Ghana's Most Beautiful: Baci wins Star Performer Award the 3rd time

Upper West Region’s Baci replicated her sterling performances over the past two weeks on Sunday, September 28 when she won her third consecutive Star Performer award of Ghana’s Most Beautiful VIII.

All the ladies educated audience and viewers about the significance of some festivals in the country.

But it was Baci, whose performance on the stage took the breath of the three judges away.

There was no eviction.

Sunday’s show saw radio talk host and presenter of popular television show Who Wants to be a Rich, Kafui Dey, assess the contestants as a guest judge.

Resident judges Linda Ampah and David Dontoh called for the transformation of Ghanaian festivals especially making them commercially viable in order to promote the socio-economic aspect of the nation's development.

Greater Accra Region’s Achawa was named the Best Behaved contestant for the week.

watch video:“No apology for Charterhouse, we are ready for court”

Reigning artiste of the year, Shatta Wale will not apologise to Charterhouse and GhOne television station for his allegations made against them, Bull Dog, Shatta Wale’s manager has stated.

According to the outspoken manager, Shatta Wale did what was right in the series of videos he released last week insulting and accusing Charter House and their television station GhOne for not showing his videos.

He said, “there is no way, under God’s earth that we are apologizing. Shatta Wale has no intention to do that. When we say SM, we mean serious matters and these are issues worrying and troubling us this industry so we will not apologise for being ourselves. We will not apologise for speaking the truth.”

In an interview with Sammy Flex on Pluzz FM, an Accra-based radio station, Bull Dog made it clear that Shatta Wale and his management are ready to meet Charterhouse in court if they have planned to sue them.

“Director of GHOne, Nii Ayittey Hammond spoke on two platforms and he said they were going to court. We are ready for them," he indicated.

Bull Dog further recommended a lawyer who can win the case for Charter House if they plan to pursue their lawsuit against Shatta Wale, "There is a lawyer who can only win the case that I will like to recommend for them."

"If they can get this lawyer, they will win the case against us but if they don’t get that lawyer, they should forget. The lawyer is called Alan Shore of Boston Legal series. If they can’t get that lawyer, they should forget the court,” he further said.

PRO for Charter House, George Quaye, told Sammy Flex on the show that Charter House has no intention of taking Shatta Wale to court for his utterances because it is not the first time the 'Dancehall King’ hitmaker is accusing them with no facts.

Shatta Wale days ago released four short videos accusing GhOne of blacklisting him on their platform.

Chris Attoh closes in on another Hollywood deal

One of Ghana’s smoothest male actors Chris Attoh has earned himself another opportunity to star in a new movie, 'Zombie Ted', which will be shot in the United States.

Born, bred and trained in Ghana, the 'Tinsel star', who just got off the set of another movie The Rangers, said he has been offered another opportunity to “rub shoulders with and get to work” with some more international movie makers.

“We had a producer on set who offered me another audition and next year May I’m shooting a movie titled 'Zombie Ted'," he revealed.

Although, Chris Attoh did not reveal what the movie is about, he indicated that he was excited about the opportunity.

According to him, the development is evidence that he is indeed closing in on Hollywood.

He said, “I have been rubbing shoulders with the stars, indeed. I’ve always been big on getting on the map and putting Ghana on the map. It’s always good to hear people ask ‘Where is he from?’ and having people say GHANA."

The star, who now has a son with his fiancée, Nigerian actress Damilola Agbite, said he will remain dedicated to his family even as he shines.

He was on the Starr Drive with Bola Ray on Friday, September 26.

Adwoa Smart is seriously looking for love

Veteran actress, Belinda Naa Ode Oku popularly known as ‘Adwoa Smart’ in the entertainment fraternity has said she is looking for a partner who is willing to love and respect her just as she is.

She said that even though previous relationships have not worked out like she expected, she will not give up on finding a man who truly cherishes her.

“Who will not open her mouth and swallow falling honey? I’m single and seriously looking for love. But all I’m asking God for is a nice man who will love and understand me for who I am.

The diminuitive Adwoa Smart said even though she has had to deal with uncomfortable looks from people anytime she is in public, she is not perturbed.

“One of the challenges I have in my life is that people look down on me anytime I’m in public but I always encourage myself and move on”.

When asked about her thoughts on the movie industry presently, Adwoa Smart said the industry was more lucrative than it used to be about 20 years ago when she began her acting career.

