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The Academy Awards briefly came to a stunning halt on Sunday night when Chris Rock made a joke about Jada Pinkett Smith, causing Will Smith to come to the stage and hit him in the face. The moment was not planned, said a person close to the Oscars production. Smith,…

A renowned Congolese singer and songwriter Lulendo Matumona also known as General Defao died in a hospital in Cameroon yesterday. Defao, aged 62, passed away at the Laquintinie Hospital in Douala, Cameroon, where he was admitted. The Sala Noki singer will be remembered for his melodious voice and smooth dance…

Emmy-nominated actor Michael K. Williams, best known for his role on the Baltimore-based HBO series “The Wire,” has died, a New York police spokesperson confirmed Monday. He was 54. Police said they responded to Williams’ apartment in Brooklyn at 2 p.m. Monday and found him dead. His death was first…

Twitter has finally begun testing a dislike button on the app, but it is nothing like the dislike button that you see on YouTube. The micro-blogging site revealed that some iOS users will now see new upvote and downvote options below a tweet. However, the company says that the downvotes…

African stars including Nigeria’s Burna Boy and Wizkid, Tanzania’s Diamond Platnumz and French-Malian singer Aya Nakamura have all scored nominations at this year’s BET Awards slated for Los Angeles on 27 June. The awards, which have been running for the past 19 years, honour black entertainers in music, acting and…

Ghanaian actress Rosemond Brown, popularly known as Akuapem Poloo, has been sentenced to three months in prison for posting a naked photo of herself on social media beside her son. She broke down in tears after the judge read out the sentence in the court in the capital, Accra. Akuapem…

Earl Simmons, the snarling yet soulful rapper known as DMX, who had a string of No. 1 albums in the late 1990s and early 2000s but whose personal struggles eventually rivaled his lyrical prowess, died on Friday in White Plains, N.Y. He was 50. His family announced the death in…

US rapper and actor DMX is in serious condition in hospital following a heart attack, says his lawyer Murray Richman. Mr Richman told US media he didn’t know whether the heart attack was brought on by a drug overdose, as reported by TMZ. People are outside of DMX’s hospital playing…

Musician Christian Longomba of the famous duo ‘The Longombas’ died Saturday, March 13 in Los Angeles, US, his family confirms. Christian, who has been undergoing treatment for a recurrent brain tumor, succumbed to the complications a few minutes to 7pm East African Time. His elder brother Lovy Longomba in a…