Award winning Ghanaian Movie Actor, Bill Asamoah has broken his silence about rumours that he is dating actress, Maame Serwaah.
According
him, the Kumawood actress is a young lady he has mentored since she
entered into the movie industry till date, so he only sees her as a
daughter.
“Maame Serwaah is like my daughter and if I cannot date my daughter then I can equally not date Maame Serwaah,” he said.
It
has been widely speculated that the President of the Ashanti Regional
branch of the Ghana Actors Guild, is dating his young colleague, Maame
Sewaah.
The two have of late been paired as lovers in several
movies including ‘Maso Aware3″ leading to a heightening of the
suspicions among some Ghanaians.
But speaking to Adom News, Bill
Asamoah described the speculations as false adding he was unaware of the
rumours until his wife told him about it.
‘I was shocked when my
wife told me that she has heard that I am dating Maame Serwaah and I
just could not understand why people easily believed this,’ he said.
He further stated he is not perturbed about the rumours.
Even before hearing of the Shatta
Wale-Charterhouse court duel gets proper hearing , another court
proceeding is set to grab the headlines in the coming weeks as famed
actor, Van Vicker drags online portal, to court for slander.
The
lawyer for the actor, Egbert Fabille (same lawyer for Charterhouse, in
their case against Shatta Wale) is said to have concluded the lawsuit
and ready to serve the CEO/Publisher of the website, Paa Kwasi Boakye
with the writ.
Van’s decision to go to court was necessitated by a
publication on the website weeks ago, which stated that the actor had
contracted the deadly Ebola virus in Liberia when he went there to shoot
the movie, ‘Bendu Sudan’. The story also added that, Ghana’s Foreign
Ministry had barred the actor from returning to Ghana.
The actor
confirmed to Razz Newspaper that, since he made his intentions open
about suing the website, he’s had calls from many media persons,
pleading for him to drop the case – but he is determined to see the case
through in court.
He said that, the level of unprofessionalism
in the field is becoming unbearable and his pursuance of the case in
court may serve as a deterrent to others in the field.
According
to the actor, he has been a victim of many false stories over the years
but he always let them go but this time, he will tackle the matter to
its legal conclusion.
“All the false stories affect me a lot, but
this particular one I must say, has made people to be look at me with
so much skepticism. Others make expensive jokes at me when I go to town
which is not funny. I waste time explaining myself to people that the
Ebola story is bogus when I could be doing something productive,” he
lamented.
Since the ‘Ebola story’ broke, Van has disclosed how
such stories affect not only him, but his kids as well: “I am worried
about my kids right now because the same thing happened when they put up
a story on Facebook I had an accident and I was possibly going to die,”
he said.
He recalled that during the said publication, he was
out of the country but when his children went to school, they went
through some trauma. “People were telling them all sorts of stories and
this time too I am afraid they are going to go to school and their
friends will probably be keeping their distance from my kids because
there is the possibility that they are also infected,” he explained.
Speaking
to the Paa Kwasi Boakye, he stated that, the story has already been
taken down from the website although the story was a satirical piece
which is meant for entertainment purposes only. The intent of such
articles, according to him, is to mimic situations that make the
headlines in daily news.
TV host and radio presenter, Delores
Frimpong-Manso, has told 'News-One' she has a burning desire for success
that would make her one of the top female entrepreneurs on the African
continent.
“My desire to be a success story surpasses my fear of
death, my own happiness and my hope for peace. I am hungry for success
and that hunger is eating me up. It is an uphill task with hurdles to
jump over,” Delores, also known as Delay, noted.
When asked to
define the type of success she was talking about, Delores said “it is
not wise to share the details of your inner dreams because it makes your
battles tougher.
“I am not talking just about money because
money in itself is an insatiable thing. I am talking about clear
targets. Like Dangote, Adenike Ogunlesi, Bethlehem Tilahun Alemu, I want
to own my own manufacturing industries with factories, employing
thousands of people, and making a meaningful impact,” she explained.
Delores
said she disagreed with persons who would described her current state
as a success story considering the fact that she hosts a mid-morning
radio programme, owns a company that is producing two television
programmes that are doing very well Mackerel, aside her boutiques.
