LOVELY PICTURES!!!: OZONE CINEMAS MOVIE RELEASE OF THOR 2: THE DARK WORLD & OFFICIAL LAUNCH OF OZONE LOUNGE

L-R: Tonia Odungwo, Brown Ebosiem, Ify, Mr Patrick Lee, Thor, Modupe O. Longe, Tony Omia, Lara Oladimeji, Tosin, Emmanuel, James Adedeji

L-R: Ify as Natasha Romanoff the Black Widow, Tosin, Emmanuel, The General Manager: Mr Patrick Lee, Thor, The Marketing Manager: Modupe Onanuga Longe, P.A to the GM: Tonia Odungwo and Accounts Manager : Lara Oladimeji

Ozone Cinemas held an epic event last year, the movie premiere of The Avengers which went ahead to make over a billion in box office revenue worldwide. This year, Ozone Cinemas releases Thor 2: The Dark World for thousands of fans who have been waiting with excitement to see the Hammer god once again on the big movie screen.

There were many celebrities who graced the red carpet before watching the movie and proceeded to the Ozone Lounge for its official launch and after party. The MC of the event was Larry Foreman who cracked the ribs of many guests. Celebrities like Yemi Alade, Pryse were at the Lounge to celebrate and perform to the delight of the guests that were present.

There were lots of free drinks from Power Horse, Kiss Mix and Hennessy all night long. Some of the guests won items like Thor's Hammer and took pictures with Thor and Natasha Romanoff the black widow.

Thor 2: The Dark World continues to show in Ozone Cinemas. See the photo splash of the event.


 

Yemi Alade, Larry Foreman

Pryse of Chocolate City

General Manager Ozone Cinemas - Mr Patrick Lee, Marketing Manager Ozone Cinemas - Modupe Onanuga Longe, P.A to GM - Tonia Odungwo

Larry Foreman

Ify, General Manager- Mr Lee, Thor, E-Centre Manager - James Adedeji

Ozone Cinema Manager - Brown Ebosiem (second left), Assistant Manager - Tony Omia (Far right)

Yemi Alade

Yemi Alade gets serenaded

Yemi Alade takes charge

Tony Omia, Yemi Alade and Tolu of Flytime Promotions

Play time: Accounts Manager - Lara Oladimeji, General Manager - Mr Patrick Lee, Marketing Manager - Modupe O. Longe, P.A- Tonia Odungwo, Cinema Manager - Brown Ebosiem

Ify and Modupe O. Longe

The ever sexy staff of the new Ozone Lounge

CHEATING AND FLINGS, GREATEST FUN!

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Remember those days when you were in the kitchen after mum had just cooked a nice pot of fried meat stew and you couldn’t help opening the pot to throw one piece of fried stewed meat into your mouth? Do you recall how that piece of meat tasted so good like no other meat you have ever eaten before in your life? It’s not because you haven’t had better, it is because doing something bad is always so sweet especially when you usually get away with it.

I’ve always hated cheats. I cannot stand them, I can kill anyone who cheats. All my dating life, I’ve always told my partners that if I ever find myself being attracted to some other guy for whatever reasons, I’d rather break up my relationship than cheat on them. This may be because I do not know how to pretend. I cannot look you in the eyes after doing something so filthy no matter how intriguing it was. Let me not make this post another rant about my disdain for people who can’t keep it in their pants.

You see, this thing called sex or making love just means so much to me or should I say to me, sex is very sacred. I’ve met with people who don’t even remember all the sexual partners they’ve had and this really amazes me but they just don’t see what the big deal is. They are like “It went in and it came out, yep, that was it”. Seriously? For the guy, you go into a woman, for the lady, you let a man come inside you, I don’t understand how that doesn’t mean anything.

I once almost slept with a celebrity whose name is on the lips of every Nigerian now ever since he sang a hit song that may remain evergreen. This romp in the sack almost happened back in my journalism days, my boss had sent me to do an interview with the celebrity because he was a new sensation. When I got to his residence in Omole, he was very charming and after the interview, I went to the ladies then he actually paid the photographer I came with to leave me right there in his Omole residence with him. This was because he knew the photographer had brought me there and I could not find my way back, so I was kinda stuck with asking him how I would get home. He didn’t want me to leave. So that was how normal interview turned to something else o.

