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)

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.

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.

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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Did Nana Boroo Steal Hit Track “Ahayede”?

Nana Borro stole my song!’ Sk Blinks Originale reveals to all Ghanaians today on Entertainment Review, Peace Fm. He says he recorded ‘Ahayede’ 4years ago in a studio at Odokor in Accra.

Sokpo Koku Fabrice popularly known as SK BLINKS ORIGINALE has revealed that Nana Boroo, the face behind current hit track ‘Ahayede’ heard his song, and pleaded with him that they remake it.

‘The beat was unfinished when I reached studio…I ordered all the instrumentation, and sang the ‘AHAYEDE’ chorus right in the studio, and a verse; after 15minutes, I was done’. He says Nana Borro wanted to fuse his rap style into his song for the Ghanaian masses.

However, after recording his chorus, he (SK BLINKS) was persuaded to add a verse to the chorus, which he did after a little hesitation. After he completed his verse and chorus, he stepped out of the studio to get some water, but to his utmost surprise, he returned to the studio only to be told Nana Boroo had left. He quickly tried reaching Boroo on his cell phone, but it was also switched off.

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Sakordie Makes History At Ghana Music Awards 2010

Ghana’s fastest rapper, Sarkodie made history at the 2010 Ghana Music Awards when he became the first artist to ever win the Artist of the Year nod with a debut album. The most outstanding artist of the year also topped the ceremony with 4 other awards on a night filled with excitement, anxiety, rollicking performances and some surprises.View Gallery

The star-studded event which was hosted by Chris Attoh and Doreen Andoh saw appearances by musicians, radio, sports, film and television personalities with a streak of star performances. Among those that performed were Wande Coal (Nigeria), Jozi (South Africa), Donaeo (UK), Sarkodie, Obrafour, 4×4, Tinny, VIP, Ohemea Mercy, Ruff and Smooth, Nana Boro, Efyah, Amakye Dede, Becca and Wutah.

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Checkmate Premiere Draws Crowd

The latest movie, ‘Checkmate,’ from the stables of Sparrow Productions, drew a large audience at its premiere Thursday night at the National Theatre.

This is the fifth movie after the release of ‘Life and Living It’, ‘Scorned’, ‘Perfect Picture’ and ‘A Sting in a Tale’. The movies, directed by Shirley Frimpong-Manso, have so far won the hearts of many for the high standards they exhibited and many have said her movies are among the few that hold hope for Ghanaian movies internationally.

Shirley,’s two movies, ‘Perfect Picture’ and ‘A Sting in a Tale’ together got 11 nominations at the 2010 Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMMA) and hope to win some awards at the grand event on April 10 in Nigeria.
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4Play (Movie Preview)

Sanga Entertainment presents 4Play, another movie with lots of action and drama staring some A list stars like Jackie Appiah, Majid Michel, Juliet Ibrahimand many more.

Viewers discretion is advised. Please let us know your feedback on this preview.

Sakordie Tops Ghana Music Awards 2010 Nominations

The nominees for the 11th Annual Ghana Music Awards were announced last night at an event that brought together industry players, keen to know who gets nominated for what in the foremost award for music in the country.

The well attended event that saw performances from the likes of Kwabena Kwabena, Gyedu Blay Ambolley, Celestine Donkor, Ohemaa Mercy and Wutah ended with the big reveal of nominees.

Sarkodie, touted as the fastest rapper in Ghana led the pack with 8 nominations plus one for his collaboration with Ayigbe Edem and Kwaw Kesse on ‘You dey Craze’. Edem also had 6 other nominations with Wutah following with 5 plus a nod for best male vocal performance for PV, one half of the duo. 4×4 and Bradez both had 5 tallies.

Here is there complete list of nominees and GhanaCelebrities.Com says Bravo to Sarkodie.This to some degree proves that, Akon has not made a bad investment.
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