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  Yvonne Nel son Yvonne Okoro   Nadia Buari,  Jackie Appiah, Martha Ankomah  Nana Akua Nominations for this year’s Ghana Movie Awards are out and industry stakeholders are speculating and predicting which actor would win which award. While movie makers who got nominated are expressing joy, those whose names did not make it on the nominations list are silent. One of key categories that have generated some stir is the Best Actress in Leading Role category.   It is a “clash of the titans” category because it has some of the top actresses in Ghana’s movie industry competing for a single award. In the category are Yvonne Okoro for her performance in ‘ 3some’ ; Yvonne Nelson for ‘ Single & Married’ ; Nadia Buari for ‘Rain’; Jackie Appiah for ‘The Groom’s Bride’; Martha Ankomah for ‘Tears of a Smile’; and Nana Akua Addo for ‘Wannabe’.  Five of the actresses have a history with the awards ceremony. Yvonne Okoro co-won the best actress with J...

Belinda Effah This week, there were reports that some UK and USA based African actresses will be in Ghana for the first time for the shooting of a movie titled ‘Refugees’. They were in the person of Diana Yekinni, Okawa Shaznay and Belinda Effah. NEWS-ONE has tried to find out a little about them.    Diana Yekinni Diana Yekinni Diana Yekinni is an actress. She appeared in two episodes of the television series ‘Medium’, as well as the film ‘Ijé’ as Libby. Alongside Eric Kolelas, Yekinni also featured in the acclaimed short film ‘Mosa’. Diana Yekinni was born and raised in South London, England where she first realised her passion and true love for performing. Diana started acting from a very young

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Yvonne Nelson and h er kid friends Popular Ghanaian actress Yvonne Nelson’s movie titled ‘Single & Married’ topped nominations for the 2012 edition of the prestigious Ghana Movie awards. The movie had 13 nominations including Best Actress In Leading Role, Best Picture, Best Directing English Language, Best Art Direction, Best Cinematography, Best Screen Play and Best editing categories. Other movies that got nominations include ‘Hotel Babylon’, ‘Grooms Bride’, ‘My Story’, ‘Joni Waka’ and ‘Ghana Police’. The event was on Monday launched at the premises of rLG offices in Accra to kick-start this year’s competition. Vicky Zugah, Van Vicker, Juliet Ibrahim & Edward Kufour at the launch The award ceremony is scheduled to come off at the Accra International Conference Centre on Christmas Day, December 25. This year’s event is being organized by Ghollywood Production Limited in collaboration with rLG and TV3, and supported by Vodafone and Travel Express Inte...

VIP Popular and award-winning Ghanaian music group VIP has responded to certain allegations in the media that its fans had allegedly attacked certain entertainment personalities at this year’s edition of Joy FM Night With The Stars which was held last Saturday. Below is a press statement issued by VIP under Bullhaus Entertainment, headed by Bulldog, otherwise called Hanson Lawrence:   The management of Ghana’s award winning group, Vision In Progress, popularly known as VIP, is calling on its fans across the country and beyond who are outraged by some unfortunate developments that occurred at the Night With The Stars Show organized over the weekend by Joy Fm to calm down and exercise maximum restraint no matter the level of provocation they may encounter. VIP has received reports of an alleged attack on some persons after the show and certain entertainment personalities including one Commotion, also alleged to be one of the attacked persons. Though without an...

Okawa Shaznay London-based actress Diana Yekinni and two others from United States of America will arrive in Ghana today for the shoot of an upcoming movie titled, ‘ Refugees’. The new movie is being directed by award-winning director Frank Rajah Arase. Major scenes of the movie will be shot at locations in Accra including James Town and some parts of Ghana’s coastline. Other scenes will be shot in the UK and some other African countries. Reports on Monday said Frank would not be using big named Ghanaian actors in this production. This is because he wants to achieve a certain aim with this movie- catching the eye of a different audience. Arase is yet to publicly speak about the upcoming production but a source said the production would start tomorrow.   Belinda Effah Diana Yekinni is the winner of Screen Icon Search, organized by Golden Icons, producers of the most credible black entertainment film award, Golden Icon Academy Movie Award ( GIAMA) in Tex...

