'ABBA' BACK AFTER 18 YEAR HIATUS!

Swedish pop group, ABBA have hinted at a comeback with a recent announcement of the reissuing of their final album, ‘The Visitors’, on April 23, 2012.

The group comprising Agnetha Fältskog, Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus and Anni-Frid Lyngstad, were one of the most commercially successful acts in the history of pop music, with world-wide smash hits from 1974 to 1982.

‘From a Twinkling Star to a Passing Angel’, a demo recorded around the time ‘The Visitors’ was released in 1981, will be the first new ABBA recording released since the box set ‘Thank You for the Music’ was issued in 1994.

The group, who made their last known public performance on the BBC’s ‘Late, Late Breakfast Show’ in December 1982, are now set to thrill its fans with the new version of ‘The Visitors’ which will also include six previously released bonus tracks and a DVD featuring rare and unreleased footage from their archives.

ABBA disbanded in 1982 and has since defied any speculation of a comeback, insisting in interviews that there was nothing that could entice them back on stage again. ‘We will never appear on stage again. There is simply no motivation to re-group. Money is not a factor and we would like people to remember us as we were; young, exuberant, full of energy and ambition’, Ulvaeus stated in 2008.

They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2010.

JASON DERULO CONFIRMS RELATIONSHIP WITH JORDIN SPARKS

After months of romantic scenes, R&B star, Jason Derulo finally confirms the status of his relationship with the American Idol season six winner Jordin Sparks.

‘We are together’, the MTV Awards nominee says.

‘She lives in Phoenix, comes (from Miami) and takes care of me, brings me breakfast in bed and she’ll go on walks with me. We’ve gotten closer because of my accident. It’s awesome to have someone you can talk to and she’s a wonderful person’, he revealed.

Jason was preparing to kick off for his Future World tour to begin on Thursday, February 23, 2012, when he fractured his neck during rehearsals.

‘My fans mean everything to me so I’m praying for a speedy recovery in order to perform for you in the near future’ he added.

SERENA WILLIAMS IN A BIKINI... GUYZ TAKE A DEEP BREATH (PHOTOS)

 
 
 
Just something to look at before you go to bed. I'm talking to the guys...*wink* 

RIHANNA POSTS PROVOCATIVE BIKINI PICS ON TWITTER

Rihanna continues to show off her crazy bikini body -- and striking some extremely provocative poses while doing it!

The 23-year-old singer posted more swimsuit photos on her Twitter yesterday while vacationing in Hawaii, this time doing some sexy poses while on workout gear, laying out on a towel and photographing a friend's posterior.

It's clearly all in good fun, as she tweeted "Come tap this" to Khloe Kardashian with the workout pic and "Strike a pose" with another.

Check out more of Rihanna's sexy swimsuit pics above.

TOP ACTRESS STELLA DAMASUS FOUNDATION OFFERS FREE THREE MONTH SINGING AND ACTING TRAINING

Nollywood star actress Stella Damasus is offering free three months training through her foundation Stella Damasus art foundation (SDAF).

The training is being organized for people that can sing or act but want more training.

Forms for the training are available at Ikeja: Leo's Bar, No1 Ajao Rd,off Wahum Adeniyi Jones. Surulere: 32 Yusuf Sanusi street, off Adeniran Ogunsanya.

The training was first organized last year for aspiring singers and actors/actressses.

CHRIS BROWN & BOW WOW $5, 000 STRIPPER TIPPERS

Chris Brown and Bow Wow don't take their hard-earned money for granted -- and to prove just how seriously they take their finances ... the rappers dropped $5,000 a pop on MULTIPLE strippers last MONTH.

Bow and Breezy let loose at the King of Diamonds strip club in Miami last Wednesday -- the largest strip club on the planet -- buying untold bottles of booze for their entourage ... and lining the floor with singles.

Sources at the club tell TMZ, at least three dancers walked away with $5,000 in tips ... each.

A local celebrity baker topped off the night with a giant 2-story cake for Team Breezy, lined with Swarovski crystals. Chris Brown's rep confirmed the after party took place at KOD -- but didn't have a further comment. So far, no word back from Bow Wow's rep.

DIDDY--- GRAMMY AFTER PARTY TICKETS .... $50, 000 A POP

If you wanna party with Diddy at the Playboy Mansion, you better be freakin' LOADED -- because TMZ has learned, tickets for the rapper's post-Grammys after party top out around $50,000 each.

