Welcome to Retro Rewind, the TGJ original feature carved out to celebrate the magic of TV and Film.

Today, we fly out of the United States and into Nollywood…Nigeria’s thriving film industry (worth $5.1 billion) which is powered melodramatic tales of love, life and betrayal and the likes of Patience Ozokwor (above), Tonto Dikeh, Mercy Johnson and Genevieve Nnaji.

Waiting below? A movie named ‘Abuja Top Ladies‘ which was released in 2006 which tells the tale of a powerful group of women with lofty political ambitions.

Alas, it isn’t long before clashing egos and dirty secrets make deadly enemies out of former friends against the backdrop of a national election.

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R. Kelly is finished.

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HBO’s ‘Game of Thrones‘ prequel is to be fronted by an exciting group of black actors.

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Cardi B may be sitting atop of the female Hip-Hop pack these days, but she wants the light to be shined on others too.

As reported, she had much to say about Jermaine Dupri’s views about the state of women in rap.

She went on to explain that she feels several femees aren’t receiving their dues and even went on to name and endorse them.

See what she had to say below…

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RunTown, the Nigerian musician who has been streamed over 100 million times across all streaming platforms, is flying the flag for his nation overseas with a brand new English-language EP named ‘Tradition.’

Runtown is so underated mehnnnn ? always dropping low-key bangers ❤️

— Olamide⚡❌ (@Olamide486) July 12, 2019

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Zendaya‘s ‘Euphoria’ has been renewed for a second season.

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Disney‘s latest delivery of the ‘Lion King’ story is off to a glorious commercial start!

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Naomi Campbell may be forced to outline the nature of her alleged ties to the disgraced paedophile Jeffrey Epstein after a number of media outlets named her (and Bill Clinton) as two of the celebrities who took rides on his private jet named ‘The Lolita Express.’

so you gonna comment on the jeffrey epstein thing or

— mvji (@amijami_00) July 9, 2019

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Kamala Harris returned to ‘The Breakfast Club‘ following her brilliant performance at the 2020 Democratic debates to engage in an open discussion about all things politics with its hosts DJ Envy, Angela Yee and Charlamagne Tha God.

The Presidential candidate has been rising in the polls after derailing Joe Biden’s campaign by shedding light on some of the more questionable chapters in his political story and made her way to the ‘Club’ to capitalise on her moment.

There, she also revealed that she knows she is being targeted by Russian bots. Bots, who also manipulated the world into believing that the majority of real Americans were opposed to Colin Kaepernick‘s peaceful protests.

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Salt-N-Pepa is deeply offended by Spinderella‘s decision to sue them and have used their reps to offer their side of what is becoming a very complicated story.

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Emeli Sande is digging deep and sharing some of her most personal layers yet on forthcoming album ‘Real Life.’

Due September 13th, the set is the songbird’s first studio album in three years and embeds within some of the BRIT Award winner’s most resonating lyrics to date.

That Grape Juice caught up with the star, whose new single ‘Shine’ is out today, to discuss the journey of producing the project; one she says began with a trip to her father’s homeland of Zambia. 

The candid chat with TGJ’s Jacqueline Shepherd also saw Sande wax honest about overcoming a “poverty of confidence,” wanting to work with Afrobeats titan Burna Boy, and her upcoming ‘Real Life Tour.’

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R. Kelly‘s legal woes continue to grow from bad to worse.

Because, the embattled R&B singer has just been arrested – again – and this time on charges of sex trafficking.

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