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Agya Koo, Kyeiwaa, Kofi Adjorlolo, Jackie Appiah, Nadia Buari, Nana Ama McBrown, Emelia Brobbey & Others Nominated For Kumawood Film Festival & Akoben Movie Awards 2011!

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In October, a new award scheme dubbed ‘Kumawood Film Festival & Akoben Movie Awards’ was launched in Kumasi to cater for movies produced in local languages in Ghana.

The awards is organised by Kumawood Entertainment and Concept Developers with support from major stakeholders of the film industry is to award Actors, Actresses, Writers, Directors, Producers, Technician and other personalities in the local film making industry in Ghana.

The awards jury after weeks of screening submitted movies has come out with nominations for this year’s awards slated for Farmer’s Day, December 2, 2011 at the Miklin Hotel in Kumasi.

Below is the full list of nominations. Ticket for the award’s night is cool 50 GHC.

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Ghana Movie Industry’s Talented & Versatile Actors!

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The Ghana Movie Industry is doing relatively well. The industry has also come to an appreciable level where its actors and actresses get recognition at prestigious awards on the African continent, Europe and lately in America.

But I strongly believe that, it won’t be too strong a word to say that, the industry lack versatile actors. Truth be told in plain language, versatility is almost non-existent in Ghanaian movies. Also, the industry is small, that every actor who does a movie gets noticed.

Very often Ghanaians [annoyingly true] mistake how good-looking an actor is to mean he is a good or versatile actor, but that’s utterly not true. Let me remind you that being all good-looking has got nothing to do with how great you are when interpreting movie scripts.

Being a great actor like Harrison Ford or Nicholas Cage is one thing and being a handsome bloke like Brad Pitt or Leonardo DiCaprio is also another thing all together. It should be noted that, I’m not in any way saying Harrison and Nicholas are the best of unappealing actors, neither am I saying Brad and Leonado are not good actors.

I get more confused if not worried or worried if not confused whenever a scriptwriter writes a script with a particular actor or actress in mind. This practise is rampant in Africa. In a way, it goes to show that, the said actor is a typecast who specialises in particular roles and also means the person isn’t versatile.

Acting is an art that can be acquired but most actors were born with the talent – those actors are naturally versatile. In football, a versatile player is referred to as a utility player – a person who can operate and play any position in his team. It doesn’t matter the challenge, such a person will fit in perfectly especially when someone is injured or suspended.

Versatility in acting is when an actor is able to play many roles and still be in character. The actor should be playing varied roles from a different genre [romance, comedy, blockbuster, thriller among others] to another.

It is not mostly about playing different characters though, it’s about being able to act different roles and look believable. A great and versatile actor knows how to get into character and switch back when the need arises. This means that, Ghana has only few versatile actors out of the whole lots.

An actors’ mannerism when interpreting any role is very important. Interestingly, offer a role to a Ghanaian actor and you are sure to get the same person in return. Give an angry-looking role to good-looking Kofi Ghana to interpret and you will surely get good-looking Kofi Ghana in your movie.

Such actors are called typecast. They are only there to play one particular role in all their movies. There are no ‘wow factor’ for such actors, since they appear to be the same in all movies.

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In Sad News: Kofi Adjorlolo’s Wife To-Be Is Dead

Veteran Actor Kofi Adjorlolo has lost his long term partner-Miss Charity Nyarko, a woman he intended to officially marry coming December. According to Kofi Adjorlolo, Charity had a fibroid and yesterday (August 22,2011) she was rushed to the hospital for an emergency surgery but unfortunately she could not make it.Join GhanaCelebrities.Com to send our deepest condolence to … Read more

Kofi Adjorlolo Takes The Film Producers Associations Of Ghana & The Ghana Actors Guild To The Cleaners. He Says “I’m Pissed & Peeved”!

