President Elect Barack Obama Celebrates at Grant Park
The celebrities were at Grant Park in strength to witness the historic event of the election of the 44th President of the United States of America, president-elect Barack Obama.
Jesse Jackson and Oprah stood with tears flowing freely down his cheeks as he listened to Obama give his acceptance speech. It was indeed an historic event, from the announcement of his candidacy, to the mobilization of everyday people into what has become, in essence, a movement. There were several tears shed in the crowd as the realization that a dream had become a reality, set in. » Read more…
Weekend Buzz
With the U.S. elections just round the corner, the celebrities were busy running around creating a buzz by using their names to draw attention to different activities around the country.
There were also parties to attend and Halloween gave people an excuse to put on a costume and be someone else, for fun, for a day. » Read more…
Celebrity Sightings
African celebrities were running around town doing their thing. Here are some of the things they got into.
Weekend Buzz
Prince William and Prince Harry exercised their passion for a good cause by racing in the Enduro Africa 2008. This race raises money for Unicef, Sentebale, and the Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund.
Estelle was at it again with an appearance at Love Sessions in Los Angeles, California. The Africa Rising Festival in London was a big draw and went well. Colin Powell got on stage with Olu Maintain and performed (yes, he did…just look at the picture). Alek Wek, Liya Kebede, Tyson Beckford were on hand to model and Seal, Christina Aguilera, 2Face, and Youssour N’dour performed. » Read more…
Pastor TD Jakes – Mega-Fest ‘008
In an intense political era where a once impossible occurrence is about to be manifested, its no surprise that the word “Change” has been the music to our ears.
Presenting the Miss Africa USA Scholarship Pageant
The African Women’s Development Foundation, USA, is proud to present the 4th Annual Miss Africa USA Scholarship Pageant on November 1, 2008. This great event is slated to occur at the Clayton County Performing Arts Center, 2530 Mt Zion Pkwy, Jonesboro Georgia.
Danai Gurira helps promote ‘The Visitor’
Danai Gurira was on hand at the New York Variety Screening Series to help promote the phenomenal movie, ‘The Visitor‘.
The Screening Series allows people to watch award winning movies and then ask the directors and actors questions. The series spotlights about 40 of the most anticipated movies from independent and mainstream movie studios. » Read more…
2008 MOBO (Music Of Black Origin) Awards Great for Estelle
This has definitely been Estelle’s year and she was rewarded with two MOBO Awards for best UK female, and best song for her hit “American Boy”. Leona Lewis’ won best video for ‘Bleeding Love‘ and best album for the multi-million selling “Spirit“.
A bevy of names showed up for the awards including Taio Cruz, John Legend, Billy Ocean, Djibril Cisse, Grace Jones, Melanie Brown, and Chipmunk. This annual award show is growing in stature and founder Kanya King said, “I hope that we can inspire a new generation of talent to follow their lead and fulfill their dreams.” » Read more…
Akon attends the 2008 Spirit of Life Awards
Doug Morris, CEO of Universal Group, was honored with a Spirit of Life Award by the City of Hope’s Music and Entertainment Industry Group on Wednesday in Santa Monica, California.
Vatiswa Ndara to act as Juror in International Emmys
SAFTA award wining actress Vatiswa Ndara will be one of the participating Jurors of the 2008 International Emmy® Awards and will be judging the category of Best Performance by an Actress.
The International Emmy® Awards is a US Award presented annually by The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. It recognizes excellence in television programming and celebrates the talents and skills of those who grace our televisions with their performances and offers awards in fifteen categories: Arts Programming; Best Performance by an Actress; Best Performance by an Actor; Children & Young People; Comedy; Current Affairs; Documentary; Drama Series; Interactive Channel; Interactive Program; Interactive TV Service; News; Non-Scripted Entertainment; Telenovela; TV Movie/Mini-Series.
Vatiswa Ndara is an actress who has been awarded the Best Supporting Actress award for her role as Miriam in Home Affairs at the inaugural SAFTAs in 2006. Home Affairs was a semi-finalist in the drama category at the 2006 International Emmy Awards and nominated for an International Emmy Award. It has been nominated for Best Drama in the 2008 International Emmys. Ndara has also starred in in Tsha Tsha, Generations, Nomzamo, Shooting Stars and Gazlam, among others. » Read more…
Weekend Buzz
Seal performed at Tiger Woods’ Learning Center. Tiger was throwing a block party to raise money for his center that provides an interactive enrichment program for youth that will improve individual aptitude in reading, math, science and technology. As a result, youth will develop personal accountability, independence and resilience leading to greater knowledge of career options and an increase in college enrollment. The party raised over $1 million for the center.
Idris Elba and Thandie Newton celebrated the premier of the highly anticipated Guy Ritchie movie, “RocknRolla“, in Hollywood. Iman showed up to support the New York Women’s Foundation fund-raising gala “Stepping Out and Stepping Up”. Liya Kebede was spotted at the Museum of Modern Art.
African Events Calendar
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July 14 - 17, 2010
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FACE Africa 1st Annual Gala
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March 11 -15, 2010
Sixth Annual New African Films Festival
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April 10, 2010
RUNWAY LIBERIA: Silver Spring,MD
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