February 9, 2015 – GhanaCelebrities.Com

Weighing In On Shirley Frimpong-Manso’s ‘GREY DAWN’ | When Politics, Family, Genuine & Illicit Affairs Take Center Stage…

02/9/2015 6:35 pm

by Chris-Vincent Agyapong, Founding Editor

Multiple award-winning film-maker Shirley Frimpong-Manso’s latest movie-Grey Dawn which will start showing in Accra from Friday, 13^th February, 2015 takes a big shot at interesting but contrasting human endeavours; politics, family, genuine relationships and illicit affair.

It may seem a little too much to have these strong though conflicting desires come to play in a single movie—however, with her excellent story telling prowess, Shirley Frimpong-Manso succeeds in finding a competing but salient grounds for all these things which have become part and parcel of our human existence.

The movie defines the grounds and boundaries for these human desires but at the end of it all, it becomes obvious which amongst the competing interests takes that single important stage in the lives of the main characters.

Anyone who has seen many of Shirley Frimpong-Manso’s movies wouldn’t struggle to extract from her films that she is more of an idealists (sociological sense)—and her ‘utopian’ society was once again vivid on screen. By ‘utopian’ society, I mean an African society where a politician is indeed honourable with some sort of conscience in place.

The Storyline…

In ‘Grey Dawn’, a Government Minister (Harold Davis) played by Bimbo Manuel is fixed between using his position to help his father-in-law stay out of jail for tax evasion or allow the law to take its course with him.

Harold Davis’ decision pulls in his wife’s anger (Jessica Davis played by Funlola Aofiyebi-Raimi), worsened by the fact that the stress of the case eventually led to Jessica’s father untimely death.

The anger of Jessica alone would have been bearable for Harold Davis but to watch on helplessly as he begins to loose his wife to the company of a young handsome man—who offers Jessica that perfect wormhole from her darkness into a world of art and music begins to challenge his position as a man, a father and a husband.

This is where it gets pretty interesting…

As Jessica is taken into a different world of artistry beauty and temporal peace merged with fun; the same wormhole began to pull her returnee daughter into its deep space—this time, made easy by the fact that Jessica’s daughter (Flora Mends played by Sika Osei) had the same obsessions which dwell in the works of this strange man (Jack played by Marlon Mave) whose works and ‘oomph’ had already consumed Jessica.

I wouldn’t want to box this into the concept of utopianism but it’s difficult to find a society where a woman who is married to a prominent Minister of State would run after a somewhat ‘broke’ painter who does not measure on the social ladder…

Of course the above is capable of happening, especially when the woman has been hurt and care no more about those things we regarded as valuable or socially relevant—in such cases, she yearns for the simplest of things which she would normally pay no attention to. And this is exactly the position we find Funlola Aofiyebi-Raimi’s character…

Buy One Get One Free: South African Man Marries Twins-Two Sisters On The Same Day Because They Claim ‘We Have Always Done Everything Together’

02/9/2015 5:08 pm

by GC Staff Tisha

Can you (guy) imagine deciding on marrying a half twin sister and ends up marrying the other – all because they claim, since their infancy, they do and share everything together? What a winning jackpot – how I wish I was this lucky man.

Fifty one (51) year old Mzukiseni Mzazi got married to 26 year old twin sisters, Owami and Olwethu Mzazi from Vosloorus, in South Africa recently.

In an interview with South African magazine – Drum magazine, the sisters said they’ve always known they will someday marry the same man as they have shared everything else together since they were born.

“We have always done everything together. We share everything. That is how our grandmother raised us. So when we decided to marry, we said any man that wants to marry one, will marry the other” Owami told Drum magazine.

Good to Be An African | Ivory Coast Celebrates Africa Cup Win With A Public Holiday…

02/9/2015 1:24 pm

by Chris-Vincent Agyapong, Founding Editor

The last time I checked, the United Kingdom was contemplating on cutting down its few bank holidays in a year—because they calculated that, each holiday cost the UK economy £2.3bn and scrapping them would boost annual output by £19bn.

But not far from the United Kingdom lies Africa, a continent engulfed in absolute poverty and diseases—lack of infrastructure and more recently, lack of focus to the extent that some countries are given a public holiday for winning a football competition.

It’s 2015 and it seems we are not still getting our act together—at the end of the year, we will go and beg those with fewer holidays for money to be able to eat.

