ENTERTAINMENT NEWS

Kenyan comedian Eric Omondi and his Italian girlfriend Chantal Grazioli have ended their love relationship. Omondi broke the news about his breakup with his lover in a detailed social media post on Wednesday. “I will miss you, I met you when you were only 19. I have known you for 4 and a half years…

Renowned Congolese Rhumba maestro Mose Fan Fan, widely known for his song “Papa Lolo", has died in Nairobi. Mose, whose real name is Mose Se Sengo, passed away on Friday night after allegedly suffering a heart attack at an apartment along Thika Superhighway. The 75-year-old singer has been on a…

Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) in collaboration with Kenya Film Classification Board (KFCB) officers have launched a search for the composer of the controversial song "Takataka." Singer Alvindo is accused of despising a ban imposed on his song by KFCB. The…

Celebrated Tanzania music sensation Diamond Platnumz has been moved by the huge support his new hit has received. This comes after his new song titled 'The One' hit more than one and a half million views on YouTube barely 24 hours after it was officially released. Diamond enjoys exceptional…

The East African version of the world’s biggest reality franchise ‘Got Talent’ has been launched in Kenya. Dubbed ‘East Africa’s Got Talent’, the show will attract participants from four nations; Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, and Rwanda. The reality show was officially launched last Tuesday at Mövenpick…

Tanzania gospel songstress Rose Muhando has surfaced for the first time since she was admitted to a Kenyan hospital a few months ago in critical condition. Muhando was hospitalized a week after a video of controversial Kenyan preacher, Pastor James Ng’ang’a of Neno Evangelism apparently casting…

Renowned Kenyan film producer Dorothy Ghettuba has landed a top managerial job at the US media content firm, Netflix. Ms. Ghettuba, who is also the CEO of Spielworks Media, has been appointed as Netflix Manager International Originals. She is behind one of Kenya's most popular Swahili TV series ‘…

Viola Davis and Julius Tennon’s JuVee Productions have announced they are developing "Wild Seed" for Amazon Prime Video “Wild Seed” is a drama series based on the first book in Octavia E. Butler’s acclaimed Patternist sci-fi series. The series will be co-written and directed by Kenyan film director…

A French court has handed popular Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) singer Antoine Christophe Agbepa Mumba alias Koffi Olomide a two-year prison sentence. This comes after Olomide was found guilty of sexually assaulting one of his former female dancers when she was still a minor.  Olomide has…

Celebrated singer Robyn Rihanna Fenty, popularly known as “Rihanna” might be performing in Kenya later this year as part of her Africa tour. This has been revealed by Phat! Productions founding director, Mike Strano. Strano has shared a letter from Rihanna's management stating that they are…