Articles from the ‘Arts’ category

Muslims told Val’s Day can invoke wrath of God

Posted by on February 15, 2012 at 8:02 am in Arts, Books, Fashion and Style, Feature Articles

An invitation “to be my Valentine” on February 14 is against Islamic beliefs and would incur the wrath of Allah, Muslims were told in the official Friday sermon prepared by the federal government. The sermon warned Muslims against celebrating Valentine’s Day, which the federal Islamic authorities claimed was in breach of the tenets of their [...]

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The real reason atheists have higher IQs

Posted by on at 8:00 am in Arts, Feature Articles, Health & Lifestyle

Recent posts have proposed convoluted theories accounting for why atheists score higher on IQ tests than religious people. There is a much simpler explanation. Like a lot of correlations of this type, it is probably less exciting than it appears. Atheists are probably more intelligent than religious people because they benefit from many social conditions [...]

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Whitney Houston’s body flown home

Posted by on at 7:56 am in Arts, Entertainment

Whitney Houston’s body has been flown from California to her home state of New Jersey, ahead of a funeral expected later this week. A gold hearse took her body from Teterboro airport to a funeral home in her hometown of Newark, reports said. The 48-year-old singer was found underwater and unconscious on Saturday in a [...]

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Ghanaian movies are concert

Posted by on February 14, 2012 at 12:41 pm in Arts, Entertainment, Theatre

TV star and satirist, Kwaku Sintim-Misa (KSM), has described Ghanaian movies as “concert.” KSM is calling for a change in an industry that he says has been producing sub-standard movies over the years. “Though the movie industry has shown some growth, there is more to be done in order to build a robust industry that [...]

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Musicians To Boycott Ghana Music Awards?

Posted by on at 12:26 pm in Arts, Entertainment

NEWS-ONE has gathered that some top Ghanaian musicians may not be taking part in this year’s Ghana Music Awards as a number of them are considering pulling out from the award ceremony. NEWS-ONE is yet to drop the name of musicians who want to take part in the action. But the paper’s source says some [...]

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Chemphe survives near fatal accident

Posted by on at 12:09 pm in Arts, Entertainment

R&B musician, Chemphe survived a near fatal accident Saturday when the car he was travelling in hit another vehicle that had stopped in the middle of the road. The accident occurred at the Airport traffic light near the Airport Police Station in Accra after the artiste had left the studios of Joy FM and Hitz [...]

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‘No foul play’ in Houston death

Posted by on at 7:34 am in Arts, Entertainment

A Los Angeles coroner has said there were no signs of foul play surrounding the death of singer Whitney Houston. After a post mortem examination, the coroner said there were no visible signs of trauma on Houston’s body and that foul play was “not suspected at this time”. He added officials were not ruling out [...]

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Grammy glory for returning Adele

Posted by on February 13, 2012 at 4:54 pm in Arts, Entertainment

Singer Adele was the big winner at the prestigious Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, winning six prizes including record, song and album of the year. She also made her live comeback at the ceremony, performing for the first time since having throat surgery last year. Rock band Foo Fighters won five prizes, while rapper Kanye [...]

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