AMERICAN IDOL WINNERS

What do you guys think about American Idol? Especially their winners? Do you think America has been able to discover real talent through this competition? Has the aim of this competition been achieved or defeated? Are you proud of the voices, talents, music and achievements of all the winners? I don't know about you but I'm immensely proud of the competition, judges and especially the winners. So far they've choosen well. Check out the faces of people who became world celebrities over night. People who took opportunities given to them and made the best use of it. People who weren't too afraid to try. People who had confidence in their abilities and talents. People who knew they had what it took to be world class singers.People who weren't afraid to share their lives with the world. People who have blessed others with their talent. People who have given hope and courage to others. People who had so much to offer and weren't afraid to ask to be listened to. I present to you American Idol winners.



Taylor Hicks (2006)


Carrie Underwood (2005)


Fantasia Barrino (2004)


Reuben Studdard (2003)


Kelly Clarkson (2002)

Though they are all talented, some of them have excelled more than the others. Below is my own summary of their talent, personality, achievement etc.

Most successful - Kelly Clarkson
Best voice - Kelly Clarkson
Best album - Breakaway - Kelly Clarkson
Most popular - Kelly Clarkson
Least popular - Taylor Hicks
Most awards - Kelly Clarkson
Best song - I need an angel - Reuben Studdard
Most attractive - Carrie Underwood
least attractive - fantasia Barrino
Most transformed - Fantasia Barrino
Best dressed - Reuben Studdard
Best personality - Reuben Studdard
Most confident - Taylor Hicks
Least confident - Carrie Underwood
The richest - Kelly Clarkson
Highest album sold - Breakaway - Kelly Clarkson

This is according to Linda Ikeji. May be yours is different? What don't you agree with? send me your thoughts

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THE GOLDEN GLOBES 2007 AWARDS

How many of you have been following the award season in Hollywood? Well I have and I must say I don't totally agree with some of the nominations and winners. The ones I dont agree with, I'll point out to you. Checkitout


Golden Globes 2007: The winners
Here is the full list of winners and nominees for the 2007 Golden Globe Awards, which have been held in Hollywood:

FILM CATEGORIES
Best film (drama)
Babel (I agree)
Also nominated:
Bobby
Little Children
The Queen
The Departed

Best film (musical or comedy)
Dreamgirls (I agree)
Also nominated:
BoratLittle Miss Sunshine
Thank You For Smoking
The Devil Wears Prada

Best director
Martin Scorsese - The Departed (I agree)
Also nominated:
Clint Eastwood - Flags of Our Fathers
Clint Eastwood - Letters from Iwo Jima
Stephen Frears - The Queen
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu - Babel

Best actor (drama)
Forest Whitaker - The Last King of Scotland (I agree)
Also nominated:
Leonardo DiCaprio - Blood Diamond
Leonardo DiCaprio - The Departed
Peter O'Toole - Venus
Will Smith - The Pursuit of Happyness

Best actor (musical or comedy)
Sacha Baron Cohen - Borat (don't agree)
Also nominated:
Johnny Depp - Pirates of the Caribbean (My choice)
Aaron Eckhart - Thank You For Smoking
Chiwetel Ejiofor - Kinky Boots
Will Ferrell - Stranger Than Fiction

Best actress (drama)
Helen Mirren - The Queen (I agree)
Also nominated:
Penelope Cruz - Volver
Judi Dench - Notes on a Scandal
Maggie Gyllenhaal - Sherrybaby
Kate Winslet - Little Children

Best actress (musical or comedy)
Meryl Streep - The Devil Wears Prada (Don't agree)
Also nominated:
Annette Bening - Running With Scissors
Toni Collette - Little Miss Sunshine (My choice)
Beyonce Knowles - Dreamgirls
Renee Zellweger - Miss Potter

