Oscar award-winning actress-Lupita Nyong’o took to twitter to express her excitement when Jay-Z mentioned her name on his new single with Electronica titled ‘We Made It’…
When you start getting mentions by some of the greatest rappers or musicians for FREE, then you should settle for the fact that you’ve made it.
Lupita in her tweet said; she screeched with glee when she heard her name being mentioned by Jay-Z…
This is how Jay-Z dropped the line;
For some weird reasons which do not necessary bring any sort of financial gains, many social media users are keen on rallying as much followers as they can. And majority of these people will never be able to make money from these followers or build any real friendships with them but I guess it is the numbers that matter…
With an Instagram app on almost every social media users’ phone, the competition for more followers based on what we post has become interesting—with many women downgrading the high standard of decency they once held, to be able post what will attract followers.
If you are reading this, take a quick trip through the Instagram photos of some of your favourite celebrities and friends (non-celebrities) and I am certain you will be shocked by the level of accepted nakedness on this platform.
What started with women posing with their protruding backsides and chest has literally turn into taking off the cloth for the camera. And the purpose is; to just get as many likes and followers as possible.
Before writing this piece, I took a long walk through the world of Instagram and couldn’t close my mouth going through some of the photos women cheerfully post, putting the most private parts of their bodies on full display just to score some virtual points.
When Instagram kicked in, it triggered an uprising of so called models with every young pretty woman posing for the camera but it seems things have taken a new turn as some of these women have found more strength in their raw bodies.
Gradually, the internet is succeeding in creating the borderless world we so much want, connecting each and every person to one another—but we forget that, what we post via the internet can come back to haunt us.
Ella-Anne Birchenough, 16, from the UK got an experience of her life when she found herself up to her neck stuck in a gutter while trying to retrieve her mobile phone from the gutter yesterday…
By mistake, Ella-Anne dropped her iphone down the drain near her home in Dover, Kent and she decided to do what most of us will do—get her gadget back.
She latter found herself stuck in the drain and lucky for her, someone called emergency services and they turn up to her rescue.
For more than a year now, certain key Kumawood producers have decided not to hire the services of popular Ghanaian comedian/actor-Agya Koo, with some saying his charges are exorbitant and others calling him arrogant.
To some fans, Agya Koo is being paid by Karma for the way he treated his ex-wife. But whatever the speculation is; the fact remains that Agya Koo is feeling the impact of the sideline on his career.
And he has threatened to QUIT acting should producers continue to sideline him…
According to Graphic Showbiz;
Agya Koo may be considering quitting acting soon to concentrate on his music career.
The popular actor told Showbiz last Monday, “It is said that you don’t live at a place for long if that place is likely to bring you disgrace. That is why I have planned to quit acting and concentrate on my music career if the producers continue to sideline me.”
He said that it had become necessary for him to take that step because some producers of Akan speaking movies have ganged up against him seeking to forcefully oust him from the business.
Until the emergence of actors Kwaku Manu and Lil Win on the Akan movie scene, popularly called Kumawood, Agya Koo enjoyed a huge following among movie enthusiasts.
Jackie Appiah has been rumoured for some months now to be dating upcoming Nollywood actor-Michael Bobby Obodo—but the actress has not confirmed or denied the speculation, not that we expect her to do so…
And for some weeks now, Jackie Appiah has been on a mini world tour, sharing some nice photos of places she has been seeing and staying. With people asking who she was doing the travel with or who was taking some of the bathroom and bedroom photos, we think we have spotted the person who was PROBABLY giving her the needed company.
Looking at the photo above, Jackie is seen on holiday beaming with smile…That starts the unveiling.
Now look at the photo below and you get to see Jackie wearing the same dress and hair but standing with Bobby Obodo, meaning the two photos were taken at the same day—and probably the same place.
Despite all the critiques at this year’s VGMA nomination list with some pundits pointing at evidence to disqualify some artistes or songs, the board has concluded that they shall not review the nomination list; yet, they shall make changes in the award scheme come 2015.