Yvonne Okoro poses with Majid, Sandra Ankobiah, Trigmatic and Roseline

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Frank Raja & Majid Michel on Somewhere In Africa set Award winning Ghanaian director Frank Rajah is ready to start shooting his next film, with the working title ‘The Refugees . The film’s script is touted as Frank’s best yet and he is making frantic efforts to raise the bar with it. Shooting is scheduled to begin Thursday on some mind-blowing locations in Ghana including parts of James Town, a coastal suburb of Accra. Frank will make extensive use of the coastline as some scenes will be shot on ships at one of the country’s harbours.         Sources said the director, whose movie provided Africa’s best actor (Majid Michel) at the last African Movie Academy Awards, might for the first time do away with the majority of the usual faces on Ghanaian TV screens. “The likes of Majid Michel, John Dumelo, Nadia Buari, Jackie Appiah, Yvonne Nelson, Yvonne Okoro, Prince David Osei and a number of others who are part of Frank’s clique of actors might not...

Yvonne Okoro   Weeks after deliberating on changing the working title for Yvonne Okoro’s upcoming first produced movie, the actress, and director Shirley Frimpong Manso have finally decided to maintain the title: ‘The Contract’.   The two reportedly had lengthy talks days ago and finally came to a conclusion. Their respective positions on the title before the agreement was reached were not readily known. However, prior to agreeing on the title, they both took into consideration a title that would capture the audience’s attention. The upcoming film is described as an award-winning romantic comedy and Yvonne reportedly put up her best performance in the movie. It featured South Africa’s celebrated actor Homla Dandala and Nigeria’s Benjamin Joseph and a number of Ghanaian actors. Yesterday, a synopsis of the movie was released. It tells the story of a successful businessman Peter Puplampo, the ultimate alpha male. Shirley Frimpong Manso He is 40 year...

Prince David Osei, Christabel and ex-president Kufour Latest photo of popular Ghanaian actor Prince David Osei captures him and rising actress Christabel Ekeh with Ghana’s former president, John Agyekum Kufour. The two actors were full of smiles for perhaps meeting the former president for the first time. They were no doubt happy to have met the old man, whose eldest son, Edward Agyekum Kufour, joined Ghana’s movie industry less than a year ago. Unconfirmed reports said former president Kufour had endorsed his son’s decision to enter Ghana’s showbiz industry. Prince David and Christabel met him recently at the African Regent Hotel in Accra at a cocktail ceremony for the launching of his son’s first movie titled, ‘Wrong Target’, also starring Yvonne Nelson and John Dumelo. It was a joyous moment for the actors and the president and perhaps the actors convinced the ex-president and his party, NPP, to give the creative arts some attention if it returns to power. ...

DJ Mensa Ghana’s foremost Disc Jockey, DJ Mensa, will this Friday gather the crème de la crème of Ghana’s entertainment industry for what is expected to be the biggest birthday party yet in the month of November. Mensa will be climaxing his birthday celebration with an all black party at the Club Invasion. Among top celebrities expected for the big party are award winning actress Yvonne Nelson, Bola Ray, KOD, Deborah Vanessa, Sark

Khareema Aguiar presenting her donation to pupils Actress Khareema Aguiar yesterday touched the hearts of the underprivileged at the New Horizon School in Accra, where she donated a plasma TV and other important items to the pupils and officials of the school. It forms part of the actress’s social responsibility to give back to society. The New Horizon School is a place for underprivileged children or persons, especially those who are autistic.   Khareema was at the school with Amanda Jissih, host of GH One’s E-Talk entertainment programme. They used the opportunity to mingle with children at the school and officials as well. The donation took place two weeks after Khareema’s birthday. On her birthday, she brought together some of the crème de la crème of the entertainment industry at her Latebiokoshi home. It was an exciting moment for her as she and other invited celebrities posed, popped champagne and danced to soothing rhythms to celebrate her milesto...