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Reggae Star 'Elephant Man' Charged With Rape & Assault In Jamaica

Posted: 31 Jan 2012 10:44 PM PST



   Dancehall Reggae star  Elephant Man whose real name is Oniel Bryan, has been charged with grevious sexual assault and rape.
    The entertainer was taken into police custody yesterday for allegations that he raped a 31-year-old female at his Hillcrest Avenue, St Andrew home this month.
  Investigators said a woman, believed to be of Chinese descent who was recently introduced to Elephant Man,  filed a police report shortly after claiming that the star sexually assaulted her.
  Elephant man was taken into custody by detectives from the Centre for the Investigation of Sexual Offences and Child Abuse and was questioned  in the presence of his attorney and then later charged with grievous sexual assault and rape.

   The star was booked to appear in court today.

After Successful surgery, Adele to perform at the Grammys

Posted: 31 Jan 2012 09:26 AM PST


       British singer ,Adele has been confirmed to perform at the 54th Annual Grammy awards.  
      This will be her first time performing live in nearly five months since being forced to cancel a sold-out U.S. tour to undergo surgery on her vocal cords. 
   "I'm immensely proud to have been asked to perform at this year's GRAMMY Awards,"  "It's an absolute honor to be included in such a night, and for it to be my first performance in months is very exciting and of course nerve-racking, but what a way to get back into it all" ,said Adele.
    Adele who is a two time Grammy winner has six nominations: Record Of The Year, Song Of The Year and Best Short Form Music Video for "Rolling In The Deep"; Album Of The Year and Best Pop Vocal Album for 21; and Best Pop Solo Performance for "Someone Like You."
   Kanye west led the nominees with seven Nominations.Nigerian Afrobeat singer Femi Kuti was also nominated in the  World Music category .
   The 54th Annual Grammy Awards will take place live on Sunday, Feb. 12 at Staples Center in Los Angeles ,to be hosted by LLCOOL J.

Judges 'Nicole Scherzinger,Paula Abdul' and Host 'Steve Jones' Axed From US X Factor

Posted: 31 Jan 2012 04:23 AM PST

Steve jones and Nicole scherzinger

     Judges Nicole Scherzinger, paul abdul and host Steve jones are out f the US singing competition ,X Factor . Fox said yesterday that the judges and host will not return for the show's second season. 
     Jones, a British TV personality, called his departure "a shame" on Twitter  "I wont be hosting next seasons XFactor which is a shame but I cant complain as I've had a great time. Good luck to everyone on the show"he tweeted
      Jones was originally slated to host "X Factor" alongside Scherzinger, who replaced British pop star Cheryl Cole as a judge when executive producer Simon Cowell and other producers had second thoughts about Cole joining the series.

   Show boss Simon Cowell is said to be keen to "take the show in a different direction", and has only guaranteed record producer L.A. Reid a place on the panel next year.
  The second season of "X Factor" is set to debut later this year.

Banky W, Wizkid, L-TIDO & Bonie to Record Title Track For MTV's SHUGA

Posted: 31 Jan 2012 02:18 AM PST



      Nigerian artists Banky W and WizKid, South African rapper L-Tido and Bonie from P-Unit (Kenya) have been commissioned to write and perform the title track for Shuga: Love, Sex, Money - the second series of the sex and relationships drama set in Kenya.
"Shuga", a genre-defying Afro-Hip Hop-R&B-Soul-Pop hybrid has been commissioned by MTV Networks Africa in association with The MTV Staying Alive Foundation, PEPFAR (The U.S. President's Emergency Fund for AIDS Relief), The Partnership for an HIV-Free Generation (HFG) and the Government of Kenya as part of a ground-breaking multimedia campaign to spread the message about responsible sexual behaviour and tolerance. Star Nigerian music video director Clarence Peters will fly into Kenya in early February with Banky W, WizKid and L Tido to record the music video for the track. 
Banky W and WizKid are also making cameo appearances in the TV drama alongside Nairobi-based Nigerian Ikubese Emmanuel (a.k.a. 9con) and Kenyan singer Avril.  Other artists to feature in the atmospheric soundtrack to Shuga: Love, Sex, Money include Camp Mulla, Flavour, P-Square, Wyre, STL, Madtraxx, J Martins, Sasha, Stella Mwangi and many others. 
The title song for "Shuga: Love, Sex, Money" will debut on MTV Base (DStv Channel 322) on Tuesday 14 February 2012.  The track will be available for download free of charge on the Shuga website (www.shuga.tv).
Shuga: Love, Sex, Money was filmed on location in Nairobi and Malindi during August - September 2011.  Living with HIV, stigma, rape, high-risk sexual behaviours and multiple concurrent partners are just some of the important topics covered in Shuga.

The red carpet premiere of Shuga: Love, Sex & Money will take place in Nairobi on 10 February 2012.

Shuga: Love, Sex, Money is being offered rights-free to other broadcasters around the world in order to spread the message about responsible sexual behaviour and tolerance.
Shuga: Love, Sex, Money airs on MTV Base (DStv Channel 322) from Tuesday 14 February 2012 (20:30 WAT/21:30 CAT/22:30 EAT, MTV Base, DSTV Channel 322).  The series will be followed by a half-hour discussion featuring the Shuga cast, public health experts and youth, to be broadcast on Tuesday 27 March 2012.

Music Icon Youssou N'dour Disqualified From Senegalese's Presidential Election

Posted: 31 Jan 2012 02:17 AM PST

Youssou N'Dour and his Lawyer discussing with the press after the court judgement

    Senegalese Music Icon Youssou N'Dour has been disqualified from running for upcoming presidential Election.
 A  top court in senegal cleared Senegal's President Abdoulaye Wade to run for a third presidential term and disqualified several opposition candidates, including  the world-famous singer .
   Protests rocked the capital city of senegal on friday, after the court decision's decisions were announced, and pro-opposition protests overturned cars and buses and stoned one policeman to death. Senegalese police have beefed up their security around the presidential palace, but one opposition leader said protesters would make the country "ungovernable.
     Critics of Wade say that the Senegalese Constitution does not allow presidents to serve more than two terms in office, but the 85-year-old Wade says he took office before the 2001 term-limit law had taken effect. The five members of the Constitutional Court, all chosen personally by Wade, agreed with the president. No legal channels are now left for opposition members to contest Wade's right to run or the disqualification of his rivals.

    Youssou Ndour first declared his intention to run for the election last month and has vowed to challenge his disqualification and insists he will take part in presidential polls in February.

Camilla Willams,First African-American Woman To Appear in U.S Opera Dies

Posted: 31 Jan 2012 01:23 AM PST

    
   Camilla Williams, believed to be the first African American woman to appear with a major U.S.opera company, has died. She was 92.
    Williams died Sunday at her home in Bloomington, Ind., according to her attorney, Eric Slotegraaf. She died of complications from cancer, said Alain Barker, a spokesman for the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, where Williams was a professor emeritus of voice.
   Williams' debut with the New York City Opera on May 15, 1946, was thought to make her the first African American woman to appear with a major U.S. opera company and came nearly nine years before Marian Anderson became the first African American singer to appear at New York's more prestigious Metropolitan Opera.
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