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Joke Silva, Veteran Nollywood Actor and wife of Olu Jacobs, has aired her opinion on “The Crash of Nigerian Celebrity marriages”. In her interview with News Telegraph, Joke revealed that most young marriages don’t last because of social media.
She said:

 

“It is because the younger generation are very popular because of social media, and so, whatever happens to them becomes news; forgetting that there are as many divorces, there as many separations in other professions such as medical, financial, legal among others. Name any profession; there are so many separations in those as well,” she told New Telegraph.

“There are a lot of challenges that are being faced by artistes of this particular generation; and one of those challenges is the social media, which almost doesn’t allow you your life. People of my age, when we were getting all the attention, and we were feeling like we were the best thing, things were different.

You need all the attention anyway. For your work to sell, you need that popularity. It goes with the job, so you need that popularity. But after a while, you also get to learn that it can be a double edge sword. So, it is about managing it, appreciating the audience for appreciating your work, but also giving yourself that limit to what aspect of you they can experience.
“In this age of reality shows where nothing seems to be off limit, the new skill that the entertainer has to learn is how much do you give your audience? More so, because you don’t want to be false; like used to happen in the early years of Hollywood where they would create this incredible image, and then it was almost impossible for the performer to live under that image; and a lot of them used to use all kinds of medications just to fit a particular image that was being built around them. Now, we are in the age of social media, so it is learning how to cope with social media, to do the work that social media does, which is to get your work out there, to get your face out there. But then limit that too so that you do have a life; so that you can have some modicum of emotional privacy. Those are the challenges that I know that the younger generation face.”

Following a hearing which took place in Zurich on May 4 2017, the FIFA Appeal committee has upheld the appeal lodged by the Argentinian Football Association on behalf of Lionel Messi, against the decision taken by the FIFA Disciplinary Committee.
Lifting the sanctions imposed on him, the Appeal Committee set aside the decision taken by the FIFA Disciplinary Committee on 28 March 2017, which, in application of art. 77 a) of the FIFA Disciplinary Code (FDC), had found Lionel Messi guilty of infringing art. 57 of the FDC for having directed insulting words at an assistant referee during Argentina's World Cup qualifier against Chile.

Despite the fact that the FIFA Appeal Committee considered Lionel Messi’s behaviour as reproachable, they concluded that the evidence available was not sufficient.

"The Appeal Committee nevertheless underlines the importance of always showing respect to the match officials, stressing that such a principle is essential in football and any unsporting conduct that may be contrary to the principles of fair play cannot be accepted. In view of the above decision, the suspension for four matches imposed on Lionel Messi, which entered into force on 28 March 2017, and the fine of CHF 10,000 have been lifted," the statement read.

This same scenario has just played out in the lives of musician and CEO of Empire Mates Entertainment #EME, Bankole Wellington popularly known as and called BankyW and actress Adesua Etomi.



To Kemi Adetiba who screenplayed and directed this movie that premiered during Toronto International Film Festival #TIFF last year September and went ahead to achieve a box office record, I say thank you for being the Matchmaker in real life as you tried to portray one of your characters in the movie #TheWeddingParty.

Whoever did the casting of this movie that matched BankyW to be the groom and Adesua to be the bride, you deserve a big handshake, in fact you will perform the wedding toast on that day, its your thank you gift, Kemi Adetiba should be the Wedding planner now in real life because she is now a prophet and have achieved being a matchmaker in real life as she tried to portray one of her characters and finally AY should be the wedding MC as he was in the movie.



Now for the movie that probably started this story, have a look.............

#TheWeddingParty (A Romantic Comedy Drama) released in 2016.

This is a 2016 Nigerian Romantic Comedy Drama film, directed by Kemi Adetiba. The film premiered on 8 September 2016 at the Toronto International Film Festival #TIFF Toronto, and on 26 November 2016 at Eko Hotel and Suites in Lagos. The film started showing in cinemas in Nigeria from 16 December 2016.



The Movie Plot:

The Wedding party follows the shenanigans that go on during the planning of a wedding in Nigeria. Dunni (Adesua), a 24 year old art gallery owner and only daughter of her parents, Engineer Bamidele and Mrs Tinuade Coker, is about to marry the love of her life, an IT entrepreneur Dozie (BankyW), the handsome son of Chief Felix and Lady Obianuju Onwuka.

The couple took a vow of chastity and are looking forward to a ground-breaking first night together as a married couple.

"Between matchmaking" attempts on the bridal train, a wedding planner on a mission to succeed, the unruly behaviour of some ‘village’ guests much to Tinuade’s horror, Dunni's uncertainty about her new husband's faithfulness during the time of their courtship, amidst colourful aso-ebi, eclectic music, small chops, and souvenir drama, we begin to wonder whether Dunni (Adesua) and Dozie (BankyW) will get through their wedding reception unscathed.

The Cast:

1) Adesua Etomi as Dunni Coker (The Bride)
2) Banky Wellington as Dozie Onwuka (The Groom)
3) Richard Mofe Damijo (RMD) as Chief Felix Onwuka (Father of the Groom)
4) Sola Sobowale as Mrs. Tinuade Coker (Mother of the Bride)
5) Iretiola Doyle as Lady Obianuju Onwuka (Mother of the Groom)
6) Alibaba Akporobome as Engineer Bamidele Coker (Father of the Bride)
7) Zainab Balogun as Wonu (The Wedding Planner)
8) Enyinna Nwigwe as Nonso Onwuka (The Groom’s Brother)
9) Somkele Iyamah-Idhalama as Yemisi Disu (Maidof Honour)
10) Beverly Naya as Rosie (Groom's Ex-girlfriend)
11) Daniella Down as Deardre Winston (Bride's Friend)
12) AY Makun as MC.