Entertainment/Arts
Stop Pirating Musical Works - Veep
Wednesday July 28, 2010
Vice-President John Mahama has expressed concern about the high spate of piracy in the creative industry, saying people should invest in the works of artistes rather than pirate them.
He said artistes in Ghana and some African countries did not have much to show for their creativity, due to the activities of pirates. “We should buy their CDs...read more
Nana Bosomprah Passes On
Wednesday June 30, 2010
Nana Bosomprah II, one of the country’s all-round theatre brains who wrote, produced and directed the Cantata serial on Ghana Television (GTV), has passed away, aged 65.
He was survived by three children.
Family sources told the Times yesterday, that he died at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital on Saturday night, after a short illness....read more
TV3 Parts Way With Nasara
Tuesday June 29, 2010
TV3 Network has announced that in light of certain revelations involving the winner of TV3’s Ghana’s Most Beautiful 2009, Miss Nasara Mariam Abdul Rauf, it has officially parted ways with her. TV3 explains that the decision came after a series of investigations and internal discussions concerning her conduct. The crown has been passed on to...read more
Information Minister Unveils Cinematograph Board
Saturday June 19, 2010
The Minister of Information, Mr John Tia Akologu, Friday inaugurated a 25-member Cinematograph Exhibition Board of Control and charged it to look out particularly for and deal with pornographic, violent and culturally unacceptable films in the country. The old Board was dissolved owing to the public outcry about its inability to avert...read more
AVATIME … of the AGOETOUSU, eco-tourism and more …
Saturday June 12, 2010
With the hospitality of Ghanaians in view, few would doubt the resolve of the Ministry of Tourism to upstage Senegal and become Africa’s most preferred tourism destination, attracting over a million tourists annually.
Few would also deny that the Ghana is replete with enough interesting touristic sites, monuments and edifices that are as...read more
Miss ECOWAS Visits Kobby, Others
Friday June 11, 2010
The road to this year’s Miss ECOWAS Peace Pageant starts from Kumasi on June 19, with the audition of interested contestants from the country at the Miklin Hotel. A similar audition also comes off in Accra on June 26, at the Miklin Hotel, to decide on who represents Ghana at the event slated for Sierra Leone on November 27. These were made...read more
Africa Awake In Crisis
Saturday June 05, 2010
With exactly six days for the 2010 World Cup tournament to commence in South Africa, the leadership of the Africa Awake project are at loggerheads with each other over the whereabouts of a GH ¢15,000 given to the project, Times Weekend has learnt. The money (equivalent of 1.5 billion old cedis), is said to have come from the President, Prof...read more
Sarkodie Apologises To President Mills
Saturday June 05, 2010
Sarkodie, the man widely acclaimed as the ‘fastest rapper’ in the country, has finally put to rest the raging storm over his recent remark that “Ghanaians listen to me more than the President.”
At the launch of the rLG mobile phones at the Banquet Hall in Accra last Saturday, Sarkodie not only apologized to the President and his fans for...read more
Prof. Nii Yartey Won't Shut Up
Saturday June 05, 2010
Africa Umoja recently thrilled Ghanaian fans at the National Theatre to what many described as a fantastic performance from the rainbow nation, South Africa. Owing to this fantastic performance, many have questioned our own industry, arguing we could have equally organised such a performance and even pulled more crowd than what Umoja did....read more
Volta Music And Entertainment Industry Board Inaugurated
Saturday May 29, 2010
THE Volta Music and Entertainment Industry Board has been inaugurated to reward creativity, fight piracy and protect Intellectual Property Rights.
It is also to boast the music industry of the region.
The seven-member Board has Togbe Edinam Ansah, a veteran musician and a former national executive of the Musicians Union of Ghana as its...read more
