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Full List: Tems Nominated For 2023 Oscar Awards

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Full List: Tems Nominated For 2023 Oscar Awards

Nigerian singer, Temilade Openiyi, professionally known as Tems, has been nominated for the 2023 Academy Awards.

She was nominated in the category of Best Original Song for her contribution as a songwriter for “Lift Me Up,” the soundtrack for Marvel’s “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.”

Tems co-wrote the song with Rihanna, music producer Ludwig Göransson, and the film’s director Ryan Coogler.

The nominees for the 95th Academy Awards were announced on Tuesday, with the sci-fi film “Everything Everywhere All at Once” leading the pack with 11 nominations.

Here are the full list of the nomination:

Best picture.

“All Quiet on the Western Front,” Malte Grunert, Producer

“Avatar: The Way of Water,” James Cameron and Jon Landau, Producers

“The Banshees of Inisherin,” Graham Broadbent, Pete Czernin and Martin McDonagh, Producers

“Elvis,” Baz Luhrmann, Catherine Martin, Gail Berman, Patrick McCormick and Schuyler Weiss, Producers

“Everything Everywhere All at Once,” Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert and Jonathan Wang, Producers

“The Fabelmans,” Kristie Macosko Krieger, Steven Spielberg and Tony Kushner, Producers

“Tár,” Todd Field, Alexandra Milchan and Scott Lambert, Producers

“Top Gun: Maverick,” Tom Cruise, Christopher McQuarrie, David Ellison and Jerry Bruckheimer, Producers

“Triangle of Sadness,” Erik Hemmendorff and Philippe Bober, Producers

“Women Talking,” Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner and Frances McDormand, Producers

Best Director

Martin McDonagh (“The Banshees of Inisherin”)

Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert (“Everything Everywhere All at Once”)

Steven Spielberg (“The Fabelmans”)

Todd Field (“Tár”)

Ruben Östlund (“Triangle of Sadness”)

Best Lead Actor

Austin Butler (“Elvis”)

Colin Farrell (“The Banshees of Inisherin”)

Brendan Fraser (“The Whale”)

Paul Mescal (“Aftersun”)

Bill Nighy (“Living”)

Best Lead Actress

Cate Blanchett (“Tár”)

Ana de Armas (“Blonde”)

Andrea Riseborough (“To Leslie”)

Michelle Williams (“The Fabelmans”)

Michelle Yeoh (“Everything Everywhere All at Once”)

Best Supporting Actor

Brendan Gleeson (“The Banshees of Inisherin”)

Brian Tyree Henry (“Causeway”)

Judd Hirsch (“The Fabelmans”)

Barry Keoghan (“The Banshees of Inisherin”)

Ke Huy Quan (“Everything Everywhere All at Once”)

Best Supporting Actress

Angela Bassett (“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”)

Hong Chau (“The Whale”)

Kerry Condon (“The Banshees of Inisherin”)

Jamie Lee Curtis (“Everything Everywhere All at Once”)

Stephanie Hsu (“Everything Everywhere All at Once”)

Best Adapted Screenplay

“All Quiet on the Western Front,” Screenplay by Edward Berger, Lesley Paterson & Ian Stokell

“Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery,” Written by Rian Johnson

“Living,” Written by Kazuo Ishiguro

“Top Gun: Maverick,” Screenplay by Ehren Kruger and Eric Warren Singer and Christopher McQuarrie; Story by Peter Craig and Justin Marks

“Women Talking,” Screenplay by Sarah Polley

Best Original Screenplay

“The Banshees of Inisherin,” Written by Martin McDonagh

“Everything Everywhere All at Once,” Written by Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert

“The Fabelmans,” Written by Steven Spielberg & Tony Kushner

“Tár,” Written by Todd Field

“Triangle of Sadness,” Written by Ruben Östlund

Best Cinematography

“All Quiet on the Western Front”, James Friend

“Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths,” Darius Khondji

“Elvis,” Mandy Walker

“Empire of Light,” Roger Deakins

“Tár,” Florian Hoffmeister

Best Documentary Feature Film

“All That Breathes,” Shaunak Sen, Aman Mann and Teddy Leifer

“All the Beauty and the Bloodshed,” Laura Poitras, Howard Gertler, John Lyons, Nan Goldin and Yoni Golijov

