Pan-African entertainment TV Channel, WatsUp TV and PR & rating agency, Avance Media have announced the inaugural list of the Top 100 African Musicians for 2021.
The list which features musicians from 26 African countries has notable na…
Rapper Jay-Z, 1980s pop group The Go-Gos and rock band Foo Fighters were among first-time nominees announced on Wednesday for possible induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
Others on the ballot for the first time include singer-s…
Louis Vuitton owner LVMH and music star Rihanna have agreed to suspend her fashion line Fenty less than two years after its launch, the French luxury goods giant said on Wednesday.
LVMH said in a statement that Fenty’s ready to wear act…
The Academy Awards, or Oscars, ceremony in April will be an in-person event that will air live from multiple locations, organizers said on Wednesday.
A spokesperson for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said in a statement…
Eui Jeong Lee and three of her friends sit in an otherwise empty 200-seat cinema auditorium and play a video game on the giant screen.
As Ms Lee blasts her gaming opponents with her wireless controller, the sound whips loudly around the…
Gospel musician Philipa Baafi has released the official video of the title track of her 10th studio album ‘Hallelujah’.
Just a few weeks after the release of ‘Hallelujah’, the song has found its way to playlists of most DJs and radio pr…
Britain’s heir-to-the-throne Prince Charles and his wife Camilla have had their first doses of a COVID-19 vaccine, his office Clarence House said on Wednesday.
Charles, 72, joins his mother Queen Elizabeth, 94, and her 99-year-old husba…
Michelle Obama is to star alongside puppets in a Netflix show that aims to teach children the joys of home cooking over eating ready meals.
Mrs Obama will play a supermarket owner opposite Waffles and Mochi, who are from The Land of Fro…
Britney Spears has said she is "taking the time to learn and be a normal person" after a new documentary reopened the debate around her life, career and mental health.
Framing Britney Spears, which aired this week in the US, details the…
Fast-rising Afro Hip-Hop sensation KFT known in real life as Kwasi Ofosu is not happy about the work ethic of some Ghanaian musicians, producers and other music industry stakeholders.
According to the Canada-based musician, this bad wor…
US actor Shia LaBeouf has denied "each and every allegation" of physical and emotional abuse, made by his former girlfriend, UK singer FKA Twigs.
The musician took legal action in December, alleging that the Hollywood star was a danger …
Information reaching Graphic Showbiz is that veteran actor Emmanuel Kojo Dadson has died. He was 68.
He died at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital on Tuesday, February 9, while undergoing dialysis for kidney issues.
Kojo Dadson, who gain…
MultiChoice Ghana operators of DStv in Ghana today announced a reward for its premium customers, this February. DStv Premium customer will have access to Showmax as no additional cost to their monthly subscription. This, providing more cus…
She's a mother-of-one, who might be ready to add another little one to the family.
But Khloe Kardashian was all about daughter True while posting to Instagram on Sunday.
Khloe, 36, proved her little girl was a fashionista just like h…
Halle Berry is firing back at online trolls who targeted her and her love life.
The 54-year-old Oscar winner shared a quote on Instagram Saturday that read, "Women don't owe you s—," which received plenty of love from fellow A-listers s…
Social media footage of star-studded Super Bowl LV events over the weekend almost makes it look like the pandemic is over.
In one instance, 50 Cent, Diplo, DJ Steve Aoki, Migos and Tory Lanez all performed at a series of pre-event conce…
Oscar winner Jennifer Lawrence was hit near the eye by flying glass while filming her new movie in Boston, celebrity website TMZ and the Boston Globe reported on Friday.
Glass from a controlled explosion on the set of “Don’t Look Up” cu…
She was his first big signee and one who brought him huge popularity so it is not surprising that Rufftown Records CEO, Bullet is still in pain three years after Ebony Reigns passed.
Today, February 8, is exactly three years when news o…
After weeks of teasing fans with the cover artwork of his new song, Stonebwoy has officially released his much-anticipated project dubbed ‘1 GAD.’
On this Streetbeatz produced the song, the multi-awarding recording and performing artist…
The Royal Shakespeare Company is to stage a live online performance using virtual reality technology.
The performance, titled Dream and based on William Shakespeare's play A Midsummer Night's Dream, had been scheduled to be staged in th…
Critics and fans have welcomed a new documentary titled Framing Britney Spears, which has aired in the US.
Produced by The New York Times, the film charts the singer's rise to fame and the controversy over her welfare.
Britney's fath…
The Super Bowl half-time show is traditionally built on grand gestures and eye-popping spectacle.
Think about Lady Gaga diving off the roof of Houston's NRG stadium, or Katy Perry riding an animatronic lion, or Diana Ross soaring out of…
As an international touring DJ with an album to release, Hot Since 82's hectic schedule for 2020 didn't originally include playing from a hot air balloon.
Nor beneath the pier of a deserted Hartlepool beach - to a live audience of seagu…
Ghanaian rising music sensation Kwasi Ofori known by his stage name as KFT will release his "Heart Break Story" Extended Play (EP) on Valentine's Day.
The five-track EP talks about his personal relationship, the ups and downs and how it…
yoyo tinz has partnered with Mensa to support his current crowdfunding campaign from where it all started; Accra, Ghana.
