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Joel Rea was born in 1983 and graduated from Queensland College of Art with a Bachelor of Fine Art in 2003. He has exhibited his work in Australia and the United States and has been acclaimed for his oil paintings in many prestigious art awards through out Australia. In 2013 he was selected for the Archibald Salon Des Refuses exhibition in Sydney, the Black Swan Award for Portraiture in Perth, the Fleurieu Landscape Prize in Adelaide and was the winner of the 2013 ANL Maritime Art Award in Melbourne. In 2014 Rea was selected as a finalist in the prestigious Sulman Prize held at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, and for the second year in a row was selected as a finalist in the 2014 Black Swan Portraiture Prize held in Perth, winning the People’s Choice Award. In 2015 Rea followed up with a New York City residency and solo exhibition with the prominent Jonathan Levine Gallery, and for his first appearance in his country of origin England, ...

LAGOS — THE appeal filed by embattled actress Ibinabo Fiberesima challenging the judgement of a Lagos State High Court, that sentenced her to five years imprisonment over the death of one Dr. Giwa Suraj, was yesterday dismissed by the Court of Appeal in Lagos, sitting at Igbosere. Fiberesima was sentenced to five years imprisonment by Justice Deborah Oluwayemi over reckless driving that caused the death of one Dr. Giwa Suraj who was a staff of one of Lagos State’s hospitals, in an auto accident along the Lekki-Epe Expressway, Lagos. Dissatisfied, the actress filed an amended appeal through her lawyer, Nnaemeka Amaechina urging the court to set aside the five year sentence and restore the decision of the Magistrate Court. Delivering judgement yesterday, the appellate court dismissed the appeal and affirmed the decision of the Lagos High Court. In a unanimous decision delivered by Justice Jamilu Yammama Tukur the court held that the trial Magistrate Court lacked the discretion to gr...

South African Gay Singer Dies Of Anal Cancer Abuja – 36-year-old gay South African singer, Koyo Bala, who is HIV positive has died at Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town, after battling with anal cancer for two years. Koyo Bala was part of a pop gay group known as 3-Sum made up of Bala‚ Amstel Maboa and the late Jeff Moyo, who were popularly known in the South African entertainment industry as gay rights activists. In a report obtained by the News Agency of Nigeria, Koyo Bala had disclosed publicly that he was HIV positive in 2011. It was also disclosed that he was, earlier in 2014, diagnosed of anal cancer which he lived with for two years before it now claimed his life. His last tweet about his illness in February reads: “I pray 2 God everyday 2 help me pass this cancer #itshard #pains #wontgiveup #canwinthisbattle #cantsleepofpains”. Vanguard.

Kelvin Okafor is an excellent PENCILman. Here are some of his work, done in pencils. It takes him a minimum of 100 hours to complete each portrait. As in One Hundred Hours? Gosh. Give it up for Kelvin folks, Nigerians are doing the country proud wherever they go. PS: You know yourself, you have been running around since yesterday trying to discredit Oresegun's work. Please come and tell me how this is 3D abeg. Photo credits: Daily Mail.

NIGERIAN ARTISTE ORESEGUN OLUMIDE DISPLAYS HIS DRAWING THAT BEATS THE MONALISA PAINTING See these amazing hyperrealism paintings by a Yabatech graduate, Oresegun Olumide. can we take a minute and acknowledge these paintings by Oresegun Olumide born in 1981 (Nigerian painter) These are art work, a painting by a Nigerian,Oresegun Olumide who drew it. It will beat any painting of Monalisa. This paint is so real,these arecNOT  human beings but PAINTINGS! PHOTO CREDIT: ORESEGUN OLUMIDE 

Ray Tomlinson, widely credited as the creator of email, has died. His employer, Raytheon, told CNN on Sunday. He was 74. Tomlinson invented direct email messages in 1971. Before his invention, electronic messages could be shared only on a very limited network. Among those paying tribute was Gmail, one of many offshoots of Tomlinson's creation. "Thank you, Ray Tomlinson, for inventing email and putting the @ sign on the map," Gmail's Twitter account said. Tomlinson, a graduate of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and MIT, was working for a Boston technology firm in 1971 when he decided to figure out a way for people to send messages via computer. At the time, Tomlinson recalled, ARPANET -- the Internet's predecessor -- was fairly new and the idea of sending messages from computer to computer was novel. Computers themselves were often giant mainframe beasts that filled entire rooms. "Computers were very expensive -- I think one we had here, f...

Hosting the Oscars is always a high-pressure job. For Chris Rock, who emceed the 2016 ceremony, there was more at stake then whether his jokes would land. Rock, one of the most famous black comedians in the world, was hosting during a year when race - specifically, the lack of diverse talent nominated for awards - was at the forefront. For the second year in a row, no black actors or actresses received nominations. Films showcasing black actors, directors and screenwriters were largely ignored - despite what many critics saw as award-worthy efforts in films like Beasts of No Nation, Straight Outta Compton and Creed. The nominations spurred a viral hashtag - #OscarsSoWhite - in which activists and moviegoers took to social media to bemoan the lack of diversity. It also lead to controversial internal reforms within the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the body that oversees the Oscars. The group has changed voting standards to include younger, more racially diverse me...

The phrase “never won an Oscar” can no longer apply to Leonardo DiCaprio. The actor, who was famously snubbed by the Academy five times, was awarded best actor for his performance in “The Revenant.” DiCaprio was heavily favored to win, with many a fan and critic declaring he “deserves” it now more than ever. One created the website HasLeoWonAnOscar.com, which was promptly updated with a “Yes :).” DiCaprio been waiting since 1994, when he received his first nomination, for his role in “What’s Eating Gilbert Grape.” Then came “The Aviator,” “Blood Diamond” and “The Wolf of Wall Street” (as both an actor and producer): all losses. Skeptics say he’s never been good enough to win – it only seems he’s been treated unfairly because he is so universally beloved and swoon-worthy. But DiCaprio seemed to know tonight was his night, and after thanking the people who made “The Revenant” and his career possible, he used his platform to spread a message he’s been advocating for a long time: ...

Kannywood star villainess, Aisha Dankano, has died after a brief illness in Kano. Family sources said Dankano, also known as Sima, died Tuesday and was buried according to Islamic rites earlier in the afternoon. Actor and family friend of the deceased, Nuhu Abdullahi, also confirmed the death, saying Aisha died in her house in Gwammaja area of Kano State. Aisha was below 40, family sources said. “Aisha died at about 2pm this afternoon,” Abdullahi said. “We are all in a sober mood in the Kannywood at the moment. “We might not get her replacement in the industry. She is a fantastic, creative actress,” Abdullahi said. Another actress, Ummah Shehu, said she could not believe it when the news was broken to her. Premium Time