MTV Africa Music Awards....

MTV Africa Awards 2008
One of America’s finest rappers, Nasir Oludara Jones, popularly known as Nas, has confirmed full participation at the prestigious MTV Africa Music Awards with Zain (MAMAs).Nas, formerly Nasty Nas will be visiting Abuja for the first time and will have an amazing opportunity to thrill guests at the awards night, reeling out rap songs from his rich platinum collections.According to Zain’s Chief Marketing Officer, Norman Moyo, other artistes that have confirmed participation at the awards include Kelly Rowland, The Game, Florider, Cassete, HHP, Jozi, Samini, Juacali, Naeto C, Asa, 9ice, Ikechukwu, 2face, P-Square and D’banj.The Awards, which will hold at the Velodrome, Abuja, on Saturday, 22 November, 2008 will be broadcast on MTV base (DStv Channel 322, GTV Channel 40), partner networks and terrestrial television channels such as AIT (Nigeria), STV (Nigeria), RTGA (Democratic Republic of the Congo), TV3 (Ghana), NTV (Kenya), TBC (Tanzania) and WBS (Uganda), from 29 November 2008.


Michael Jackson Faces Court CaseMichael Jackson could be made to fly to the High Court in London to testify in a breach of contract case, despite his doctor saying he is unfit to travel. The court heard the singer was waiting on test results about an unspecified condition and that "even in a best-case scenario it would be unwise to travel". However, lawyers for Sheikh Abdulla Bin Hamad Bin Isa Al-Khalifa said he could be "bandaged up" and appear in person. The King of Bahrain's second son claims Mr Jackson reneged on a music deal. He is suing the performer for £4.7 million, claiming that under the agreement, an album, stage play and candid autobiography were to be produced.

Jolie Weeps for Mother
Angelina Jolie has paid a tearful tribute to her late mother, Marcheline Bertrand, and dedicated her performance in new film Changeling to her. Bertrand, who died in 2007, was the "softest, most gentle woman in the world," she said at a press conference. Jolie added that her mother "was very much" like her Changeling character, Christine Collins. The film tells the true story of a woman in 1920s Los Angeles who fights for the truth after her son disappears. The movie, released in the UK on Wednesday, 26 November and directed by Clint Eastwood, details how the corrupt Los Angeles Police Department reunited Collins with a boy who was not her son.