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Sunday, 7 November 2010

Shirley Frimpong Manso’s ‘6 Hours To Christmas’ Premiered + Photos Feat Nadia Buari, Naa Ashokor, Chris Attoh, Fred Amugi & Others...

What else do I have to say about Shirley Frimpong Manso’s new addition to the Sparrow Production’s family ‘6 Hours To Christmas’ known as dark comedy. I thought I said what I needed to say after watching the movie for the first time. Well, watching the movie for the second time did some magic.

For now, Shirley Frimpong Manso will be thanking Revele Films for introducing movie premieres to the country. Sparrow Productions in a space of 4 years have produced 6 movies meaning she is really cashing in.

Shirley Frimpong Manso is the only female writer/director/producer who is giving her male counterparts in the movie making industry in Ghana a run for their money. For now, we can wait for Leila Djansi of ‘I Sing Of A Well’ fame to see what she has in store for Ghanaian movie devotees.

Sometimes I wonder if Shirley Frimpong Manso has some secret to all these achievements. Is she using the power of a woman to her advantage? Though she might not have a magic wand, people are always willing to see any movie of hers, no matter the venue.

Silverbird Cinemas is now a preferred venue for new movies to be premiered, National Theatre is an unfamiliar venue for movies premiere, and moreover some producers have seen their premieres flop at the latter venue. However, this is entirely different for Shirley, as she always gets the numbers each time she premieres her movies at the National Theatre.

Personally, watching the movie for the second time made me enjoy it more. The responses from the audience were impressive and encouraging. Simply put, they enjoyed the movie. For someone like me who has seen the movie before that night, I couldn’t help but smile and laugh intermittently as some people tried as hard as they can to predict scenes after scene but guess what … they got it wrong.

After the first showing, Shirley thanked the cast and the crew for a job well done. A surprise raffle continued via which some of the audience won some prizes.

‘6 Hours To Christmas’ is the 6^th movie from Shirley Frimpong Manso’s Sparrow Production after ‘Life and Living It’, ‘Scorned’, ‘Perfect Picture’, ‘A Sting in a Tale’, and ‘Checkmate’.

Watch The Trailer Of ‘6 Hours To Christmas’ Below

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Redeemer Mensah Off To Tate Gallery, UK For The Premiere Of Revele Films’ New Movie ‘Elmina’

As part of the plans for the premiere of the latest movie from the camp of Revele Films (Producers of hit TV series ‘Home Sweet Home’ and ‘Hotel St. James’), Redeemer Mensah, one of the best production managers in Ghana, a key staff member of the above named production house, according to our sources has been invited to participate in the prestigious Tate Britain Talk slated for the 29th October 2010.

Redeemer Mensah who doubles as an actor has featured in most production from Revele Films.

This invitation is a result of their latest production titled ‘Elmina’, which was shot in the Central and Western regions of Ghana. ‘Elmina’ tells a story of colonialism, greed, hatred, love and betrayal.

The movie will be premiered in Tate Gallery, UK before making appearance in Ghana in December 2010. The movie featured Douglas Fishbone, a renowned artist; also on the cast list are Kofi Bucknor, Akorfa Asiedu, Ama K. Abebrese, John Apea, Kojo Dadson and Redeemer Mensah.

‘Elmina’ is expected to take Tate Britain by storm and we hope he and the rest of the team make us proud as they have done already.

: Redeemer Mensah, Eddie Nartey and friends

Samini Releases A New Album: From Dankwansere (Batman) To ‘C.E.O’

Samini, who since 2004 has been releasing albums in two years interval has finally released his fourth and new album titled ‘C.E.O’. In 2004 Samini then known as Batman, released his debut album ‘Dankwansere’ (Batman). The album had songs like ‘Linda’ and ‘Gyae Shie’. This album won him two awards at the Ghana Music Awards in the same year.

He followed it up in 2006 with another album ‘Samini’, with popular songs like ‘Odo’ (love) and ‘Samini’ on the album. He picked three awards at the 2007 Ghana Music Awards. He released his third album ‘Dagaati’ in 2008, some popular songs on the album includes ‘Movement’, ‘Where My Baby Dey’ and ‘Sweet Girls’.

Samini’s current project ‘C.E.O’ is an 18 track album. The album is filled with more danceable tunes this time around. The album launch and the retail tour began at the Golden Tulip, after which the train moved to Metro TV, where the artiste made an appearance on the station’s Saturday entertainment program ‘Morning Ride’.

The retail train then moved to the forecourt of MTN, inside Osu. At Osu, he interacted with his fans, sign autographs and took pictures with them. After here,the action was moved to Melcom Plus building, North Kaneshie and later to Accra Mall and continued at the Aphrodisiac Night Club for a climax.

Samini promises to let his presence be felt not only in Ghana but on the continent of Africa as a whole hence recording with Nigerian artistes M.I. and Tuface Idibia. Also on the album are Sonny Balli, Kwaw Kese, Pat Thomas, R2Bees and SK Blinks.

Click on this link to view exclusive photos of the event…

Upcoming Event: Rick Ross To Perform In Ghana On December 28!

GhanaCelebrities.com has picked up news from allhiphop.com that Rick Ross is set to join various international artistes for his upcoming international tour dubbed "Blowing Money Fast Tour".

The ‘Everything Hustling’ rapper announced that he will headline the "Blowing Money Fast Tour" and will be making stops at various Africa countries including Ghana.

