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Lupita Stars In Spy Thriller; More Kenyans Shine Abroad
She is fascinating, a wonder woman, and everything she touches is magical. She never disappoints when it comes to serving film lovers some action-packed storylines.
That is Kenyan Hollywood Oscar award-winning star actress Lupita Nyong’o. And looks like this year has started on a high note!
On January 7, the film, The 355, where Nyong’o takes a lead role was released to the theatres.
The all-female spy thriller stars Jessica Chastain, Penélope Cruz, Fan Bingbing, Diane Kruger.
The action-packed film tells the story of international spies, who have come together to stop impending doom threatened by a terrorist organisation.
The story’s concepts have been described by Film Industry Review website Indie Wire as “cooked up on the heels of plenty of other successful, interesting female-centric action outings, from ‘Atomic Blonde’ and ‘Lucy’ to ‘Wonder Woman’ and ‘Mad Max: Fury Road.’
“The 355 wears its spy movie bonafides with pride. And why shouldn’t it? There’s room for twists of all types. A solid spy flick that adds something new to the genre without totally upending it,” reads in part the review by Indie Wire. A day after the film’s release, Nyong’o took to her social media to reflect on part of the journey on the set of the thriller, describing the action scenes as “badass”.
Posting a clip in which she is being holstered down a ceiling in a jumping scene, Nyong’o thanked the stunt team for “helping me face my fears head-on.” “Sometimes courage sounds like this! The 355 movie is out in theatres now, the fight scenes are definitely more badass than this!” Nyong’o wrote on her Instagram caption.
The release of the latest thriller comes at a time when Kenyan films have been increasingly spreading their reach to international platforms like Showmax and Netflix.
Barely two years after Tanasha Donna and Bey T stormed the internet to fight over a catchphrase, Tanasha has finally given details on her beef with the rapper for the first time.
According to the musician, the misunderstanding came after they both disagreed on an issue.
In an interview with KISS FM, the musician cum entrepreneur said Bey T was young and was misled by people into instigating petty quarrels.
“Honestly speaking I think it was just a misunderstanding, it started over a quote, the ‘Kenya to the world’ thing. And I like she was young at the time and like people tried instigating drama. You know how people can be… people can easily corrupt one’s mind, especially when there is nothing going on,” she said.
According to Tanasha, it is easy to have the feeling that people are out to kill your shine when starting, especially as a young girl in a competitive industry.
“Talking from experience as a young girl you can feel easily like people are out to get you or steal your shine…but I feel like she’s a great artist so she was trying to spit some bars which she is amazing at and I’ll give her credit for that,” she added.
The mother of one confirmed that they have a good relationship following their beef and now are both open to the idea of collaborating with Bey T even though the two have never met yet.
“Why not? I mean I like her music and she’s amazing. Plus, right now, we’re at a good place, we haven’t really met but we have people in common whom we work with,” she said.
Amid their banter, Bey T went ahead to drop a diss track called ‘Don to the Donna’ attacking Tanasha for allegedly sampling her music in 2019.
“Someone tell Tanasha to stop wave riding,” Bey T wrote on Instagram at the time.
According to the rapper, the phrase “Kenya to the World” originated from her, but Tanasha stole it.
Oscar award-winning actress Lupita Nyong’o made the educational dreams and ambitions of 40 students come alive by offering them $10,000 (GH₵ 75,546.42) in scholarships.
The Hollywood actress delivered a wonderful surprise at the 13th convention of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).
Official details from NAACP indicate that the young students received the scholarships during the ACT-SO award ceremony in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
ACT-SO is a year-long program targeted at high school students to promote their growth in disciplines from visual arts, business, and performing and culinary arts.
NAACP partners with Lancôme to offer the Write Her Future Scholarship Fund, which focuses on empowering women through literacy, mentorship, and entrepreneurship.
Lupita, who is the Lancôme Ambassadress, indicated that she always had big dreams from childhood and education played a huge part in helping her realize them.
“I believe that learners change the world. I am so thrilled to join Lancôme, on behalf of their Write Her Future Scholarship Fund, to award this incredible group of women with these game-changing scholarships,” she said.
Popular Kenyan website, Tuko.co.ke, reported that two years ago, Lupita Nyong’o was nominated for four awards in the 51st edition of the NAACP Image Awards.
The actress, who did not manage to attend the award ceremony, emerged as a winner in two of the four categories she was nominated.
Lupita won the Best Actress award for her role in Jordan Peele’s movie and her second award was for Outstanding Literary Work Children for her book Sulwe.
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