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Ghanaian actress nears Hollywood

Monday, 30 August 2010 12:35 administrator

AfricaNews-Ghanaian actress Yvonne Nelson's desire of becoming the first Ghanaian actress to break into the leading movie industry, Hollywood, is likely to materialize in no time as there appears to be fertile grounds for her to nurse her Hollywood ambition.Newsone has gathered Yvonne has been rocking with a Hollywood actor called John Littlefield in Monrovia, Liberia.Littlefield is a popular face in Hollywood and is noted for his role as Gary Sinclair on ‘Another World’ as well as a numerous guest starring roles on ‘Law & Order’, ‘Roswell’, ‘Navy NCIS,’ and ‘West Wing’.

Malawi's windmill kid - William Kamkwamba

Friday, 13 August 2010 11:40 administrator

AfricaNews' Chancy Namadzunda based in Lilongwe visited Malawi's wonder kid William Kamkwamba, who invented a windmill to generate electricity to power his family home. He explores why the government is not taking keen interest in helping this rural kid develop his idea into large scale that could salvage the power problem in the southern African country.It is 7.30 pm here in Lilongwe.

Campbell's agent contradicts her testimony

Tuesday, 10 August 2010 12:12 administrator

AfricaNews-Actress Mia Farrow and Naomi Campbell's former agent Carole White have contradicted the supermodel testimony at the United Nations-backed Special Court that she did not know who gave her diamonds.Campbell said in her testimony last week that she received “dirty stones’’ from unidentified men during a meeting in South Africa but could not tell whether the stones are from the former Liberian warlord.

Sarah Siakie: Africa's rising modeling star

Friday, 30 July 2010 17:35 administrator

AfricaNewsOne of Africa's hottest and sensational models is in the making. At age 21, Ghanaian-born Sarah Siakie, is already making waves in New York, USA where she is based. The architecture student is crazy about modeling and is on the verge of realizing her dreams after winning a competition that guaranteed her a place to audition with producers of America's Next Top Model reality show.Suave Siakie is talented, successful, and has a sparkling personality that can grace the covers of top class fashion magazines globally. The photogenic modeling star is never afraid to fail and looks forward to impress at the show which has gained worldwide respect.

Archbishop Desmond Tutu announces retirement

Friday, 23 July 2010 12:06 administrator

By RFI:Archbishop Desmond Tutu announced in a televised press conference on Thursday that he was withdrawing from public life after decades at the forefront of the struggle against apartheid and injustice around the world."I have done as much as I can and need time to do things I have really wanted to do. I do want a little more quiet," the Nobel laureate told a press conference at St George's Cathedral in Cape Town.

India's Bollywood Film Industry Tries to Produce Crossover Movies

Thursday, 22 July 2010 16:25 administrator

VOANewsIndia's popular film industry, known as Bollywood, is trying its hand at producing films which will appeal to a global audience. But the popular Mumbai-based movie industry's efforts to break into the international market have made an uncertain start.The movie Kites, which released in May in more than 30 countries is an emotional love story of an Indian and a Mexican immigrant in the United States. Set in Las Vegas, it stars a popular Bollywood actor, Hrithik Roshan and Mexican actress Barbara Mori.

S.Africa marks 20 years since Mandela walked to freedom

Tuesday, 16 February 2010 11:03 administrator

GROOT DRAKENSTEIN, South Africa (Reuters) - Chanting "Viva, Nelson Mandela, Viva", thousands of South Africans marked 20 years on Thursday since the anti-apartheid icon walked to freedom after 27 years as a political prisoner.Now a frail 91-year-old, Mandela did not attend the celebrations at the Drakenstein Prison near Cape Town, although a huge bronze statue of him marching from jail, fist pumping the air, towered over the crowd much as Mandela's image towers over South African politics and society to this day.

Playgirl decides not to publish Tiger Woods nude photos

Monday, 14 December 2009 12:21 administrator

BEIJING, Dec. 14 (Xinhuanet) -- The online adult magazine Playgirl has received nude photos of Tiger Woods but decided not to publish them. "Playgirl has decided to turn down the alleged Tiger Woods nude photos, reportedly taken by camera phone by Woods himself.