ENTERTAINMENT NEWS

Popular Kenyan comedian Othuol Othuol has passed away in Nairobi. Othuol, whose real name is Ben Maurice Onyango, died while undergoing treatment at Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) on Sunday.  Reports indicate the Churchill Show comedian has been battling brain tumor and has been in and out…

19-year-old Kenyan comedian Elsa Majimbo has been nominated for the 2020 America’s E! People’s Choice Awards. Majimbo was nominated in the African Social Star Category alongside Sho Madjozi (South Africa), Karl Kugelmann (SA), Dimma Umeh (Nigeria), Lydia Forson (Ghana), Thuso Mbedu (SA), Zozi Tunzi…

American rapper Kamau Mbonisi Kwame Agyeman has addressed claims that he has Kenyan roots.  Kamau, who was recently responding to questions asked by his Instagram followers, said he does not trace his roots back to Kenya despite having a name linked to the Kikuyu community. He explained that…

Celebrated Hollywood actor Chadwick Boseman has passed away at the age of 43. The ‘Black Panther’ star died from colon cancer at his home in Los Angeles on Friday night, according to his publicist Nicki Fioravante. Fioravante said Boseman had battled the disease for the past four years and died…

Popular Ohangla musician George Adinda, better known as Otieno Aloka, has been arrested. Aloka was arrested in Kisumu on Friday by detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) over his sexually explicit and lewd song dubbed ‘Meru’. This came after the Kenya Film Classification…

Kenyan brands are among black-owned small businesses that are set to benefit from funds raised from US singer Beyonce Knowles’ Black Parade song.  Beyonce, 38, plans to uplift small enterprises through her BeyGOOD Foundation Black Business Impact Fund as a way of giving back to the black…

Gossip blogger Edgar Obare has been charged with publishing personal information about Kenyan YouTuber Natalie Wanjiru, alias Natalie Tewa. Obare, who was arrested by detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) in Kisumu on Friday, was arraigned at Kiambu Law Courts on Monday.…

Kenyan Hollywood actress Lupita Nyong’o has been nominated for her first Emmy Award. Lupita, 37, was nominated for the 72nd edition of Emmy Award in the Outstanding Narrator category for her narration on the international nature documentary titled Serengeti by the Discovery Channel Other global…

(AP) — Regis Philbin, the genial host who shared his life with television viewers over morning coffee for decades and helped himself and some fans strike it rich with the game show “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire,” has died at 88. Philbin died of natural causes Friday night, just over a month before…

Celebrated Kenyan actor and comedian Charles Bukeko, popularly known by his stage name Papa Shirandula, has died. Bukeko passed away on Saturday morning at Karen Hospital in Nairobi, where he had been admitted after a short illness, according to the family. His brother-in-law Ronald Wanyama told…