“I would have bought my own private jet if I had earned the money actors and actresses earn lately” she said in Twi.

She said rumours speculating that she had a relationship with popular artist Barima Sydney are false because she and the artist see each other as brother and sister and there was nothing more to it.

Adwoa Smart has acted a number of television dramas, movies and performed in several stage productions, including Obra, It’s too late, Father and Son, Moneybag, Matters of the heart, Judgement Day and Lucifer.

Jackie Appiah to speak on World Cup sex rumour today

Actress Jackie Appiah appears before the World Cup Commission today.

She is expected to clear the air about rumours that she went on a sex frolic with former Sports Minister Elvis Afriyie-Ankrah while in Brazil as one of the several Ambassadors for the FIFA 2014 World Cup.

Afriyie-Ankrah has already denied the rumours. He appeared before the same Commission, which is probing Ghana’s poor performance at the football showpiece.

He told STARR NEWS a few weeks ago that he was in Brazil with his wife and so could not have been sleeping around with the actress.

Apart from the sex rumour, Jackie Appiah will also be throwing more light on the role played by the Ambassadors, who comprised musicians, actors, actresses, former football stars, among others, in Brazil towards the Black Stars’ participation in the tournament.

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Rwanda is back in Big Brother Hotshots!!! Meet housemates, Sipe, Trezagah and Tayo

Big Brother Africa season 9 is set to hit your screens on Sunday 5th October 2014 plus they have got some great news – Rwanda will be re-instated as a participating country in the BBA competition. M-Net’s AfricaMagic and series producers Endemol SA previously announced that Sierra Leone and Rwanda will no longer form part of the countries participating in this year’s edition of Big Brother Africa ahead the season’s previous launching date,  September7. The statement said that due to schedules and logistical constraints there was insufficient time to follow the necessary procedures in order to process the required travel documentation which has recently become a more complex procedure. However with the rescheduling of the launch following the fire outbreak that devastated the Big Brother house, Rwanda is now back on the show.So fans in and from Rwanda can look forward to their representatives on their TV screens. Meet your housemates for today – Sipe from Malawi, Trezagah from  Mozambique and Tayo from Nigeria Malawi
Sipe
Age: 24

Hairdresser Sipe is from Lilongwe and has an MSCE and ICM Hotel and Catering Management qualification. Her favourite foods are nshima with chicken and okra, pizza, Thai food and “a bit of Indian cuisine“. Her favourite TV shows include Keeping Up With The Kardashians, Say Yes To The Dress, How Do I Look?, Jerseylicious and Idols. Her favourite musicians are Beyonce, Brandy, Sam Smith and Zahara and her favourite actors are Idris Elba and Angelina Jolie.
Sipe’s favourite place in her country is Lake Malawi, because it relaxes her. Her favourite place outside of Malawi is Paris. “It’s the most beautiful place in the world and I always imagine spending time on my honeymoon there,” she says. “It’s the City of Love!”. She says the best things about Africa are the people, the landscape and the food.
She lists Beyonce as her role model because “she’s hardworking and she makes it look so easy. I’d love to be like her“. Sipe’s Mom played a huge role in her life too. “She raised three children on her own and it hasn’t been easy for her, but she managed to see us through school. She’s a very strong woman,” she says.
Mozambique
Trezagah
Age: 31

Hip hop singer Trezagah studied Civil Engineering. He doesn’t have a favourite food, because he says he loves eating and “I eat everything!” The classic Hardy Boys books are his favourite, while he enjoys the Discovery and National Geographic channels on TV because he likes to “watch crocodiles and sharks attacking“.
Trezagah was inspired to enter Big Brother Hotshots by watching previous seasons. He is both happy and nervous at the thought of having the continent’s eyes on him. He says the best thing about Africa is “the culture each country preserves” and says his favourite place in Mozambique is Yofo Beach. He likes the Caribbean Islands because he’s a great fan of nature.
His role model is Jay-Z, “because he knows how to dress, how to be on stage, how to behave and has good business control“. His parents have played an incredibly influential role in his life because they always showed him what was right and what was wrong.
He describes himself as “happy, active, wise, serious and calm” and says the best thing about himself is the way he treats people indiscriminately, saying he can “be a friend of a poor person or even a person that sleeps on the street“.
Nigeria
Tayo
Age: 28

