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  1. Eamon Walker Replaced By Yemi Blaq, A Nigerian Actor

    08-07-2010 12:43 door anangfio
    - Africa Movie Academy Award-nominee Leila Djansi has replaced actor Eamonn Walker with Nigerian actor Yemi Blaq in her latest psychological drama “Sinking Sands”. Yemi is a popular Nollywood actor best known for his roles in “Entanglement” movie series and “Total Control” and “Total Control 2”. He is a graduate of University of Benin with a Bachelors of Arts in Theater Arts. Most recently, he won season two of “Celebrity Takes 2,” Nigeria’s version of popular reality show “Dancing With The Stars”. Yemi replaced Eamonn in the supporting role of Dr. Zach Matthews and joins Jimmy Jean-Louis and Ama K. Abebrese…

  2. African Movie Academy Awards: The Nominees

    07-03-2010 22:44 door anangfio
    - Here is the full list of nominees for the 2010 African Movie Academy Awards, to be held in Bayelsa State, Nigeria on April 10. BEST DOCUMENTARY 1. Wanba Ngoma (Tanzania) 2. Peace Wanted Alive (Kenya) 3. Bariga Boys(Nigeria) 4. En quette d’identite (Burkina Faso) 5. Innovating for Africa (Nigeria) BEST SHORT FILM 1. Mahala – (Mozambique) 2. The Abbys Boys –(South Africa) 3. The Painter – (Uganda) 4. Suara La – (Nigeria) 5. The Camera (Nigeria) BEST ANIMATION 1. Hanayns Shoe (Egypt) 2. Adventure of Alayo (Nigeria) 3. Zoodo – (Burkina Faso) 4. Lyrics – (Algeria) 5. One Step of Love (Algeria) BEST FILM BY AN AFRICAN FILMMAK…

  3. Nigerian Tops African Artiste of the Year

    01-03-2010 23:55 door anangfio
    - Nigerian musicians Bracket, Wande Coal, Flavour and Midnight Crew have been nominated for honours in the African Artiste(s) of the Year (non Ghanaian) category in the 11th and 2010 edition of the prestigious Ghana Music Awards alongside Jozi of South Africa. The Nigerian musicians have chalked mainstream success in Ghana; their songs have been all over the radio and television. These are also the songs of preference in clubs, pubs and most social gatherings in Ghana. Igwe is a beautiful gospel song from Midnight Crew. It is a well sought after and highly patronized gospel song in our churches today. The duo Bracket also have two which are making waves in Ghana: Yori Yori and No Easy.…

  4. Where Is The Sex Video?

    27-02-2010 21:21 door anangfio
    - Where Is The Sex Video? On Wednesday, February 3, News-One, a private newspaper in Ghana stunned the Ghana Movie Industry with a scandalous story about three top Ghanaian actresses who were video-taped in a sex video involving a Ghanaian-based Nigerian businessman lover who has handsome investment in the showbiz industry. Even since the paper reported that the supposed sex video between the Ghanaian actresses and the Nigerian businessman having intimate sexual affair had everyone in Ghana talking about. It has divided the country with half of the people calling for the video to be released and the other half wanting the video to be destroyed to prevent wrecking the movie industry. …

  5. Ghana Music Awards 2010 Launch On February 26

    25-02-2010 10:53 door anangfio
    - It is getting more exciting as the official launch of the 11th edition of the prestigious Ghana Music Awards (called MTN Ghana Music Awards because of sponsorship) has been slated on Friday February 26th 2010 at the Golden Tulip Hotel. Cross section of the Ghana music industry, organizers and sponsors are expected at the launch of the music festival. The categories have been divided into two: they are categories for the general public and categories for the industry professionals. The category for the general public to be unveiled at the launch to the media are: ‘Most Popular Song of the Year’, ‘Artiste(s) of the Year’, ‘Discovery of the Year’, …

  6. Ghana Shows Love To Haiti - The Concert

    23-02-2010 15:45 door anangfio
    - How will you feel if the sad incidence of Haiti fell on your birthday? If you wouldn’t feel right, then KOD (Kofi Okyere Darko) didn’t feel right either because the catastrophic magnitude 7.0 Mw earthquake that hit the people of Haiti on the 12 January was his birthday. This necessitated him to gather some friends under the auspices of the Ministries of Information and Foreign Affairs to organize a musical ‘tribute’ concert dubbed “Ghana Loves Haiti”, which took place at the International Conference Centre last Saturday. Haiti, the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere has lost 90% of their properties as a result of the earthquake which damaged…

