Entertainment & Society

SAN FRANCISCO, November 30, (THEWILL) - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. and music producer “DJ Khaled” with failing to disclose payments. The charge is about payments they received for promoting investments in initial...

Stephen Hillenburg, who used his dual loves of drawing and marine biology to spawn the absurd undersea world of “SpongeBob SquarePants,” has died, Nickelodeon announced Tuesday. Hillenburg died Monday of Lou Gehrig’s disease, also known as ALS, the cable network...

SAN FRANCISCO, November 27, (THEWILL) - Tekno, Nigerian popular hip-hop maestro, is reported to have temporarily damaged his vocal box and has therefore taken time off music to overcome the set back. Triple MG boss Ubi Franklin revealed that Tekno will...

SAN FRANCISCO, November 25, (THEWILLL) - Renowned Nigerian poet and winner of the 2017 NLNG Prize for Literature, Ikeogu Oke, has died in Abuja on Saturday night after an undisclosed ailment. The poet gained nationwide fame last year when he won...

SAN FRANCISCO, November 21, (THEWILL) - Amina Mohammed, United Nations Deputy Secretary-General and three other Nigerian women made the 2018 BBC ‘100 women’ list. She appeared alongside social entrepreneur/activist, Abisoye Ajayi-Akinfolarin, a lawyer, Bola Tinubu and award-winning blogger and author,...

SAN FRANCISCO, November 20, (THEWILL) - Talented radio presenter, Tosyn Bucknor has passed away at the peak of her career, aged thirty-seven (37). Bucknor, a University of Lagos Law graduate was found dead in her home by her French husband of...

SAN FRANCISCO, November 20, (THEWILL) - Former England footballer Paul Gascoigne has been charged with sexually assaulting a woman on board a train, British Transport Police said. The ex-Tottenham, Newcastle and Lazio player was charged with “one count of sexual assault...

A small, private funeral has been held to mourn Marvel Comics mogul Stan Lee, and his company is making more plans to memorialize him. “Stan was always adamant that he did not want a large public funeral, and as such...

First day sales for Michelle Obama’s “Becoming” topped 725,000 copies, making it one of the year’s biggest debuts. Crown Publishing told The Associated Press on Friday that the figures include sales and pre-orders for the former first lady’s memoir include...

Cicely Tyson received her first and only Oscar nomination in 1972. It was for best actress for her work in “Sounder,” which she thinks of as her first major role. She wasn’t called to the stage that year —...