Sony Pictures announced a massive shakeup of its theatrical release slate on Monday afternoon, with several tentpoles films including “Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway,” “Morbius” and “Ghostbusters: Afterlife” getting moved off their release da…
Movie producer Paul Gee is asking Ghanaians putting pressure on them to do movies on the coronavirus to stop because they are not obliged to do so.
“Since the coronavirus got into Ghana, there has been mounting pressure on us to do movi…
ESPN and Netflix Set New April 19 Premiere Date for Highly Anticipated Documentary Series “The Last Dance”
10-part documentary series on Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls’ quest for a sixth NBA Championship in 1998 is produced by Man…
Tom Hanks and his wife Rita Wilson returned to Los Angeles on Friday after spending more than two weeks in quarantine in Australia after testing positive for the coronavirus.
The “Forrest Gump” and “Toy Story” actor and Wilson were phot…
The stars of the movie “Contagion,” which has seen a surge in popularity as the coronavirus has spread across the globe, on Friday urged fans to listen to experts, wash their hands frequently and practice social distancing.
“That was a …
Japanese comedian Ken Shimura, who had been hospitalised after being infected with the new coronavirus, has died, becoming the first Japanese celebrity to die of the virus.
His death, late on Sunday, set off widespread grief among fans.…
Billie Eilish sang on her sofa, Elton John played a keyboard belonging to his children, and the Backstreet Boys sang in harmony from five locations as dozens of musicians put on a fundraiser for the warriors against a coronavirus.
Those…
More than 100 YouTube stars have recorded a video message urging their fans to "stay home" during the coronavirus outbreak.
The video is introduced by entertainer JJ Olatunji, known online as KSI, who has more than 21 million subscriber…
Brazilian rapper MV Bill added his voice to a chorus of criticism of President Jair Bolsonaro for downplaying the gravity of the new coronavirus epidemic in a video clip that urges people to protect themselves.
His rap “Quarantine” reco…
Angelina Jolie is making a big donation to help children impacted by the coronavirus pandemic.
The Academy Award-winning actress gave $1 million to No Kid Hungry to help fund the charity’s efforts to provide free meals to children from …
Good news: We just got Rihanna music for the first time in three years. The singer is featured on PartyNextDoor's new song "Believe It," which is part of his new album Partymobile that dropped Thursday night.
The not so good news: It ma…
U.S. rocker Jon Bon Jovi teamed up with Britain’s Prince Harry and a military choir to release the single “Unbroken” on Friday to raise awareness of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.
The prince turned up to watch the singer and the Invict…
THE Ghanaian music industry is dominated by males with a small number of females who have to fight hard to keep up.
For Afrobeats artiste Queen Ayorkor, the situation is so because the industry is naturally skewed towards male acts.
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The father of former President of the Musicians Union of Ghana, Bice Osei Kuffuor (known as Obour in showbiz) died at the Ridge Hospital in Accra on Friday after testing for COVID-19.
Obour said doctors have informed him that his …
Prince Harry and his wife Meghan have left Canada and moved to Los Angeles, where they plan to make a permanent home after stepping back from their royal duties, Britain’s Sun newspaper reported on Thursday.
The Sun said the couple took…
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association is implementing changes to its film eligibility rules for the 2021 Golden Globes because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Since movie theaters and screening rooms are indefinitely closed due to the gl…
Bob Dylan's first new song in eight years is a 17-minute rumination on the 1960s and the assassination of JFK.
"They blew out the brains of the king / Thousands were watching at home and saw the whole thing," he sings in the opening min…
Meghan Markle’s first job after being a working royal has been confirmed.
Disney+ confirmed the duchess will narrate an original movie, Elephant, which will stream on the new service from April 3.
The film is about a family of elepha…
Five guns which were used in “James Bond” movies, including the last weapon brandished by actor Roger Moore while playing 007, have been stolen from a house in north London by suspects with Eastern European accents, British police said on …
The future starts now for self-isolating Dua Lipa fans, after the star put out her new album a week early.
Future Nostalgia, which features writing contributions from Tove Lo and Madonna's producer Stuart Price, was brought forward af…
World Poetry Day was observed on Saturday, March 21 and while the world over would have celebrated the day with a number of events, that couldn't happen because of the outbreak of the coronavirus which has halted public gatherings.
In G…
Everyday various sectors across our continent are adjusting and finding ways to deal with challenges brought about by the current pandemic. Given our position in Africa’s video entertainment sector, we are acutely aware of the challenges o…
The MultiChoice Group and the Euronews group have partnered to offer DStv and GOtv customers access to real-time quality information
After launching Euronews on its platforms in November, the MultiChoice Group has just launched Africane…
A Ugandan musician and political challenger to the country's aging leader released a song here on Wednesday to help efforts to stem the spread of coronavirus in the east African nation.
In the song, 38 year-old Robert Kyagulanyi, who al…
Spotify Technology SA said on Wednesday it had launched a COVID-19 music relief project to raise funds for musicians as the coronavirus pandemic grounds life to a halt in most countries, while taking a toll on the economy.