Best supporting actor
Eddie Murphy - Dreamgirls (Dont agree)
Also nominated:
Ben Affleck - Hollywoodland
Jack Nicholson - The Departed
Brad Pitt - Babel (My choice)
Mark Wahlberg - The Departed

Best supporting actress
Jennifer Hudson - Dreamgirls (I agree)
Also nominated:
Adriana Barraza - Babel
Cate Blanchett - Notes on a Scandal
Emily Blunt - The Devil Wears Prada
Rinko Kikuchi - Babel

Best foreign language film
Letters From Iwo Jima (US) (Dont agree)
Also nominated:
Apocalypto (US) (My choice)
Pan's Labyrinth (Mexico)
The Lives of Others (Germany)
Volver (Spain)

Best animated feature film
Cars (Don't agree)
Also nominated:
Happy Feet (My choice)
Monster House

Best screenplay
Peter Morgan - The Queen (Don't agree)
Also nominated:
Guillermo Arriaga - Babel
Todd Field and Tom Perrotta - Little Children
Patrick Marber - Notes on a Scandal
William Monahan - The Departed (My choice)

Best original song
The Song of the Heart - Happy Feet (Don't agree)
Also nominated:
Listen - Dreamgirls (I agree)
Never Gonna Break My Faith - Bobby
Try Not to Remember - Home of the Brave
A Father's Way - The Pursuit of Happyness

Best original score
Alexandre Desplat - The Painted Veil (Don't have an opinion)
Also nominated:
Clint Mansell - The Fountain
Gustavo Santaolalla - Babel
Carlo Siliotto - Nomad
Hans Zimmer - The Da Vinci Code

Cecil B DeMille Award - lifetime achievement
Warren Beatty (Hasn't he been given this award before?)

TELEVISION CATEGORIES
Best series (drama)
Grey's Anatomy (Don't agree)
Also nominated:
24
Big Love
Heroes (My choice)
Lost

Best series (musical or comedy)
Ugly Betty (I agree)
Also nominated:
Desperate Housewives
Entourage
The Office
Weeds

Best mini-series or film made for TV
Elizabeth I (Haven't seen any of these films)
Also nominated:
Bleak House
Broken Trail
Mrs Harris
Prime Suspect: The Final Act

Best actor (drama)
Hugh Laurie - House (I agree)
Also nominated:
Patrick Dempsey - Grey's Anatomy
Michael C Hall - Dexter
Bill Paxton - Big Love
Kiefer Sutherland - 24

Best actor (musical or comedy)
Alec Baldwin - 30 Rock (Dont agree)
Also nominated:
Zach Braff - Scrubs
Steve Carrell - The Office
Jason Lee - My Name is Earl (My choice)
Tony Shalhoub - Monk

Best actor (mini-series or film made for TV)
Bill Nighy - Gideon's Daughter (Don't agree)
Also nominated:
Andre Braugher - Thief
Robert Duvall - Broken Trail
Michael Ealy - Sleeper Cell
Chiwetel Ejiofor - Tsunami: The Aftermath (My choice)
Ben Kingsley - Mrs Harris
Matthew Perry - The Ron Clark Story

Best actress (drama)
Kyra Sedgwick - The Closer (I agree)
Also nominated:
Patricia Arquette - Medium
Edie Falco - Sopranos
Evangeline Lilly - Lost
Ellen Pompeo - Grey's Anatomy

Best actress (musical or comedy)
America Ferrera - Ugly Betty (I agree)
Also nominated:
Marcia Cross - Desperate Housewives
Julia Louis-Dreyfus - The New Adventures of Old Christine
Felicity Huffman - Desperate Housewives
Mary-Louise Parker - Weeds

Best actress (mini-series or film made for TV)
Helen Mirren - Elizabeth I (I agree)
Also nominated:
Gillian Anderson - Bleak House
Annette Bening - Mrs Harris
Helen Mirren - Prime Suspect: The Final Act
Sophie Okonedo - Tsunami: The Aftermath

