ARROGANCE IS KILLING/KILLED AGYA KOO – PRODUCER

According to Agya Koo, Producers did not cast him throughout 2013 because his charges are exorbitant. The Producer in question who double as the CEO of Peace and Love Productions, Daniel K. Sarfo Tyson has responded after the story went viral last week.

Following up on the story, Nana Kwame, the host of OC Showbiz Review on Skyy Power 93.5, a Radio Station in Takoradi interviewed the CEO of the Production House mentioned by Agya Koo; Peace and Love Productions. In an interview with Mr. Sarfo Tyson, he divulged that, all Agya Koo said are lies.

The Producer said Agya Koo is egocentric and very arrogant and that is causing his ‘demise’ in the industry, not his ‘meat pie price.’  “Can you imagine he comes on set and tells us he has important things to attend to so he has to leave when he has not finished shooting his part? We keep begging him all the time to finish his part before he leaves but he mostly leave saying he has important things to attend to” “A movie like ‘For girls,’ he did not finish his part and left.

He said he had personal things to attend to and left. We pleaded he finish before leaving but he just left” Further asserting, Mr. Tyson said “If Agya Koo says he made Kumasi movies and Producers popular, then he is ungrateful and a liar. And it is untrue he was paid after shooting ‘Bumper to Bumper’, it is not true.”

RAHIM BANDA SPEAKS

Ghana's star-kid Rahim Banda has confessed that it was his dad whom opened the way to stardom to him. Rahim told CMN that though he had interest in acting, never knew it could land him this far except for his dad. He owes his dad for all the favour done him. In case you don't know his dad, he's Mr. Ahmed Banda, CEO of Bandex Production.

Roughly three years ago Rahim started his acting career. He happened to be the youngest actor of the luminary. Furthermore, he was able to pick his first award at age 12 with the movie "Wipe my Tears" as Best Actor in a Supporting Role category amidst nominations in other categories as well. An earlier claims has said that he has prospects of picking the Best Actor category one day.

Despite, the industry posed some defects at the preliminary stages. He was shrouded with nervity while shooting his debut "Masters of the Game". He described it as very "scarry and challenging". Onwards, he was able to tune in his artistic skills and made execution of roles in movies including: Behind the Mask, Jimmy, Isha, John Obama among others.

Moreover, he had also stated his movie making career is no threat to his education since he shoots only on vacations. Most of his movies come from his dad's Bandex Production. Also turns down other movie offers from other producers, for the sake of education.

Upon asking him about how it feels to be a star, he proudly exclaims "well, all attention is given to you. It all depends on how you take it". When one becomes a star or public eye, he/she is expected to be disciplined, courteous and infact possess all the good qualities of life since everyone looks up to you.

In his latter message to his fans, he had urged all to take education seriously and "always believe in your dream. Education is key dream for all" - he stated.

ELIKEM IN COURT OVER ODARTEY’S BROUHAHA

An Accra High Court has adjourned to January 22 the case involving former Black Star midfielder Nii Odartey Lamptey and his wife.

The case was on Tuesday heard in Chambers at the Cocoa Affairs court room 14.

Nii Odartey Lamptey who is the owner of Glow Lamp International School headed to court to seek divorce after over 20 years of marriage.

This became necessary after Nii Odartey Lamptey conducted DNA test and discovered that the three children he has fathered all his life are not his biological children.

Few weeks before Christmas, it will be recalled that there was an allegation from a highly placed source in an interview with XYZ News saying that Odartey Lamptey caught Elikem flirting with wife on three different occasions in their matrimonial home.

Both Nii Odartey Lamptey and Elikem Kumordzi were in court together with family friends and sympathizers.

MY HUBBY GAVE ME THE NICKNAME 'OMOSEXY' - OMOTOLA REVEALS

Many refer to prolific and powerful Nollywood actress, Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde as 'Omosexy' but don't know how she came about the name or its origin.

The screen goddess has been widely known with the name and later created a 'sexy nation' out of it. The TIME magazine 100 powerful person in the world recently told CNN that her husband, Capt Mathew Ekeinde, not her fans, gave her that name she is now widely known with.

