ENTERTAINMENT NEWS

Thu, 02/16/2012 12:51 AM | By Mwakilishi

Called Shuga: Love, Sex, Money, it looks at the complexity of love in the age of Aids and HIV - and especially at how Kenyan teenage girls and teenagers in poor countries in general - go out with older men who have the financial means to finance the young girls' expensive...

Wed, 02/15/2012 05:12 PM | By Mwakilishi

A French judge has charged Congolese music star Koffi Olomide with three counts of rape and illegal confinement after complaints from three of his former backup dancers, his lawyer said Wednesday.

"Koffi Olomide went Monday afternoon of his own free will to ans...

Sat, 02/11/2012 08:11 PM | By Mwakilishi

(AP) - Whitney Houston, who reigned as pop music's queen until her majestic voice and regal image were ravaged by drug use, erratic behavior and a tumultuous marriage to singer Bobby Brown, has died. She was 48.

Publicist Kristen Foster said Saturday that the s...

Thu, 02/9/2012 07:12 PM | By Mwakilishi

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...

Tue, 02/7/2012 03:37 PM | By Mwakilishi

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...

Wed, 02/1/2012 11:36 AM | By Mwakilishi

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...

Wed, 02/1/2012 08:52 AM | By Mwakilishi

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...

Thu, 01/26/2012 08:56 AM | By Mwakilishi

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.

Thu, 01/19/2012 04:41 PM | By Mwakilishi

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...

Sun, 01/15/2012 12:37 PM | By Mwakilishi

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...

Fri, 01/13/2012 12:33 PM | By Mwakilishi

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...

Sat, 01/7/2012 06:55 PM | By Mwakilishi

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...

Fri, 01/6/2012 05:19 PM | By Mwakilishi

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...

Fri, 12/30/2011 12:17 PM | By Mwakilishi

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...

Fri, 12/23/2011 11:39 AM | By Mwakilishi

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...

Mon, 12/19/2011 01:59 PM | By Mwakilishi

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’...

Sun, 12/18/2011 07:22 PM | By Mwakilishi
Fri, 12/16/2011 04:10 PM | By Mwakilishi

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...

Fri, 12/16/2011 11:15 AM | By Mwakilishi

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...

Thu, 12/15/2011 08:04 PM | By Mwakilishi

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...

Wed, 12/14/2011 03:23 PM | By Mwakilishi

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...

Tue, 12/13/2011 03:55 PM | By Mwakilishi

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...

Sat, 12/10/2011 07:39 PM | By Mwakilishi

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...

Fri, 12/9/2011 07:58 PM | By Mwakilishi

“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...

Fri, 12/9/2011 02:15 PM | By Mwakilishi

African musicians and other public figures have now joined hands in an initiative to call on their governments to action over the unnecessary loss of lives through drought and floods.

Through the bid that will largely use social networks like Twitter and Facebo...

Thu, 12/1/2011 12:29 PM | By Mwakilishi

The MTV Staying Alive Foundation will host a unique World AIDS Day event, ‘Shuga Talks’ in which two simultaneous screenings of Shuga will be held in Nairobi, Kenya and Washington, D.C. on Dec. 1.

Following the screenings, audience members on site in D.C and wa...

Mon, 11/28/2011 08:23 PM | By Mwakilishi

A group of Kenyans living in the US have taken to a popular video sharing website to do a show targeting their countrymen in the Diaspora. The 10 Minute Fix does a weekly dose of shows, which are garnering thousands of views on YouTube.

Though the show has no co...

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This is the story of Kibet, a Kenyan living in Massachusetts in the United States, but also the story of many a male compatriot.

Married for 11 years, he accuses wife, Judy, of throwing him out of their matrimonial home after she starte...

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