“Let
us not confuse fame with success. Fame is just when more people know
you. It is not really useful unless you use that fame to touch people in
every positive way and makes the difference else you have a useless
fame. So I have the fame now and I am working towards attaining success
but I am not there yet,” she added.
News-One asked Delores if she has plans to marry anytime soon and whether that would not slow down her ‘journey to success.”
“If
I meet a man who I can fall in love with and we can help each other
achieve our dreams, I would be fine with marriage. Indeed, that is the
ultimate aim of most women who enter into marriage. But I am not in a
hurry to marry just for the sake of carrying someone’s name. But I am
careful in talking about marriage because we live in a part of the world
where it is a sensitive topic for unmarried women to discuss,” Delores
noted and continued:
“All I am saying is that if I was in a hurry
to marry, I would have accepted the marriage proposals that came my
way. But sometimes, you know within you that if you say ‘yes’, you would
be divorcing in a few years after the ceremony. I would marry but I am
not in a rush or desperate about it now.
She noted further:
“every level I reach in life has been met with very major challenges;
and the bigger I grow, the bigger the challenges, I have sailed through
the hard times without a man in my life and my philosophy has been
simple: every action has an equal and opposite reaction. So I just
soldier on despite the attempts to pull me down and negative energy from
people who think I am over stepping the limits they have set for me.
A popular Akan/Twi movie actress,
Nana Yaa Appiah, has told NEWS-ONE that combining her active Christian
lifestyle and acting career has been a major challenge for her.
“I
cannot play certain roles and have had to reject many scripts because
my pastor does not like to see my buttocks or breasts, not even a small
part of it in movies. He would get angry because it is against the
teachings of my church.
I attend the Open Bible Faith Ministry
at Atonsu and as you can see, I can’t even pierce my ears more than
double. I sing at church and I am bound to be a role model,” Nana Yaa
noted.Interestingly Nana Yaa is a very pretty lady with well rounded
curves that could raise eyebrows if exposed in movies. She is tall and
light-skinned, has an infectious smile and the type of body that could
excite any right-thinking adult male. Nana Yaa admitted that the job of
an actress has become very competitive and her selective attitude puts
her at a disadvantage, but she does not have a choice because she is a
practicing Christian and would have to abide by the teachings of her
church and her pastor.
Asked if her church does not know she
needs to work to get money to pay her tithes and offering, Nana Yaa said
her choice of career is not motivated by money. “Acting movies in Ghana
is not all about making money. The movies for which I was paid very
small monies have rather helped me enter places I could not have
entered. It has opened doors for me. So sometimes, you consider some of
these things rather than focus on money for now… there was a time a
family invited me to spend holidays with them in Europe simply because
they love the way I act,” she stated.
Nana Yaa emerged on the
Akan/Twi movie scenes in 2009 and with support from Samuel Akwesi
Nyamekye of Miracle Films, she has since acted in some 70 movies. Though
she started mostly by playing the role of a pastor’s wife, Nana Yaa
later switched to other roles which have earned her numerous accolades
including Osofo Maame, Dede, Mama G and Lady Posh.
However after coming under some
attacks on social media for her letter, she wrote the follow-up letter
to ‘apologize’ to Duncan Williams as follows:
Letter Of Apology.
I
apologize for touching your anointed. I apologize for being offended by
his statement. I apologize for making a joke out of it, in fact I
apologize for not writing a more serious piece on how his statement
really made me feel.
I apologize for not giving bible references
to all the great women in the bible who God used to do wonders even
though they were “unmarried” and had no children.
I apologize that I didn’t talk about my mother, who is unmarried, and yet I value from the bottom of my heart.
I
apologize for not talking about how the same bible is strongly against
divorce, and how one sin is no greater or less than another.
I
apologize for not adding that we are all sinners before God, and are
prone to mess up sometimes. Even men of God. Yet God still loves us as
we are.
I apologize for not recognizing that I’m not allowed to have an opinion where a man of God is concerned.
I
apologize for not accepting that it’s ok for a man of God to use sexual
references to address people, but I don’t have the power to do the
same.
But above all I apologize on behalf of my father Rev.Dr.M.K Forson, for raising me to have an opinion.