  7. Ghana Music Awards 2010: The Controversy Rages On

    23-02-2010 15:27 door anangfio
    - The issues or controversies that surround the prestigious Ghana Music Awards annually are mostly categorization; nominations and to the larger extent eventual winners. This year’s award could possibly suffer similar fate, according to the ‘experts’. It has been reported by Peacefmonline that the Categorization Committee for the “Ghana Music Awards” which is made up of industry players such as Amandzeba, Billy Ocean, David Dontoh, Abraham Ohene Djan, Bull Dog amongst others have completed the categorization of this year’s music awards slated for the 10th of April this year. The Categorization Committee were said to have met under one roof and brai…

  8. African Movie Academy Awards reschedules to 6th March

    22-02-2010 22:42 door anangfio
    - The Mensvic Grand Hotel in East Legon will be the new venue for the 2010 edition of the African Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) Nominations Gala. The awards scheme in its 6th year was earlier on scheduled to take place on February 26 at the Banquet Hall also in Accra. With about 280 movies submitted to the short listed in the various categories necessitated the gala night to be pushed forward a week to enable the juror to complete their task which is the screening. AMAA is an offshoot of the African Film Academy, like any normal award, it is geared towards research, training and propagating film making in Africa. The awards since its inception in 2004, has since been awarding excellenc…

  9. Are Lynx Entertainment Beats The Same?

    21-02-2010 16:49 door anangfio
    - There have been a lot of similarities in various beats we listen to on radio. When a song is played it doesn’t take too long to mention which engineer produced that beat. Before long, the engineer comes in with their signature tunes; like ‘Jay Q’, ‘The Last Two’, ‘Morris Baby Face’, ‘Ro Ro’, ‘Appietus’, ‘Killbeatz’, ‘Kaywa’ and ‘You Know The Name Right’ followed by ‘It’s A Hit’. It has been an opinion that all too often; sound engineers tend to lose focus and direction after attaining mainstream success. They have been accused of rather sampling their old beats for the…

  10. Jamaican reggae star to rock Ghana

    21-02-2010 16:47 door anangfio
    International reggae musician Sizzla Kalonji is expected to perform to thousands of reggae lovers in Ghana in a show dubbed "Sizzla Kalonji Reggae Concert". - According to Ghana News Agency, the Jamaican born star who is one of the most commercially and critically successful contemporary reggae artists will perform in two separate venues in Ghana. He is also well-known for his unusual productivity The first show is scheduled to take place on March 5 at the Ohene Gyan Sport Stadium in Accra and the other at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium in Kumasi. Sizzla, born Mignel Orlando Collins is expected in Ghana on March 2. He has already released 45 solo albums and over 15 combination …

  11. Ghana vies for Glo-CAF Awards

    18-02-2010 14:47 door anangfio
    - The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has declared International Conference Centre in Accra as the venue for the Glo-CAF Awards ceremony. It is also the second time the country is hosting the awards after hosing it March 2007 The award seeks to award excellence and distinguished African football personalities for their performance during the year under review. Ghana is nominated in four of the six categories, namely the African Footballer of the Year 2009, National Team of the Year, Young Player of the Year and Coach of the Year. Black Stars midfield general and Chelsea star Michael Essien has been short listed in the final three alongside Chelsea and Cote d'Ivoire stri…

  12. Lights Off @ Three Major Events in 3 Weeks in Ghana

    18-02-2010 12:28 door anangfio
    - The rate at which light goes off in Ghana is very alarming, indeed it is really irritating. In the entertainment industry, this ill-fated development has created a very sour relationship between event organizers and the audience. Within the space of just three weeks, sudden power cut off has affected three major entertainment events. The first was on 30th January 2010, at the Aphrodisiac Night Club in Accra the venue for the outdooring of Zigi dubbed Exposure Party organized in collaboration between 4Syte TV and Fiesta TV to welcome him as the latest addition to the Lynx Entertainment family. On bill that night were Lynx Entertainment stars such as Asem, Richie, Eazzy and OJ Blaq. Th…