Beyonce dominates MTV video nominations
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The list included multiple nods for Adele and rapper Kanye West, but nothing for Taylor Swift.
Adele's YouTube-shattering video for her 2015 comeback single "Hello" notched seven nominations, while the sultry British singer earned an eighth mention for "Send My Love (To Your New Lover)".
The controversial video for West's "Famous" which featured portrayals of 12 nude celebrities including Swift sleeping next to the rapper got two nominations, including the top award of video of the year.
Swift and West had been publicly feuding for months about whether the pop star approved lyrics in which West boasts about making her famous.
Swift, 26, the top-earning celebrity in the world, had dominated music awards shows in the past five years and won four MTV music video prizes in 2015, including her single "Bad Blood" with Kendrick Lamar.
But this year, she did not score any nominations after touring worldwide for much of 2015, in spite releasing videos for "Out of the Woods" and "New Romantics" in late 2015 and early 2016.
The coveted video of the year category pits Beyonce's politically-charged video for "Formation" against Adele's "Hello", Canadian rapper Drake's "Hotline Bling", Justin Bieber's "Sorry" and West's "Famous".
The MTV Video Music Awards, which had a reputation for irreverence and shock tactics, held this year in New York City on Aug. 28 and would air live on MTV.
The awards would be voted on by fans, starting on Tuesday. A host for the 2016 show has yet to be announced.
Beyonce's album "Lemonade" in April featured music videos for each track and was praised for its bold songs about betrayal and revenge.
Videos from the album also scored nominations for choreography, art direction, and editing.
Rihanna scored multiple nominations for her collaborations with DJ Calvin Harris on "This is what you Came For," and with Drake on "Work".
British artist David Bowie died unexpectedly in January of cancer, days after releasing a new album.
He also made it onto the list with nominations for best direction, art, editing and cinematography for his singles "Blackstar” " and "Lazarus".
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I was sexually abused, says Rita Edochie
Popular Nollywood actress, Mrs Rita Edochie said she was a victim of sexual abuse many years ago and called on parents to regularly communicate with their children.
Edochie revealed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Abuja.
Edochie, who was a guest at a seminar to end violence against children, told NAN that she was sexually violated at a young age by a family friend.
“I was a victim of sexual abuse; that was when I was in primary six; I was going to the hospital and somebody called me.
“The boy used some diabolic means and sexually violated me; when I could not see my period, I refuse to tell my mother, because she was very strict.
“ I love sharing my experience because at the end of the day I succeeded; If I had not succeed, I would not have been able to be saying it,’’ Edochie said.
She explained that the pregnancy was about seven months before her mother noticed it.
Edochie added that her mother was shocked at the pregnancy because she thought her being strict
would not allow such a thing to happen.
“My mother asked how it happened and I told her everything; my brother picked a knife and wanted to kill me, but my mother stopped him.
“It happened that the mother of the boy that violated me was my mother’s friend; the boy’s mother was surprise but the boy denied.
“My mother took me to hospital to abort the pregnancy with a planned of taking me to my grandmother’s place at `Ogede’ to stay for one week before returning home.
“I told her I may lose my life in the process; and because she loved me, she then aborted the planned abortion; I feel it was God that spoke through me.
According to the actress, ``my mother took care of the baby while I went to school; if not for my mother I would not be where I am today.”
The veteran actress called on parents to communicate regularly with their children and make them their best friends.
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`Parents should always listen to their children’s complaints on happenings both in and outside the home.”
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