No doubt, this guy was hot and still is. I’ll never forget when we started talking, we clicked because of our mutual love for music and he asked me to come see him again as he was new in Lagos with no real friends, I was elated. He called me up one day and I was idle so he picked me up to go have fun. We both already knew we were attracted to each other but I couldn’t help noticing how so many women kept on throwing themselves at him. Lagos women can so shame people, the way they make themselves so easy to prey on. I’ll never forget a text message he showed me from a supposed lesbian who swore she would let him be the one to take her virginity. This was obviously not a turn-on for me, I mean who can compete with a virgin lesbian? lol.

Anyhoo, after going to some studios and exotic places in Lagos, we decided to go back to Omole, the slaughter house, buhahaha. When we got there, we started to watch music channels criticizing other artistes and also telling the celeb to try out some nice concepts we saw. After a while, one thing always lead to another nau, he dragged me to his bedroom, seriously, I wasn’t willing to go, not that much, lol. When we got into the bedroom, he started to undress, *long sigh*. When I see ladies screaming for him these days, I sometimes remember this moment. I kid you not, this guy looked like a swimsuit model in his white boxers and I just started to ogle him with no control. We kissed, caressed, spooned but when it got down to doing the main thing, I saw my mum’s face, dammit!

That woman has spoilt a lot of runs for me, you see. Whenever I wanted to do something wild in my younger days, her voice would pop up in my head or I would see one of her disapproving looks in my head. That was usually a strong deterrent for me. So I told this guy I couldn’t go ahead with it, he was more than disappointed because he had read the hungry look in my eyes as consent and serious horniness. He was a gentleman about it sha, he tried coaxing me but I told him to try the virgin lesbian.

Fast forward four years, I went to a concert on the Island where this now very famous artiste was performing and I was right in front of him, singing his songs back to back, dancing the famous dance steps to his songs, guess what? He didn’t recognize me! That would have hurt like hell if I had given him a piece o! I’m sure he doesn’t even remember some girls he has slept with, I wonder how those girls must feel when they go to his shows and he does not even bat an eyelid at them. This is why I see sex as a very intimate passion that should be meaningful between two people who are in love. At least, you are left with a memory that still makes you wet or gives you a boner not a memory that makes you feel so ashamed of yourself.

I came across a picture of me and the celeb today, taken during that period, I was so fine! No wonder he couldn’t resist, lol. Maybe I’ll post the picture here after many other posts have dragged this particular one into the archives section.  Till then.

XOXO

PRAISE THE LORD = ALLAH HU AKBAR

Today, I woke up to two distinctive sounds. One was a usual sound you would hear on Sunday mornings while the other sound was not something I was accustomed to witnessing at that particular hour of this day.

It was the sound of praises coming from a church and the sound of worship from a nearby mosque. They began to clash and I couldn't help but shake my head.

Everyone wants to be heard. Religion has now become competition. Muslims never used to worship on Sunday mornings. I remember someone telling me that when Islamists realized that a large percentage of their worshipers were deflecting to Christianity, that was when they decided to worship on Sunday mornings to keep their faithfuls in check.

So it is not an unusual sight these days to see both Muslims and Christians rushing out on Sunday mornings to their various places of worship. However, I have always admired something about the Muslims. Their dedication to worship, it is unrivaled.

Those days when I would be coming back from the clubs on Saturday mornings dressed in handkerchiefs, I would meet many Muslims on the way to mosques by 5am. There would be no sign of sleep on their faces as they march on. Then there's the fasting period, they actually look forward to it unlike some of us Christians. These Muslims would fast from midnight to night and wake up at the wee hours of morning to cook before a particular time. If they dared to miss one day of fast, they would express infinite guilt and ensure that they make up for it. Some randy Muslim guys would even deprive themselves of the usual romp in the bed with ladies just to honour this fasting period. They would not even allow a woman touch them at this "delicate" time.

One of my friends back in school used to amaze me. The Muslim fasting period always came about when we were about to write exams. While all of us were rushing to the cafeteria to stuff our faces under the premise of needing food for the brain, she would stick staunchly to her fast. If I tried that, na F9 sure pass. I usually get fat during exams as reading too much (as an efiko) would sometimes give me headache so I had to eat more than normal and douse my head with water occasionally.

Something came up in my mind today when I heard both praises from the church and the call to worship from the mosque. So many evil things happen everyday, in Nigeria, there's always a death toll every time you read the news. I've stopped counting how many dead people are reported in the dailies because that's just sad. So it makes me wonder. People rush to mosque, people rush to church, churches and mosques are springing up everywhere you turn to, there's hardly a street without some place of worship in Lagos, if you go to a revival ground, there is a melee, if you go to the mosque, thousands of people are pushing their yansh up and bowing in worship. So who are the evil people?!!!

