ENTERTAINMENT NEWS

Legendary Kikuyu benga singer Joseph Kamaru is dead. Kamaru passed away on Wednesday night while receiving treatment at the MP Shah Hospital in Nairobi. Confirming his death, his son Stephen Maina said the musician was admitted at the hospital on Monday after developing breathing difficulties. He…

Kenyan film 'Supa Modo' has been nominated to this year's Academy Awards (Oscars).  Supa Modo is a short movie that highlights the challenges encountered by a single mother and her family while handling a terminally ill child.  The movie has been selected in the category of Best Foreign…

American RnB musician Kenny Lattimore says that he has fulfilled his mother's dream by visiting Kenya. The 51-year old soft spoken artiste, who is scheduled to perform at The Carnivore in Nairobi on Saturday, said his mother always wanted to visit Kenya but she passed on before doing so. The singer…

Controversial Kenyan singer Esther Akoth, popularly known as Akothee, has disclosed that she lost three of her children. Speaking recently to Standard Digital Entertainment (SDE) the ‘Lotto’ hitmaker said one of her kids succumbed to pneumonia and lost twins to a miscarriage about two years ago. “…

Kenya Film Classification Board (KFCB) Chief Executive Officer Ezekiel Mutua has called for the deportation of foreigners behind Kenyan lesbian film Rafiki. Mutua, who expressed his disappointment after High Court on Friday lifted for seven days the ban imposed on the controversial film, claimed…

The High Court in Nairobi has lifted for seven days the ban imposed on Kenyan lesbian-themed film Rafiki by the Kenya Film Classification Board (KFCB). In her ruling on Friday, Justice Wilfrida Okwany noted that she is unconvinced that Kenya is a weak society whose morals can be influenced by…

The decision by the High Court to lift a ban imposed on Kenyan lesbian film 'Rafiki' has angered Kenya Film Classification Board (KFCB) CEO Ezekiel Mutua. Taking to Twitter after the ruling on Friday, the Kenyan 'moral police' faulted the judge on the ruling stating that "homosexuality is not our…

Polycarp Otieno alias Fancy Finger, a member of the celebrated Kenyan music band Sauti Sol is set to tie the knot to his Burundian lover Lady Mandi in a family-only white wedding ceremony. This comes after the two held an invite-only traditional wedding ceremony in Bujumbura, Burundi last month.…

Tanzania star singer Diamond Platnumz’s biological father Abdul Juma has begged his son to come to his rescue. Abdul, who abandoned Diamond and his mother when the Tanzanian superstar was very young only to resurface when his son became a celebrity, wants the musician to help him earn a daily…

Popular American television series ‘The Fashion Hero’ has contracted Kenyan fashionista Joy Kendi. In an announcement, The Fashion Hero said the Kenyan fashion, beauty and lifestyle content creator will work with them as a mentor for their second season. “Based out in Nairobi, Kenya Our Season 2…