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Majid Michel displaying his award at the ceremony Ghanaian actor Majid Michel made history on Christmas Day, December 25, when he became the only Ghanaian actor to have picked two awards at this year’s prestigious Ghana Movie Awards held at the Accra International Conference Centre. Majid retained the Best Actor in Lead Role (English Language) award with the Frank Rajah-directed ‘Somewhere In Africa’. He also won Best Actor In Supporting Role (English Language) for the same movie. Majid’s award saved the faces of the ‘old boys’, as apart from him, none of his contemporaries grabbed an award on the night. There was absolutely no show for last year’s Best Actor In Supporting Role winner John Dumelo, Van Vicker, Chris Attoh, and Adjetey Anang, among others. Also missing in action were the 2010 Favourite Actress Yvonne Nelson, 2011 African Movie Academy Best Actress Ama K. Abebrese, Jackie Appiah, Juliet Ibrahim, Lydia Forson and Yvonne Okoro. Leila Djansi receiving one of her awa

It is some few days more to the Ghana Movie Awards, a platform to honour excellence in Ghana’s film industry. Currently, movie enthusiasts are waiting patiently to see which stars and movies will grab awards. The award is scheduled to take place on December 25 at the Accra International Conference Centre. Latest reports say organizers are not relenting on the dress code rumoured some months ago that actors and journalists must wear tuxedos or African prints. Anybody who refuses the order may have to stay home and watch the award via the silver screens. Meanwhile, movie stars are reportedly shopping ahead of the ceremony. While some have already finished shopping for the Christmas festivities, others are now beginning. ‘ Ties That Bind ,’ a movie directed by Leila Djansi, topped this year’s Ghana Movie Awards nomination with a total of 21 nods including Best Picture, Best Story and Best Editing. Director Shirley Frimpong Manso’s ‘ Adams Apples’ series came close with 20 nominati

From right was Roselyn, Yvonne, Nikki and Halima   Star actress Luckie Lawson made history for herself with a successful executive premiere of her second produced movie, ‘Familiar Strangers’, on Saturday evening at the plush Maya Cova restaurant, behind Manye Home Art Gallery in La.      It was an exciting event which brought together the corporate world and kings and queens of Ghana and Nigeria’s movie industries together. Among movie stars were Yvonne Nelson, Juliet Ibrahim, Nikki Samonas, Zynnell Lydia Zuh and Kobi Rana. Nollywood’s Halima Abubakar and Scott Robert were also present, even though Chika Ike and Yemi Blaq could not make it. Nana Ama McBrown, Prince David Osei, Roselyn Ngissah and others who formed the cast were also there. However, John Dumelo, who played the lead, was missing in action. Other celebrities were Wutah Kobby, Nigerian singer Riya, Rana and Nasara of Ghana’s Most Beautiful. Hon. Nana Akomea, the MP for Okaikoi South, and international soccer star Sa

Adjetey, Lydia Forson & Senanu The much-awaited premiere of ‘Masquerades’ took place at the Silverbird Cinema in Accra on Friday. The premiere attracted a lot of movie fans who came to enjoy the movie from the Silverbird giant screens. The main cast, Lydia Forson, Adjetey Anang and Senanu Gbedawo, were there to take pictures with their fans and also grant interviews with the press. Though NEWS-ONE was told Desmond was going to be there, he did not show up. Katawere was also missing in action.   ‘Masquerades ’, directed by Belgian Xavier Arijs, was the last movie Ghana’s late cinematographer, Bob J, worked on before his untimely death. It is a 70-minute comedy produced by Zedec Entertainment and sponsored by rLG communications. The story was by Lydia Forson and Habiba Nelson, CEO of Zedec Entertainment, while screenplay was by David Ammah. Everything about the movie is unique movie, especially the cast.   The movie is a hilarious family comedy that explores today’s contempor

Actress Nikki Samonas was caught on camera with famous Hollywood jewelry designer, Chris Aire. Aire and Samonas looked good together in the photos. Aire is an American jeweler, popularly known as ‘King of Blings’. A graduate of Gemological Institute of America (GIA), he has been designing innovative and urban-style diamond jewelry for more than 21 years. With a client list that includes Cedric the Entertainer, Adrien Brody , Jamie Foxx , Angelina Jolie , Eva Longoria , Halle Berry , Clint Eastwood , Will Smith , he was the first jewelry designer to showcase diamonds at New York Fashion Week. His cutting edge designs are known for their creativity and craftsmanship, earning the Nigerian-born designer such monikers as the ‘Emperor of Ice’ and ‘The Ice Man’. He has been featured in USA Today, Rolling Stone, Newsday, Robb Report, AOL's Black Voices and Vogue Japan. Nikki on the other hand is a prolific Ghanaian actress with a lot of movies to her credit. She is known for her roles