When we go to the church or the mosque, do we sit beside murderers, rapists, robbers and people of under- worldly acts? Surely, these evil people in the world have "something" they call religion. My belief has always been that going to the church or mosque does not make you righteous, what does is what lies in your heart.

I mean, there are serious human-demons in places of worship. Someone would always ask me every Sunday "Did you go to Church today?", I would answer affirmative even though I didn't step out of the house that day. The reason being that I would be seriously vilified if I had said I chose to stay home that Sunday. People believe good people are in the churches and mosques, are these people not the same neighbours who would curse you out in quarrels or park their cars in a selfish manner just to rile you up?

I live my life by trying not to step on toes, I read my bible everyday, I remind myself of the ten commandments and try to abide by them, I try to love my "troublesome" neighbours as myself, I do not covet people's properties. This and in many more ways is how I present myself to God. I believe my passport to heaven is between myself and God not validation by a congregation.

Sometimes, it is even when you go to the place of worship someone gets your hackles up and makes you commit the gravest sins. In the sanctity of your home, you can meditate in spirit without distraction from that guy is sitting at the next pew and won't stop staring at you or the usher who is wearing a sinfully expensive weave.

Muslim or christian, my belief is God is one. When his own calls him, he answers no matter the name tag put on the person's faith. May God help us all....Amen.

XOXO :) :) 

CHILDHOOD ENEMIES & FRIENDS, WE ALL REMEMBER THEM

Most of us grew up in neighbourhoods where we formed bonds with other people in our age bracket who may have gone to school with us, gone to birthday parties with us, fought with us, competed with us and generally built our childhood memory together. There’s a saying in Yoruba that children of the same age can never continue to play together for 20 years. Our childhood is a very important phase of our lives, it is that period that shapes us along with the teachings of our parents and also determines how we would relate with people in the later stages of life.

I ran into one of my childhood friends recently and we started chatting about our friends, what they were doing now, where they worked, how many people they banged, what kind of scandals they were involved in, who they married, if they had babies, if they were outside the country, you know that kind of talk. Some people had not changed, some people had evolved, some people we expected to be married were not, those we didn’t even think guys knew existed were already married with children, those we thought were ugly got married to the most handsome guys, those we thought had aborted their wombs away were having babies like gremlins and so many other life ironies.

Remember them? They all started from here but have all ended up differently.

One thing I realized from our discussion was that life directs you where you determine life to take you especially if you are strong enough to turn the hands of your destiny. People may tag you a failure, you don’t have to accept this brand because the way you eventually turn out lies in your hands. 

I thank God Almighty that most of us who spent childhood together are still alive, at least the ones I kept in touch with, for that Grace I am forever grateful. It made me think of our clique back then, we were children of different characters and backgrounds trying to get along with one another. We all knew whose father was the richest, whose father was average and whose father was absent. The rich kids were the oppressors, the average kids were the middle-men, the under-privileged kids were the hustlers and oppressed. I would like to categorize them.

THE RICH KIDS: Today, some of them are not in places they would have loved to be in life. Their family status is not like before when they used to squander money like it was no man’s business. This may be because they relaxed after graduating from school thinking the affluence will keep on flowing but forgetting that this thing called money is a visitor in most people’s homes and you have to treat it well for it to extend its stay. Some of them still enjoy the benefits of the connections their families have and have used it to climb up the corporate ladder, remaining their snobbish self. There’s one of us chicks, this girl is just so annoying. Her mantra in life is she would never allow her friends to know her corporate or even domestic connections as she does not want you to even aspire to her status, she’s that manipulative and competitive. Her defense mechanism against friends in need is stronger than Fort Knox. She would rather stop befriending you than introduce you to that manager who can get you a good job in that oil company. A mutual friend of ours saw her at the airport recently and even though her car window was wound down, she pretended she couldn’t see or hear our friend’s greetings, speeding off instead of saying hi. This girl may be privileged but her life to me, is very sad. She lost her famous boyfriend of many years because she just doesn’t open up to anyone and is just too damned selfish. Yes, she’s doing well in her career, but she wants to remain the only successful person in the world. This is so not possible and what she is actually doing is deleting friends who would comfort or support her when she needs a helping hand the most. My point is, she has always been like this since we were tots, choosing material possessions over companionship and love. This is obviously affecting her personal life in a very bad way.