The cheapest ticket is a slightly more affordable $1,500 and they go up from there -- $15,000, $25,000 ... all the way up to $50,000 -- depending on what services you may require at the black tie affair.

Sources connected with the party promoters tell TMZ, the $50,000 Monster Cabana ticket gets you 2 cabanas, VIP admission for 20 people, buffet dinner, open bar, free bottle service ... and 15 dedicated female promotional models.

Thankfully, it's all for a good cause -- the party's proceeds will go to benefit the Angelwish Foundation for children afflicted by HIV/AIDS.

KARDASHIAN STORE 911... SOME CREEP IS TERRORIZING US

The Kardashians are so famous ... even their store has creepy fans -- this according to a recent 911 call ... in which a K-Klan clothing store employee begs for police help ... because some weirdo won't stop knocking on their door.

The call was placed on Monday by an employee of D-A-S-H in L.A. -- a clothing boutique owned by the Kardashian sisters -- but by the time police arrived at the scene, the creep had already taken off.

Sources tell TMZ, the mystery man in question had made a bunch of inappropriate comments that made the girls in the store feel uncomfortable. So when he left the store, they locked the doors behind him.

According to the 911 call, the man came back again and knocked persistently, demanding to be let in -- so one girl phoned police.

We're told the Kardashians are aware of the situation and are currently working with local authorities to track down the suspect. So far, no arrests have been made.

DEMI MOORE WHIPPIN' AIN'T EASY ... OR GOOD FOR YOU

Ashton Kutcher's fist pumping in Brazil, Demi Moore's hospitalized after getting high like teenagers do -- and TMZ staffers are doing PSAs on the dangers of whip-its! The whole world's upside down.

UNCOVERED:SUSAN PETERS IGNOBLE ACT

Recall that towards the end of last year,the media was awash with the story that actress Susan Peters staged a concert channeled towards uplifting the less privilege children in our society.

Tagged Susan Peters and LAD,it was held on December 23,2011 at Civic Centre,Victoria Island,Lagos.

Like every other entertainment celebrity who has embarked on this course,encomiums poured on Ms. Peters,as she made people to feel that she was following the footsteps of her colleagues such as,Tonto Dikeh,Omotola Jalade Ekeinde,Mercy Johnson and many others who have in their little ways given back to the society that kept them in various positions.

Of course,actress Susan Peters has unarguably contributed her quota as one of the good actresses in Nollywood.She has in countless films exhibited her acting prowess to convince teaming fans that she came to Nollywood to make a mark.

Right now,people are saying that Susan Peters and LAD concert for the charity which garnered clamor from all angles was not her own original package as she made people to believe.

According to the source,Ms. Peters made her friends,colleagues and fans to believe that she staged the show to generate fund to support the less privileged children in our society;but the truth is that the concert was not a brainchild of Ms. Peters.

As gathered,the show was originally tagged,LAD Concert for Charity before Ms. Peters keyed into it,and it was originally owned by Damilola Amosun,the 19years old daughter of Ogun State Governor,Ibikunle Oyelaja Amosun who according to the source has experienced firsthand the suffering of less privileged children in her school and decided to organize a concert that will be geared towards improving lives of these children.

However,Ms. Peters never mentioned anywhere that she was supporting this daughter of a Governor by inviting celebrity showbiz personalities to the show,rather she built an image of herself around the concert and garnered cheap publicity.

As gathered the Duchess as she is fondly called by her close pals came into the picture few months back when she went for a make-over in a popular salon in Lagos.

Ms. Peters was said to have overheard the discussion of this 19 years girl and her friends who came to the same salon to make their hair.
According to the source,Ms. Peters gladly introduced herself to this girl and informed her that she as a celebrity entertainer can bring star singers to perform at the event,turn it to a bigger event and enable people pay gate fees to enter,while actors and actresses will naturally step-out to support her.

Indeed,it was a welcomed development for the girl as she allowed Ms. Peters to work with her as a celebrity partner.

According to the source,that was how Ms. Peters learnt about the LAD Concert for less privilege children.As they kicked-off arrangement,Ms. Peters rechristened it,”Susan Peters and LAD” concert for charity,opened twitter page for it and directed attention to herself and top entertainment friends without mentioning the girl’s name anywhere.

