Latest News from Ghana
Haitian actor, Jimmy Jean-Louis has arrived in Ghana to commence shooting for Ghanaian film maker, Leila Djansi’s psychological drama, ‘Sinking Sands’. He touched down at around 6:30pm on Saturday May 22 at the Kotoka International Airport on a KLM flight via France. He was met on arrival by director Leila Djansi.
A conference for young and entrepreneurial entertainers dubbed ‘Pempamsie’ has ended on a promising note at the W.E.D. Dubois Memorial Centre. ‘Pempamsie’ is the next stop in the entertainment education, where you gain truly useful information about the industry.
The conference was for young people above the age of 14 who are interested in arts and entertainment in this country-a conference for entrepreneurial entertainers.
Echo has officially signed on a two-year deal with a UK based label, Boy Entertainment Leo. This was celebrated with a short ceremony at the pool side of the Wangara Hotel in Labone.
As part of their prizes for winning the Nescafe African Revelation in Ghana in 2007, Echo, an Afro-pop group was mandated to be handled by the Abraham Ohene Djan’s OM Studios for two years.
Echo is a rap duo which comprises of two young guys Charles Yeboah Danso and Elijah Owusu Danso. Charles hails from the Eastern region and Elijah hails from Guan in the Volta region of Ghana.
He was humble until the 10th of April 2010 when he was announced as the ‘Artiste of the Year’ at the Ghana Music Awards. Prior to that, he has been parading himself on the streets as Ghana’s fastest rapper.
I am sure you have gotten the clue. If not, let me give you more clues. On that night, he won the ‘Discovery of the Year’ award, making him the first artiste with first album to win the ultimate ‘Artiste of the Year’. Aside those awards, he won the following awards, ‘Hip hop/hiplife Artist of the Year’, ‘Best Rapper of the year’ and ‘Album of the Year’.
Yes his name is Sarkodie.This write-up will explain why musicians in Ghana will continue to die as paupers. They don’t LEARN. Some human beings forget so soon where they come from, especially after managing to attain a little success in their art.
We all should have our favourite movies and tunes of all times. As much as we will not want to have a second view or listen to certain movies and tunes respectively because we hate them so much, we still have the ones we love and cherish. Those are our favourites of all times. Now, lets get talking, what is your favourite movie or tune of all times?
Oh Yea, My favourite tune of all time is that song by Deeba, Do you remember that? and my favourite movie of all times is of course ” I Told You So”. What are yours? Below is my Favourite song of all times…
TGIF! Weekend Entertainment Flava is back for your usual weekend chill in. Just grab your favourite drink and enjoy your weekend with the movie below… See you next weekend for another flava!
Okay! Homegirl has dropped her new single and we throwing all the weight behind her to see how it goes. I love the song and have gotten it on repeat in my car.. Listen to it below and tell us what you think..
Betray a confidence, as in A real lady doesn’t kiss and tell. This idiom originally alluded to betraying an amorous or sexual intimacy. Kissing and telling is the ‘lamest’ thing a man or woman can do after they had spent a night with the opposite sex.
When relationships go sour, kiss and tell then comes in but who cares about what happens in your relationship or your one-night-stand with the lady on across the street?
Mimi aka Divalish is due to launch her new single ‘Kiss ‘N’ Tell’. According to the musician known in real life as Wilhelmina Abu-Andani, ‘Kiss ‘N’ Tell’ is a hip life song which is about people going about kissing and telling a third party.
The nominees for the 2010 BET Awards are out and the Ghanaian music maestro is in there. Kojo Antwi has been nominated in the Best International Act category. The category also has Nigerian talents MI and P-Square as well as South African’s HHP . This is the first time that African musicians have been nominated for the BET Awards.
Other musical artistes of African heritage nominated include Dizzee Rascal of Nigerian father and Ghanaian Mum parentage, Wale, Estelle, K’Naan and Sade who are also nominated in the Best International Act category.
GhanaCelebrities.Com in collaboration with GhanaLinx.Com will be giving out several blackstar t-shirts during the world cup fever time to our loyal readers. We will open up a raffle corner for interested readers to enter the competition in order to win. However, if you cant wait for the raffles and want to buy one of the … Read more
There is an aspect of music production which many people so blindly ignore. It has to do mainly with technicalities of sound so not many people really understand it. Have you listened to good music through good speakers and have become baffled by the fact that you can hear a certain instrument in the left speaker but you cant hear it in the right speaker and vice versa?
This aspect of music has been seemingly ignored because of the technicalities. You know how we all love computers and internet yet some of us know nothing about gigabytes and disk space and hardware what what? Our only care is that it should come on and must work flawlessly!
Very few Ghanaians living in the Diaspora get to be appreciated back home for the knack they are made of. Even those with far-reaching and compelling personal traits that clearly qualifies them for superstar status, don’t get that much attention except when a big “reunion” takes place in Ghana’s social calendar.
Soccer hero Michael Essien and his dad, James Essien, are trading accusations and counter accusations about who neglected who and the world is watching the tango between pauper dad and billionaire son.
Michael has issued a detailed press statement on the matter and threatened to take a few media houses to court because he was unhappy about the way the story was carried and when News-One contacted James for an interview on the matter, he gave some shocking revelations.
Newsone has chipped GhanaCelebrities.Com some unbelievable pictures depicting the state of affairs from Michael Essiens’s father’s side.As we bring you the pictures, we will like you to go through the interview with Essien’s Dad as well Michael’s press statement and then make your own judgement. Who is lying and who is telling us the truth? What needs to be done? Photos are placed at the bottom..
Just some few days after premiering the first-ever pidgin musical in Ghana, the stars of ‘Coz of Moni’, Wanlov and M3nsa have survived a near-fatal car crash.
The two were just leaving Charter House yesterday, around 4 pm in music producer, Kwam 1’s Toyota Hilux when a ‘trotro’ bus rammed into their stationary pick-up.
He plays many roles onscreen but Van Vicker’s new role as a concerned global citizen and active United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Goodwill Ambassador is more about humanity than movies. The humble Ghanaian actor has joined the long list of superstars such as Agelina Jolie, Barbara Hendricks and Giorgio Armani already appointed for the same role.
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees is mandated to lead and co-ordinate international action to protect refugees and resolve refugee problems worldwide. Its primary purpose is to safeguard the rights and well-being of refugees.