A 1.93m-tall model with a Higher National Diploma in Maritime Studies, Tayo, from Nigeria, certainly stands out in a crowd. He lists his favourite foods as Eba an Okra Soup mixed with fish stew, his favourite musicians as 2Face Idibia, Beautiful Nubia and D’Banj.
Tayo says his favourite place in Nigeria is Oyo Town, his place of birth. “That’s my home, where I started life. It reminds me of who I am now and how far I’ve come in life,” he says. He says the best thing about Africa is “culture and pride” and that his favourite place outside of Nigeria is South Africa, which he calls his “home away from home“.
He entered Big Brother Hotshots because he believed in himself, and was also encouraged to enter by others. “I like to be seen and to be heard,” he says. Tayo says he’s not willing to change who he is or disgrace his family and friends to impress viewers or his fellow Housemates. If Tayo wins the grand prize, he says he’ll, set up his life and give himself a life of luxury.

Kisses and selfies!!! Is Davido dating Habiba Sinare, Miss Supranational Ghana

It looks like Nigerian singer, Davido  has a thing for women in Ghana as most of the women he has been linked with live or school in Ghana.  Well if the buzz online is anything to go by then he may have found a new girlfriend! Some lovey dovey pictures Davido and  and Habiba Sinare, winner of Miss Supranational Ghana 2014 recently hit the web. Are they really a couple? Only time will tell. They look cute together though.

PHOTO:FRENZY(CHECKHW3) photoShoot by dopeSick_crew 'its the 2nd edition @ african beach t'di'

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FIPAG bans moovie producer for being disrecpectful

Film Producers Association of Ghana, FIPAG has officially prohibited movie producer Mr. Benjamin Sarpong aka Awukye of Famous Production from engaging in any movie related activity in Ghana for the next 12 months.

The movie producer cum director was sanctioned “as a member of FIPAG for display of gross disrespect at a meeting at Opera Square Chaired by FIPAG president on Friday, September 19, 2014?.

In a statement issued on September 23 and signed by FIPAG General Secretary, James Aboagye stated, “Any film he directs or produces during this period would not be scheduled for release.”

Mr. Benjamin Sarpong is the second to be banned within this week by FIPAG after Kumawood actor Big Akwes over his statement that producers sleep with actresses before giving them movie roles.

A copy of the Statement below:

Actor Koomusuo slams Big Akwes for portraying women as 'cheap'

Actor, Bernard Aduse-Poku popularly known as Koomusuo, has described comments by his fellow actor, Big Akwes that actors, producers and movie directors sleep with female actresses for roles as unfortunate.

Akwasi Asamoah known in showbiz as Big Akwes on RTV’s 'Agoro Fie' challenged movie producers to deny his assertion that they have been sleeping with actresses, adding that whoever comes out to deny, he will curse him.

“Whoever says producers do not sleep with actors should follow me to Antoa. I will curse all of them, and we shall see who will die. Directors and producers have slept with the ladies. I have had sexual intercourse with some of them, and I continue to do it,” Big Akwes' declaration on RTV.

Responding to the claims on Radio Univers’ Brunch2Lunch with Abrantepa, Bernard stated that Big Akwes went too far., “a gentleman won’t speak in that manner. He has disgraced women by portraying them as cheap."

Adding, "the platform where he made such comments is very wrong. I don’t know whether he was trying to be boastful or what. If it were elsewhere, he would have paid dearly for his utterances.”

He further indicated that, “already, there is a wrong perception about actors and for an actor to make such a distasteful statement is unwarranted.”

Asked how he (Bernard) would have answered the question, he responded, “I would have asked why he is asking such a question knowing that it’s an open secret that, such acts happen in every human institution."

"But the way he (Big Akwes) said it made it seem you can take advantage of ladies just like that,” he said.

 "Hail Shatta Wale for his actions instead of chastising him"

Ghanaian-based America female radio presenter, Tulip real name Naa Ameley Tagoe has also thrown her support for Shatta Wale for his fight.

According to the Sankofa Radio presenter, Shatta Wale should be hailed for his actions other than chastising him.

She dedicated minutes of her show 'Mmaa Mbre Nepa Nkoaa' to celebrate the 'Dancehall King' hitmaker.

