Category: Entertainment

IN October 2019, the Director of Creative Arts, responsible for Programmes & Projects at the National Commission on Culture, Socrate Safo, revealed that the Ministry for Tourism, Arts and Culture would start an insurance scheme for players in the creative arts sector. He told the Graphic Showbiz at the time that the insurance scheme for the creative...

NEWLY crowned winner of TV3’s Ghana’s Most Beautiful (GMB) pageant, Naa Dedei Botchway has visited the offices of the Graphic Communications Group Limited (GCGL) as part of her media rounds. The visit, which took place on Tuesday, September 29, also gave Naa, who represented the Greater Accra Region in the pageant, an opportunity to express her appreciation to...

THE Ho Circuit court on Wednesday, September 23, sentenced a musician, Reuben Ansah, to two years imprisonment with hard labour for lottery fraud. Ansah, 20, a resident of Akatsi, is one of three persons standing trial for various acts of impersonation and defrauding by false pretences in relation to operations of the National Lottery Authority...

ONE long running perception about the movie industry is that light-skinned actors have an advantage in as far as getting roles are concerned but Ghanaian actress Eva Adonoo said it was not true. In a recent chat with Graphic Showbiz, Eva said getting roles boiled down to one’s abilities and not skin colour. “I don’t think...

The star of rapper/comedian/actor, AY Poyoo seems to be shining ever so brightly, in fact it shows no sign of dimming. After basking in the achievement of his GOAT video hitting the one million mark, the musician has gone global, being featured by the BBC. In a video the BBC posted on Wednesday, September 30, AY Poyoo talks about how...

Actress Gabrielle Union has reached “an amicable resolution” with US TV network NBC over her exit from America’s Got Talent after one season as a judge. Union, who left in 2019, claimed there was a toxic work environment on the show and alleged she was sacked for speaking out against racism and sexism. She also complained about fellow judge...

Organisers of the Miss Universe-Ghana pageant have unveiled Chelsea Tayui as the Miss Universe-Ghana 2020 queen at a virtual show last Saturday, September 26. The 25-year-old was appointed, instead of being selected and crowned at a regular open mass scouting session, as has been the procedure over the years, in the wake of the Coronavirus...

Ghanaian actress Jackie Appiah has denied rumours that she is pregnant with the child of Liberian President George Oppong Weah. The actress in an interview laughed-off and dismissed reports of the said pregnancy which have gone viral in recent weeks. “Please ignore all rumours, do I look like (I’m pregnant?) Please, it’s not true,” Jackie...

Highlife musician Bless has asked authorities to take action against awards organiser Kwame Fordjour popularly known as ‘Dr UN’ for deceit. Dr UN has been trending for weeks now for his ability to ‘scam’ influential persons including the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ghana, popular musicians Sarkodie, D-Black, media personalities Berla Mundi and Johnnie Hughes...

Gospel artiste Akua Emelia is worried about the rate at which her colleagues in the Gospel fraternity’s marriages are collapsing and is asking that they gather for a week and pray for their marriages. According to Akua Emelia, who has been married for nearly 15 years, what is happening to Gospel musicians is a spiritual...