Elephant Eye Films Presents Prince of Broadway (New York Premiere)

After their latest success with Precious and The Maid, Elephant Eye Films are excited for the release of The Prince of Broadway, written and directed by Sean Baker, presented to you by Lee Daniels.

Prince of Broadway is the story of Lucky, a charismatic hustler eking out a living in the underbelly of New York’s wholesale fashion district.  An illegal immigrant from Ghana, Lucky makes ends meet by soliciting shoppers on the street with knock-off brand merchandise. Life is good for Lucky, but his dreams are suddenly upended when a child is thrust into his world by a woman who insists the toddler is his son.

A tender comedy of fatherhood, family and love set in the shadow of the Flatiron building and soaked in the colorful bustle of urban realism, Prince of Broadway reveals unseen lives creating their own knock-off of the American Dream.

Actress Jackie Appiah Wins Another Award

Ghanaian star actress, Jackie Appiah is certainly having a good year. She recently followed her African Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) nod for best actress in a lead role with the City People Entertainment Award for best Actress in Ghana. The award which celebrates movies, music and comedy was held on July 18 at the 10 Degrees Event Centre in Lagos, Nigeria.

Jackie who was nominated against the likes of Nadia Buari, Lydia Forson, Naa Ashorkor Mensah- Doku and Yvonne Nelson, says she didn’t expect to win the award because she felt after winning the AMAA nod she wasn’t going to win again.  She is however excited by the honour and she believes the other nominees were equally good.  “I am happy and proud that people have sat down to appreciate my work. This is the second award in the year; I give glory to God. I was competing with very good actresses, they are all equally good and so I felt that was a very tough category to win. I respect all of them because they are all good actresses, individually”.

The adorable actress was also nominated for Best Ghanaian movie personality but lost out to Juliet Ibrahim. She comments: “I have a beautiful personality but I cannot take home all the awards, someone else had to win some of the awards too. Juliet Ibrahim won the award and she is fantastic, she has a beautiful personality. So who else would they have given it to? I congratulate her, I am proud of her, she did a great job”.

Jackie will soon shoot a horror movie tentatively titled, ‘Graveyard’ with Peace Films and directed by Pascal Amanfo. The actress says she can’t wait to do the movie because she has never done a horror flick before. She also has another flick coming up with producer, Abdul Salam and according to the actress, it would be a blockbuster. She is impressed with the scripts for both movies and believes she will put up award winning performances in both.

Source: Ameyaw Debrah (Contributor)

Ghanalinx Album Review: Reezon’s I Am The Reezon

The Ghanalinx team have been following Reezon for a while and when the “I Am The Reezon” cd came across my desk, we were expecting a fusion of hip life and hip hop like Reezon’s counterparts in Ghana. However, Reezon’s Magnum Opus is a journey through soulful beats, intricately woven rhymes, and tales of abolotsie life.

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Reezon – It’s Okay

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In true African fashion the Intro has a soulful African beat with poignant poetry to compliment the music. Which leds in to the piano riff heavyReezon and soulful Don’t Let It Go, setting the tone for the album. Stand out tracks like Drinks On Me, Hands Up, and Make Way are all bangers to heat the clubs up this summer.

Yaa Asentewaa, Commort 4 Derr, and Mic Check did not live up to the rest of the material on the album but tracks like bonus track Kurruption more than make up for the filler. Hands down, Kurruption was our favorite track in the office.

“I Am The Reezon” is full of soulful and exciting music, as opposed to just a bunch of songs – an great debut for Reezon. Though in some cases Reezon’s vocals take a back seat to his beats, he holds his own, and we can’t wait to hear more from him.

“Fresh’s Picks”

Kurruption

Hands Up

Drinks On Me

3.5 / 5 Black Stars

Ghana Most Beautiful Canada Pageant (Press Release)

The first annual Ghana’s Most Beautiful Canada Pageant 2010 took place at the luxurious Woodbridge Banquet Hall  located at 4000 Steele’s Ave West on Saturday July 10^th 2010. Eight girls competed for the title of Ghana’s Most Beautiful Canada, but Miss Nicole Afia Bortsi, a 19-year-old York University psychology student took the title and walked away with a round trip ticket to Ghana, $ 1000 scholarship and a laptop.

The position of the first runner up went to Miss Vivian Achampong who is a nursing graduate from the University of Laurentian. The second position went to Miss Jennifer Achiaa a student at Medix school in Toronto On, and the third position went to Miss Elizabeth Obeng of Brampton On

The well-attended event was organized by  Miss Constance Aniwaah Love a 25-year-old young woman who is a growing influential leader in the Ghanaian community in Canada, her missions is to empower the young women and set them on a winning course in life, and by affording each contestant the opportunity to grow and advance thier  personal and career goals while acting as a role model in the community.
The event was sponsored; by Glory land shipping enterprise, Ankor Travel, Safari Food, Elone Magazin, Openbox Flow vibes and Ghanalinx.The MC’s Mrs. Anna Adu, and MC Bonde. Music by DJ Virus

Look out for our exclusive interviews with the President/CEO of the pageant and the winner Nicole Bortsi coming very soon.

Gospel Sensation Comfort Osei-Owusu Releases Her 4th Album

The woman of praise has done it again with her fourth (4th) and latest CD;  AGAPE LOVE.  This twelve (12) track praise and worship CD is guaranteed to keep you both on your feet and knees.