“Fire of Love,” Sara Dosa, Shane Boris and Ina Fichman

“A House Made of Splinters,” Simon Lereng Wilmont and Monica Hellström

“Navalny,” Daniel Roher, Odessa Rae, Diane Becker, Melanie Miller and Shane Boris

Best Documentary Short Film

“The Elephant Whisperers,” Kartiki Gonsalves and Guneet Monga

“Haulout,” Evgenia Arbugaeva and Maxim Arbugaev

“How Do You Measure a Year?” Jay Rosenblatt

“The Martha Mitchell Effect,” Anne Alvergue and Beth Levison

“Stranger at the Gate,” Joshua Seftel and Conall Jones

Best Film Editing

“The Banshees of Inisherin,” Mikkel E.G. Nielsen

“Elvis,” Matt Villa and Jonathan Redmond

“Everything Everywhere All at Once,” Paul Rogers

“Tár,” Monika Willi

“Top Gun: Maverick,” Eddie Hamilton

Best International Feature Film

“All Quiet on the Western Front” (Germany)

“Argentina, 1985” (Argentina)

“Close” (Belgium)

“EO” (Poland)

“The Quiet Girl” (Ireland)

Best Original Song

“Applause” from “Tell It Like a Woman,” Music and Lyric by Diane Warren

“Hold My Hand” from “Top Gun: Maverick,” Music and Lyric by Lady Gaga and BloodPop

“Lift Me Up” from “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” Music by Tems, Rihanna, Ryan Coogler and Ludwig Goransson; Lyric by Tems and Ryan Coogler

“Naatu Naatu” from “RRR,” Music by M.M. Keeravaani; Lyric by Chandrabose

“This Is a Life” from “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” Music by Ryan Lott, David Byrne and Mitski; Lyric by Ryan Lott and David Byrne

Best Production Design

“All Quiet on the Western Front,” Production Design: Christian M. Goldbeck; Set Decoration: Ernestine Hipper

“Avatar: The Way of Water,” Production Design: Dylan Cole and Ben Procter; Set Decoration: Vanessa Cole

“Babylon,” Production Design: Florencia Martin; Set Decoration: Anthony Carlino

“Elvis,” Production Design: Catherine Martin and Karen Murphy; Set Decoration: Bev Dunn

“The Fabelmans,” Production Design: Rick Carter; Set Decoration: Karen O’Hara

Best Visual Effects

“All Quiet on the Western Front,” Frank Petzold, Viktor Müller, Markus Frank and Kamil Jafar

“Avatar: The Way of Water,” Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon and Daniel Barrett

“The Batman,” Dan Lemmon, Russell Earl, Anders Langlands and Dominic Tuohy

“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” Geoffrey Baumann, Craig Hammack, R. Christopher White and Dan Sudick

“Top Gun: Maverick,” Ryan Tudhope, Seth Hill, Bryan Litson and Scott R. Fisher

Best Animated Feature Film

“Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio,” Guillermo del Toro, Mark Gustafson, Gary Ungar and Alex Bulkley

“Marcel the Shell With Shoes On,” Dean Fleischer Camp, Elisabeth Holm, Andrew Goldman, Caroline Kaplan and Paul Mezey

“Puss in Boots: The Last Wish,” Joel Crawford and Mark Swift

“The Sea Beast,” Chris Williams and Jed Schlanger

“Turning Red,” Domee Shi and Lindsey Collins

Best Animated Short Film

“The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse,” Charlie Mackesy and Matthew Freud

“The Flying Sailor,” Amanda Forbis and Wendy Tilby

“Ice Merchants,” João Gonzalez and Bruno Caetano

“My Year of Dicks,” Sara Gunnarsdóttir and Pamela Ribon

“An Ostrich Told Me the World Is Fake and I Think I Believe It,” Lachlan Pendragon