On Monday 31st March, 2014 GhanaCelebrities.Com got in touch with Nii Ayitey Hammond who is the Chairman of the VGMA Board and asked him if the board will still review the nomination list.
In his own words, he opined “as I speak with you, the board has not decided to review the nomination list; so that is what we stand by” Mr. Hammond said. According to Mr. Hammond “so far none of the evidence brought before the board are strong enough to make us disqualify any artiste or song in the nomination list.
All that they have said or presented represents opinions; their opinions for that matter. The board does not deal with opinions but facts. Real facts! Any person who presents real facts shall be considered by the board.”
On Tuesday 1st April, 2014 when GhanaCelebrities.Com’s story was reviewed on Neat 100.9 fm’s ‘Entertainment Ghana,’ hosted by Kwasi Aboagye, PRO of Charterhouse confirmed GhanaCelebrities.Com’s earlier publication on Monday. Ending, George assured “Kwasi, next year, there will be major reforms in VGMA. There will be definitely major changes next year.”
On Wednesday 2nd April, 2014, when the same story was discussed on Channel R’s ‘205 Total Entertainment,’ this time round, board chairman, Mr. Hammond confirmed the board wont review the nomination list – 2014, but, “we shall review things in the VGMA come next year.”
When I reviewed POTOMANTO (Read My Review Here) I talked about its production excellence, superior storyline, superb acting and outstanding display of professional touch—and if you thought I was lying, receiving 9 strong nominations for the 2014 Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) has re-echoed the production’s greatness…
Shirley Frimpong Manso has been nominated for the all-important Best Director award for her work on POTOMANTO, Adjetey Anang has scored Best Actor in a Leading Role, Marie Humbert has been nominated for Best Actress in a Supporting Role and since Ken Attoh helped with Editing, definitely there were going to be a nomination there too.
For the first time, Joselyn Dumas has been nominated for Best Actress in a Leading Role for her performance in A Northern Affair—bringing back the debate and Ghana Movie Awards’ misplacement of whether her role was a lead or a supporting…
If You Have Not Seen POTOMANTO Yet, Click Here to Watch It NOW
The 2014 AMAA nomination ceremony took place last night in South Africa…
Anyway, check out the full nomination list below…
Guess what! Another Kumawood movie has been released and the title is ‘Maricruz’. If you are probably in Ghana and you are a fan of Mexican soap operas, you would know where the name Maricruz comes from.
‘Corazon Indomable’, popularly known in Ghana as ‘Wild at Heart’, is a Mexican telenovela which is aired on UTV. Maricruz is just a character in the telenovela whose name is even mentioned more than the original name of the soap opera itself. It baffles my mind how ‘Wild at Heart’ has gained rapid popularity in Ghana within a short period of time.
Although I know Kumawood producers are fond of riding at the back of popular incidents to produce movies, I never thought it would come to a time when they will use the name of a famous character in a soap opera to ‘shoot’ a movie. I still can remember movies like Tonga, Oh Vera, AyariCough, Asamoah Gyan, Yebe Dii Keke, and many other popular terms that popped-up in the country sometime ago.
What are producers in Kumawood not doing right? Should they always produce movies out of popular terms that emerge in the country? I can confidently say these producers do not learn at all. Or should I say they do not know jack about film-making? Probably yes.
The level of creativity exhibited by some of them is nothing to write home about. More often than not, the storylines to such movies revolve around the incident that brought about the term. No new twists are added to the original storylines.
I perfectly understand that, most Kumawood movies are comedy. Does that mean film-makers should not reason, learn, and be creative enough to put together an original comic movie? Should they always depend on popular terms before they can churn out movies? These are all questions that need serious answers. It would not be surprising to hear that such producers have stopped producing movies, simply because new catchy terms are not popping up in the system. How funny that would be.
