Kenyan conservationist Abdullahi Hussein bags the coveted Whitley Award

By Moses Ngugi,

Smack in the middle of the coronavirus disquiet that has gripped the world, a Kenyan conservationist has won the most coveted award in the conservatio...

Court refuses to lift ban on Wanuri’s Rafiki film

By Reuters,

A court on Wednesday refused to lift the ban on the Rafiki film that portrays a lesbian romance, the film’s producer Wanuri Kahiu said. She howev...

'Rafiki' Film , Wanuri Kahiu

‘The Elephant Queen’ to screen on Citizen TV this Easter Sunday

By Citizen Team,

The internationally acclaimed feature documentary, The Elephant Queen, filmed in Tsavo East National Park and the Greater Amboseli Tsavo ecosystem wil...

Easter Sunday , Mark Deeble , The Elephant Queen , Victoria Stone

New Samsung Galaxy S20 to cost Ksh.138K

By CNN,

Samsung has a new weapon in the flip phone wars. The world's biggest smartphone maker unveiled a new foldable device, the Galaxy Z Flip, at its Unp...

Samsung

Nigeria’s Lionheart film dropped from Oscars listing over English use

By Duncan Mutwiri,

The Oscar Academy has disqualified the popular Nigerian movie 'Lionheart' from contesting in the best international film feature category. Ava DuVe...

Genevieve Nnaji , Lionheart , Oscars

Lupita’s new book Sulwe hits online stores

By Paul Ombati,

Sulwe, the book by award-winning actress Lupita Nyong'o, has made its debut in the U.S. A spot check on Amazon shows that the book is retailing at ...

Lupita Nyongo , Sulwe

Spy thriller movie ‘355’ starring Lupita, Chastain to debut in 2021

By Karanja Morgan,

The spy thriller 355 starring Kenyan actress Lupita Nyong’o and Jessica Chastain will be released on January 15, 2021. A video released in July s...

355 movie , Lupita Nyongo

Blow to KFCB as judge allows banned Rafiki film be aired in court

By Dzuya Walter,

The Kenya Film Classification Board (KFCB) suffered yet another blow on Thursday after the High Court ruled that the banned controversial film Rafiki ...

KFCB , Rafiki movie

Record 17.4 million watch ‘Game of Thrones’ kickoff for final season

By Reuters,

Some 17.4 million Americans watched the first episode of the final season of television’s “Game of Thrones” - a record audience for the medieval...

game of thrones

Netflix looms large as theater owners assess industry future

By Reuters,

As movie theater owners converge on Las Vegas for their annual convention, one topic that keeps coming up is how they contend with a company that has ...

Las Vegas , Netflix inc

Oscar-winning composer André Previn dead at 89

By CNN,

Famed composer André Previn, who won four Academy Awards for his work on films like "Porgy & Bess" and "My Fair Lady," has died. He was 89. Hi...

André Previn dead at 89 , Oscar-winning composer

Oscars 2019: How ‘Black Panther’ costume designer wove a fantasy

By CNN,

For more than 30 years, Ruth E. Carter has dressed the characters in seminal films about the African-American experience, from "Amistad" and "Selma" t...

Black Panther Constume , Wakanda

Fiascos and fumbles: Oscar organizers stumble to restore glory

By Reuters,

First it was the furor over a proposed new “popular” film category, then it was the fiasco over planned host Kevin Hart, and last month the organi...

hollywood , Kevin Hart , Oscars

Woody Allen demands Ksh.6.8B lawsuit from Amazon Studios

By Reuters,

Woody Allen sued Amazon Studios saying he deserves at least $68 million (Ksh.6.8billion) in damages over their refusal to distribute his completed fil...

Amazon Studios , woody allen

History-making Oscar nominations leave top prize up for grabs

By Reuters,

Netflix movie “Roma” and British historical romp “The Favourite” from Fox Searchlight led nominations for the Oscars on Tuesday in a history-m...

‘Black Panther’ leads popular films in Oscars best picture pack

By Reuters,

Marvel Studios film “Black Panther” made Oscars history on Tuesday, landing the first best picture nomination for a superhero movie, as crowd-plea...

Black Panther , Marvel studios , Oscars

U.S. actors accuse Oscars awards body of intimidating presenters

By Reuters,

The largest actors union in the United States on Monday accused the organisers of the Oscars of trying to intimidate celebrities not to present at riv...

Oscars

‘I’m over it’: Comedian Kevin Hart rules out hosting the Oscars

By Reuters,

The actor Kevin Hart ruled out hosting this year’s Oscars because he no longer had enough time to prepare for the show, days after saying he was eva...

Lady Gaga facing pressure to condemn R. Kelly

By CNN,

Lady Gaga once defended her 2013 collaboration with singer R. Kelly by pointing to the "bond" they shared over "very untrue things written about us." ...

Lady Gaga , R Kelly

Kevin Hart stepping down from hosting the Oscars

By CNN,

Kevin Hart is stepping down from hosting the Oscars after homophobic tweets surfaced on Thursday. The tweets, between 2009 and 2011, included derogat...

Kevin Hart , LGBTQ community , Oscars