate, but it misses its opportunity to actually explore these themes on a substantive level. Instead, we get a series of silly and convenient circumstances that manufacture a narrow and equally silly plot of one hero who does what every generic hero does.

Head shaved and muscled torso covered with tattoos, Matt Damon's acting was quite impressive and entertaining, having spent four hours each day in the gym to get into his character. As the plot unfolds, he becomes this die hard, gun-wielding commando that was absolutely fun to watch.  On the other hand, Jodie Foster's performance was rather awful, and going by her Oscar-winning reputation, one would have expected a stellar act. She sports a distracting accent that sounded neither German nor Russian as her character floats listlessly through the narrative with little significance.

Sharlto Copley didn't disappoint with his manic brutality as he morphed into the ultimate super villain, except for his South African accent that was turned up to ridiculous levels, caused most probably by sheer indulgence. Elysium isn't perfect. Some scenes and character motivations didn't make sense. For example, few refugees from Earth found it far too easy to break into the homes of Elysian citizens, despite the armed robots in the area. Also, there was hardly any emotional entanglement between the characters, no slice of romance; it was almost as if Blomkamp was intent on flogging everyone with the issues of immigration and health care and class disparity. Nevertheless, with this second feature film, his future seems to be full of promise.


Bernard Ogedengbe is a sci-fi writer and the editor of Literati Naija. He tweets from @Bernard_Oged

Quote of the Day - God Has Perfect Timing

Posted: 07 Sep 2013 01:05 AM PDT
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