As gathered,the fliers and releases she sent around to people never in any part of if mentioned the name of Damilola Amosun as the original owner of the concert.

However,this dark skin actress kept to her words by bringing her colleagues such as, Whizkid,Davido and others to perform for Gov. Amosun’s daughter,even though she duped the audience with the claim that she was the real owner of the show as she designed a banner tagged,Susan Peters and LAD.

This she used as a background for her red carpet,where she allowed only her celebrity colleagues to use.At the point when she posed for paparazzi with Governor Amosun’s three daughters,she never mentioned to anybody that the children are the owners of the show and that she was only supporting them.

Meanwhile,the Governor’s Daughter gave the show a political undertone with all the respect and support she got from various first ladies such as,Senator Remi Tinubu,Abimbola Fashola and many others who honoured her mother.

According to the source,her colleagues and friends who stormed Civic Centre on 23rd night were humbled when they realized that Ms. Peters was not in charge of the purported concert,as she had only two tables allocated to her for the whole Nollywood personalities and that was where her power ended.

In fact,it was a shocker for her colleagues to discover other people on the scene,and eventually they turned out to be the real people in charge of the concert.This is because, Ms. Peters had on various occasions told people: My show is coming up on Friday evening and I have been talking about it to various people,so that all the money that I will use to support less privilege children will be raised

It became clearer to them that their well-respected colleague lied about the real ownership of the concert when Gov. Amosun’s family took charge and gave preferential treatment to political personalities more than showbiz stars.

Ms. Peters inability to take care of her colleagues the way she should have,if the concert really belonged to her uncovered the truth and her colleagues felt so bad that they regretted leaving their homes for Susan Peters.

The situation almost became disgraceful for Ms. Peters when Gov. Amosun’s family introduced 15 and 19years old children to anchor the event.Although the proceeds from the concert ran into millions of naira,actresses were not happy as the two kids who anchored the event murdered their names.

According to the source,Ms. Peters struggled all the way to make a statement to placate her colleagues,but her effort flopped totally,because the real owners of the concert refused to pay much attention to the showbiz stars.

This situation we gathered created heat of anger among the actresses as they regretted even taking their bath that evening and step out to Victoria Island.

One actress was overheard saying: Everything that I did for the sake of gracing this event was a waste,my bath,perfume,make-up,fuel and the idea of coming here in the first place is a total waste

The last straw that broke the camel’s back was when the Governor’s Daughter mounted the stage to give vote of thanks to her guests.

Hear her We are grateful to all our supporters,especially Susan Peters who has been very supportive.Thank you for all your support,Susan Peters.

It was at that humiliating hour that actresses started moving outside one after the other.Meanwhile,we spoke with Ms. Peters through the telephone.

First,a text message was sent to her and it read thus: Good morning Susan,please I have few questions to ask you concerning your concert, Susan Peters and LAD.Is it true that the concert was not yours,but belongs to the Ogun State Governor’s daughter, Damilola Amosun? Is it true that she got you to partner with her,but you claimed to be staging the show yourself?

Few minutes later she called and said: Which kind of stupid question is that,yes I was supporting and didn’t I say that? Didn’t you see my fliers?” Yes,I saw your fliers but you never mentioned the Governor’s Daughter,you claimed that you were using the concert to give back to the society,isn’t it?That was what all of us were meant to understand from you”

Please stop asking me stupid questions,she said

ABOUT ADAORAH UKOH’S NEW LOOK

People who have spotted top actress cum erstwhile TV presenter Adaorah Ukoh in recent times will quickly discover that she appears more beautiful and sexy.

This is because the actress has gotten smoother and radiant skin and a brand new pretty face that speak volumes of good maintenance.

However,Ms. Ukoh has added more weight on abnormal areas of her body.She has put in extra chubby tummy which is gradually dropping towards her laps like a Sumo wrestler.While this stomach is bouncing profusely,her backside appears to be moving towards the front instead of shooting backwards.

Coming up a little,one will discover that Ms. Ukoh’s hands have added extra weight as she now possesses the look of Christian mothers on one hand and that of a an overweight wrestler on the other hand.

Meanwhile,her close pals revealed that the bold and beautiful actress must relapsed deep into her heavy eating habit,which must have resulted in the extra weight lately.