 

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Kofi Adjorlolo at the launch of Ghana Movie Awards 2011

Though his infamous ‘ban’ by the Film Producers Associations of Ghana [FIPAG] has been lifted, talented and creative Ghanaian actor Kofi Adjorlolo is not a happy person at all.

The versatile actor was among three movie stars banned for fouling the directives of the Film Producers Association. The actor still finds the ‘supposed’ reason for his ban laughable.

I was banned for two years though that didn’t actually stopped me from doing what I know how to do best. When I was banned, I kept asking myself what have I done and they said I was trying to protect the Nigerians working in Ghana – so I should not have even talked on their behave which was very ridiculous though.”

“But all of a sudden, they started taking action against me. I didn’t retort. I didn’t talk back. They went on and on and later came back to say, they have lifted the ban after we had sat down to talk.” He said surprisingly.

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Upcoming Comedy TV Series: ‘The Miser’ Starring Kofi Adjorlolo, Selassie Ibrahim, Nana Ama McBrown, Nadia Buari, John Dumelo, Roselyn Ngissah, Grace Nortey & Others…

In the coming weeks, Ghanaians will be introduced to a new TV series ‘The Miser’ from the stables of Smarttys Management and Productions, the same company that produced the movie ‘C.E.O.’, which featured the likes of Nollywood actor Desmond Elliot as well as Nadia Buari, Ekow Blankson and Roselyn Ngissah. The lead role in the … Read more

Ghana Movie Awards Opens 2011 Entries!

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Van Vicker at the launch of Ghana Movie Awards 2011

Gollywood Productions, organizers of the prestigious Ghana Movie Awards christened MAG Awards has opened entry for Ghanaian filmmakers to submit their works for consideration.

The second edition of the awards ceremony which is aimed at honouring excellence in Ghana’s movie industry is scheduled for December 25 2011. It will also be televised to millions of viewers across Africa and beyond.

Nominations will be announced in November 2011 with an anticipated huge party at the Golden Tulip Hotel in Kumasi.

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Celebs Out & About: Majid Michel, Van Vicker, Kofi Adjorlolo, Nadia Buari, Nana Ama Mcbrown, Ama K Abebrese, Kyeiwaa & Others At The Launch Of The 2nd Ghana Movie Awards

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The 2nd edition of the Ghana Movie Awards was launched yesterday at the Golden Tulip Hotel inAccra with new categories.

As we prepare to bring you the revised categories, below are photos the GhanaCelebrities.Com captured at the launch which was attended by crème de la crème of the movie industry.

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Up Coming Horror Movie: ‘Grave Yard’ Featuring Kofi Adjorlolo, Jackie Appiah, Prince David Osei, Nana Ama McBrown & Others! Grand Premiere At The National Theatre On June 10, 2011!

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Grave Yard Poster

Peace Films Production is coming up with another blockbuster horror movie titled ‘Grave Yard’ featuring Jackie Appiah, Prince David Osei, Naana Hayford, Bill Asamoah Nana Ama Mcbrown, Kofi Adjorlolo and others.

‘Grave Yard’ is a story of a group of university students on a fact finding mission in a forest accompanied by their lecturer. In the forest, they got stuck as they were faced with strange happenings.

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Ekow Smith Asante & Kofi Adjorlolo’s Ban Lifted, That Of Confused Actress ‘Yvonne Nelson’ Stays In Tact…

 

Yvonne Nelson, Ekow Smith & Kofi Adjorlolo
Yvonne Nelson, Ekow Smith & Kofi Adjorlolo

It has just been confirmed on Peacefm Entertainment Review by Ghana’s Film Regulation Board, Film Regulation Council and FIPAG’s  PRO ‘Socrate Sarfo’ that the ban/side-lining of Ghanaian Actors  ‘Kofi Adjorlolo’ and Ekow Smith Asante has been lifted.

According to Socrate Sarfro, the services of Ekow Smith Asante as an Actor can be enaged from today and that of Kofi Adjorlolo can be engaged from 1st June, 2011…

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