TALENTMANIA AWARDS ARE BACK!

Guys, here is another chance to be a super star.
This year’s Talentmania awards will kick off officially in September, the organizers have announced. Talentmania Awards involves competition in 12 different drama, dance and music categories. After registration, participants are then taken through a series of auditions and workshops, where the most promising performances are short-listed and get a chance to be staged at the finals in front of a live audience. A panel of adjudicators selects the nominees/winners in each category, who then receive certificates and awards. Big names like Churchill and A-Star are spawns of the talent award show.

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FREEMAN WONT WED STEP GRANDAUGHETER

After the National Enquirer reported that said actor Morgan Freeman had been dating his step granddaughter E’Dina, now there are saying they’re getting married. Morgan and E’Dina (the granddaughter to his first wife and who he and his ex-wife raised from childhood) are planning to wed after Morgan’s contentious divorce battle (with ex-wife Myrna) is over!
Anyho, old man Freeman’s PR Rep gave a statement claiming it is all a bunch of sticky rubbish. (No in those exact words)

TPFIII AUDITIONS MARATHON

Last Saturday saw TPFIII hopefuls audition in a record three towns. Nyeri, Mombasa and Nakuru staged the auditions simultaneously.
The Nyeri auditions boasted of a judging panel comprising of the Kenya Music Festival’s adjudicator Bibiana Gicheru, music director and vocal training consultant Jacqueline Wanjiru and producer, founder and director of Sauti Mwafrika Patrick Oluoch.
Nakuru’s judging panel sat at Hotel Kunste and will be made up of music teacher Emily Kasiran and Provincial Director of Music James Ariambee Rutto together with Ken Maisiba an official of the Kenya Drama Festival.
Whearas, the coast wanabe stars came face to face with Nyota Ndogo’s producer John Njuki Kagimbi a.k.a Producer Toti , his fellow producer Kostandinos Wambugu who is the founder of Rebel Musiq Studio and Braeburn Mombasa music teacher Mr. Jeremiah Ndune will join him.
Meanwhile, the Nairobi auditions are scheduled for next Saturday, July 18 at the Kenya National Theatre. TPF is the show that gave you music movers and shakers like singer Valerie Kimani and Esther Nabaasa and Nakaaya Sumari.

NONHLE AND NZINGA LEAVE CHANNEL O

Nonhle Thema and Nzinga Qunta both presenters of Channel O’s Oboma segment have left the TV show.
According to the Sunday World, a South African paper, Nonhle is now working on the new MultiChoice channel Vuzu. At Vuzu, Nonhle will be presenting a show where she gives a wrap up of what’s hot on the entertainment scene. As for Nzinga she left last Wednesday July 8. It is yet to be established where she is heading to.
Meanwhile, Friday 10, marked the end of the Oboma show, meaning all the VJ’s who presented the shows are no longer with the channel.

OBAMA AND SARKOZY ARE MERE MORTALS

The Son of K’Ogelo a.k.a the brown king from Nyang’oma - or for the rest of the world - the US president Barack Obama is just a man, after all. Well, Obama and France's President Nicolas Sarkozy looked mighty distracted as they took their places with junior G8 delegates in L'Aquila, Italy July 9, 2009. Will Michelle Obama and Carla Bruni come get their hubbies, please!

SMS THE SON OF K’OGELO DIRECT

Ever wanted to ask our Son from Nyangoma any questions? In other words, would you like the American president, Barack Obama to answer your questions? Well, by just texting in simple English or French to 5683, all Kenyans are invited to send their questions and comments ahead of his visit to Africa.
Those who respond early will receive SMS highlights from his speech in Accra, Ghana this Saturday. Get texting good people!

KENYAN POET FEARS FOR HIS LIFE

Poet, singer and actor Grand Master Masese fears for his life after a series of bizarre phone incidences in the past week.

On Friday night, he received an SMS threatening his life. It read: “Umekua ukijifanya mjanja but mwisho wako umefika” (You think you are clever but your end is here).”

Grand Master said: “I have for a while now, been getting weird numbers calling, when I pick up they say it’s a wrong number. Now after I received the SMS on Saturday I decided to report the matter at the Central police station on Saturday.” The police advised him to ignore the message and that they will follow up with telephone service provider.

Known for his controversial poems, the ‘Obokano’ playing performer says his phone woes began immediately after coming from the UK Hay festival a while back.
“I’d hate to say this but I guess some people in the industry are not happy with my rise,” he said.
Grand Master, who made a debut screen appearance as a cop in the Citizen TV drama series Waridi, has since sent the SMS to a civil rights organisation, Fahamu Kenya, for record keeping.