Ivory Coast announced a public holiday on Monday to celebrate its dramatic win over Ghana in the Africa Cup of Nations final. Yeah, today is a damn holiday in Ivory Coast…

All TV Stations in Ghana Disregard With Impunity the Ghana National Cultural Policy Which States That: 70% Ghanaian Content & 30% Foreign Content

02/9/2015 1:05 pm

by GC Staff Sheila

Though per the National Commission on Culture’s National Cultural Policy, TV stations in Ghana are supposed to use their contents to project Ghana’s arts, culture and value systems, most TV stations across the length and breadth of Ghana do not comply.

Some players in Ghana’s creative art industry have complained bitterly for almost a decade now over the influx of foreign contents – telenovelas, soaps, sitcoms, movies, music, etc. on Ghanaian TV channels, but, it appears the gaffe has come to stay.

Whilst some posit that such foreign contents, the telenovelas to be precise, should be scrapped off our screens, those who think otherwise, also opine that Ghana is a free market economy which ensures free entry and exit of investors/investment – so no authority, policy, or law can enjoin any TV station on what they should show on their channels.

Contrary to the second school of thought, the National Commission on Culture’s NCC national cultural policy, require TV stations in Ghana to show 70% Ghanaian content and 30% foreign content. Below is what the Policy – 11.2 directs under TELEVISION: “Television shall be used:

“A – to project Ghanaian arts, culture and value systems; enhance national consciousness and self-reliance by; drawing on indigenous sources and resources to its project content, making its programme content relevant to Ghanaian realities, history and aspirations, giving adequate attention and coverage to programmes featuring children, traditional intellectuals’ artist and other custodians of culture and public service.”

The C part states unequivocally: “Making its programmes 70% Ghanaian and 30% foreign.” The main objective of the national cultural policy captured in the 2004 gazette and foreword by then President of the Republic of Ghana, His Excellency John Agyekum Kufour, is to document and promote Ghana’s traditional cultural values, ensure growth and development of our cultural institutions and make them relevant to human development, democratic governance, and national integration, amongst others.

Unfortunately, most contents on TV channels in Ghana are foreign – a total contravention of the national cultural policy. For reactions to this development, I called in on the office of the National Media Commission and had an exclusive interview with the PRO of the Commission, Miss Sandra Boison.

The Black Stars Just Proved that PRAYERS Do Not Work | Stop Wasting Your Time…

02/9/2015 11:59 am

by Chris-Vincent Agyapong, Founding Editor

Disclaimer; If you are one of the many credulous religious persons who believe a MESSIAH resurrected from the death and that a prophet who stayed in a cave was visited by angels—and yet do not want these hysterical beliefs questioned under the microscope of reason, then do not read this article because you might find it OFFENSIVE.

Religion is violent, irrational, makes absurd claims which it hates to be challenged, allied to racism, tribalism, bigotry, glorifies ignorance and invests heavily in the oppression of women and continues to terrorize children—and I am sure I have not mentioned its hostility to free inquiry.

For people like me, the world would be much better if we begin to question the many extraordinary religious claims which of course it offers no extraordinary evidence for…

I started gaining extra 15 minutes sleep each night since the last time I realized prayers do not work—and there is no God sitting up there listening to prayers or answering them.

Of course there are people who will spend hours upon hours praying for something to happen—instead of getting out of their prayer delusion to go out there to work their butts off.

There is no evidence that prayers work and yet people do not want to accept this fact; anyway, they themselves have prayed for certain things on many occasions which have not materialized—and absurdly they continue to pray.

To be frank, you must be drinking gallons of kerosene to keep praying despite the fact that it has never worked—and hoping it will somehow work for you. Even when it has not worked for you on numerous occasions, you continue to do it. I do not call this faith; I call it total madness…

Yesterday, before the crucial Ghana Vrs Ivory Coast African Cup of Nations Penalty Shootouts; we saw the Ghanaian players praying—and not just then, the supporters including a friend I was watching the football match with went on their knees to pray.

The result of the penalty kick we all know—and the question is; what happened to the numerous prayers? I have three possible answers; God is dead, God does not answer payers or God is not interested in prayers/football.

The Ivoirians also prayed and the fact that they won the competition has nothing to do with their prayer or God—chance and luck are random, mostly influenced by hard work, dedication and focus.

We’ve become a generation of prayer warriors and it really bothers me. It’s one thing to believe there is a God sitting up there (even that I find it laughable) but to be gullible enough to think that, this God in heaven actually answers prayers—to the extent that he has time to be interfering in football; 22 men chasing some round object on a green grass is pretty sad. A day before the finale match, the President of Ghana-John Dramani Mahama instructed Ghanaians to pray for Black Stars’ victory…

A website proudly reported “Christians in Ghana on Sunday offered special prayers for the senior national team the Black Stars ahead of their titanic African Cup of Nations (AFCON) final with the Elephants of neighbouring Cote d’lvoire in Equatorial Guinea.Congregations at various churches prayed for special strength and energy as well as wisdom for the Black Stars players to defeat the Elephants and end 33 years of AFCON cup drought.