Best supporting actor
Jeremy Irons - Elizabeth I (I agree)
Also nominated:
Thomas Haden Church - Broken Trail
Justin Kirk - Weeds
Masi Oka - Heroes
Jeremy Piven - Entourage

Best supporting actress
Emily Blunt - Gideon's Daughter (I agree)
Also nominated:
Toni Collette - Tsunami: The Aftermath
Katherine Heigl - Grey's Anatomy
Sarah Paulson - Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
Elizabeth Perkins - Weeds

What do you guys think of my choices? I mean we really have no say on who gets nominated and who wins but it doesn't mean we have to agree with them does it? Who says we can't have our own winners? We watch this films, we know who our favourites are...so why don't you do what I did...choose your own winners. It's fun and it makes you feel powerful. Try it

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KAYODE KAYODE

Kayode, I miss you beyond words can describe. I still can't believe you are gone. I remember the last time I saw you was at Zaaki's album launch in dec 2006. We sat and talked for hours, mostly about me and the things I was going through. Nobody made me laugh as much as you did and nobody respected me as much as you did. I was always the supermodel to you. Anything else wasn't good enough. You wanted to see me excel in life. You kept pushing me to work harder and you always made sure people knew I had added another feather to my cap. I wanted to be a better person because of you.You always had my back. Even though you're gone, I know you're somewhere up there looking out for me. I'll make you proud, I promise.

My only consolation is that I know you are happy wherever you are.
I miss you so much
Linda

MY FAVOURITE THINGS

There's just so much I am thankful for. So much that I am grateful to God for.
Alot of us have stories to tell, experiences to share but not all of us have the opportunity to do so. Only a few people do and I feel blessed that I am one of those few people. It's one thing to want to share, it's another thing for people to care about what you have to say. I feel people are interested in what I have to say, and for this I feel blessed. I've learnt alot in my short life and I know there's so much more I still need to learn. I've made a lot of mistakes, taken wrong turns, made wrong decisions, ran when I was supposed to stay and fight and fought when I was supposed to have ran. But the best part of all this for me, is whether wrong or right, I did it my way. It was my mistake, my life and so far I've lived it the best way I know how.

Alot of things have helped shape my life. Alot of events have given me a better understanding of our true essence in this universe. Alot of people have made me believe in things I once thought impossible. Life has taught me so much. I dont know that much but I do one thing for sure...never take life or people for granted. Because you just never know.

I want to tell you about my favourite things. Maybe it will help you to know the kind of girl I am? or just help you to get to know me better.

These are my favourite things.

FAVOURITE NOVELS
Flowers in the Attic by V.C Andrews
The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
Fine Things by Danielle steel

FAVOURITE AUTHORS
William Shakespeare
Danielle Steel
Dan Brown

FAVOURITE MOVIES
Coming to America
Pretty Woman
Sixth Sense
Ghost
Sound of music

FAVOURITE SONGS
I will survive - Gloria Gaynor
Stuck on you - Lionel Richie
Runaway - The Corrs
I'll always love you - Whitney Houston
Can't turn back the hands of time - Phil Collins

FAVOURITE ARTISTES
Lionel Richie
Luther Vandrose
Whitney Houston
Michael Jackson
Craig David

FAVOURITE ACTRESSES
Julia Roberts
Calista Flockhart (Ally Mcbeal)
Dakota Fanning
Bimbo Akintola
Genevieve Nnaji

FAVOURITE ACTORS
Russell Crowe
Bruce Willis
Will Smith
Sam Loco Efe
Chinwetalu Agu

FAVOURITE COMEDIANS
Chris Rock
Chris Tucker
Dave Chapelle
Bernie Mac
Ali Baba

FAVOURITE COMEDY SERIES
The Parkers
Living Single
Family Matters

FAVOURITE COMEDY CHARACTER
Steve Auckle - Family Matters
Ms Parker - The Parkers
Max - Living Single

FAVOURITE TV PROGRAMMES
The Oprah Winfrey Show
Saturday Night Live
The Jerry Springer Show
Today's Woman with Adesua
Who Wants to be a Millionaire?

