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Nigerian Director Calls Ghanaian Actress A Devil On Set

Whether we like it or not the unfortunate relationship between Ghana and Nigeria has come to stay.

Whiles major stakeholders in the Ghanaian and Nigerian Movie Industries try so hard to let the relationship between the two countries grow and flourish, other quarters are making sure the above does not t materialize for their own selfish gains.

Thanks to Ecowas, both countries have invaded each other to derive and tap into the rich experience of professionals from both sides. Information reaching GhanaCelebrities.com has it that the working relationship between Mr. Ifeanyi Onyeabor (Mr. Hollywood) the celebrated Nigerian movie director and Khareema Aguiar ...

Gospel Musician Suffer Food Poisoning

Chai!! If somebody tells me Oga Jesus no dey play me wayo na lie lie is one of his lines in a gospel song. Listen to a Nigerian accent on any gospel song in Ghana or in any Ghanaian movie sound track and it will be no other person's voice than the ubiquitous Adu Patrick, a Kumasi based gospel musician.

A report on our desktop has it that, the Kumasi based gospel musician Adu Patrick nearly died from a supposed food poison a week ago. According to the report, he featured on an album of a colleague gospel musician by name ...

Bradez inspiring talent in the youth

Hip life duo, Bradez, made up of Stone (Da Flowking) and Kunta Kinte after hitting the year 2009 with Simple which won the Most Popular Song of the Year award at the 2010 Ghana Music Awards, have established Bradez Foundation, a charity based organisation.

Speaking in an interview with Myjoyonline.com, Stone said they have realised that most students drop out of school to pursue their talents while others also drop their talents because of their education. Bradez Foundation is aimed at helping students merge their talents and education, he said. Stone recounted that the foundation, registered about three months ago, initially ...

Ruff and Smooth Win 'Best Ghanaian Group' Award In Nigeria

Just when the Black Stars of Ghana are assailed on all sides for failing to bring home the World Cup trophy, Ruff & Smooth has managed to bring home a replica of that trophy for showing their dexterity behind the microphone.

Ruff and Smooth of Swagger fame did Ghana proud when they won a prestigious award in Nigeria. The Swagger Boys won the Ghana Music Group of the Year category at the awards ceremony organized by the famous CITI People Entertainment in Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria.

Now thats the swagger! they chorused as they spoke to Hitz FM, in their first interview granted ...

Roger Quartey Hits Town With New Movie

Roger Harold Quartey is a well-known figure in the movie industry, who for the past nineteen years has played a very vital role in the area of movie production, albeit in the background. All the productions he has managed those years can be said to be of pure class comprising competent cast and production crew.

He is not only noted for his good acting skills but has also helped in the nurturing of most of the countrys well known movie celebrities.

my dream as a production manager is to always help those raw talents and groom them to become professionals, he told ...

Rana Back With A Bang After Sour Relationship With Appietus

Baby Baby, I Love You, I Love You, I Need You, Need You, I Want You is a single track from the group Rana. This track was an instant hit, it became the lyrics young men used to woo ladies and as a matter of fact some guys still use it.

Rana is made up of three young men, namely Kobi Rana, Kojo Rana and Kofi Rana. You can simply call them the triple K.R.

Rana is a Hausa term which means The Sun. Rana was on Hit FM 103.7 with Okyeame Quophi of Akyeame fame to talk about their new album ...

Martha Ankomah battles Media

Rising Ghanaian actress Martha Ankomah was last week involved in hot verbal exchanges with a number of Ghanas entertainment journalist over what she considers her private matter.

Martha played a role in fellow actress Luckie Lawsons new movie, Silence is Golden, which is set to premiere this Saturday.

At the movie press screening last Saturday at the plush Royal Richester Hotel at East Legon, journalists demanded to know the amount Martha collected before starring in the movie, but she got irked. According to her, whatever fee she received from Luckie Lawson was a private affair. I dont ask you how much you ...

Big Brother Africa: Sammi, Uti & Hannington Up For Eviction

M-Nets Big Brother All Stars is into its second week and, in stark contrast to last week, the housemates were very clear about who they wanted to see up for eviction this time around.

Once all the nominations were in, it was Sammi, Uti and Tatiana who found themselves up for eviction. Tatiana, as head of house, had the opportunity to swap herself out with another housemate which she promptly did, putting Hannington up in her place.

Munya nominated Uti and Sammi but had thoroughly bizarre reasons! He said that he nominated Sammi because he lives very far from Zimbabwe ...

Mark Okraku-Mantey Drags 'New Fylla' Editor To Court

Renowned music producer and resident judge of the music talent hunt show TV3 Mentor, Mark Okraku Mantey, is waging a strong legal battle with the managing editor of entertainment newspaper New Fylla, over an alleged embezzlement story the newspaper published.

The story, headlined Mark Okraku Mantey Embezzles Musicians Funds, on the front page of the newspaper, accused Mark of embezzling a total amount of GH240,000 which was supposed to be royalties for audio-visual right owners of Ghana Association of Phonographic Industry(GAPI), which Mark is currently representing on a COSGA board, set by the Attorney General.

This was published about three weeks ago ...

Gracias Choir Thrills Funs In Accra With Classical Music Concert

Gracias Choir, a group of South Korean songsters, on Saturday staged a classical music concert in Accra to climax this years International Youth Fellowship (IYF) World Camp, hosted by Ghana.

The event, dubbed 2010 Christmas Cantata, consisted of choir and instrumental performances, as well as vocal ensembles that did not only convey the joyful good news of Christs birth but also featured world-famous carols and grand musical pieces.

These include We Wish You a Merry Christmas, Deck the Halls, Jingle Bells, White Christmas, He Shall Purify the Sons of Levi, and For Unto Us a Child is Born.

It was to take the ...

Ghanaian Singer Evokes Emotions On Project Fame West Africa

Kesse, one of Ghanas representatives in the ongoing Project Fame West Africa talent show, brought Sunday evenings gala show to a glorious end with his fantastic rendition of Nigerian singer, Asas So Beautiful.

Asa who was a guest judge on the gala show was full of praise for Kesse adding that the performance was so good that it reminded her of the reason for writing the song.

You made me remember how much I love my mum. I wrote this song for my mother, not just my mother but all mothers, commented the award winning singer. In addition to these warm comments, ...

BBA: Will Mimi Return Home With Sammy B On Sunday?

Big Brother All Stars has being running for over a week now. Whiles other African countries with representative in the house are enjoying the show with high hopes of their rep winning the ultimate; Ghanaians are still struggling to come in terms with what is known as dull nature of their representative.

Sammi B who is representing Ghana has been touted by many as a bad choice to represent the country. He escaped eviction last week. but no house mate will be spared this week.

Mimi, Ghanas housemate on Big Brother Africa 3, real name Wilhelmina Abu-Andani will perform on the next ...

Foals and Arcade Fire lead NME awards nominations

_singOxford indie band Foals have got the most nominations at this year's NME awards, with five nods including best British band and best live band.

Kings Of Leon defend Glee snub

kingA row has broken out between Kings Of Leon and Glee co-creator Ryan Murphy over their refusal to be part of the US TV series.