Oppression of the rich, hehehe

THE AVERAGE KIDS: I happen to fall in this category, although there was a time I almost fell to the category below this very one as I tried to emancipate myself from my father when I was 16 years old, not legally, just independently. I finished Secondary school at 15 years, the youngest in my set and I started working almost immediately after school. Those of us in this category who are hardworking have good jobs today, we drive cars, we have decent apartments, we have someone who loves us even if some of us are not married, some just don’t believe marriage is the ultimate phase in life. Being average, we had to compete with the rich kids, we were the ones in the middle and that position is never easy. I don’t know what other people in this category went through to attain their present status but my own story is another post for another day, my life has been very eventful. My first attempt to solicit help towards advancing my education through the help of one of the rich kids’ dad as he was in the field I was about to study ended up turning into a chronic case of “I scratch your back, you scratch my back”. Old disgusting man.

THE UNDER-PRIVILEGED KIDS: This group could not afford to compete with anyone, they were at the lowest rung of the ladder. They had to be mostly polite to everyone else and can kiss different kind of butts as they believed it would bring them some sort of benefits, remember them? There was one of our friends then, she lived with her single mum who had to cater for four children. The mother was almost mentally unstable as she would suddenly lash out at people but I thought she was alright and was just seriously frustrated from all the hard blows life had dealt her. Whenever this friend finds herself hungry as she had no dad who gave her money like the rest of us, she would always look for alternative means for survival. There was a particular trick she used to play on the mallams who sold all kinds of treats in our neighborhood. She would walk up to their kiosk and asked if they had a particular product, as the mallams turn their backs to check their store for what she had asked for, she would quickly pack many goodies into her pockets, that was breakfast, lunch and dinner. She was caught red-handed one day and was punished in a very embarrassing manner in front of her friends. One thing that made her strong though was that she was very likeable and hardworking. Today, she’s married to a wonderful guy, graduated, finished her NYSC and working in one of Lagos Government offices. Her story turned out otherwise, one thing I forgot to mention was her dedication to various activities in the church.

Facebook will always help us to stay abreast of what’s going on in our childhood friend’s lives, it is like a photo diary of their marital life, career life or even runs life, lol. Facebook should be renamed Stalkbook. If you want to know what’s happening in the lives of people you haven’t heard from or seen in years, you can find out on facebook as long as they haven’t rebranded their names from Olakunle to Horlakunley, lol. Why do people do that? It’s so annoying. 

No matter your background in life, you can turn out the way you want as long as Oluwa is involved. Be a go-getter, there’s nothing wrong with going after what your heart desires but during your climb up that ladder, do not step on toes, do not hurt people, do not steal from others, do not usurp positions and with God, you will surely turn out a success story.

XOXO

CAMRY DRIVERS, CRAZY DRIVERS

In a few days time, it will be one year that I started driving on Lagos roads and trying to survive the maniacs that ply the same route with me. It’s funny, this time last year I was a juvie on the road and people would practically almost run me off the road with overtaking or blasting their stupid car horns when you least expect it. In one year of driving, I’ve seen so many crazy people on the road, most especially those danfo drivers. They would curse at you, overtake you, stay right in the middle of the road to load the bus, scratch your car, cause confusion and run with high speed putting the lives of many passengers in danger. I often wish Lagos State would scratch Danfo off Lagos roads but a humble side of me reminds me frankly that I used to be one of those people who would use elbows to fight to get into the same danfo. So I would just swallow spit and swear at them when they overtake me, it kinda makes me feel better. I mean just some few weeks back, I almost fell into Lagos lagoon when one danfo made me swerve suddenly as it tried to squeeze itself in the small space in front of my car!

As for personal car drivers, I’ve seen my share of road rage which I thought only existed in the U.S.A. This week, in front of Silverbird Galleria, I saw a guy in a jeep almost crash into a guy in a white car and they started to swear at each other, blocking each other from passing ahead and causing an uproar up until Bar Beach. I started to accelerate with them trying to see what would eventually happen and didn’t realize I was doing almost a speed of 75 out of curiosity. I try not join people in road rage o, I once saw a movie where a woman cut a guy off on the road because she was running off somewhere, the guy tried to run her down violently and this was midnight. When he didn’t succeed, he ended up stalking her, threatening her family, trying to kill her and even put a car bomb in the lady’s mum’s car! So I gentle well well.

One thing that annoys me is the way young guys drive, they believe swagger is speed or coming out of a corner without checking if there’s an oncoming vehicle. Most men in the 21-40 age bracket especially those who drive Toyota Camry are the worst. It’s like a spirit. Once I notice a guy driving recklessly and he passes by my car, the car is always a Camry. Even the day I was with a friend in his Camry, he was driving like he was in a rush to reach Hell Fire. I just don’t get it. Some of these crazy Camry drivers have humongous egos and would never let a woman drive past them in traffic as if it’s a competition of life. When they eventually bypass you, you would then catch a glimpse of satisfied grins on their faces as if they are unbalanced.

