Kanye West leads the field at this year’s BET awards with seven nominations.Musical partner and collaborator Jay-Z also has five while the rapper’s wife Beyonce is up for six.Jay-Z and West collaborator last year on Watch the Throne and are on tour in the UK together at the moment.Their songs In Paris and Otis are up for video of the year with Beyonce up for two awards in that category... 

Usher made a rare appearance in Atlanta on Monday. The Grammy award-winning singer wasn’t on stage. He was in a Fulton County courtroom. Usher broke down in court as he gave evidence during a legal battle with his ex-wife over custody of their two sons. Usher Raymond IV and his ex-wife Tameka Foster-Taymond are battling over custody of their two kids. Tameka wants full custody. Usher wants increased... 

The Wiggles 'hang up their skivvies' Three of the four members of Australian children’s entertainers The Wiggles are to leave the group, paving the way for the quartet’s first female performer. Jeff Fatt, Murray Cook and Greg Page said they would hand over their purple, red and yellow pullovers to a “new generation” at the end of a 2012 tour. Remaining member Anthony... 

Glamour on the Cannes red carpet Jane Fonda, Eva Longoria and Lana Del Rey were among the famous faces on the red carpet at the opening night gala of this year’s Cannes Film Festival. They and a host of other stars were on hand to see Moonrise Kingdom, the new film from US director Wes Anderson, launch the annual cinema showcase. Bruce Willis, Bill Murray and Britain’s Tilda Swinton joined... 

P-Square Going by the reports reaching Nigeriafilms.com from a source in Cameroon, some Cameroonian artistes have concluded plans to stage a protest at a concert P-Square would be performing at later this month. According to an e-mail sent to the website, members of Syndicat Camerounais De Musicien (SYCAMU), a body of the country’s artistes, are protesting against the huge amount of performance... 

Some of the personalities at Wednesday's launch Ghana will be renewing her running rivalry with neighbours, Nigeria come June 30 at the Dome of the Accra International Conference Centre when they lock horns at the second edition of the Ghana Meets Naija concert. The annual concert, the brainchild of Empire Entertainment headed by Kwabena Anokye Adisi, aka Bola Ray, is the only platform that taps... 

Chuck Brown received his first Grammy Award nomination in 2010 Guitarist and singer Chuck Brown, who mixed funk, soul and Latin styles to help create the upbeat “go-go” scene in Washington DC in the 1970s, has died. Known as the “godfather of go-go”, Brown’s biggest hit was Bustin’ Loose, which spent a month at the top of the US R&B chart at the end of the 1970s. Brown,... 

Buk Bak, Hip Life duo Last Saturday, one of Ghana’s finest Hip Life duo, Buk Bak rocked hundreds of music lovers in the United Kingdom who thronged to the Agenda Bar for the much anticipated Azonto Party organized by Akwaaba UK. Aside the energy they mounted the stage with, the group got the night on the high as they managed to get the entire audience dancing throughout to performances of their chain... 

Rihanna Rihanna is believed to have fallen ill after “travelling nonstop” and “excessive partying.” The singer revealed she had been hospitalised in New York City earlier this week after posting a photo of an IV drip attached to her arm on her Twitter account. Although she didn’t confirm the reason for her stay, it has been reported that she was treated for dehydration... 

Ini Edo One of Africa’s brightest and famous movie personalities, Ini Edo has disclosed that she has taken a decision to be selective with future movie roles, meaning fewer movie roles and appearances for her from now onwards.  Speaking in an interview with Channel TV after the Nollywood Movies Awards nominees’ party in Nigeria May 5, the actress said the move will see her featuring in “quality...