In her splendour, backed by her priceless smile, Star Actress-Jackie Appiah has released some hot promo photos, ‘snugging’ her golden Ghana Movie Awards plaque…
Jackie Appiah has succeeded in moving her raw talent to a professional level, standing tall among her colleagues as just not a talented actress but also, a well branded personality in Africa Showbiz.
Makaziwe Mandela, who the late Komla Dumor interviewed after her father’s death has paid tribute to Komla, saying he was “a shining star of Africa”. Komla Dumor died on Saturday, 18 January, 2014 at the age of 41 from a cardiopulmonary arrest. Komla joined the BBC in 2007 after a decade of broadcast journalism in … Read more
If some secular artistes who become ‘born again’ and subsequently turn gospel artistes regret becoming so, it is perhaps due to the lack of support Ghanaians give to them.
Ghanaians are hypocrites! This is a statement that sounds harsh and derogatory but it is true. Its truism is well demoed in how Ghanaians herald artistes when they are secular and the sudden drift of stand when such artistes become ‘born again’ and subsequently become gospel artistes.
Since when God was calling those artistes no one was there to bear witness, we can only respect and also rejoice when secular artistes repent from their saturnalia lifestyles and become gospel artistes. Unfortunately, when such secular artistes become gospel artistes, the remissness for them and their songs is as disappointing as the way Peter denied Jesus the Christ.
Just like every businessman strives hard to succeed in his/her business, celebrities (focusing on those in the entertainment industry) also endeavour to be successful in their line of career.
As an independent celebrity, you thrive at doing it all yourself; you create your own blog or website, engage in media relations, and love working on all aspects of your ‘business’. However, it can sometimes be more than advantageous to work with experts.
When it comes to the issue of Public Relations (PR), working with a professional can really serve you well as a celebrity. Sometimes, while one may think all PR does is merely about marketing – related stuffs so he/she may do it him/herself, a celebrity should know it involves much more than that.
PR mainly deals with carving and enhancing a positive reputation or image (something that every individual and organisation go all-out to attain) for an organisation (in this case a celebrity) and liaises on behalf of that celebrity between the celebrity and his/her target audience (fans, corporate organisations etc). These practitioners often plan and organise meaningful events that could lead to more favourable visibility of a celebrity.
Fred Numah, Ghana Movie Awards Founder (Left) and Chris-Vincent Agyapong Febiri at 66th Cannes Film Festival
Shockingly, the Lifetime Achievement Award category in Ghana Movie Awards has been suspended by the organizers.
Mr. Prince Tsegah, Chief Operating Officer of Ghana Movie Awards made this revelation on Accra based radio station – Channel R. “We have suspended the Lifetime Achievement Awards,” Mr. Tsegah said emphatically.
The host asked Mr. Tsegah several times for the reason why the organizers or academy did so but Mr. Tsegah, who held the airwaves dead for some seconds, refused to let out the reason. Mr. Tsegah was actually responding to the failure of Ghana Movie Award to give out a plaque they promised veteran Nigerian actor Olu Jacob.
At the 2011 Ghana Movie Awards night held at the Accra International Conference Center, veteran Nigeria actor Olu Jacob was honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award. Two years on, organizers of GMA have not given Mr. Olu Jacob his plaque.