From my heart I apologize.
Did I miss anything?
Oh yes and I apologize for any future statements I may make.
I’m sorry.
Dear Duncan Williams,
Can I
marry you? I’m in dire need of validation and since the ratio of men to
women is in your words ” 7:1″ I don’t want to be left behind. If you
can’t marry me, give me one of the married men in your congregation. I
will hold on to him like there’s no tomorrow.
Chai,like you I
also speak the truth and I don’t care. So we will get on perfectly. And I
promise, with all my honor, that if you beat me, cheat on me, abuse my
children and don’t even provide financially for me I will stay!!
Unlike other women, I want to continue to have value so I will stay married even if it sends me to the grave. I make wild k3k3.
Ignore
all those women who say what about the men? What do they mean by that?
Don’t they know men don’t need validation? They were born validated.
They can’t do any wrong in Gods eyes.
In fact, let them be
married and still sleep with a million women, there is nothing wrong
with that. In fact, they are even giving the women validation. You’ve
spoken the truth my dear, ignore all those unmarried bitter women who
can’t stand it. Soon when you and I, are parading our children in front
of them they will regret not taking your advice.
They will regret
not contributing to society like we have. After all, with all their
beauty and brains what did they contribute? So you were a lawyer, or a
doctor that saved lives, how’s that a contribution? Msteeeew.
But
honey boo, please oh, this one I beg, when you’re 100, soldier man
won’t stand oh. He will need a few blue pills to help him out.
Even
with that they will last for just a few seconds. So we need to amend
that. But don’t worry, I won’t go anywhere, cuz a hole doesn’t need to
“rise” to the occasion, it just needs to be filled and it will be ok. So
even at 100 I still go dey for you.
I MUST marry lie lie..
Sincerely,
Lydia Forson
#twistedHumour
The headlining court case between
reigning Ghana Music Awards ‘Artiste of the Year’ Winner, Shatta Wale
and event organizers, Charterhouse and their head, Iyiola Ayoade – is
sure to go its full stretch, contrary to talks that the case might be
settled out of the court room.
During the hearing of the case on
October 20, 2014, Shatta Wale’s lawyer pleaded with the court for an
out-of-court settlement and asked for one month, within which they
believe the case might have been settled amicably between the two
parties; but indications are clear that the posturing and proclamations
from the two disputing parties show that, no settlement is being
discussed.
The industry is thorn with mixed feelings as a section
are pleading for the out-of-court settlement while another section
wishes to see the case travel its full legal length, however, Public
Relations for Charterhouse, George Quaye disclosed that his outfit are
yet to see any meaningful effort from Shatta’s camp in settling the case
– although his lawyer did submit an official letter requesting for an
out-of-court settlement.
Asked about the efforts made by
Charterhouse in settling the case out of court, he stated: “At our end,
it’s not even come up for discussion yet.
We have been busy with projects, ‘Barney,’ ‘Challenge, ‘Miss Malaika Pageant’ plus tons of corporate events to handle.
With
no efforts being made by both parties to settle the case, all is
therefore set for them to re-appear in court on November 3, 2014 as
ordered by the judge.
Asked if Charterhouse is only waiting to see off the case on November 3, George Quaye responded,” Yes!”
On
2nd October 2014, Charterhouse sued Shatta Wale for defamation, seeking
damages of GH10million. This was after the self-acclaimed Dancehall
King, made derogatory videos against the events company and its CEO,
Iyiola Ayoade.
An Accra Fast Track High Court on Monday October
20, 2014 sat to hear the case involving Mr. Iyiola Ayoade and Shatta
Wale, real name Charles Nii Armah Mensah Jnr. The artiste was
represented in court by his father and manager for Administration, Mr.
Mensah and his Manager for PR, Asiamah Hanson aka Bulldog.
At the
end of the hearing, the court granted an interlocutory injunction
against Shatta Wale meaning that, Shatta Wale is barred from releasing
anything against Charterhouse or anybody affiliated with Charterhouse be
it in writing on social media, in music, radio, TV, video or through
any other form of communication or publication.
