Saturday, 04 September 2010 03:49

For the last two months, Ghanaian actor John Dumelo has been in the news for the wrong reasons. He was reported by a Nigerian website to have raped a housemaid in Asaba, Delta State, Nigeria where he shot a movie.

Though he denied the rape allegation, he is in the news again; this time he is lambasted from the same website for taking part in a gay movie in Nigeria but John says he is not gay.

So are you gay? Was a question posed by GhanaCelebrities.com to John Dumelo. After uncontrollable laughter, the actor said “Ahhh! I am not gay, homosexuality is evil.”

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Saturday, 04 September 2010 03:49

Who says the movie industry is not lucrative. For the many who doubt how lucrative the Ghana Film Industry has gotten in the last few years, it is advised that they take a close look at the industry players.

The likes of Abdul Salam Mumuni, Shirley Frimpong Manso, Pascal Odikah and Emmanuel Apea, through movies have established profitable businesses over the last few years.

Big acts like Agya Koo, Jackie Appiah, John Dumelo Majid Michel and Nadia Buari have all become millionaires overnight from acting.

Though he seems to have made so much from the music industry, Reggie Rockstone after picking his cheque of $5,000 dollars according to a deep throat source, for a role in the latest movie White is Black, he will be wondering why he has had to stay out of the movie industry all this while.

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Saturday, 04 September 2010 03:49

It was made known earlier this year that talented filmmaker Leila Djansi of Turning Point Pictures had teamed up again with Hollywood actor Jimmy Jean-Louis on psychological drama ‘Sinking Sands’. Jean-Louis was the narrator of Djansi’s award winning film, “I Sing of a well”.

He played the supporting role of Gideon in “Tears of Sun” (Columbia Pictures, 2003) starring Bruce Willis and Monica Bellucci, directed by Antoine Fuqua. Jimmy Jean-Louis is best known for his role as “The Haitian” on NBC’s hit drama “Heroes

In ‘Sinking Sands’ as written and directed by Leila Djansi, Jean-Louis plays the lead male character, Jimah. Actress, TV presenter and producer Ama K. Abebrese was cast to play the lead female character, Pabi.

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Saturday, 04 September 2010 03:49

Sony's remake of 1984's "The Karate Kid" debuted at No. 1 for the weekend with a whopping $56 million, according to studio estimates Sunday. The big-screen adaptation of the 1980s TV series "The A-Team" came in at less than half that, the 20th Century Fox release opening in second place with $26 million.

After three weekends at No. 1, DreamWorks Animation's "Shrek Forever After" slipped to No. 3 with $15.8 million. The animated hit raised its domestic haul to $210.1 million, becoming the fourth movie released this year to top $200 million.

With a relatively modest production budget of $40 million, "The Karate Kid" far exceeded the studio's expectations. Early on, Sony executives would have been happy if the movie opened to half its $56 million debut weekend, said Rory Bruer, the studio's head of distribution.

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