WHO IS KWAW KESSE, DON’T COMPARE ME TO A MAD PERSON – KONTIHENE

The showbiz industry is competetive and ‘beefs’ seem to help publicize artistes. Ghana’s showbiz industry is indifferent with such ‘beef’s’ which helps keep the industry alive.

Artistes tend to reply their fellow artiste just for publicity stunt.

There has been a brewing tussle between Kontihene and Kwaw Kese for years now and old wounds were opened as Kontihene explained on an Accra based radio station that Kwaw is never a benchmark for him.

In explaining his stance in the tussle he said he should not be compared to someone who is “mad.”

He continued to explain that with natural endowment,knowledge Kwaw kese can never be compared to him on any platform.

“I don’t have any problem with him (kwaw kesse)and i should not be put on similar pedestel with someone who says he is mad because am far ahead of him in every aspect that life has to offer.”

ELIKEM'S POKELLO TAKES EMPLOYEE TO COURT OVER SHOE THEFT

Like her Twitter profile says, Pokello Nare will ‘not be bullied into silence’; this was proven when she decided to report one of her employees to the authorities over theft.

Nare appeared at the court in Harare yesterday to testify against the shop assistant who had allegedly stolen a pair of shoes worth US$60 from her Addicted 2 Shoes store which is based at the Long Cheng Plaza in Belvedere, zimbabwelatestnews.com reports.

Diana Rukezo (35) was reportedly found guilty of the crime and sentenced to 140 hours of community service.

According to the report, the magistrate sentenced Rukezo to eight months in prison, three of which were suspended on condition of good behaviour in the next three years.

The other two months were suspended on condition that she pay back the value of the stolen shoes and serve 140 hours of community service.

In what may be seen as a swipe at her former employee, Pokello posted “Don't abuse a kind heart. U may never be offered one again!” on her twitter account on Wednesday.

The former Big brother Africa contestant herself is a self confessed shoe addict and has according to bulawayo24.com previously boasted of owning over 200 pairs of designer heels and confessed to buying about 7 pairs of shoes per month.

ACTRESS NANA AMA MCBROWN SET TO MARRY IN THE MONTH OF LOVE

Reliable information obtained from a close source indicates actress, Nana Ama McBrown, will finally tie the knot with long time boyfriend Maxwell in February 2014.

We can exclusively confirm that the engagement ceremony will take place at McBrown’s family residence at Atonsu Gyinyase (Ashanti Region) during the first week of February 2014.

I ENJOY ACTING WITH GHANAIANS BETTER – NIGERIAN ACTOR, HANKS ANUKU

One of Nollywood’s biggest stars and heartthrobs is Hanks Anuku. Hanks is one of the highest paid Nollywood actors. Hanks who is known for “Action Flicks” is one of Africa’s finest actors.

He has collaborated with Ghanaian Stars like  Jackie Appiah (2013 Best Actress in Leading Role  winner,Ghana Movie Awards), Benedicta Gafah (2013,Discovery of the Year and Most Promising Star Award winner,Kumawood Akoben Movie Awards) and a host of others.

He has been featured in a couple of movies in Ghana,with most popular ones been “Black Cobra”,”Love and Agony” and also has a new one which will be out soon. 

 

Interacting with Ghanaflow.com, Hanks expressed the joy in him whenever he acts in Ghana and described Ghana as his second home.”I enjoy acting with Ghanaians and i love their hospitality” – Hanks Anuku.

DIRECTING LIL WIN WAS FUN & EASIER THAN I THOUGHT

Ghanaian actor, Eddie Nartey confirmed reports that he directed a movie which featured popular actors, Lil Win and Majid Michel.

The movie titled Could This Be Love also starred Nana Ama McBrown, Gloria Sarfo, Doris Sackitey and Fred Amugi. It made headlines recently when word went round that Lil Win and Majid acted together in a movie.

According to Eddie, it was a great experience: “Acting is quite flexible. With acting, you are dealing with a character as in the one you are playing and relating to others. When you are able to get the character right, everything else becomes simple for you.