Best Costume Design

“Babylon,” Mary Zophres

“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” Ruth Carter

“Elvis,” Catherine Martin

“Everything Everywhere All at Once,” Shirley Kurata

“Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris,” Jenny Beavan

Best Live Action Short

“An Irish Goodbye,” Tom Berkeley and Ross White

“Ivalu,” Anders Walter and Rebecca Pruzan

“Le Pupille,” Alice Rohrwacher and Alfonso Cuarón

“Night Ride,” Eirik Tveiten and Gaute Lid Larssen

“The Red Suitcase,” Cyrus Neshvad

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

“All Quiet on the Western Front,” Heike Merker and Linda Eisenhamerová

“The Batman,” Naomi Donne, Mike Marino and Mike Fontaine

“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” Camille Friend and Joel Harlow

“Elvis,” Mark Coulier, Jason Baird and Aldo Signoretti

“The Whale,” Adrien Morot, Judy Chin and Anne Marie Bradley

Best Original Score

“All Quiet on the Western Front,” Volker Bertelmann

“Babylon,” Justin Hurwitz

“The Banshees of Inisherin,” Carter Burwell

“Everything Everywhere All at Once,” Son Lux

“The Fabelmans,” John Williams

Best Sound

“All Quiet on the Western Front,” Viktor Prášil, Frank Kruse, Markus Stemler, Lars Ginzel and Stefan Korte

“Avatar: The Way of Water,” Julian Howarth, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Dick Bernstein, Christopher Boyes, Gary Summers and Michael Hedges

“The Batman,” Stuart Wilson, William Files, Douglas Murray and Andy Nelson

“Elvis,” David Lee, Wayne Pashley, Andy Nelson and Michael Keller

“Top Gun: Maverick,” Mark Weingarten, James H. Mather, Al Nelson, Chris Burdon and Mark Taylor.

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JUST IN: Veteran Actor Olu Jacobs Dies at 84

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Veteran Nigerian actor and film executive, Oludotun Baiyewu Jacobs, popularly known as Olu Jacobs, has died at the age of 84.

His death was announced by his son, Olusoji Jacobs, in a statement shared on Instagram on Wednesday, September 16, 2026.

The family described the late actor as “The Lion of Lufodo” and appealed to bloggers and social media influencers to respect their privacy as they mourned his passing.

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“It is with gratitude to God for a life well lived and fought, that we announce the passing of our dear husband, father, grandfather and uncle. The Lion of Lufodo,” the statement read.

The family identified him as Oludotun Baiyewun Jacobs, MFR, and gave his dates as July 11, 1942, to September 16, 2026.

Jacobs was one of Nigeria’s most recognised veteran actors, with a career spanning theatre, television and film.

 

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What New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Ayra Starr’s Link-Up Says About Afrobeats’ Global Influence

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Afrobeats star Ayra Starr’s meeting with New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has ignited attention online, but beyond the photo ops, the public is wondering what that stunt says about the music industry, particularly Afrobeat, and the Nigerian’s career.

Many are of the view, going by the fan reactions, that the encounter highlights the growing cultural influence of Nigerian music on the global stage.

Ayra Starr shared photographs of herself with Mamdani on Instagram on Thursday CC, captioning the post, “Mr Mamdani 🙏🏾.”

The pictures showed the singer and the mayor smiling, laughing and pointing at each other in a relaxed setting.

Adding to the curiosity was the music accompanying the post — Ayra Starr’s “Midnight in New York.

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Released in August 2026 as part of her third studio album, Starrgirl, the song carries a strong connection to the city in both its title and inspiration.

Ayra has spoken about the personal experience behind the track, linking it to her experience of being in New York and the sense of independence that came with living away from home. That detail has made the Mamdani photograph particularly intriguing.

A Nigerian singer posting a picture with the mayor of New York while her New York-themed song plays in the background creates an obvious cultural connection.

However, there is currently no confirmation that “Midnight in New York” was the reason for the meeting or that the song and the mayor’s appearance were part of a planned collaboration.

From Nigerian Breakthrough to Global Star

The moment also reflects just how far Ayra Starr has travelled in her career.

She emerged prominently after joining Mavin Records, releasing her self-titled debut EP in 2021 before following it with 19 & Dangerous. Songs such as “Away,” “Ija,” “Sare,” “Bloody Samaritan” and “Rush” helped establish her identity and build an increasingly international audience.

“Rush” became one of the defining songs of her early career, pushing her beyond Nigeria and strengthening her profile among international listeners.