I was listening to the radio one day when the presenter started complaining about his plight on the way to work that day. He said a guy kept on overtaking people as if he was the only one who was late to work that morning and almost killed people with his car, guess what car the guy was driving? Oh yeah, a Toyota Camry. Smh. Whenever I see any car that has been bashed trying to run me over, I just move aside for them because I know the bashes on their vehicles is trying to tell me something, “Don’t mess with a mad man”. If the car is a Camry with bashes on it, I practically slow down to a speed of 20km or gently switch off my engine on the road for his royal madness to pass, I’m that respectful, lol.

So for those of you guys who drive Camrys, abeg take am easy, there’s a Camry spirit that makes those with testosterone misbehave on the road. Nobody should die all mangled up on the road, drive safely, you will surely get where you are going and not where you do not expect to find yourself.

XOXO :):)

GRAB THEM BY THE BALLS!!

In life, you have to recognize opportunities for success when they come your way and depending on your economic background, you can choose whether you would fight to secure the opportunity or let someone else make the most of the opportunity. For some people, opportunities hardly come their way because they are not exposed or they live a sheltered life. It is hard to find opportunities that are life-changing and when you do find them, you will have to grapple with someone else to get the results as life itself is a serious competition.

 

You may miss an opportunity once and it will cost you for the rest of your life or a large part of your life. In this post, I have gathered the names of actresses and actors who missed out on opportunities to play a pivotal role in movies that turned out to be blockbuster hit in Hollywood. Some of them may have lobbied strongly for the part but did not have the resources of competition and lost out to others while some of them just turned down the role out of sheer pride then regretted it for the rest of their lives. These movies are movies we all rushed to the cinemas to watch or got the dvds because everyone was talking about it and these movies usually granted the actors or actresses numerous awards and overnight success. So this list is about those actors who missed the opportunity to be the central character in a hit movie and also those who grabbed opportunity by the balls to be in the movie.

BELLA SWAN IN TWILIGHT SAGA

Jennifer Lawrence auditioned for the part of Bella Swan in Twilight Saga but missed out.

Kirsten Stewart won the role of the broody Bella in Twilight and even got a boyfriend to boot! That's over now though but it gave her world wide success

TONY STARK IN IRON MAN

Tom Cruise actually turned down the role of the very successful Iron Man movies! Guess he was satisfied with Mission Impossible.

We all know the cocky Tony Stark played by Robert Downey Jnr who hit the mark in the Iron Man movies, he has made millions from the movie and become a global icon also appearing in The Avengers movie.

ROSE DAWSON IN TITANIC

Gwyneth Paltrow who eventually won the role of Pepper Potts in Iron Man had auditioned for the role of Rose Dawson in Titanic

The role went to British lady Kate Winslet who played along side Leonardo Dicarprio making the two famous as they made millions of people cry about their romance in Titanic. Who could forget Jack and Rose with the huge sinking ship?

NATASHA ROMANOFF, BLACK WIDOW IN THE AVENGERS

Emily Blunt was offered the role of Natasha Romanoff in The Avengers but had to step aside due to scheduling conflicts with another movie. In case, you don't know her, she's married to that gorgeous guy who plays "Chuck" in the TV series Chuck, John Krasinski

Scarlett Johannson got the job to play the Black Widow in The Avengers and even went ahead to appear in Iron Man as the same character. She had to dye her hair red for this role and immediately became a sex symbol. 

 CAPTAIN JACK SPARROW IN PIRATES OF THE CARRIBEAN

Jim Carrey wanted to play Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Carribean but sorry to say, thank God he didn't get it. He was just going to goof the part up and make us feel like we are watching The Mask part 2!

Oh la la! Johnny Depp nailed Jack Sparrow! Seriously, who doesn't love this character, just had to use his character's picture. The eyeliner, the braids, the badanna, the charms and the swagger! He made 3 movies with this character and a lot of money!

DJANGO IN DJANGO UNCHAINED

Will, smh. How can you possibly audition for Django? But he didn't! He thought Christoph Waltz's part, (the white guy who freed Django in the movie) was Django, so auditioned for the white guy's part actually. I for fear nau, see fresh guy wants to play slave, hehehe

Jamie Foxx got the part of Django and entertained us all!

 That's all the list, for now. If any opportunity come your way anytime soon, act like yours truly and grab them by the balls! Life is a race we have all got to run it.

XOXO :) :)