At the Wesley Methodist Cathedral in Cape Coast the congregation poured their hearts out and asked God to give victory to the Stars because without Him the Stars labour in vain.”

Every evidence on a cosmic or quantum scale shows that prayers do not work and yet, people continue to employ this easy mechanism—all because, we ignorantly deem ourselves so important as animals and expect that we will be favoured or listened to by some higher power who has nothing to do with his/her time, except to sit down and be interfering in our affairs per our request.

PHOTOS: What Your Favourite Celebrities Wore | 2015 Grammy Awards RED CARPET

02/9/2015 11:00 am

by Comfort Asante, GC Staff Writer

The biggest awards ceremony in the music industry took place last night at the Staples Center in LA—and some of our favourite celebrities ranging from Nicki Minaj to Beyonce took over the red carpet in glamour.

Rihanna was a delight to see but at the end of the time, Ciara outfit became most people’s favourite and if you did not see what some of the rich and famous wore, we’ve got it covered below for you.

Check out the photos below and tell us whose outfit you would love to rock…

Afia Schwarzenegger Calls Ghana Coach Avram Grant A ‘BASTARD’…

02/9/2015 10:45 am

by GC Staff Yaa

She may have had an early 2 rolls of weed—but calling Avram Grant a ‘bastard’ for what he did for Ghana in a short period of less than 2 months is pretty uncalled for…

What coach-Kwesi Appiah and the others could not do in 2 years, Avram Grant managed to do that in less than 2 months—and we mean, getting the Black Stars to play as a team.

Discipline wise, the players have showed improvement both off and on pitch—and though they could not win the trophy as many wanted, what has the coach done to deserve being called such a name?

Talking about bastards; it’s obvious who the bastard is here at this stage—surely not the coach in our estimation.

2015 GRAMMY AWARDS: Full List of Winners…

02/9/2015 10:16 am

by GC Staff Yaa

The 2015 Grammy Awards took place last night at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.

Sam Smith was the biggest winner on the night with four Grammys including ‘Song’ and ‘Record’ of the year awards.

Pop superstar Beyonce nabbed two on the night, bringing her to a total of 20 Grammy Awards. She won ‘Best R&B Performance’ and ‘Best R&B Song’ with husband Jay Z for their urban hit single ‘Drunk In Love’.

Check out the full list of winners on the night after the jump…

PHOTOS From the Premiere of ‘Double Cross’ in Accra | Ama K. Abebrese, Sandra Ankobiah, Nikki Samonas, Emmanuel Armah, Akorfa Asiedu & Others…

02/9/2015 8:49 am

by GC Staff GS

Ghanaian actress cum Television presenter – Ama Konadu Abebrese – last Friday (February 6, 2015) premiered her self co-produced movie, ‘Double Cross’ at the Silverbird Cinemas in Accra.

The movie, which has already been premiered in UK, was simultaneously showed at the Accra Mall and West Hills Mall, Weija.

In attendance to support the actress were celebrities like Emmanuel Armah, Pascal Amanfo, Sandra Ankobiah, Nikki Samonas, Kalybos, etc. As usual, GhanaCelebrities.Com was there to capture what went on.

Check it out in pictures below…

Ghana Black Stars Did Excellent, NO BAD TALKS…

02/9/2015 8:32 am

by GC Contributor | Ebenezer B.D Yiadom

As I watched the game between Ghana and Ivory Coast, I noticed the black stars did pretty awesome and should not be blamed for losing the cup to their opponent. Both sides were good, and they gave their all, both sides had a couple of chances which they could not convert to goals, and in the end, they had to resort to penalties to decide the winner of both sides.

However, I noticed some mistakes. I don’t know why the strikers did not play first before the defenders, and lastly, the goalkeeper, or perhaps they were all scared of the blames. Another one was when opponent managed to miss two penalties in a roll, that was the perfect timing and opportunity for the Ghana black stars to emerge winners but they followed suit and also missed two goals which got a little messy resulting in the goalkeepers having to play to decide the game.

Therefore, I do not like the fact that some people would blame the goalkeeper for the slightest mistake because he did not make any. Yes it is true that he could not make a save and missed his shot, but even the players who were supposed to score missed, so why should the goalkeeper whose job is to just catch the ball be blamed for not being able to score?

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