She continued that momentum with songs including “Sability,” “Commas” and “Rhythm & Blues,” while her second album, The Year I Turned 21, showed a more mature side of her artistry.

Her international collaborations have further expanded that reach. Her music has increasingly brought together Afrobeats, R&B and global pop influences, allowing her to compete for attention in a music industry where African artists are no longer viewed simply as regional acts.

Her 2026 album Starrgirl represents another stage in that evolution, bringing together Afrobeats, Afropop, R&B and other global sounds, with collaborations involving major international and African artists.

Why the Mamdani Moment Matters

New York occupies a unique position in global culture. It is one of the world’s most influential cities in music, fashion, entertainment and politics, while also being home to a large African and Nigerian diaspora.

For Ayra Starr, therefore, being publicly associated with the city’s mayor carries significance beyond a celebrity photograph.

It demonstrates how Nigerian artists are increasingly becoming part of cultural conversations in major international cities.

Watchers note that Afrobeats has undergone a similar transformation. What was once largely identified with West African audiences now commands international streaming audiences, global collaborations, major festival stages and attention from some of the world’s biggest entertainment markets.

Ayra Starr’s career is a reflection of that shift.

More Than a Viral Photograph

The online reaction to the photographs was largely playful and celebratory.

Fans described the pair as “two icons,” while others joked about asking Mamdani for a freestyle and declared that “NYC belongs to Ayra now.

One follower jokingly wrote, “Tell Mr Mamdani to give us a freestyle.”

Another described the encounter as “When two icons link up.”

The song itself became part of the conversation, with one fan joking that Mamdani had “heard Midnight in New York.”

Another declared: “NYC belongs to Ayra now sorry mr Mayor.”

Other fans celebrated Ayra Starr’s continued rise, with comments such as “Star girl season,” while another described Ayra and Mamdani as “Two beautiful personalities.”

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Regina Daniels Did Not Reconcile With Ned Nwoko — Mother Clarifies

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Nollywood actress Regina Daniels has not reconciled with her estranged husband, Delta North Senator Ned Nwoko, her mother, Rita Daniels, has clarified.

Rita made the clarification after Regina’s recent visit to Nwoko’s residence sparked widespread speculation on social media that the estranged couple may have settled their differences.

According to her mother, Regina visited the senator’s residence solely because she was invited to see her children, and the visit should not be interpreted as a reunion between the two.

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“It is well, my dear. She was invited to see her children; that was what happened. Thanks a lot for your support and concern,” Rita said during an Instagram conversation with actor Uche Maduagwu.

The visit came months after the highly publicised marital crisis between Regina and Nwoko, during which both parties made allegations against each other.

Nwoko had accused the actress of drug addiction and alleged that she damaged his property. Regina, on the other hand, accused the lawmaker of creating a false narrative aimed at damaging her reputation and alleged that he had attempted to isolate her from her loved ones.

Regina had also claimed that her relationship with Nwoko was never legally formalised.

Visit sparks fresh speculation

The controversy resurfaced after a video of Regina at Nwoko’s residence circulated online.
Her appearance triggered mixed reactions from Nigerians and some celebrities who had previously supported her during the marital crisis.

While some social media users concluded that the actress had reconciled with the senator, others speculated that she was pregnant with his child.

The development also drew a reaction from actor Stanley “Stanley Ontop” Ajemba, who had publicly supported Regina during the dispute. Ajemba questioned her decision to return to Nwoko’s residence and expressed frustration that she had not informed him about the visit.

He subsequently said he would no longer intervene in disputes involving the estranged couple.

Rita’s latest clarification is consistent with an earlier statement by Regina’s sister, Destiny Daniels, who said the actress had been permitted to visit her children and remained single.

Destiny also dismissed pregnancy speculation, saying changes in Regina’s appearance were due to weight gain.

Regina Daniels and Ned Nwoko held their traditional marriage ceremony in Aniocha Local Government Area of Delta State on May 26, 2019..

They have two sons, Munir, born in 2020, and Khalifa, born in 2022.

For now, Regina’s mother maintains that the actress’s visit was about seeing her children and did not signify a reconciliation with the senator.

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