Award winning Nigerian actor now turned movie
producer and director, Desmond Elliot says Africans must feel free to
discuss the issue of homosexuality and lesbianism openly since the act
is prevalent in society.
The award winning actor was speaking to Myjoyonline.com on the release of his new movie In the Cupboard which is incidentally centered around lesbianism among other social issues mostly relegated to the background.
Desmond
said he is expecting the release of his new movie to stimulate the
debate about what he described as the social problem which many Africans
are quick to brand as a “no go area”.
The movie, which was
premiered last month in some major cities in the United States, is
scheduled to be released later this week.
Desmond Elliot, being
relatively a new comer to movie directing and producing, also bemoaned
the high prevalence of piracy in the African movie industry; a problem
he said was eroding the gains being made by the industry.
Desmond
believed that African governments are not doing enough to protect the
creative arts industry, leaving them at the mercy of other big players
who bully them.
It is time governments consider incentives such
as decrement in cinema taxes among others to make the industry more
attractive, Desmond insisted.
D-Black made it known to Ghana Music.com that 4Syte TV Music Video Awards is a shame to our industry.
D-Black revealed that he didn’t want to be part of the award from the
start but members of the 4Syte Awards organization convinced me on their
behalf and promised that it will be organized well.
“Someone or some people called 4Syte TV sit in their homes and create
an award show. This is not a national award, this is a privatized award
show”, he said.
Before continuing D-Black made mention that from henceforth, 4Syte TV
should not nominate him or any of his works at their award shows because
Ghana deserves a much better award system.
D-Black also said 4Syte TV failed to bring out the time frame under
which a music video falls in for nomination. “My video VERA is 2 months
old and you nominate it? Really? EL's KAALU is 5 weeks old and you
nominate it?”
D-Black asked back to back questions as to where is the transparency in
voting also? What is the voting system? What percentage does the public
receive via voting and the panel also? Why are all these not drawn out
for us to know? Why would you use YFM's short code for your voting text
line? Are you serious?
“Look at the Ghana Music Awards. These are all clearly defined. The
4Syte MVA categories don’t even have descriptions”, he said.
D-Black accepted that he won the Best Collaboration Music Video of the
Year with Mo’ Cheddah for ‘Falling’ but still stands by his words that
Ghana deserves a much better music video award scheme.
Renowned actress Nadia Buari’s quiet, yet trendy fashion seems to be
capturing the imagination and attention of aficionados across the world.
She was the Special Guest at the Eredi Pisano’s annual fashion event
held in New York, United States (US) together with the tall list of
celebrities in the fashion, sports and entertainment industry.
A press release mailed to the Ghana News Agency by the Akwaaba Media
said the event was hosted jointly by Ferrari Maserati, Bice Restorante,
Morton Brown, Davidoff Cigars, Tourneau and Alaskan Water.
Nadia was joined by New York Giant football players Prince Amakamura,
Justin Tryon, Ramses Barden, Keith Rivers, Kevin Brown, Michael Coe and
musician, B Clay to celebrate the sophistication and classic elegance
put on show by Eredi Pisano.
In her interviews with some newspapers, magazines and fashion bloggers
on her fashion sense, she declared, “I like to be comfortable in
anything I wear”.
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| Efya |
Yet another Ghanaian female celebrity has generated new controversy with
her style of dressing after the likes of TV3’s Nana Aba Anamoah, Jane
Awoonor-Williams, CEO of Spa 216 and the famous Raquel made waves with
their mode of dressing.
Twenty-four-year-old singer Efya certainly caused female tongues to wag
and male eyes to yearn for more when she appeared on stage last
Saturday with a costume that largely exposed her pear-shaped breasts.
If Efya had bigger boobs, they would have certainly popped out of her
dress to take a peep at the audience and also get peeped at.
Efya did not wear a bra to hide her sexy pair of succulent boobs when
she performed during the Miss Ghana 2012 finals in a plunging outfit
that exposed her boobs.
As expected, several members of the audience started cat-calling and
passing comments about the singer’s boobs while they enjoyed her
performance.
Since then, some of the pictures have started circulating on Facebook
and other social media sites, generating rather interesting comments.
It is difficult to say if Efya had a wardrobe malfunction. She has over
the years remained rather fashion conscious and when there were wild
allegations about her lifestyle and behavior, she hit back at her
critics, insisting she was brought up in a good home by her celebrity
mother, Nana Adwoa Awindor, the popular host of rested TV programme, ‘Greetings from Abroad’.
“Yes, my mother brought me up well. My mother is a very tough person
and she taught me a lot in my life and I believe that she is the person
who made me, who I am right now. I am grateful to her, God bless my
mother,” she told NEWS-ONE in an exclusive interview then.