Mensa has an upcoming new album “Bondzie - Speak Up”, a live EP and a music documentary called “a-live.” The new a…
Kim Kardashian is keeping up with one less person.
The Keeping Up With the Kardashians reality star has yet to file for divorce from estranged husband Kanye West, but, according to a source close to Kim, that's a mere formality. The ins…
Production on the third Fantastic Beasts film has been shut down after a “team member” tested positive for coronavirus.
The Harry Potter spin-off, which stars Eddie Redmayne and Jude Law, has been filming at Warner Bros Studios in Leave…
The pandemic-delayed season is in full effect, with this morning’s 2021 Screen Actors Guild Awards nominations coming quickly on the heels of Wednesday’s much-flogged Golden Globes noms.
The SAG Awards tend to hold far more weight as an…
Last year, Highlife musician got the last laugh over his critics when the remix of his song Asew was used in a Netflix holiday movie titled Jingle Jangle, starring the likes of Forest Whitaker.
Before that feat, Bisa Kdei had had to gra…
The Weeknd, who is known for pushing the limits of creativity in his performances, said on Thursday his Super Bowl halftime gig will continue to follow a story he’s been telling but in a more family-friendly way.
The Canadian singer, wh…
The world's largest record label, Universal Music, has removed all of its songs from the video sharing app Triller.
The company says Triller has "shamefully withheld payments owed to our artists" and refused to negotiate a licence to us…
In recent times, Gospel artistes and churches have been engaged in a tussle over how they are treated.
While the artistes say the churches don’t treat them well, that is they don’t pay for their services, they are chastised by the churc…
Donald Trump has quit America's Screen Actors Guild after it launched a disciplinary hearing into him, citing the US Capitol attack.
"Who cares!" the former US president wrote in a letter, adding that the union had "done nothing for me"…
This story goes out to all the real crate diggers out there...
An obscure single by an unknown UK breakbeat DJ has fetched a record-breaking £30,000 on the music collectors' website Discogs.
A copy of Scaramanga Silk's Choose Your We…
He may be controversial and his style of attracting attention may not be the best but Dancehall artiste, Shatta Wale continues to prove his mettle as a force to reckon with in his field of endeavour.
Although he has been chalking severa…
“The Masked Singer” host Nick Cannon has tested positive for the COVID-19 coronavirus, which means he won’t be seen in at least the first few episodes of the hit Fox reality series’ fifth season. Instead, producers have tapped actress and …
The 2021 edition of the Eurovision Song Contest will be held in limited form in the Dutch city of Rotterdam in May due to restrictions resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, organisers said on Wednesday.
Some performances will be held in…
Filming on the third Fantastic Beasts film has halted after a "team member" tested positive for coronavirus.
The Harry Potter spin-off, which stars Eddie Redmayne and Jude Law, is being shot at Warner Brothers Studios in Leavesden, Hert…
US country star Morgan Wallen has been dropped by his record label, after a video emerged of him using a racial slur.
Nashville's Big Loud Records said it had "made the decision to suspend Morgan Wallen's recording contract indefinitely…
Australian pop star Sia has apologised for casting a neurotypical actor as a nonverbal autistic girl in her film Music, and for scenes depicting the use of restraints on autistic people.
Her directorial debut Music attracted controversy…
? New collection added to permanent channel to show continued support for Black artists
? Gregory Porter and Fatoumata Diawara perform stunning cover tracks from their favourite Black artists as part of Deezer’s
‘Original…
The Hollywood film Contagion showed the importance of securing enough Covid vaccines for use once they had been approved, the health secretary said.
Matt Hancock said he had watched the film - which is about a deadly virus - and insiste…
Filters should not be applied to social media adverts if they exaggerate the effect of the product, the Advertising Standards Authority has ruled.
The ASA was responding to the #filterdrop campaign that called for it to be compulsory fo…
India has accused "foreign individuals" and celebrities of "sensationalism" after a tweet by pop superstar Rihanna, extending support to protesting farmers, drew global attention.
Hours after the singer's tweet, teenage climate activist…
The nominations for the Golden Globe awards will be announced later, belatedly firing the starting gun for this year's Hollywood awards season.
The Globes are second in importance to the Oscars and mark the first major ceremony in the c…
Mariah Carey's sister is suing the US singer for $1.2m (£875,000) for "immense emotional distress" she says was caused by remarks in her memoir.
In the book, the diva made claims about her older sibling Alison's behaviour, including tha…
There's no doubt that COVID-19 dealt cruelly with the world in 2020 and while many people anticipated some relief from the deadly virus this year, it appears the world must brace itself for the worst in the coming months.
But as a Chris…
Hong Kong cinema operators and filmmakers are crying for help following a government announcement on Monday that COVID-19 social distancing measures will remain in place until Feb. 17. Crucially Hong Kong cinemas cannot reopen until after …
DJ Tiiny has been dropped by Capital Xtra after it emerged he had asked for payments of £200 to play songs on his weekly radio show.
Such a practice goes against the Ofcom broadcasting code, and is not allowed on UK radio.
The DJ, wh…
Spotify Technology SA on Tuesday made a long-awaited debut in South Korea, the sixth largest music market in the world and home to the K-pop music genre.
The Swedish music streaming giant is currently present in over 90 countries and ha…