DR BELLO SET TO PREMIERE IN NEW YORK & LONDON

Dates are Friday, November 23 & 30, 2012.  Venues are African Diaspora International Film Festival 2012, Peter Jay Sharp Thalia Theater at Symphony Space, 2537 Broadway, 95th Street, New York 10025-6900, USA. While in the UK, it is at the Odeon Cinema, Bugsby Way, Greenwich, SE 10. It is the premiere of one of the biggest and most star studded Nollywood/Hollywood movie so far. It stars the following Genevieve Nnaji, Stephanie Okereke, Vivica A. Fox, Rachel Oniga, Isaiah Washington, Femi Brainard & Jimmy Jean-Louis. 

Film Synopsis

Brilliant Cancer specialist Dr. Michael Durant is emotionally troubled, wrestling with the traumatic loss of his 10 year old daughter from Cancer. Immersing himself in his work in the hospital, away from his wife who blames him for their child’s death, he forms an unlikely bond with a sick, loving, but rambunctious seven year old boy Sam, the son of a rich Jewish couple who are major contributors to the Hospital’s Cancer Research Fund.

Unfortunately, Sam’s health deteriorates drastically, and soon, he slips into a coma, with only a few days to live. Dr. Durant becomes desperate, willing to risk anything to save the child’s life. A surreptitious Nigerian Nurse convinces him to seek the help of Dr. Bello, an uncertified Nigerian Doctor, known in the Brooklyn-African underground as a miracle worker. Dr. Bello, an introvert with a controversial past, secretly visits the child at night and administers a strange African potion, replete with incantations and by the next morning, miraculously, the child begins to recover, the Cancer speeding into remission.

The Hospital Medical Board immediately orders an investigation and soon the secret is revealed and Dr. Durant is suspended. Dr. Bello is arrested and charged with medical malpractice. Dr. Durant soon falls into depression after his wife leaves him. Meanwhile, Dr. Bello has fallen critically ill in jail and can only be saved by the ingestion of the same potion that can only be found in the mysterious “Garden of Life,” nestled on the peak of Nigeria’s sky mountains.

In the US, event starts at 7:30pm prompt, while in the UK

Red Carpet starts- 9PM

Screening starts- 10:30PM

It's a Tony Abulu Production.

GENEVIEVE NNAJI

VIVICA A. FOX

STEPHANIE OKEREKE

FINALLY THE DEED IS DONE- AS STEPHANIE WEDS IDAHOSA IN PARIS

The wedding was said to have been on the card since 2010, when Stephanie's adorable hunk was said to have proposed to her. But the main deal finally happened at the weekend- April 21, 2012 in far away, Paris, France.

 Undoubtedly, the choice of Paris, known to all to be the most romantic of capitals had many reasons, firstly it would reduce the attendant uninvited media scrutiny to the barest minimum, secondly, it would stand-out the wedding as one of the weddings of the year: how many weddings in Nollywood as been done on this scale and outside the country for that matter. Now any of the prominent stars, who are still unmarried would now have to work harder and do more to top this wedding.  

The delightsome duo chose to do their wedding at a castle- called ‘the abbey’, which is like 45 minutes away from PARIS, in front of just a few hundreds of friends, family members and witnesses.

According to our source, the invited were not more than 200; there were many of the bride's colleagues from Nollywood- Genevieve Nnaji, Kanayo O. Kanayo, Susan Peters, Monalisa Chinda, Evang.Liz Benson, Paul Obazele, Greg & Debbie Odutayo, Lilian Bach, Emem Isong Ini Edo and many others.  Some of the other guests were the likes of the S.A to the President on Niger Delta- Kingsley Kuku, Prince Tonye Princewill and wife, the Honourable Minister for Aviation- Mrs. Stella Oduah Ogiemwonyi, the chairman of Osmoserve-Scott Tommey, Col. Mohammed Umar, Dame Toru Ofili, Group MD of UBA- Phillip Oduoza and many others.

 Top TV Anchor- Frank Edoho of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire was the MC at the wedding reception, and another MC had done the job inside the church. Mind you, the church and reception venue were in the same compound, as the castle was a massive place. It was a very romantic French wedding from what we heard, with the violin having prominence, and the couple and guests sang a few wedding hymns. Heard the bride’s dress was outstandingly gorgeous, while her beau looked every inch a hunk in his well fitted tuxedo. We heard the whole procession and proceedings brought tears of joy to every eye. After the exchange of marital vows, the couple and their guests moved on to another session of merrymaking at the reception, there was the cutting of the wedding cake, the newly married couple now had their first official dance together. It was after all the merrymaking that the couple went away for some time to prepare for the mother of all after party, still yet at the same castle.

The couple later came back at around 11PM, back to the same spot where the reception had held before, this time, the gorgeously beautiful bride wore another glorious outfit, which wowed all that came, she was led in by her very handsome husband and the fun began in earnest.

 So after the merriment, which was more of dance, dance, and more dance, the guests were led out to view an unbelievable display of fireworks, we heard the glorious fireworks display was in many stages and at the end of it all everyone was totally mesmerized. For a party that began at about 11pm, we heard the unbridled fun was on till after 3.30 AM of the next morning. According to one of the guests, who was a part of the whole event, it was fantastic wedding, which would be unrivalled for a longtime to come. Many of the guests who flew in from Nigeria were flown in on a chartered Arik Flight by the couple and we can bet that many were also provided free accommodation, so good money must have been spent to make the occasion one to remember.

 We at MM wish the couple, the best of marital bliss; we are eagerly expecting the sextuplet that would bless the marriage the more, Insha Allah.

IDAHOSA & STEPHANIE