Dancehall artiste Shatta Wale within the week wants to tell the world how angry he is at Charterhouse and their TV station, GHOne.

The reigning artiste of the year in a series of videos posted on social media networks has expressed his dissatisfaction on how the entertainment company treats Ghanaian artistes.

He alleged that an insider at the television station, GHOne has revealed that they have blacklisted him that none of his videos should be shown on their station.

This allegation has raised lots of issues as Tema-based rapper Criss Waddle also recorded himself in a video supporting Shatta Wale on how bad Ghanaian acts are treated in their homeland.

Watch the footage of Tulip celebrating Shatta Wale

VIDEO: Mzbel apologizes for choosing Shatta Wale over Samini

Singer, Mzbel, had apologised to Dancehall act, Samini, for a comment she made few weeks ago when she appeared as a guest on Let’s Talk Entertainment on Multi TV.

On the program, she chose Shatta Wale over Samini when asked which of the two was her favourite act.

She said, “I am a Shatta Walean. I love Samini, but Shatta Wale is trending, so I am for him. He is down to earth and inspires the people of the streets. Samini used to be that, but he lost it!

Few weeks later, the '16 Years' composer has had a change of thought.

According to her, she didn't know that there was a beef between the two Dancehall acts and that, her words were based on that fact that, the self-acclaimed Dancehall King was making waves and trending.

“I know a lot of people are disappointed in me for making that comment about Shatta Wale and Samini. But the thing is I have no idea … I didn't know the extent of their beef,” she told ghanagist.com

Adding, “I even didn't know that there was a problem between the two of them. I spoke like a layman on the street who listens to music. And the thing is, nowadays everywhere you go, you hear Shatta Wale’s music played everywhere, every party, every event, every club.”

According to her, she had received lots of calls from influential people in the industry ever since she openly chose Shatta Wale over Samini. But she constantly stressed that, “Honestly, I didn’t mean any harm," continuing that, if she knew of any problem between them, “I wouldn’t have commented at all.”

When asked if she had phoned Samini to apologise, and also explain to him what led to those comments, she said she hadn't.

However, she mentioned to ghanaGist.com that, she is in talks with some industry personnel, which include President of the Musicians Union of Ghana to assist her in apologizing to Samini, if whatever she had said infuriated him or his fans.

Joey B ;I cry within myself over why I am not able to approach ladies"

Perhaps, critics would not have bothered themselves so much expressing their angst over the supposed risqué meaning of Joey B’s Tonga song if they had known that the rapper himself cannot rap a lady no matter how beautiful she appears to him.

Joey B’s 'incapacity' that he would rather prefer to keep personal is the fact that he finds it very difficult chatting up a lady for fear of being bounced.

According to the Tonga hit-maker, any time he meets a lady he admires, he goes “chicken” and prays that the lady should rather approach and make the first move on him.

“I have met a number of beautiful ladies I wish I dated them but I allowed them go because I did’t want to be the first to approach them. Sometimes when I’m alone, I cry within myself over why I am not able to approach ladies”, Joey B told Showbiz on Tuesday.

Explaining why he will never approach a lady, Joey B said he cannot imagine a lady 'flexing' him; "For this reason, I prefer to admire the ladies, but not to approach them. Some ladies have said all sorts of things about me, but this is how I have been since a teenager,” he said.



Talking about his lady, Joey B, real name, Darryl Bannerman-Martin, said he prefers an average size lady with natural looks. “I don’t like women who put on excessive make-up or artificial hair. I like simple and natural ladies.”

Even though, Joey B claims he is romantic and caring, he failed to comment when he was asked whether his ex-girl friends were the first to make the approach on him.

Apart from Tonga, Joey B, who won New Artiste of the Year at the VGMA this year is known for other songs such as Strawberry Ginger, Cigarette and Benedicta.

Born to Mr. Samuel Bannerman-Martin and Madam Bridget Amoateng, Joey B came to limelight when Black Avenue Muzik boss and rapper, D-Black, featured him on his hit song Oh Vera.

He had his primary education from St. Theresa’s school and later went to Accra High Senior High School. He graduated at Zenith College two years ago.

Amber Rose hints that Wiz Khalifah cheated on her

Newly single Amber Rose took to twitter yesterday to fire back after rumors spread that she had been cheating on husband Wiz Kalifah. Amber says Wiz cheated on her. Se