The music str…
From family drama “This Is Us” to crime series “NCIS,” audiences are flocking to television shows in numbers unseen for up to a year as coronavirus shutdowns and social distancing keeps millions of Americans at home.
Police action serie…
People staying at home due to the coronavirus pandemic appear to be listening to more radio rather than music apps, figures suggest.
Global, which owns Capital FM and talk station LBC, said online radio listening had risen by 15%.
Th…
Billie Eilish, Mariah Carey and Alicia Keys will play a benefit concert with a difference to raise funds for those facing hardship as coronavirus spreads.
The socially-distanced stars will sing live from their own living rooms in a one-…
XinaBox, a South African company with humble beginnings is reinventing the way we approach Internet of things (IoT)
From collecting data in sub-zero Antarctica to rapid circuit prototyping on the International Space Station (ISS), XinaB…
Idris Elba’s wife Sabrina Dhowre Elba has tested positive for the novel coronavirus.
The couple gave fans an update on their health while sitting down remotely with Oprah Winfrey for the first episode of her new series “Oprah Talks COVI…
Lady Gaga has announced on her social media that she is delaying her “Chromatica” album, previously set for April 10, indefinitely. Additionally, the posts reveal she had planned to do a secret set at the Coachella Festival, before that ga…
Kevin and Eniko Hart are expecting again!
Eniko, 35, announced the exciting news on Instagram Tuesday, sharing a black-and-white maternity photo.
“Baby #2 in the midst of all of this we’re counting our blessings and couldn’t be more …
Since Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson revealed they tested positive for the virus that’s been declared a global pandemic, other celebrities have explained how they’re being affected by it, too.
Greta Thunberg
Status: Self-quarantine
The…
Heading into 2020, there were at least 40 films we couldn’t wait to see. Now, it’s looking like we’ll have to wait a lot longer. The coronavirus has wrecked havoc on Hollywood’s release schedule, as multiple blockbusters-to-be have had the…
The closure of cinemas across the US and China has forced film studios to rethink the way they screen movies.
During the peak of the outbreak in China one major movie went straight to an online platform and was seen by more than half a …
With school activities on hold no definite end in sight, there’s a little change in the routine in many homes right now, as we choose to do the right thing by staying indoors. The little one are possibly climbing the walls at this point o…
Content is posted every day in both English and French on 3 channels including a dedicated channel for South Africa providing the latest on the pandemic
SIMFY Africa (www.SIMFYAfrica.com) via its mobile applications namely “ayoba®” and …
Facebook is the latest platform to reduce its video quality in Europe, to reduce demand on internet service providers.
Demand for streaming has increased while large parts of Europe are self-isolating at home due to the coronavirus outb…
Fashion labels Yves Saint Laurent and Balenciaga are to use their workshops to make surgical masks instead of luxury clothes.
Their parent company The Kering Group has also promised to buy three million masks for the French health servi…
Dua Lipa has announced she is bringing the release date of her new album forward after it leaked online.
Future Nostalgia will come out a week early, on Friday 27 March, said the star in a tearful Instagram live.
But the Brit award-w…
Taylor Swift says she feels "vindicated" after footage of her contentious 2016 phone call with Kanye West emerged online.
The tape shows that, although West sought Swift's permission to use her name in one of his songs, he failed to say…
REGGAE artiste, Ras Kuuku has urged Ghanaians not to abuse the legalisation of cannabis use by smoking their heads off as they will be dealt with when they fall foul of the law.
On Friday, March 20, Parliament passed into law the Narcot…
An infamous phone call between Kanye West and Taylor Swift, which triggered a long-running feud, has leaked online.
The call took place in 2016, as West sought Swift's permission to mention her name in his song Famous.
When the track…
American country music legend Kenny Rogers has died aged 81. A family representative said he "passed away peacefully at home from natural causes".
Rogers topped pop and country charts during the 1970s and 1980s, and won three Grammy awa…
MANY celebrities have gotten into public spats with one another over the years, but it seems more pronounced among those in the music industry.
Sometimes, a feud ends after a couple of diss tracks are released on both sides but sometime…
Former Hollywood producer and convicted sex offender Harvey Weinstein has tested positive for coronavirus while in prison.
He is now in isolation, according to Michael Powers, president of the New York State Correctional Officers and Po…
“At MultiChoice, our mission is to deliver value to our customers by making great entertainment more accessible and affordable” were the words of Cecil Sunkwa-Mills, Managing Director, MultiChoice Ghana when he announced all DStv subscribe…
Chrissy Teigen had a question about Ivanka Trump’s suggestion that families stuck at home with kids during the coronavirus pandemic plan a living room campout.
President Trump’s daughter and adviser had recommended that her followers “t…
Gabrielle Union and Dwyane Wade are experiencing a number of emotions while cooped up together during self-quarantine — and she showed them off in a series of Instagram pics!
Couples are being forced to spend a LOT of time together whil…
The coronavirus crisis may have found an unlikely hero in Kylie Jenner.
Jenner usually uses her Instagram to influence her 166 million followers to buy her products from her billion dollar cosmetic company, but in the wake of the global…