The rapper told AllHipHop.com in a statement released on October 19^th 2010.
“I have waited a long time for this and I definitely want to touch those fans who have continuously supported me through my 15-year journey, I will not let them down, everybody get ready to Blow Money Fast!"

According to the info, the tour is in support of his latest hit album, Teflon Don and the rapper will start the tour in the United States, Canada, Europe, and the Caribbean before touching down in Africa to perform in Ghana, Nigeria and South Africa.

In the U.S, Rick Ross will hit select cities like the Bronx and Chicago and artistes on his Maybach Music Group imprint, including Triple C's and crooner, Masspike Miles.

Rick Ross is expected to perform materials from Teflon Don to tracks from his previous albums ‘Deeper Than Rap’, ‘Trilla’ and ‘Port of Miami’.

Dates are also lined up in the Port of Spain, Haiti, England and The Bahamas. Rick Ross and Triple C's are currently working on their sophomore album, Color, Cut, Clarity.

Tentative tour dates are listed below:

11/5 Springfield, MA
11/6 Bronx, NY
11/12 Lawrence, MA
11/13 Austin, TX
11/16 Leicester, England
11/17 London, England
11/18 Manchester, Englandn
11/19 Chicago, IL
11/24 Detroit, MI
11/25 Newark, NJ
11/26 Rocky Mount, NC
11/27 Greenville, NC
12/5 San Antonio, TX
12/11 St Louis, MO
12/17 Nassau, Bahamas
12/18 Port of Spain, Trinidad
12/28 Accra, Ghana
12/29 Cape Town, South Africa
12/30 Lagos Nigeria
1/8 Port Au Prince, Haiti
1/11 Winnipeg, Canada
1/12 Saskatoon, Canada
1/13 Edmonton, Canada
1/15 Toronto, Canada

My Comments: I have a bit of issue with the tour dates which makes me wonder if he will indeed come around. Looking at the dates, you can see that he is due to perform in Ghana on 28th December and then fly all the way to South Africa to perform on 29th December and then come back to Nigeria to perform out there on 30th Decemeber. Do you get the gist?

Kwaw Ansah Coming Out With Another Film Project ‘The Good Old Days’ - “The Love Of AA”

The award winning Ghanaian film marker Kwaw Ansah who brought ‘Love Brewed In An African Pot’ And ‘Heritage Africa’ is coming out with another movie. Read the synopsis below...

“The good old days” is the umbrella title of Kwaw Ansah’s (a renowned film writer and Director, who needs no introduction as far as the film industry is concerned) next film project. The package consists of 24 episodes, with different subtitles, treating different themes relevant to the Ghanaian family life as in the “Good Old Days”.

The film project deals with the adventure of a family of eight and is set in the 1950s and 1960s. It is a healthy mix of “love”, “comedy” and “tragedy” which is designed to capture the nostalgic imagination of its audience and appeal to all age groups. Each episode brings back the joyful memories of our way of life in the years gone by.

The love of AA is an intriguing and compelling story of love, family life, childhood mischief and pranks. It ends with a mixture of comic and tragic events that are sure to capture the imagination of the viewing public and cause people to re-examine their interpersonal relations, which tends to pose a great challenge to society.

V.I.P Excites Crowd But ‘High Spirit’ Loses Malta Guinness Street Dance Pan African Championship

VIP at Malta Guinness Street Dance Champ

Hip life trio Vision In Progress (VIP) were a delight to watch yesterday at the finals of the Malta Guinness Street Dance Pan African Championship at the Accra International Conference Centre.

As usual they didn’t fail to make everyone at the Conference dance to their sizzling tunes. Hip life duo Rough N Smooth also passed through as well as Kris Stars dancers and Bino.

The five dance groups representing five countries were Ghana’s High Spirit, Nigeria’s X-Fellas, Cameroon’s Extreme Fusion, Kenya’s Sisko and Tanzania’s Best Friends. The groups on their way to the finals have won similar shows in their respective countries.

The Malta Guinness Street Dance Pan African Championship has been the biggest dance showpiece in Africa and the five teams battled for a prize tag of US$ 35,000 and also to represent Africa at the world finals.

After round one, two Tanzania's Best Friends and Kenya's Sisko were eliminated to make way for Ghana, Nigeria and Cameroon to battle it out. Eventually Ghana and Nigeria made their way to the finals but the Ghanaians lost narrowly to their Nigerian counterparts.

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Celebs Out & About: Ghanaian Actress Vicky Zugah Celebrates Birthday

Birthdays are special in the lives of many. It’s a day marked to celebrate the life of a person. Last Saturday, one of the scene goddess in Ghana movie industry Vicky Zugah celebrated her birthday.

The actress was joined by family, friends, presenters as well as movie stars. When GhanaCelebrities.com asked Vicky of her age, she said ‘I will tell you later’. Well, we are still waiting for her ‘I will tell you later’, which won’t come anytime soon I guess. However, our camera lens captured these pictures of the memorable event.

Hey! Happy birthday girl friend. You know we are down with ya!

Those who do not know much about Vicky, she has the following movies to her credit ‘The Bible’, ‘The Return Of Beyonce’, ‘Tears Of Womanhood’, ‘Pretty Queen’, ‘True Colours’, ‘Girls Connection’, ‘Big Girls Club’, ‘Araba Lawson’, ‘June 4th’, ‘My Dearest Princess’, ‘Cross My Heart’, ‘Total Exchange’ and still counting ...