Ebbe Bassey, Kimberly Elise, Ama K, & Omotola while filming in Ghana Nollywood actress Omotola Jalade Ekeinde has pulled a surprise by speaking Twi and Ga-Adangme in Leila Djansi’s film, ‘Ties That Bind’. The film is scheduled for a grand red carpet premiere on December 30, at the National Theatre in Accra, with more surprises. There will also be a premiere on the same day in Kumasi. Many did not believe Omotola could speak Twi and Ga, but that was just the tip of the iceberg as regards the use of local dialects in the new film which was screened for Ghanaian media last Friday. Hollywood trained Ghanaian director, Leila Djansi gave the lead cast, comprising Ama K Abebrese, Omotola, Ebbe Bassey and Kimberly Elise, a daunting task of getting themselves acquainted with Twi,   Ga or Krobo.   Even though they struggled with their lines in local dialects, the world-class actresses made the movie exciting. Leila said the dialects were necessary as they added authenticity, flavor

Barely a month after his pal Aki tied the nuptial knot, Nollywood reports say Osita Iheme has also found love and may be heading for the altar very soon.   Pawpaw in Ghana Many thought that the diminutive duo couldn’t get women to marry due to their sizes. But it is now obvious that getting a woman to marry goes beyond height. After Aki’s marriage, questions were raised about when his friend Pawpaw will also marry. Nigeriafilms.com reported that Pawpaw was so happy for Aki’s decision to marry and added that he had equally found love. But when pressed to reveal the identity of the woman rocking his world, he declined to comment. He rather appealed to us to be patient. “ I am in serious relationship,” was all he said. Osita is arguably one of the best actors in Nollywood. He is widely known for playing the role of ‘Pawpaw’ in the film ‘Aki na Ukwa’, alongside Chinedu Ikedieze.   In 2007, Osita received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the African Movie Academy Awards.   He is c

Several months after he refused to comment about rape allegations leveled against him some time this year, Ghanaian rapper Asem, born Nana Wiafe Asante Mensah, has finally replied critics via his new single titled ‘Last Song’, produced by Magnom. The song’s lyrics tried to tackle the problems that he went through the year, from rape allegations and his GLO deal to his issues with Lynx Entertainment. The song, he said, was his last for the year 2011, labeling the year as tough for him. Its lyrics spoke about how he was not afraid of certain people who wanted to take his shine away from him. He also took some time to describe his kind of women, possibly trying to hint that the girl in the rape brouhaha was not his type. “I like girl wey dey shoto with glory, independent girls with their bottom glory,” he rapped. “If I didn’t say it they say I say it. I didn’t rape, they say I raped. They get like I stop singing. But because of GLO, I’m satisfied. This be the last song of the year, s

Veteran actor Kojo Dadson has called the bluff of hip life ‘grand papa’, Reggie Rockstone in his latest single which dares a lot more young and current rappers to watch out for him. Dadson, who now calls himself Dr. Love, appears to be young at heart and full of youthful exuberance. He has, in the new single titled ‘Ma rap-eaa rap-eaa’, stated clearly that he started rapping way back before Rockstone started rapping. He also mentioned Akyeame, made up of Okyeame Quophi and Okyeame Kwame, as one of the rappers he started rapping ahead of. The new song basically explains how he struggled with a music career back in the days and alluded to how his first demo in 1990 was rejected by producers. The interesting part was when he said that he was sure of good songs but was only looking for a good sound engineer to record those hits for him. It is not clear if Rockstone and other rappers have listened to the song. Dadson is about to start a promotional drive on radio and TV stations acros

Yaw Sekyi, Rahim Banda and Bandex Ahmed Banda, popularly known as Bandex, the father of Ghana’s exceptional child star Rahim Banda, has reacted to critics’ argument that his son should not have been nominated in the category he found himself on this year’s Ghana Movie Awards (GMA)’s nomination list. Rahim, 11, was nominated for his role in Bandex’s movie titled, ‘Behind The Mask’, for Best Actor In Leading Role category, alongside top actor Majid Michel, Van Vicker, Chris Attoh and Samuel Ofori. Rahim Banda But critics say Best Child Actor category should have been created for Rahim and other children to compete.     However, Bandex thinks otherwise because, according to him, his son had done what adults did. “That is why you are here to watch the movie. If a child did what a grown up person can do, which category do you want them to put that child? I don’t think it is wrong to put him in a lead role. I won’t say he did well, maybe you will say he did well because as I said

Eddie Watson with the children  and officials of the Orphanage Liberian born Ghanaian actor Eddie Watson has stretched a hand of benevolence to children at New Life Orphanage International at Nungua, a suburb of Accra. The fine actor offered to sponsor a year’s fees of one of the orphans, Emily Quaye, a student of Armed Forces Senior High School. He also made a donation of items worth over GH¢1200 to the orphans, on behalf of Next Media Concept & Afrodiva Entertainment, which he is signed to. Among the items were clothes, shoes, sandals and drinks, with meals sponsored by Chicken Republic. He also added a cash amount of GH¢500. After the donation at the orphanage, Next Media Concept and Afrodiva Entertainment organized a fun trip for the children to the Sajuna Beach Resort at Atimpoku. Speaking at the donation ceremony Eddie Watson said giving to underprivileged persons was one of his and his management’s core values. He promised that the donation would not be their last, ad