22 Apr 2013 20:37 Africa/Lagos L'Oreal USA Supports Mentoring And Career Readiness For Young Black Women Through New York Coalition of One Hundred Black Women's Annual Role Model Program NEW YORK, April 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- L'Oreal USA hosted 14 high school and 32 college students at its Fifth Avenue headquarters during Spring Break as part of its support for the New York Coalition of One Hundred Black Women's annual Role Model Program. This initiative allows young women to learn practical workplace skills and to shadow professional women in their chosen careers for one week during spring semester break. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130422/NY99188) "L'Oreal USA values programs that empower women and girls. In 1999, our initial grant enabled the New York Coalition of One Hundred Black Women to expand its Role Model program beyond the borough of Manhattan, into Brooklyn and Queens, to students of Medgar Evers College and Queens Colle...

Genevieve Nnaji is no longer the Queen of Nollywood since the most authoritative and most powerful news magazine in the world TIME magazine has recognized leading Nollywood diva Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde as the new Queen of Nollywood in its citation on her as she became the first Nigerian actor/actress to make the highly coveted and esteemed annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world of TIME magazine. She is among the icons on the list. Omotola has overtaken other Nollywod stars as the most bankable by becoming the highest paid and with over 1 million Likes on Facebook. Governor of Bayelsa State, Hon. Henry Seriake Dickson proudly cited this unprecedented global recognition given to a Nollywood star at the 9th Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) held last Saturday April 20, 2013, at the Gloryland Cultural Center in Yenagoa, capital of Bayelsa State. Click here for the full list of 2013 TIME 100 . Tweet

The 9th Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) with the theme "AFRICA ONE" held last Saturday April 20, 2013, at the Gloryland Cultural Center in Yenagoa, capital of Bayelsa State. The event was co-hosted by Nollywood diva Dakore Egbuson, comedian Ayo Makun, Adjetey Anang and Ama K Abebrese British/Ghanaian television presenter and actress who won AMAA Best Actress in a Leading Role in 2011. The red carpet event included spectacular live performances by famous Nigerian singers P-Square, Banky W, Flavour Nabania, Bayelsa State Cultural Troop, Khlena Demza, Kwelatebza (South Africa), Groove Magic (Malawi), Waje (Nigeria), Timi Dakolo (Nigeria) and comedians included AY Makun, G Bone and Funny Bone. Timi Dakolo's awesome song "Great Nation" got more applause than the national anthem of Nigeria as the audience gave him a well deserved standing ovation. Ekenyerengozi Michael Chima, aka "Orikinla Osinachi" with Malawian beauties Flora Suya (in Afro), one of...

It's momentous. It's exciting. It's tomorrow: Girl Rising is hitting 169 Regal Cinema screens across the country. Liam Neeson says, “Girl Rising” reminds us that educating the girls of today is an investment in everyone’s tomorrow.” Now’s your chance to see this beautiful film! From April 19-25th, "Girl Rising" will be at select Regal movie theaters nationwide. Buy your tickets now and spread the word about the value of girls' education – for all of us! Tweet

17 Apr 2013 13:00 Africa/Lagos World's Most Unique Beer Can: Budweiser Introducing Bowtie-Shaped Can on May 6 ST. LOUIS, April 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- This spring Budweiser will introduce a striking and original new beer can – a bowtie-shaped aluminum can that mirrors Budweiser's iconic bowtie logo. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130417/CG95194) Beer lovers can see for themselves the new bowtie-shaped can when it becomes available in a special 8-pack on store shelves nationwide beginning May 6. "This can is incomparable, like nothing you've ever seen before," said Pat McGauley , vice president of innovation for Anheuser-Busch. "The world's most iconic beer brand deserves the world's most unique and innovative can. I think we have it here." The proprietary can, in development since 2010, will be available only in the United States and in an 8-pack and will not replace the traditional Budweiser can. To make the new can...

H&M has released more images of Beyoncé summer print campaign. These are some of the sun-kissed photos. According to a press release, "What makes these pieces even more special is that Beyoncé herself had input into the design, and they are full of her own personal style." Tweet

STARS CELEBRATE QUINCY JONES AND SIR MICHAEL CAINE’S 80TH BIRTHDAY AT KEEP MEMORY ALIVE’S 17TH ANNUAL “POWER OF LOVE” GALA IN LAS VEGAS Event Honored Entertainment Icons and Raised Funds for Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health Quincy Jones, Stevie Wonder, Whoopi Goldberg, Sir Michael Caine and will.i.am at Keep Memory Alive’s Power of Love Gala. LAS VEGAS, April 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ —Some of the biggest names in the entertainment industry celebrated the 80th birthday of Quincy Jones and Sir Michael Caine Saturday, April 13 at the 17th annual Keep Memory Alive Power of Love Gala at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. The star-studded event raised funds for Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health and its fight against neurodegenerative brain diseases such as Alzheimer’s, Huntington’s and Parkinson’s diseases, multiple sclerosis, ALS and memory disorders of all kinds. Jennifer Hudson performing at Keep Memory Alive’s Power of Love Gala. Highlights...