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PHOTO OF THE DAY: Jackie Appiah!

Looking innocent and all sweet, Ghanaian star Actress-Jackie Appiah can’t wait to show her bad girl ‘ghetto’ side…LOL. Rocking a black cap, she’s seen throwing out two fingers in a new photo she shared… Is it just me or Jackie is also refusing to grow—-in a good way though!

OMG: Schoolgirl Runs Up A £3,800 Phone Bill By Uploading Pictures Onto Facebook While On Holiday In The U.S.

Who is to be blamed? The schoolgirl, facebook or the phone company? This is how addictive and costly facebook can become! MailOnline Reports; A schoolgirl enjoying a dream holiday ran up a £3,800 bill after uploading pictures of her trip onto Facebook with her mobile phone. Casey Snook, 14, used the website to post regular … Read more

Nollywood Producer Sues Viasat 1 Ghana Over Copyright Infringement

Charles NoviaGhana, Ghana, Ghana!

I keep talking about our blatant lack of regard for copyright issues in this part of the world.

According to some international entertainment marketers last week, apart from South Africa, the rest of Africa is a Jungle they do not even bother with. Because it is simply too hard to talk sense into us where copyright issues are concerned.

Producers and artistes spend time, money and effort on filming, developing and releasing their hardwork. And what do we do? We go ahead and milk their work for all it is worth without due protocol. TV stations show movies that are barely out of the Cinema in this country without stopping to think! Two weeks ago a TV station in this country actually showed ‘Ollumpus has Fallen” while it was still in cinemas!

How do we do these things without first contacting the producer or anybody associated with the production and we find it alright? How do we expect them to get paid? How do we expect them to make a living? This may just be the main reason why the regular artiste on this side of the globe remains broke! Well some people do not take such ignorance lying down and they include Nollywood ace producer, Charles Novia!

Information available to GhanaCelebrities.Com has it that, Nollywood Film Producer and popular critic, Charles Novia is suing a top cable channel in Ghana, Viasat One, for one million dollars for copyright infringement. Viasat One is accused of broadcasting ‘Atlanta’ a 26 episode comedy series on polygamy, illegally on their channel with no documented permission or contract from November Productions, Novia’s company.

According to a statement by Charles Novia:

“I was surprised when a friend called me from Ghana to praise the production values of the episode being shown. Upon enquiry as to where he watched the episode, knowing that it finished its territorial run on Nigerian terrestrial television a few months ago, I was told it has been showing on Viasat One since late 2012! Shocked, I got the company’s contact details and called their line. I was politely rebuffed even when I identified myself as the genuine Producer and copyright owner of the series being broadcast illegally. I was told that a so-called ‘agent’ gave them the series which they acquired. They refused to tell me more than that and stopped short of telling me to go to hell.

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OPINION: Men Who are Too Active on Social Media…Are They Serious?

 

black man on computer

The number of social media platforms available is preposterous! Facebook, twitter, keek, instagram, path, google+, line and more.  I am on about three of these and sometimes I go months without updating my twitter account, and I cannot stand people who are on all these networks.

 

Some ladies abuse these platforms but we will talk about the men because I am a woman. I cannot stand men who are always on social media, they have the most active Facebook accounts, and they have updates every second and a million female friends who are always commenting on their pictures and opinions about every woman-are they any good?

 

My vote was an emphatic no. I do not even mind the ones who are on social media but not overly active but those who are not celebrities and yet want to turn their facebook page into a commercial directory, I have a problem with those! I cannot take them seriously. And oftentimes, I am right about them.

 

My friend was dating this self-proclaimed male model, he works with a telecommunication company but everyday he is posing in studios all dressed up and uploading pictures all over facebook, even places he has never gone to, he will upload pictures about and say something interesting.

 

More annoyingly, he was always advising women on how to be real on his status. And before he will land, over a hundred women will comment on his pictures telling him how he is and asking for relationship advice.

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Celebrities Who Insure Their Body Parts, Is It Worth It?

