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Hiplife group, Praye has joined the endorsement train of New Patriotic Party (NPP) Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.

Tennis star, Serena Williams, 35, has expressed her misgivings about recent killings of black by police officers in the United States.

For one pair of newly-weds, the professional photographs of their big day will have to compete with a selfie with one happy passer-by - Tom Hanks.

Ashesi University has hosted formidable artiste, M.anifest, real Kwame Ametepe to broaden the horizon of its students in a music lecture.

The international multi award winning artist; Eben is set to perform live in Ghana on the 7th to 9th day of October, 2016 at this year`s Shouts of Victory Concert organised by Christ Embassy Church, Nungua.

Veteran highlife practitioner, Charles Kwadwo Fosu alias Daddy Lumba turns 52nd today.

The much-applauded performance at the Vodafone African Legends Night in Accra by legendary South African musician Yvonne Chaka Chaka could have been her last after she was caught in a crossfire that left one person dead and another injured in Midrand, north of Johannesburg, on Tuesday afternoon.

"I don’t think I’m trying so hard to be famous. I just do me and people love it and they follow me but I don’t try so hard to be famous. I’m just living my life and being me.”

Rapper and Abodam lord, Kwaw Kese and wife, Nana Pokua Botwe have welcome a new addition to the family expressing their joy on their Instagram media accounts.

Kim Kardashian West was robbed at gunpoint at a luxury residence in Paris by at least two men dressed as police officers, her publicist and police say.

Ghanaman, David Dontoh stamped his authority on it with his casual questioning style and mocking of candidates all in good humour but the veteran actor is no more on the ‘Agoro’ ship.

//Thanks folks. We just won the best African Act Awards at this year’s IRAWMA 2016.God bless you all…//

Nominees for the 2016 Watsup TV Music Video Awards (WAMVA) have officially been announced.

Judges on the panel for Ghana Writers Awards (GWA) have released the shortlist for the 2016 edition of the awards.

Bryan Okwara, fast-rising Nigerian actor and Ambassador for Martini-Nigeria, joined his compatriots and Ghanaians to celebrate the Nigeria’s Independence Day on Saturday at Ghana-Lagos carnival held in Accra.

A leading Nigerian actress has been banned from the Hausa-language film industry because of her "immoral" behaviour, the main industry body says.

YFM, Ghana’s number one urban radio station is set to audition the first set of contestants who signed up the first ever radio reality show dubbed ‘The One’.

Kim Kardashian has disclosed that what she feared most during the robbery attack in Paris was she being raped.

Students of the University of Professional Studies (UPSA) are excitedly and anxiously awaiting the biggest entertainment activation to happen in their school this semester as Ghana’s leading urban radio station, YFM storms the Madina-based school on Saturday with the famous ‘YFM Campus Invasion’ and is specially meant to be an ‘akwaaba’ event for all freshmen and women as well as all continuing students of UPSA.

It's just about ten days after the wife, actress Doris Kyei Baffour of Hiplife act, Kwaw Kese popularly known as "Abodam" gave birth to a baby girl and he is celebrating again.

Legendary musician, Kojo Antwi has revealed self-proclaimed Dancehall King, Shatta Wale as his topmost favourite among the current crop of musicians.

Kumawood Actor, Kofi Adu popularly known as Agya Koo has denied rumours going round that he only decided to support Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo after he had been rejected by the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC).

A video of a boss of a company selling home brewery equipment in Tongzhou District, Beijing, China, who reportedly forces his 'female' staff to kiss him before resuming for work every morning has gone viral on social media.

Acutely aware that to regain the Artiste of the Year crown at the Ghana Music Awards once again, there was need to have banging tunes but crucially organise own shows recording massive attendance, reggae/dancehall heavyweight Stonebwoy did just that over the weekend.

Despite Group of Companies Don, Osei Kwame Despite can rest easy to enjoy from his toils as his son, Kennedy Osei is settling in at the Ship House as General Manager.

The craze of popular people desiring to hide their private affairs from the public glare is very much alive with actress Vicky Zugah the latest to reveal she is indeed married to Adrian Bolt Lewis who was the Sierra Leonean representative for Big Brother Africa – The Chase in 2013.

Ghanaian actor, Abraham Attah has landed another award, this time scooping Best Actor (Narrative) Award for the movie ‘Out of The Village.’

YFM Ghana’s latest reality show dubbed “The One” kicked off in Kumasi with hundreds of hopefuls turning up at the Plush Lounge at the Jubilee Mall of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology. The show, which is designed to turn the winner into an instant celebrity, will start airing daily on YFM. E.TV Ghana will also be broadcasting the Kumasi auditions this Saturday at 7pm.

Competition for the next phase of the show was not a mere walkover as judges, YFM Kumasi’s Kwame Legend and DJ Slim as well as YFM Accra’s Nana Kwame Osei Sarpong (Soul Man, also known as Nokus) were tough to please. Some received the instant NO in the form of a red card but the ones that put smiles on the judges faces received green cards.

The green cards mean these hopefuls go into the final closed audition against the best of Takoradi and the best of Accra to choose the 8 finalists. These 8 finalists will battle it out on radio and TV until the one is chosen on the 4^th of December.

“It was fun and a lot of excitement watching these young men and women show us what they have and want to do with it; most of them realise that being a radio presenter isn’t as easy as it may seem. End of the day though, we got some very talented folks in Oseikrom and we can only imagine that the next stage will be super excited especially as the numbers in Accra especially are very high”, Nokus said.

 The ONE – how it all works?

With the Kumasi audition now ended, the auditioning process now moves to Takoradi on the 15^th of October at the YFM studios and then to Accra on the 22^nd October.

With many green cards been given in Kumasi, these contestants will join the other green card winners in Takoradi and Accra for a second phase of judging. Five judges made up of radio personalities, celebrities and image consultants will then judge the contestants again. Their original audition will be used for this judging. The judges will then announce the eight finalists who will get to compete each other for the crown of the ONE!

The eight finalists will be split into two teams of four people each and the teams will be given a challenge each week. These challenges include making a radio jingle, interviewing celebrities, radio production amongst others. Every week, the listeners of YFM and viewers of e.TV get to choose which team did a better job and vote for them. The losing team then gets to vote off their weakest member. Throughout each week, the contestant will be mentored and coached by radio professionals and experts to showcase their very best.

During the finals, there will be a surprise challenge that will test the mettle of the three.  

On the 4^th December in a live TV show on eTV, The ONE will be announced.

 

 

 

After losing his 68-year-old mum to a reported liver condition in London, MUSIGA President Obour real name Bice Osei Kufuor readies to bury his beloved mum.

The woes of actor, Wayoosi keep compounding. Having recently recovered from a kidney malfunction, which saw him swell leading to public appeals and presidential intervention to ensure he had the best care, tragedy has befallen the diminutive Kumasi based actor.