According to her, "funnily, it was my husband that gave me the name. That name is the pet name he calls me at home."

Omotola is one of the most sexy Nollywood stars in Nigeria. She has four grown up children. Many budding stars see her as their role model.

GHANA MUSIC AWARDS 2014 PROCESS BEGINS!

Charterhouse Ghana, organizers of Ghana’s biggest and most prestigious event on the entertainment calendar, the Vodafone Ghana Music Awards would like to inform all Ghanaians including those in the diaspora that work has begun toward the 15th Vodafone Ghana Music Awards.

The event that seeks to reward musicians and music industry players that churned out various works within the calendar year opening January 1st 2013 and closing December 31st 2013, will be held in April 2014.

All artistes and record companies are thus invited to submit their works for the period in question to Charterhouse. The deadline for submission of entries and nominations is 31st January, 2014.

The calendar of events leading to the big night starts with a press launch slated for Thursday January 16th 2014 at Alisa Hotel at 5pm. All press, media personnel and interested industry practitioners are cordially invited.

Established in year 2000, Charterhouse Ghana, is Ghana’s leading events management and production firm with branches in Liberia, Cape Verde, Nigeria and the Ivory Coast.

CHARTERHOUSE BRINGS "GH ENTERTAINMENT AWARDS" THIS YEAR

On Sunday 12th January, 2014, host of the only Sunday radio entertainment programme – Flex on Pluz in Ghana, Samuel Atuobi Baah, asked the PRO of Charterhouse, Mr. George Quaye, if it’s true they have plans of birthing another award scheme called Ghana Entertainment Awards.

“Yes it’s true we shall be organizing another award scheme called GH Entertainment. It’s actually something we conceived two years ago but we were still putting the pieces together behind the scene. God being so good, GH Entertainment Awards shall come off this year hopefully before the first quarter of the year ends.

“We shall be launching it before this month – January ends and after that, more details of the award would be made public or available to the media. What would be so different from this award and Ghana Music Awards?

“Well unlike Ghana Music Awards, Ghana Movie Awards, Radio and Television Personality Awards, and the other awards which are specialty awards, GH Entertainment Awards is an award scheme designed to award people in all the different sects of our creative arts industry.”

“We shall be awarding players in music, movies, broadcasting, Art writing, event producers and directors, painting, graphics, a little sport and others,” George Quaye intimated.

Indeed, this award promises to be one with a broader scope compared to all the award schemes we have in Ghana.

AMAKYE DEDE LEADS ANTI-PIRACY CAMPAIGN

One of Ghana’s top highlife musicians whose music is being sold on the market without his approval, has warned that his outfit will soon deal drastically with all those involved in the illegal distributing of his music.

The highlife music icon, Abrantie Amakye Dede, wept over the rate at which music was being pirated in the country and disclosed that for the past years, his musical works had been sold on the local and international music markets and online without his approval.

Speaking to Beatwaves in an interview yesterday, the evergreen highlife musicians described pirates as thieves, and nation wreckers, and therefore called for an effective and rapid legal system in the country to deal with them.

“I have to make things uncomfortable for the pirates who are depriving Ghanaian musicians from making ends meet. We will chase them out of their hideouts very soon. We will use all available means to uproot them and destroy their criminal operations,” he declared.

He added that “it is time for all forms of piracy to be dealt a lethal blow. Pirates must be jailed. I call on all Ghanaians to expose their illegal activities in the supreme interest of the country.

“Piracy has not only decimated Ghana’s music industry, but has impoverished its creators and deprived government of legitimate tax revenue.”

According to him, measures were being put in place by his management team to check the activities of those pirating his musical works, adding that he would wage an intensive war against those behind the illegal sale and distribution of his musical works.

He asked music sellers and distributors in the country who want to do business with his music to contact him personally or his management.

Abrantie stated that he had not authorized any company such Mega Star or any group of persons to distribute and sell his musical works on his behalf.