EX-STV PRESENTER ADAURE ACHUMBA JOINS E-NEWS TV AFRICA IN JO’BURG

Ex STV presenter,Adaure Achumba has stepped up her game big time by becoming one of the beautiful presenters of E-News Africa TV in Johannesburg,South Africa.

She is the official correspondent in Nigeria who relates the day to day happenings in the entire country especially Lagos and Abuja to the channel.

E.TV is the South Africa’s first 24 hours news channel which airs on DSTV Channel 403.It is also the 5 TV channel in South Africa and first privately owned but free to air TV station in the country.

FUEL SUBSIDY REMOVAL: RUSTY ACTORS STORM NATIONAL THEATRE FOR JONATHAN’S LARGESSE.

Recall that weeks back,we served you a report on how top Nollywood stakeholders gathered at Eko Hotel and Suites,Victoria Island,Lagos state on December 30,2011 to partake from the “Ghana-must-go” load of Naira notes remitted to the industry by President Goodluck Jonathan to help encourage the actors to support the fuel subsidy removal.

On that day,each Nollywood personality who received text messages from the organizing committee and had their names on the long list of members that got N200,000)(Two Hundred Thousand Naira) as their share.But it seemed that cash was not enough to get them campaigning for removal of subsidy,so on Sunday,January,9, 2012 these top film makers.including all the once upon a time actors streamed to the National Theatre,Iganmu Lagos to continue with the allocation of the millions forwarded to them by President Jonathan through his representative,this time,Information Minister,Labaran Maku.

As gathered by reliable sources,at late hours of Saturday and early hours of Sunday,test messages were circulated among these stakeholders and the numerous out of work actors to come out en mass to National Theatre for what they tagged,”Nollywood Communique on Fuel Subsidy Removal”.

These actors,including Chief Chika Okpala a.k.a Chief Zebrudaya who traveled all the way from Enugu State gathered to get their personal share from this National Cake.

It was yet another day of great merriment with food and drinks as everybody who received the test message went home with white envelops filled with N100 notes of N100,000(One hundred Thousand Naira).

According to our source,individuals who got the freebies at Eko Hotel few weeks back,equally stormed the National Theatre for more and indeed they went home with white envelopes too.

KENYA BBA REP MILLICENT WAMBUI FIGHTS NOLLYWOOD EX-LOVER

It is no longer news within Nollywood circle that Big Brother Amplified housemate and Kenyan representative,who is a top actress in the Kenya movie industry, Millicent Wambui is making every move to find her feet in Nigerian movie industry.

Going by the information reaching us,Ms. Wambui’s zeal to leverage on the brand name of Nollywood and reveal her acting prowess to the world kicked-off last year when a Nollywood movie producer cum Director of Photograghy, Chris Onyeso contacted her after Big Brother Amplified.

As gathered from reliable sources,Mr. Onyeso contacted Ms. Wambui through the popular social network,Facebook immediately after BBA.He allegedly swept the pretty entertainer off her feet with accolades of how much he enjoyed her stay in BBA house and all the display of her acting talents in Kenyan movies.Mr. Onyeso was said to have informed her that she can fit into the Nigerian film industry and that he will readily assist her with everything she wants when she decides to come to Nigeria.

According to the sources, Mr. Onyeso invited her to Nigeria for the very first time to give all their plans a first shot.

Ms. Wambui on that visit,was said to have nowhere to stay in Nigeria, but accommodation was made available by this movie producer who became so close to her within this time.

Insiders say they were spotted at strategic places during the period. Their business kicked-off officially with Mr. Onyeso allegedly collecting undisclosed amount from her to manage publicity in Nigeria.

The story of her arrival to the industry and her aim was published in few Newspapers,afterwards the whole money disappeared without result. 

However,the source informed that other things which transpired between our dear movie producer and this Kenyan actress remained undisclosed,as she allegedly spent periods of her earlier visitations to Nigeria in his house.

The forgoing information would have remained cemented if not for the misunderstanding that kicked-off between them few months back.The fight was said to be so severe that Ms. Wambui was forced to open up to few friends in Nigeria. First she packed her things to a popular hotel in Allen, Ikeja where she is still staying till now.

She is said to be crying non-stop to her close friends over all the ill treatment she received from Mr. Onyeso and has sworn not to rest till she gets her pound of flesh back.

When asked the nature of the ill treatment she received from Mr. Onyeso she refused to open up,but insisted that she wants to move on with her career without the young man.