After the controversial Ghanaian
musician, Shatta Wale, allegedly assaulted him in the presence of his
manager, Lawrence Nana Asiamah Hanson, aka Bull Dog, at his East Legon
residence, the victim, Rashid Abu, says he has been living in fear and
is scared his life is in danger.
According to the young man, he
has fled his residence at Dansoman in Accra because of the fear that
Shatta Wale and his ‘macho men’ would come and assault him.
“Right
now, I am afraid. I can’t even sleep in my house at Dansoman because
Shatta Wale knows where I stay. I’m scared he and his thugs will come
after me and assault me again,” Rashid told 'News-One'.
Shatta
Wale, known in real life as Charles Nii Armah Mensah Jnr., and his
purported hoodlums allegedly picked Rashid from his shop at Adabraka on
Sunday afternoon to his (Shatta Wale’s) East Legon residence under the
pretext that he(Shatta Wale) was going to pay an amount of GH¢150 he
owed the young man.
“Shatta Wale came to pick up some outfits
worth GH¢150 from my shop five months ago but refused to pay. After some
time, when I called he refused to answer. I called him on Sunday, he
picked it and started insulting me. He even told me that he was not
going to pay me my money. Later, he came to my ‘Blow Money Fast’
boutique at Adabraka in the company of some ‘macho men’ and Bull Dog. He
asked that I join him in his car so that he pays me my money,” Rashid
Abu stated.
Rashid recounted that as Shatta Wale was slapping him
with a bundle of GH¢50, Bull Dog asked him to beg the artiste to avoid
further assault.
“In the heat of the slaps, Shatta asked me to
beg him and I refused but Bull Dog told me to do what his artiste wanted
so that I will be free. Shatta Wale knows me very well so does his
manager Bull Dog…,” he added.
Attempts to speak to Bull Dog or
the controversial musician were unsuccessful as their lines were not
active. Text messages sent to Bull Dog’s phones also did not elicit
response before press time.
The victim has since reported the incident at the Central Police Station in Accra.
Shatta
Wale was recently in the news for publishing on his social media page,
some four videos of himself making derogatory and insulting statements
against Charter House.
The musician also hurled insults at his
colleague musicians, workers of Charter House and owners of the company.
A portion of the video has even been said to border on threats.
Charter House, a private company with expertise in events management and production, later sued him for defamation.
They
are demanding GH¢10 million as damages for the defamatory comments made
in the four videos that the artiste had uploaded on the social media.
At
the first hearing, the court granted an order restraining Shatta Wale
from making further defamatory remarks about Charter House.
Shatta
Wale is now begging for an out-of-court settlement of the case and has
formally written to lawyers of Charter House to that effect.
The case has been adjourned to November 2, 2014.
Over the years, Okyeame Kwame has
established himself as one of the best musicians in Ghana and beyond.
For 16 years and counting his music has continuously inspired and won
the hearts of many. It usually focuses on affairs of love, life and
family.
Currently, okyeame has released a single off his fifth
solo album, the “African Connection” titled, ‘’It’s your time’’, which
features Congolese singer Lelo.
The concept behind this song is
positivism. It describes the troubles and stress we go through as human
beings in our daily lives. He states that this song is meant for
everybody, especially the youth who listen to his music, adding that it
is to give inspiration to them.
Okyeame believes his orientation
and beliefs influence his music. He says, “a discerning person is
gentle, positive and progressive, someone who looks out for change,
someone who doesn’t like rowdiness and appreciates quality.”
He
added that music is a feeling and not something he tries hard to
achieve. His music also contains some spirituality; it entertains,
informs and calls for action.
The ‘Rap Doctor’ agrees that music
is diverse and for everyone but he believes he attracts some type of
people who identify with his music. He is certain he cannot please
everyone in life so he chooses his audience carefully.
The much awaited tickets for upcoming MTN LEGENDS AND LEGACY BALL 2014 has finally been released.
Due
to its ultramodern features and innovative nature the tickets which are
in high demand, delayed but they are now available at the respective
sales points.
Some of the unique features include music of this
year honoree The Music Maestro Kojo Antwi which plays when the ticket is
opened and the voice of Mr. Music Man inviting his fans and Ghanaians
to come celebrate the big day with him.
