All the red carpet glam from the 2015 Academy Awards (PHOTOS)

The 2015 Academy Awards(commonly referred to as Oscars) held last night in Los Angeles and it was a star-studded event, hosted by actor Neil Patrick Harris.

photos below:

Lady Gaga

Meryl Streep

Rita Ora

Lupita Nyong’o

Jennifer Lopez

Nicole Kidman

Scarlett Johansson

Solange

Anna Wintour

Reese Witherspoon

Marion Cotillard

Jennifer Aniston

Gwyneth Paltrow

Keira Knightley

Cate Blanchett

Kerry Washington

Julianne Moore

Emma Stone

Naomi Watts

Rosamund Pike

Felicity Jones

Melanie Griffith

Laura Dern

Dakota Johnson

Carmen Ejogo

Margot Robbie

Lorelei Linklater

Patricia Arquette

Anna Kendrick

Agata Trzebuchowska

America Ferrera

Kelly Osbourne

Giuliana Rancic

Sienna Miller

Gina Rodriguez

Karolina Kurkova

Katie Cassidy

Zendaya

Margaret Avery

Ava DuVernay

Viola Davis

Josh Hutcherson

Jared Leto

will.i.am

Michael Keaton

Eddie Redmayne

David Oyelowo

Harvey Weinstein & Georgina Chapman

Robert and Luciana Duvall

Behati Prinsloo and Adam Levine

Chrissy Teigen and John Legend

Sophie Hunter and Benedict Cumberbatch.

Photo Credits – Guardian & Yahoo.

Patoranking and Aphrodija covers today's Guardian Life magazine

Fast rising reggae/dance-hall artist, Patoranking covers February 2015 music issue alongside Mavin sensation, Aphrodija.

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Kris Jenner Nude Video Reportedly Hacked: Naked Tape Stolen From iCloud

59-year-old Kardashian Matriarch , Kris Jenner was hacked and photos have surfaced online. 

Kris Jenner claims hacker stole a naked video and photos of her and is attempting to extort her over the nude footage. 

According to TMZ, however, the video may not be salacious as people imagined. Kris summoned a family meeting and explained that it was filmed for their reality show and that someone broke into her icloud account and took the private video.

A few screenshots have leaked on the internet but she's trying to prevent it from spreading. She filled a filed a criminal complaint with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, claiming the hacker was harassing her. 

You can view the screenshots here and here.

There’s nothing wrong in posing nude as a model – MBGN, Precious John

Precious John, the Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria, Model of the Year 2014 has stated that there is nothing wrong in posing nude as a model.

According to the 22 year-old Mass Communication student of Lead City University, Ibadan, whose nude picture sparked controversy online recently, nudity is part of her portfolio and she can do it again to keep her profession going.

She told Punch that though her mum doesn’t like the idea of nudity, she had to convince her that it is part of her career.

According to her, “Alek Wek is an African model and she has nude pictures, Naomi Campbell has posed nude several times. I have posed nude before and it is part of my portfolio. My mum did not like it, but I had to explain to her that it was something I needed to do. After all, I am above 18. My nude pictures are part of my portfolio. I am a model and a model is like a mannequin. I would pose nude again if there is need for me to.

When asked if she’s ready for any relationship, the model said, “When I am ready, I pray to get a good man because every lady deserves one. I want someone that is God-fearing and understanding. He has to be good looking too. He must be comfortable but not extremely wealthy. I want a man that we can build our fortune together.”

Joke Silva & Olu Jacobs Cover February Issue Of Hello! Magazine

Veteran Nollywood actors, Olu Jacobs and Joke Silva are cover stars for February 2015 issue of Hello! Magazine. 

In the feature, the couple dishes on their love and marriage. See another pic after the cut. ...

How my marriage stayed intact despite the scandals – Actress Foluke Daramola

Popular actress of the Yoruba movie industry, Foluke Daramola-Salako, has had her fair share of controversies especially over her marriage to Kayode Salako.

Last Sunday was a double celebration for the couple as they marked their second wedding anniversary and the actress’ birthday. In a chat with Saturday Beats, the busty actress explained how she coped with the negative stories.

She said:

“I am excited and happy that I am a year older and my marriage is waxing stronger. God has been faithful. I’m grateful to God for good health and a happy marriage. Definitely, my husband and I would be together forever. It is not because of what people say butbecause of the conviction that I have and what my husband and I feel for each other. We know that we are meant to be in this marriage. Even in the midst of the storm, controversy and scandal, we still knew what was binding us together was true love which is well rooted in Christ. It is not based on the facade of celebrity marriages. It is beyond all that and we both knew that we would be married forever no matter what.

She further explained that as a woman, anytime she read negative news about her marriage, she felt bad but her husband was always there to support her.

“Whenever I read any bad news about us, I felt bad. But Kayode wouldn’t feel bad because he was convinced about what we feel for each other. I felt bad because it was not me that was portrayed in those stories.

The fact that I have feelings for someone and the person feels the same way about me and we both have a past that we are moving beyond does not make us bad people. The way they made it seem to the outside world was like I was a bitch that just wanted to be wicked. I was trying to be happy. My husband and I felt bad but he had to be bold and brave for both of us. He had to be a man and he handled it very well. He helped me overcome it and I thank God that it is over,” she said.

