Entertainment & Society

May 16, (THEWILL) – South African Grammy-winning artist Laura Seethal, popularly known as Tyla, has been announced as the host of the 2025 Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards, making her the first African to hold this prestigious role. The ceremony is...

May 16, (THEWILL) – American singer and songwriter, Christopher Maurice Brown, popularly known as Chris Brown, has been charged with grievous bodily harm with intent following an alleged assault at a London nightclub in February 2023. According to the Metropolitan...

May 14, (THEWILL) – Nollywood actress and plus-size model, Monalisa Stephen, has died at the age of 33. She passed away on Tuesday, May 13, 2025, in Lagos due to complications from low blood sugar and internal bleeding. Her death...

May 14, (THEWILL) – American actress and singer Halle Bailey has obtained a temporary restraining order against her ex-boyfriend, rapper Darryl Dwayne Granberry Jr., popularly known as DDG, over allegations of domestic abuse and concerns for the safety...

May 14, (THEWILL) – Veteran Yoruba actress Jumoke George has made a heartfelt appeal to the public for assistance as she battles severe health challenges, homelessness, and the pain of a missing child, while also struggling to care...

May 13, (THEWILL) – American Hip-hop mogul, Sean "Diddy" Combs, is standing trial on federal charges, including sex trafficking, racketeering, and coercion following explosive allegations of physical and sexual abuse spanning nearly two decades. The trial commenced on May 12...

May 13, (THEWILL) – French actor, Gérard Depardieu, has been found guilty of sexually assaulting two women during the filming of Les Volets Verts (The Green Shutters) in 2021. A court in Paris sentenced the 75-year-old actor to an 18-month...

May 13, (THEWILL) – Canadian rapper, Daystar Peterson, popularly known as Tory Lanez, has been hospitalised after he was stabbed multiple times during an altercation at a correctional facility in California. The incident occurred on the morning of Monday,...

May 12, (THEWILL) – American rapper, Dwayne Michael Carter Jr., popularly known as Lil Wayne, faces serious allegations of emotional and physical abuse from his ex-girlfriend, Denise Bidot, who publicly accused him in a series of Instagram posts on...

May 12, (THEWILL) – Nigeria’s film industry, Nollywood, is in mourning following the tragic death of two cinematographers, Johnson Onoriode Ododife and Chigo Gozman, in a fatal car accident on Sunday, May 11, along Port Harcourt Road. According to veteran...