“I leave a liberal life. I am very conscious, so I believe that
everybody has a chance to do whatever they want to as long as you put
your mind to it and apart from that I believe that you make yourself.
So I do what I want to do and I do it how I want to do it with whom I
want to do it with. And as long as I believe in it and I have a positive
energy towards it, I do and know that it is going to work out.
That is me. I plan for stuff that are supposed to be planned for and
let the rest go because I believe that in life, God has a purpose for
everybody and that everything that happens has meaning,” she also said
about claims that she was a bad girl.
Barely some few hours after the 2012 Edition of the 4Syte Music Video
Awards came to an end, outspoken and often tagged as controversial
artist who describes himself as “Ashanti heart, Ga Spirit, Hausa Vim,
Yankee Yo Yo, Romanian Blood, Gypsy Soul and Future emperor of earth”,
Wanlov Da Kubolor has lashed out at the event organizers for awarding
some undeserving artists.Although touching on Becca’s “No Away” video,
his main concentration was on the popular music video category.
Wanlov who states he is a fan of E.L however believes “Kaalu” video did
not deserve the most popular award at the awards event as “Vera video seff popular pass kaalu”.
Critically analyzing and asking what popular meant, Wanlov was shocked
as to how E.L’s “Kaalu” video could be more popular than his sister
Deborah Vanessa’s Uncle Obama’s video which had had more than four times
the views of E.L’s video.
In a tweet, Wanlov said; “Maybe i no talk am well. Kaalu vid n
Uncle Obama vid com out same exact day. In which part of d world was
kaalu vid more popular?
This question immediately tickled the minds of many of his followers on
twitter who really assessed the situation with mixed reactions as some
judged the awards as corrupt and bias.
The last few weeks has witnessed growing buzz and anticipation for this
year’s biggest gospel concert set to take place at the Dome of the Accra
International Conference Centre on the 1st December, 2012.
With South African gospel legend, Lionel Petersen confirmed to perform
alongside the enigmatic Sonnie Badu; most gospel music lovers were
beginning wonder which Ghanaian gospel acts will be featured alongside
the two phenomenal African gospel stalwarts.
Earlier this week, organizers, finally released the list of confirmed
local gospel music acts to rock the stage next month and it reads like
an assembly of the crème de la crème of gospel music superstars on the
local circuit.
Billed to perform at the “Let the Peace Rain” concert, include, Ghana’s
finest female gospel superstar, Ohemaa Mercy performing thought
provoking and spiritually gratifying hits such as “Menwu Da” “Adamfo
pa” and “Obeye ama wo”; Ghanaian gospel’s most hip and funky act, Cwasi
Oteng will also be thrilling music lovers with “God dey Bless” whiles
the ever colorful and energetic, DSP Kofi Sarpong is sure to bring to
bear one of his most spirited performances till date.
Incidentally, it’s been a remarkable year for all the local acts billed
to “let the peace rain” on December 1st. Earlier this year, gospel
songstress, Ohemaa Mercy staged her hugely successful, “Tehilla
Experience” concert which featured Sonnie Badu as one of the producers
for the event. Cwasi Oteng, also staged a remarkable concert last month,
and his hit song “God Dey Bless” is perhaps the biggest cross-over
gospel song of the year.
DSP Kofi Sarpong has also had a phenomenal year with chalking great
success in the Police service and on the gospel music circuit. It is
therefore expected that, their performances on the night will be a
culmination of all of their very best performances throughout a truly
exceptional year for all of them.
With the addition of the industry’s biggest acts to the concert,
organizers have upped the ante on an event which is already being billed
by industry pundits as the biggest gospel concert of the year.
Tickets for the concert are available for GHC40 regular and GHC70 for
VIP tickets. The Sonnie Badu “Let Peace Rain” Concert is sponsored by
Atlantic Trust, a dubai-based Ghanaian owned investment and finance
company and supported by LGG, Dalex Finanace, Access Bank and Fidelity
Bank.
It is powered by Empire Entertainment and Media GH; under the auspices of The Telecom Channel and the Hour of Hope Trust.
Congratulations to D-Black as he has beaten, Naeto C, Wizkid, Sarkodie
and more to win the Most Gifted West African Music Video at the on-going
Channel O music video awards with his ‘Fallin’ which features Nigerian
artist Mo Cheddah.
The video was directed by Phamous Philms.
Award winning Nigerian actor now turned movie
producer and director, Desmond Elliot says Africans must feel free to
discuss the issue of homosexuality and lesbianism openly since the act
is prevalent in society.
