It's taken 23 years, but this weekend Pokémon come to cinema screens in their first ever live action movie.
Detective Pikachu stars Ryan Reynolds as the titular mouse-like creature as he tries to solve a mystery with the help of some hu…
An unseen 1972 movie of Aretha Franklin recording the most successful gospel album to date was shelved and remained hidden for nearly 50 years, partly due to the singer's frustration over Hollywood's failure to make her a movie star, accor…
PROPHET Nigel Gaisie whose prophecy that Dancehall artiste, Ebony, would die in 2018 came to pass has once again ‘revealed’ another top Ghanaian musician will kick the bucket by the end of this year.
And while his pronouncement a fortni…
ALTHOUGH things are improving in the music industry and some artistes such as Sarkodie, Stonebwoy and Shatta Wale are believed to be making millions of cedis with their craft, rapper EL says it is not possible for any Ghanaian artiste to m…
The BBC has sacked Danny Baker saying he showed a "serious error of judgement" over his tweet about the Duke and Duchess of Sussex's baby.
The tweet, which he later deleted but which has been circulated on social media, showed an image …
The rapper and actor Common says he "felt a deep and sudden shame" when he was sexually abused as a child.
The Grammy and Oscar-winner says he spoke out because many black men who have been molested hide their abuse.
"I hope being op…
An arena at Glastonbury festival will be made from plastic that has been found on beaches, streets and in parks.
The 'Gas Tower' dance arena in the Shangri-La area will be created using waste collected in Cornwall, Devon and Somerset.
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Ed Sheeran has doubled his wealth in the last year to rise above Adele with a total worth of £160m, according to the Sunday Times Rich List.
He is the 17th richest musician in the UK and Ireland, with Adele in 22nd with £150m, having no…
OUR celebrities have sometimes raised concerns about how they have been misjudged because of their appearance but style coach, Nancy Adobea Anane, popularly known as Ms Nancy, has advised them to dress according to how they want to be addr…
ZEE5’s Global audiences to have access to the latest News and LIVE Elections Updates
Enabling its audiences around the globe to stay updated with the latest Election coverage and news from India as the election battle heats up for…
Four Star Wars films, eight Marvel instalments, four Avatar sequels and a new Indiana Jones will be coming to cinemas over the coming years.
Those movies and more have been set out in Disney's latest release schedule.
We already knew…
Twenty years after he left medical drama “ER”, George Clooney returns to television this month with an adaptation of Joseph Heller’s “Catch-22”, a novel whose complexity the actor said made it ideal for a six-part series.
The Oscar winn…
A skeleton vomiting washed-up plastic "shocked and amazed" people on Aberystwyth's seafront.
Walker Wright, 37, created the driftwood artwork to "bring attention to the issue of plastic waste, not just in my community but in the world".…
A major arts festival that celebrates Hull's links with anti-slavery campaigner William Wilberforce has been expanded to last five days.
The Freedom Festival is to run from 28 August to 1 September with street theatre, art and music eve…
Pottery, painting or piano-playing - whatever gets your creative juices flowing will boost your mood, according to new research.
Almost 50,000 people took part in the BBC Arts Great British Creativity Test.
It suggested that being cr…
For celebrities, the annual Met Gala is a chance to show the world how famous, fashionable and flamboyant you are.
For the rest of us, it's a chance to watch extremely attractive people wearing their own weight in diamonds and feathers.…
Pop superstar Lady Gaga made a grand entrance at New York’s annual Met Gala on Monday, wearing a voluminous bright pink dress that she shed on the red carpet to reveal three other outfits layered underneath, including a bra and underwear, …
Michael Jackson's name has been taken out of Quincy Jones' London show.
The music producer's concert was first announced as a night in June celebrating three of Michael Jackson's most iconic albums.
The flyer said Off the Wall, Thril…
Comedian Amy Schumer and husband Chris Fischer are celebrating the birth of their first child - a boy.
Schumer posted about the birth with the caption: "10:55pm last night [03:55 BST on Monday]. Our royal baby was born."
Their new ar…
The highly acclaimed singer Yemi Alade, has refused to be known as the African Beyonce.
In a post on Instagram, fellow singer Seyi Shay referred to her as the African Beyonce to which she quickly refuted stating that, there can never be…
Is treason afoot? - 7 may, game of thrones season 8, episode 4 review
episode 4 of season 8 of game of thrones, entitled ‘the last of the starks’, saw the aftermath of the epic battle between the living and the army of the dead, with ou…
MultiChoice Talent Factory is searching for 60 aspiring film and TV creatives to be part of the MTF Class of 2019
Does your passion for video entertainment know no bounds? Do your stories wildly stir the imagination of your audience? Is…
MTN Ghana has begun the celebration of its 9th annual Ashanti regional festival named Ashantifest.
The month-long celebration, from 30th April – 31st May, is aimed at celebrating MTN’s customers in the Ashanti region. The regional festi…
In the mid-1900s, Havana twinkled with thousands of technicolour tubes of neon. The city’s glitterati flocked to grand theatres glowing with multi-coloured facades. Bars thrumming with jukebox tunes beckoned Habaneros inside with flashing …
Grime artist Stormzy scored his first No. 1 in the UK singles charts on Friday, beating U.S. songstress Taylor Swift to the top spot.