Naa Ashokor, Okoro & Joselyn Duamas

You may think this is a topic not worth discussing here in Ghana but the truth is that , many of our Ghanaian celebrities are contemplating it regardless of what you think, after all, for them whatever is good in celebrity pop culture in Hollywood is equally good in Ghanaian celebrity pop culture.

Take the recent upsurge of reality shows on our screens today. Just the other day, I was talking to a certain beautiful Ghanaian celebrity (well endowed I must say) and she hinted to me that a certain insurance company in Ghana (for several reasons I will be withholding the name of this insurance company), asked her to insure her body asset and guess what this celebrity told me she is planning to insure, Her rear! Yep, you heard right ( Ghanaian Celebrities will be revealing  this daring celebrity soon).

Now just in case some of you are lost in the labyrinth of my piece , let me give you  some perspective on what this brouhaha is all about.

“[SUPER FAMOUS CELEBRITY] insures her [MOST FAMOUS BODY PART] for [SOME RIDICULOUS AMOUNT OF MONEY]” Now that what I am talking about

For those of you living outside, it’s a headline you’ve undoubtedly seen at some point in your life. Celebs in Hollywood insure their body parts (their best body assets) for millions and millions of dollars all the time… from chest hair, teeth, sperm and crossed eyes.  Now if you still racking through your brains to find out some of the celebrities who have done this. Here is a refresher course list for you.

Heidi Klum’s legs, America Ferrera’s smile to Bruce Springsteen’s pipes, Tina Turner’s legs, Jennifer Lopez most expensive rear to Rihanna’s legs and the list is endless. The list may be endless but not everybody qualifies in Hollywood to have an expensive body part. Now imagine a world if everyone qualifies…

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MISS GHANA 2013: Ghana Hosts Miss World 2012 And Team In Accra For Miss Ghana Finals On July 20

Miss World 2012 Wenxia Yu

Barely a year after hosting Miss World 2011 Ivian Sarcos and the Miss World team in Accra, Ghana gets to once again host another delegation from the world’s most prestigious beauty pageant franchise.

Chairwoman of the Miss World organization, Julia Morley will lead an eight-member team including Miss World 2012 WenXia Yu, on a week’s visit to Ghana.

The team will arrive in Ghana on Monday July 15 and will leave on July 21, a day after the finals of the Miss Ghana pageant at the Banquet Hall.

They would be in Ghana to support the Miss Ghana Foundation’s charity projects in Northern Ghana, which includes construction of boreholes at the Nabuli and Leili Witch Camps.

They will also lend a hand to the Foundation’s infant maternal mortality projects nationwide, visiting the fourth floor of the maternity block of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, which the Miss Ghana Foundation is raising funds to renovate.

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MBA Graduate Afua Osei Crowned As Miss Ghana USA 2013 In New York City

Afua at Podium for Q&A

On Friday June 28th a panel of esteemed Ghanaian American judges chose Afua Osei, representing the Upper East Region as Miss Ghana USA 2013.

Popular YFM host Papa Sly flew from Ghana to host the competition along with New York based Juliet Amoah from the Alvin Ailey Citigroup Theater in New York City.

Afua Osei, the 26-year-old beauty from Bowie, Maryland, is a Master of Business Administration and Master of Public Policy graduate of the University of Chicago. She started her career in politics working for EMILY’s List and also served as a Fulbright Scholar in Malaysia and White House intern in the Office of First Lady Michelle Obama. Afua also won Miss Congeniality from her fellow contestants who voted her as the most congenial, charismatic and inspirational participant.

As Miss Ghana USA 2013, Afua will advance her platform of “Empowering and Connecting the Next Generation of African Female Business Leaders” in Ghanaian communities across the United States and Ghana.  She will implement her platform by connecting young Ghanaian women with mentors, professional development seminars, and networking events in the United States and Ghana.

She is also a partner of Next Wave Africa: Women’s Entrepreneurship Pitch Competition, preparing young women to pitch their business ideas and raising money to provide seed funding to budding female entrepreneurs.

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