FAVOURITE REALITY TV PROGRAMMES
American Idols
America's Next Top Model
Big Brother
Temptation Island
Punk'd

FAVOURITE TV SERIES
Touched by an Angel
Highway to Heaven
House
Medium
Ally Mcbeal

FAVOURITE PLACES
Silverbird Galleria (Lagos)
Obudu Cattle Ranch (Calabar)
Paris (France)

FAVOURITE HOLIDAY SPOTS
Hollywood USA (Anyday)
Venice (Italy)

FAVOURITE PAST TIME
Writing
Watching Movies

FAVOURITE COLOURS
Black
Blue

FAVOURITE SPORTS
Football
Volleyball
Basketball

FAVOURITE FOOD
Amala and Ewedu soup (Nigerian delicacy)

FAVOURITE DESIGNERS
Vera Wang
Ralph Lauren
Chanel
Frank Osodi
Tiffany Amber

FAVOURITE PERFUMES
Contradiction by Calvin klein
Angel by Thierry Murgler

FAVOUIRTE MODELS
Naomi Campbell
Christy Turlington
Giselle Bundchen
Linda Umeh
Blessing Ibiang

FAVOURITE WOMEN
Oprah Winfrey
Condeleesa Rice
Marilyn Monroe

FAVOURITE MEN
Vin Diesel
Djimon Hounsou
Alex Okosi
Dan Foster

FAVOURITE QUOTES
'You don't have to be a phenomenon to do phemomenal things'

'Dreams do come true. Just have faith'

FAVOURITE PRAYERS
'You said ask and it shall be given. Here I am lord asking. Give me my heart's desires'

'Be upon me to watch over me, behind to protect me, in front to lead me, inside to guide me and around to shield me'

FAVOURITE LEADERS
Nelson Mandela
Martin Luther King Jr
Bill Clinton

FAVOURITE MOMENTS IN HISTORY
The one million man march led by Rev Martin Luther King Jr
The refusal of Rosa Parks to go to the back of the bus
Sidney Poitier winning an Oscar for best male lead role
The wedding of Princess Diana and Prince Charles

Have you ever thought of what your favourite things are? These are some of mine. When I remember More things I love, I'll load it up for you guys to see. hopefully you care enough to read it.

Be good

WELCOME TO A NEW MONTH

Welcome to February, the month of love. The month when dreams come true. How many of you had a bad January like myself? Yes I had a bad January because I lost one of my closest friends/publicist to death. How many of you have seen the Denzel Washington film Dejavu? where he could go back to the past and change the future...I wish I could go back to first of January 2007 and somehow make Kayode Fayemi remember to take the right inhaler to work (kayode died on the 10th of January after he had an asthma attack and tried to use his inhaler, but it didnt work. It was later discovered that he went to work with the wrong inhaler). I wish I could change all that happened to me this month but we live in the real world where not all things are possible. On the 21st of last month, I also discovered something that I hoped was not possible. I guess life has so much to teach us all

May this new month bring us all happiness and peace of mind

May all our dreams and aspirations come to fruition

May we not shed tears and feel pain

May God be there to guide and protect us all

And for those of you in pain and hurting, may you be healed by God. May he wipe your tears and heal your hearts. May he take all your sorrows away

And for those of you who have lost hope, God will surprise you soon. He has too much in store for you, he's just waiting for the right moment to bestow his blessings upon you

For those of you who need help, call on to God. He loves you too much not to listen to your heart

And before making a decision, call onto God for guidance. He'll never lead you astray.

And always remember, the difference between your problems and its solution is the difference between your knee and the floor. Talk to God today. He knows it all and he loves you too much

Do have a great new month
linda