“Vossi Bop”, which features a cameo appearance from actor Idris Elba in its music video, is the London…
In the oft misguided world of musical stereotypes, there are certain easy to fall into traps.
Teenage girls love listening to boy bands, while teenage boys blare angst-fuelled anthems through their headphones.
Students scream over on…
Avengers: Endgame broke all box office records last weekend and has confirmed Disney's dominance in global cinema.
More than 90% of the value of all tickets sold in UK cinemas last weekend was for Avengers: Endgame.
Within five days …
THE 2019 edition of Empire Entertainment's Ghana Meets Naija, aimed at promoting unity among Ghanaians and Nigerians and also creating an interactive atmosphere for music fans will come off on June 8 at the Accra International Conference C…
FINALLY, the list of nominees everyone has been waiting for is HERE.
Before we go into it, here is the key information about BMA 2019: The event will take place on 07th July 2019 in Bujumbura and this will be the best Red-Carpet event y…
Wendy Williams was not impressed with Madonna’s performance at the Billboard Music Awards and she didn’t hold back on Thursday’s episode of her show.
Williams said of the Material Girl, “She moves like an old lady...and if you move like…
George Clooney is opening up about his scary motorcycle accident while in Italy last summer that sent him to the hospital.
The Oscar winner, 57, was traveling on his scooter when a car cut into his lane and crashed into him, flinging hi…
Nine years after Piranha 3D, director Alexandre Aja returns to the watery realm of aquatic horror with his new movie Crawl (out July 12), whose producers include Evil Dead filmmaker Sam Raimi.
When a massive hurricane hits her Florida h…
FOR a long time, female Gospel artistes have been criticised for the way they dress, with their critics claiming it is ungodly; but it seems some of them have had enough of the name-calling.
One of such is Rose Adjei who in an interview…
Rihanna may be the queen of foundation shades, but when it comes to hair she tends to keep her style long, luxurious, and wavy. That's why whenever she does switch up her hairstyle — take these simple straight-back cornrows, for example — …
Is more Justin Bieber music just on the horizon?
After Bieber teased his next album during a surprise appearance at Coachella with Ariana Grande last month, YouTube announced that a top-secret new special from the pop star – who became …
ACTOR and comedian, Funny face, has welcomed twins with his new wife.
The comedian in March hinted in a social media post he is expecting twins after his ex-wife, Elizabeth Adjoa Ntim, described him as a two-minute man to wit he couldn’…
Miss North Carolina Cheslie Kryst was crowned Miss USA 2019 on Thursday night.
This year’s contestants were an accomplished group of women, including a full-time attorney licensed to practice in two states and represents prison inmates …
A project encouraging young people into the arts is putting on an exhibition to explore what it says is "institutional racism in art spaces".
Bristol's Rising Arts Agency aims to use art to "affect social change".
It says the lack of…
Musicians from Europe and Africa in Addis Ababa to collaborate and co-create
On 2nd May 2019, MAISHA - Afro- European Music Experiment, the EU Delegation to the African Union, all artists will meet the Press.
Starting April 2…
HIPLIFE musician Patapaa says he has regretted featuring on the song Daavi Ne Ba by Kawoula Biov. Daavi Ne Ba was released in February this year but has only gained traction after Patapaa’s verse went viral.
The rap by Patapaa, also kno…
U.S. television network Fox on Tuesday renewed drama series “Empire” for a sixth season but said there were no plans to bring back the character played by Jussie Smollett, the actor who said he was the victim of a hate crime in January.
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Singer Joe Jonas married “Game of Thrones” actress Sophie Turner in a surprise wedding on Wednesday night, with pictures shared on social media showing the couple tying the knot in front of an Elvis Presley impersonator in Las Vegas.
Th…
MultiChoice Revamps DStv Thanks with exciting new benefits for DStv customers
Attention all DStv customers! MultiChoice has revamped its DStv Thanks programme the company’s customer rewards programme designed to incentivise and show app…
Avengers: Endgame, the fourth instalment in Marvel's superhero crossover franchise, made an unprecedented $1.2bn at the box office last weekend.
It's the biggest three-day haul in movie history; and a testament to the strength of Marvel…
WaxPrint Media, one of Ghana’s leading boutique digital marketing and media firms, is set to host the Accra edition of Africa Communications Week (ACW) on the 22nd May, 2019 at 9:30 am at the Kukun Workspace. ACW is a global campaign held…
The cast of The Big-Bang Theory ramped up their farewell celebrations by being immortalised in cement outside Hollywood's TCL Chinese Theatre.
It's the first time in the 92-year history of the tradition that any inductees have been hono…
Steve Greenberg loves a challenge.
"When you beat the better team. When they've got the better players and they've got the better resources, it's a great thrill when you win."
He's talking about his career as a criminal defence lawye…
Barack and Michelle Obama have unveiled their first batch of projects in development with Netflix.
The diverse seven-title run from the Obamas Higher Grounds Production company addresses social and political activism.
It includes a f…
The Pax Romana Choir of the St Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church of the University of Ghana, Legon, held the 2019 edition of their annual musical event, “Gaudete” on the 26th August, 2019 at the church’s premises at the University of Ghana, L…
All roads lead to the Garden city of Kumasi ahead of the 20th Anniversary Royal Dinner event hosted but Asante King Otumfuo Osie Tutu II this Friday at the Manhyia Palace. Asante’s the world over have been thronging Manhyia Palace to pay h…