But with directing, you are dealing with every actor in the movie be it a major character or an extra. You are also dealing with the technicalities, calling for shots and making sure you execute every scene correctly. I bet you directing isn’t children work (laughs). Why do we watch movies with great actors in it and yet still say it’s not a good movie? If you ask me, directing is far difficult than acting,” he explained.

Eddie said he found it pretty easy directing Lil Win, though there were speculations that he had problems directing him because of claims that ‘local Twi actors don’t use scripts when acting’.

“Well, they do act with script. But of course it’s written in English so they summarise it and boom they are on. Initially I wanted him to go line by line but I realized it was getting difficult, so I explained to him the salient points I wanted. I must say Lil Win is very creative. He understands the job. All he needs is a good explanation of the scene and he will execute it for you. Initially I didn’t understand his style but after a couple of scenes it was easy directing him,” Eddie told NEWS-ONE.

The new movie will be premiering at the Miklin Hotel in Kumasi on February 1, 2014 and on February 2 at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology (KNUST).

I’M NOT CONTROVERSIAL - ATUMPAN

Perhaps it is just as well that Afro Pop musician Atumpan has left the classroom to concentrate on his music career. The graduate teacher who used to teach at a senoir high school in Accra, has been generating controversies with every new song he releases.

In 2010, he came up with The Thing and then a year after, he dropped Sisi Mu Den and just recently, he has been out with Nyash. Besides the risque titles each of the songs presents, the lyrics also raise eyebrows.

Still Atumpan denies that he is controversial.

In an interview with Showbiz from his UK base, Atumpan said that contrary to the belief that he likes to be controversial in his songs, he is only committed to educating society about relevant issues that have been disregarded.

He said since artistes love to talk about different themes like love, family and other ills of society, he sees nothing wrong when he composes songs which carry “undertones of sex”.

“I am not controversial and I don’t know why people are hypocritical when the topic of sex comes up. We all agree that it is a very important aspect of life so why shield it?

“This is my contribution to the society. Besides, we can’t all preach about love and the ills of society. We all have different ways of expressing our feelings and passion and mine is to talk about women.

Giving his own definition of “Nyash”, Atumpan said NYASH represents the acronym of the qualities he wants to find in his woman which are Natural, Youthful, Adorable, Sexy and Humble.

“If you take a good listening to the song, you would notice that I am singing the praises of the qualities that I want in my woman to make her stand out among the lot. I want my woman to have a big NYASH and that is what I am telling the world. What is controversial about this?”

Atumpan, real name, Frank Elikem Cobbinah he, burst onto the music scene with his hit single The Thing which drew a lot of criticisms when he once labelled it as a gospel song.

Currently living in the UK, Atumpan said he had to take a break from the teaching field to concentrate on his music career.

For him, being in a limelight at a time when he was in the classroom endeared him to many of the students because they were privileged to have a celebrity as their teacher and “was a different ball game when in the classroom”.

He said that even though there was the tendency to bring his showbiz “elements” in the classroom sometimes, he was always cautious of the academic environment he found himself and never disregarded his commitment that he was nurturing future leaders of the nation who needed to be instilled with discipline and moral lessons.

He said he will be back home by mid-year to take a “glorious position” on the music radar after the release of his second album.

EMELIA BROBBEY DONATES TO THE NEEDY

Visibly excited actress Emelia Brobbey put smiles on the faces of these children by donating food items worth GH¢ 1,500 to the Rema Ghana Rehabilitation Centre at Patasi in Kumasi.

The items included boxes of Indomie, drinks and biscuits among others. All the 50 children at the centre were also treated to pastries and soft drinks.

The donation was made under her Emelia Brobbey Foundation which has been in existence for the past two years and seeks to support the needy in society.

Emelia won two awards at the recently held Kumawood Awards, the Best Twi/English actress and Best Actress in a Supporting role for the movie, Madamfo. She is currently putting finishing touches to her second movie under her End Time Productions.

For someone who faced challenges last year, one would say that Emelia is not doing badly for herself at all, “It is not every actor who can bounce back after all the humiliation but I am doing better than before,” she told Showbiz.­