The ticket also has a
hand written message and the real signature of Kojo Antwi. Tickets are
selling hot for GH¢100- Regular and GH¢ 150- VIP, at Airport Shell,
Peace FM, Joy FM, MTN Offices @ (Osu, Accra Mall, Tema Comm. 6 And Crew
Men Grooming @ Dansoman.
The night of glitz and glamour will
feature tribute performances from Kwabena Kwabena, Edem, Wutah Afriyie,
Kweisey Pee and Akwaboah and amazing performances from Efya, Kaaki,
Noela , Mz Vee and from the gospel giant Nacy.
All the artistes
including Kojo Antwi have being rehearsing tirelessly for some days now
the put up a memorable show come Saturday November 1, 2014 at the Accra
International Conference Centre.
Kojo Antwi will ones again thrill Ghanaians with yet another mind blowing artistic stage appearance.
Guest
artiste Yvonne Chaka Chaka who is expected to touch down in Ghana ahead
of the big day has also promised historic performance on the night of
celebrating Kojo Antwi.
The 2014 LAL ball is sponsored by Global
Access savings and loans, Oak Plaza Hotel, GTP NU Style, Guinness
Ghana, G-OIL, Casa Trassaco, Ghandour cosmetics, Spintex Chemist for
Colarad and Supported by Danny’s Décor, Special ice mineral water, Cocoa
Processing Company Ltd, Digital resolution press, Sign language,
Chocolate Clothing, Exclusive men Magazine.
Media partners: Peace
FM, Okay FM, Starr FM, Pink FM, Live FM, Breeze Fm, U-TV, Viasat one,
TV3, Afro star TV, Exclusive men magazine, Daily Guide, Graphic
Communications, Razz Newspaper.
Ghanaian Veteran Actor Rev. Eddie
Coffie was on Sunday 18th October 2014, Elected as the newly elected
Actors Guild President at the center for National culture (Art Center).
The
Actor who won by 93 votes out of 166 votes cast revealed to Razz
Newspaper reporter (Mustapha Inusah) that, though he has lot of plans
for the Guild , one of the main things he's going to focus on now, is to
make sure he brings unity among the members of the Guild.
'I
will bring everyone on board, both the screen actors and those who seems
not to find the Guild Attractive, so we can all help to propagate our
agenda,' he said.
According to the new President, he cannot
achieve his aims and aspiration without the support of the other actors
who seems to have neglected the Guild, so he is entreating anyone who is
an Actor to come on board.
He hinted that, he's ready to meet
individuals screen actors to chit-chat with them on why they need to be
actively involved in the affairs of the Guild.
Together with the
newly elected executives , they are going to build a more stronger
relationship with the Film producers Association of Ghana (FIPAG) so
that, most of the problems can easily be solved between the two groups.
Apart
from Rev Eddie Coffie who was voted as president , Actress Vivian Achor
also stood unopposed and was elected the Vice president of the Guild.
She
was also glad to say that , they are surely going to work hard to make
sure the Guild becomes more attractive to everyone in the movie
industry.
'Many people have spoken about the screen stars and why
they are not part of the Guild, now that i am the vice president and as
part of the new and old generation of the actors it will be my main
agenda to bring them together' she said.
One of the passengers on the Starbow
flight which embarked on an emergency landing on Tuesday, Gifty Osei,
has described the experience as “the most terrible day of her life”.
According
to the popular Ghanaian gospel artiste, only God saved the nation from a
major catastrophe as the plane looked like heading for a crash.
The
flight heading for Takoradi made an emergency landing, at the Kotoka
International Airport after developing a mechanical fault mid-air.
The
CEO of Starbow, James Antwi, who confirmed the news said the fault was
due to "hydraulic failures" and the pilot had to make a “flapless
landing”.
A flapless approach is a method of landing an aircraft
without the use of flaps. This manoeuvre is typically only used in
military and light aircraft as the physical demands on the airframe and
pilot are usually deemed too risky for commercial operations.
Speaking
to Okay, FM, the ‘Aseda’ hit singer said “I feared the worst would
happen, it was a terrible experience and we didn’t know what to do. All I
heard was, every passenger screaming the name of Jesus and praying for
his intervention. The experience was scary”.
