American rapper 50 Cent is currently in Kenya on a low key mission trip to aid hungry and orphaned children in Kenya. He visited orphaned school children in Kibera on Thursday. Prior to arriving in Kenya, he visited Somalia to assess the conditions of tens of thousands of...

Kenyan movie actor was last night awarded a Best Actor award at the 2011 AARP The Magazine's 11th annual Movies for Grownups Awards for his starring role in the film The First Grader. The awards were held in Beverly Hills, California.

Oliver Litondo, a...

Jeff Mwangi Kwirikia, who is the father to singer Stella Mwangi, was killed in a hit-and-run accident in Oslo, Norway on Tuesday, January 31st.

The vehicle involved in the accident is believed to be dark brown, blue or blank in color, and possibly a Partner ot...

Kenyan actor Oliver Litondo has bagged a nomination in this year’s National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). Oliver who plays the role of octogenarian Kimani Maruge in the movie First Grader has been nominated in the Outstanding Actor in a Motion...

The premiere will take place on Friday, February 10, 2012 , 1:15 p.m. at the new Rave Cinemas Baldwin Hills 15 (formerly the AMC Magic Johnson Crenshaw 15) at the Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza in Los Angeles, California.

Oliver Litondo's film credits and prowess have so far been based on his association with the world greatest talents. But this might just change when he himself becomes the point of reference by great stars who will not hesitate to mention featuring in a movie with him in...

Kenyan artistes will be joining other acts in One Beat, an international music exchange project. One Beat is an organisation that brings together musicians from around the world through a residency and tour programme focused on creative collaboration and social engagement...

Singer, songwriter, and dance-floor instigator KG Omulo can do anything. He regularly packs American clubs with gritty calls for justice and hard-hitting Afrofunk. He has moved sold-out arenas with his baritone voice in his native Kenya. He takes on the dark ironies of po...

A Kenyan short-film has been chosen to feature in the Manhattan International Film Festival later this year.

BROTHER-brother by producer/director Sheila Mulinya will be screened at the Festival in New York.

“It has been selected for screening and mas...

When Oprah announced a talent search for a talk show host on her OWN Network, Mukami Kinoti Kimotho, 37, entered the competition. Though she did not win, she made herself a media personality and launched Mukami.TV, where she commands millions of followers. She spoke to...

Forget the glitz, glamour, red carpet and hangers on - showbiz - our local celebs lived by the dictum there is no business like show business. Pulse recaps how this year’s entertainment scene - music, film and fashion - faired in terms of cheddar waxing celebs hands, grea...

Besides the fun, fame and fortune that comes with the territory, some celebs have the humility and compassion when it comes to philanthropy, writes The Standard's Stevens Muendo.

Two years ago, celebrity couple Nameless and Wahu volunteered to be ambassadors o...

Last year at the Juno Awards, the Kenyan born, Canadian bred emcee Shad shocked The Great White North by picking up Rap Recording of the Year award over compatriot Drake, with his critically acclaimed LP TSOL. Now a year on from that feat the  London, Ontario reppin’...

Kenyan animator Andrew Kaggia holds up the mirror to Kenya’s political situation in the wake of one of the country’s most impotant years politically and historically. His short film Wageuzi takes Kenya’s most prominent presidential candidates for the 2012 election and pit...

A free comic distributed with one of Kenya’s national newspapers is educating millions of youngsters every month about life, but without lecturing them on how to live.

Shujaaz (meaning "heros" in "sheng," a constantly evolving Kenyan urban slang that mixes Engl...

By Bill Odidi - The last time I watched Jabali Afrika perform was on a wintry afternoon in Washington D.C at the Smithsonian Institute, the world famous museum, to celebrate the inauguration of Barrack Obama as President of the United Sates in 2008. After that sh...

A film shot in the heart of Kibera in Nairobi is set to change the perception about the largest slum in eastern Africa.

No longer will it all be about poverty and crime, since Kibera will in January have two of its youth travel all the way to Hollywood, USA, fo...

Kenya’s top celebrities were among the recipients of State awards as Kenya celebrated its 48th birthday. Top comedian Dan Ndambuki, popularly known as Churchill, was awarded the Order of the Grand Warrior of Kenya (OGW) on Monday.

Churchill, who hosts Churchill...

Watch Video: The Next Big Thing is a business idea competition whereby innovators are given a chance to pitch their original business ideas for possible funding and incubation into profitable enterprises.Over 3,000 applicants submitted their business proposals after which...

“I love the fact that one can showcase the richness of culture with fashion,” Wamuhu says in what is her basic backdrop of jeans and a tee while piling on her luxe tribal accessories. In this case, showstopper brass earrings from the same designer in LA who made things fo...