ENTERTAINMENT NEWS

Kenya Film Classification Board (KFCB) has warned against the viewership of the popular Netflix show Squid Game by children. In a statement on Monday, KFCB acting CEO Christopher Wambua noted that some gory scenes in the series released in September have been copied and pasted on online streaming…

Kenyan TikTok queen Azziad Nasenya has been nominated for the E! People’s Choice Awards. The 21-year-old was nominated in the African Social Star category as the only nominee from Kenya and East Africa. Other nominees in the category are Boiumelo 'Boity' Thulo (South Africa), Lasizwe Dambuza (South…

Kenya Film Classification Board (KFCB) has banned the release of a gay-themed film dubbed I am Samuel. Acting KFCB CEO Chris Wambua said the film attempts to normalize same-sex marriage, hence unsuitable for viewing by Kenyan audience. He further stated that the 68-minute film violates Article 165…

American entertainment company Miramax Films has appointed Kenyan media personality Betty Kyalo as a publicist. Miramax, whose headquarters are in Los Angeles, California is known for producing and distributing films as well as television shows.  Kyalo, a former news presenter at KTN and K24…

Sharon Obara has been named Miss World Kenya 2021, taking over from Wavinya Maria. Obara was crowned during an event held at The Trademark Hotel in Nairobi on Saturday evening. Chantou Kwamboka and Mwihaki Njogu were the first and second runners up respectively while Mokeira Onchiri took home the…

Celebrated Kenyan journalist Larry Madowo has earned a promotion at CNN. Madowo, who was appointed the television channel’s Nairobi correspondent in May, has been elevated to the position of CNN International Correspondent. The promotion means Madowo will now be covering news beyond the Nairobi…

Kikuyu Benga singer Wanjaro Junior has committed suicide after being unable to settle a huge debt. Junior, younger brother of the late Benga musician Mwalimu George Wanjaro, was found dead on Saturday. His body was retrieved from Masinga Dam on Saturday afternoon having been swept away by the…

US-based Kenyan disk jockey Steve Nyaosi, alias DJ Shinski, has proposed to his longtime girlfriend Anne Mongari, aka DJ Mochi.  DJ Shinski proposed to his fiancée during an all-white boat party held in Minneapolis, Minnesota over the weekend. “She said yes!! 💍,” DJ Shinski wrote on Instagram…

Kenyan singer Mwanaisha Abdalla, alias Nyota Ndogo, has reunited with her Danish husband weeks after he walked out on her. Last month, Nyota publicly begged her husband Henning Nielsen to come back home after he left in April following an April Fool’s Day prank gone wrong. The Watu Na Viatu hit-…

Kenyan singer Willy Paul has finally broken his silence on why he ditched gospel music for secular. Through a lengthy post on Instagram, Paul cited hate from his fellow artists and DJs as well as lack of airplay as the reasons why he left the gospel industry. “Reasons as to why I left. Hate from my…