She assured that all is well between her family and their estranged spouses.

“Everybody is fine now. Everything is cool with our ex because we believe that we disagree to agree. Just because it did not work with one person does not mean it would not work with another person. All parties involved are mature about it and so far, everybody is happy.

Obasanjo snubs reconciliatory moves by Jonathan, PDP

A purported move to reconcile former President, Olusegun Obasanjo and President Goodluck Jonathan might have hit the rocks as indications reveal that the former president shunned the peace move made by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and President Goodluck Jonathan.

Sunday Punch is reporting that Jonathan and the leadership of the PDP had planned to meet with the former President as part of the President’s visit to Ogun State on Friday. But, the former President, who had got wind of the peace move, travelled to Gambia on Thursday.

However, it was unclear if the two-time President had plans to attend the Gambia event before Jonathan’s visit.

It was reliably gathered that Obasanjo would have been part of the closed-door meeting Jonathan had with some Ogun State traditional rulers on Friday, but for his absence from the country.

An informed Presidential staff, who also spoke on condition of anonymity, disclosed that the former President deliberately decided to travel out of Abeokuta to avoid meeting with Jonathan on Friday owing to his disenchantment with the current President.

His words, “I can tell you authoritatively that Baba’s (Obasanjo) problem with the President and the PDP is the promotion of Kashamu.”

“I will consider withdrawing my activity with PDP at local, state, zonal and national levels until the anomalous and shameful situation is corrected,” he had said.

The aide maintained that rather than address Obasanjo’s complaint, the PDP had appointed Kashamu the Chairman of its Mobilisation Committee in the South-West.

TB Joshua named ‘Yoruba man of the decade’, Soyinka ‘Yoruba man of the year’

A  pan-Yoruba media outfit – Irohin Odua, the first Pan-Yoruba news outlet has named the Synagogue Church of All Nations founder T.B Joshua has its ‘Yoruba man of the decade’, Wole Soyinka was named ‘Yoruba man of the year’ and Chief Obafemi Awolowo as ‘Yoruba man of the century.’

The Editorial Board Chairman of IrohinOdua, Prince Babatunde Adeleke in a statement said the three personalities were selected after ‘a careful consideration of the role each had played in the annals of Yoruba modern history regarding placing the Yoruba on the positive angle of global reckoning.

Ekiti tape is authentic but content was manipulated – FFK

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has now admitted that the Ekiti rigging audio tape was authentic only that the subject was manipulated and doctored to favour the All Progressives Congress.

The Party’s campaign Director for Media and Publicity, Femi Fani-Kayode while speaking on the audio tape, said that the voices heard in the discussion were not planning to rig the elections as alleged by the APC.

Mr Kayode who divulged this at a press conference in Abuja, said that after a careful reviewed of the recording, his team has come to realize that the opposition APC  manipulated the true situation by accusing Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti state; former Minister of State for Defence, Musiliu Obanikoro; and the Minister of Police Affairs, Jelili Adesiyan, of planning to rig the election.

“We have listened to the audio clip and we make bold to say that the discussion that took place in it did not make any mention of any form of rigging in the Ekiti state governorship election and neither did it contain any evidence of any conspiracy to rig,” he said.

He said that direct opposite was the case as the same Governor Fayose who was accused of planning to rig the election had expressed concerns that a military commander was not acting on information about illegal movement of weapons into some parts of the state.

“The Governor and others were apparently worried that safety of the voters and INEC officials

He further alleged that the APC failed completely to do a critical content analysis of the discussions in the audio clip, accusing the party of rigging the governorship election in Osun state.

“During the course of those elections, some of their agents gathered in secret locations where they thumb-printed ballot papers in favor of their governorship candidate, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola,” he said

 “It is ironic that instead of purging itself of its own insatiable appetite for rigging and cheating, the APC, through its Presidential candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari, chose to call a press conference in which he alleged that our leaders were ordering soldiers to rig in Ekiti state.

This is a clear case of the pot calling the kettle black,” he said.

“It is now very clear to us that the APC is determined to cause security breaches in the next few weeks. This has been confirmed by their vigorous campaign of calumny against the military and their consistent demand that soldiers must not be deployed for security surveillance at the polling booths in the forthcoming elections,” he said.

“General Buhari said that the patience of the APC and its leaders were on test. One wonders what he means by that and what he and his supporters intend to do once that patience runs out.

 “In an AFP news report of Friday, February 6, 2015, he was asked if he would accept the outcome of the presidential election no matter how unfavourable. Listen to his answer: “I am not going to lose; so I won’t answer that question.”

“Again, only yesterday, Wednesday, February 18, 2015, in an interview on ARISE Television, General Buhari was asked what his reaction would be if he loses the election. His answer was: “We shall see.”

“As far as we are concerned, these are ominous and subtle threats to unleash violence on the Nigerian people and all those that he perceives are his enemies in the event of his losing the election,” he said.

 “With these dishonourable tactics and desperate acts by the APC, we are the ones who should be worried and who should be complaining but, unlike Buhari and the APC, our patience is not running out because we are committed to a peaceful election and we completely reject the option of violence,” he said.