Madam Comfort  is not only a blessing to her fans but to her generation.  “The Woman of Praise” as she is affectionately called by her fans won this title because of her beautiful “David dance” moves during praise and worship at her church or whiles performing.  Her music packs a gospel style of songs in sermonette singing that involves the spoken word and dramatic acting which was developed from her life experiences and journeys throughout the world.

In 2000 Comfort brought us her first CD “Time Changes” which made it to the top of the gospel charts both in Ghana and the US.  Her second album “Dream Maker” did well also and then came “Hyira Me” (Bless Me) her third album which debut the hit songs, “Sankofa” and No Prayer No Power.

Comfort’s determination and passion for her music led her to start the Empowered By Praise International Ministries which main focus is to encourage, enlighten, and empower all people especially women and children with the word of God and the sure promises of God through music.

The  AGAPE LOVE cd will encourage you, it will empower you,  it will heal your broken heart and mend your weary soul.  The first reggae track Call Jesus gives a number to call Him in time of need.   Holy Joy gives us hope in Christ.  Other powerful songs in English and Twi include, Good God,  Nyame do me, Prophesy, Boni Ben?  The title track Agape Love talks about the joys and contentment in experiencing the love of God.  Get your copy now and your life will never be the same.

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Sakordie – Blackstars (Party hard)

Biggest name in hiplife music right now,  Sakordie just released an exclusive song for our Ghana Blackstars in South Africa. Have a listen and let us know your feedback on this song.

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Samini Targets Grammy Awards

Ghanaian Afro-Raggae singer Samini has made his target as an artiste vividly clear, in a first exclusive interview after his double marriage saga.

Speaking on Peace FM’s “Entertainment Review”, Samini said: “I have always said that the Grammy is my target is and I want to get it, so am still working hard to get there”, he emphasized with so much determination.

He made this statement when Kwasi Aboagye, host of the programme, asked what was next for him after winning several awards. Samini has won over eight awards both in Ghana and on the international front. About his reported marriage to two women Christiana Aboagye Mensah and Mercy Geker, based in Canada and UK respectively, Samini said it is his private life and people should respect it as such.

“I think that it is still one’s right to maintain what you call one’s privacy regardless of how deep people dig into it and how people report it because in any case whatever you do people will talk about it the way they want to. All I can say is I have two lovely daughters”.

He recently made mother Ghana proud in New York City, as the “Best Entertainer” in Africa. Samini (real name: Emmanuel Andrew Samini) who continues to make waves on the international music scene, has added yet another award to the array of awards he has won over the past few years. He won the “Best African Entertainer” award at the just ended 29th edition of the International Raggae and World Music Awards (IRAWMA) 2010.

This took place on May 2, 2010 at the York College of Performing Arts Centre in Queens, New York. Samini competed in the same category with 2Face Idibia (Nigeria), D’banj (Nigeria), Amadou and Mariam (Mali) and Femi Kuti (Nigeria).

Other great names at the IRAWMA 2010 night, includes top nominee Jamaican singer Queen Ifrica, who won four awards and Haitan-born International recording artiste Wyclef Jean and civil rights activist Rev. Al Sharpton who won the honorary “Marcus Garvey Humanitarian Award”. Though Samini was not there to receive the award, he expressed joy and thanked God for bringing him this far.

“This is one of the few award events for which I have been nominated but couldn’t make it to the awards night, but the most important thing now is that I have won the award for Ghana and I thank the Almighty God for doing it again for me. I also thank my fans who have always supported me”, he stated.

He added that the organizers of the event confirmed this to his manager Tony Pun Danning, a day after the award night, via phone and email. Samini is currently in Ghana after his three months intensive studies in the UK and a two-week stay in South Africa.

The ‘Sweet Mistake’ singer who is one of the worldwide MTN music icons has just finalized the recording of the MTN official World Cup anthem in South Africa, with world renowned “Destiny’s child” singer Kelly Rolland from America, Awadi (Senegal), Krotel (Cameroon), Rola (Lebanon) Cameleone (Uganda), Zuluboy (South Africa), Jozi (South Africa) and Kwesta and Slikour, both from South Africa.

Samini is in Ghana now to put finishing touches to his fourth album titled “Crucial Entertainment Outlaw” (C.E.O). The album which has already produced three hit singles “Triga”, “Sweet Mistake, and newly released “Holiday”, currently receiving airplay, will feature great collaborations with international artistes such as 2Face Idibia (Nigeria), M.I (Nigeria), Cameleone (Uganda), HHP (South Africa), Young Joc (New York), Squatter Camp (South Africa), Obrafour and Pae Dae of R2Bees fame, from Ghana.

The 2006 Music of Black Origin (MOBO) and 2009 MTV Africa Music Awards (MAMA) winner disclosed to peacefmonline that he will bring an International Raggae artiste for a grand album launch in August, after the World Cup in South Africa. Samini will be in South Africa during “World Cup 2010” to perform with some Ghanaians and artistes from other parts of the world.

Young AO – Sky High Mixtape (Vol 1)

Ghanaian-Canadian rapper Young AO brings you his debut mixtape ‘Sky High’ – Vol 1

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Exclusive Ghanalinx Interview with Quabena Maphia

Ms Kandy Sharl from Ghanalinx.com sat down with Ghanaian artist Quabena Maphia from Canada for this exclusive interview.

Big thank you to Quabena Maphia for making this exclusive interview possible and our production crew AYP Productions.

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