
Yul Edochie
Nollywood actor Yul Edochie has come out to say that he charges nothing less than N20M as an appearance fee whenever he attends any event.
He recently had his say via his social media page, and fans have been reacting.
According to him, his demand is that high because his entourage includes the ancestors and ten thousand spirits from his ancestral towns.
Yul added that it is only fair for their fees to be added to the amount he asks for.
His words, “When I charge you 20 million naira to make an appearance at your event, I do not come alone.
I come with all my ancestors and ten thousand spirits from Nteje & Umudioka.
On this day, Nsugbe was on fire.
I stepped out to support my good friend, Barr. Tochukwu Nweke (SAN) Omelora
as he laid his father to rest.
ISI MMILI JI OFOR 1 of Igbo Land.
EZEDIKE 1 na Nteje Aborgu.”
WOW.
Nollywood is a sobriquet that originally referred to the Nigerian film industry. The origin of the term dates back to the early 2000s, traced to an article in The New York Times. Due to the history of evolving meanings and contexts, there is no clear or agreed-upon definition for the term, which has made it a subject to several controversies.
The origin of the term “Nollywood” remains unclear; Jonathan Haynes traced the earliest usage of the word to a 2002 article by Matt Steinglass in the New York Times, where it was used to describe Nigerian cinema.
Charles Igwe noted that Norimitsu Onishi also used the name in a September 2002 article he wrote for the New York Times. The term continues to be used in the media to refer to the Nigerian film industry, with its definition later assumed to be a portmanteau of the words “Nigeria” and “Hollywood”, the American major film hub.
Film-making in Nigeria is divided largely along regional, and marginally ethnic and religious lines. Thus, there are distinct film industries – each seeking to portray the concern of the particular section and ethnicity it represents. However, there is the English-language film industry which is a melting pot for filmmaking and filmmakers from most of the regional industries.