SKINNED TO PREMIERE AT SILVERBIRD

“Skinned” a movie that seeks to educate, about the effects of skin bleaching, as well as entertain its audience, is set to be premiered at the Silverbird cinemas in the Accra Mall and West Hills Mall on Friday, June 10, 2016.

Directed by LisaRaye McCoy, “Skinned” is a character-driven drama about a young lady, Jolie, whose insecurities about her skin color, misconception about beauty, and search for romance causes her to bleach her skin beyond recognition, the catalyst to a series of health issues she encounters. The docu drama stars Jasmine Burke (Drum Line 2), Brad James (Tyler Perry’s For Better or Worse), Ghallywood’s celebrated actor, Van Vicker and a host of other actors and actresses.

“Skinned,” a 1 Hour, 30 minutes long movie, is a Studio 11 films production jointly produced by Dr. Clarice Kulah, Lotten Yeaney, Sharon Tomlinson and Van Vicker.

Tickets for the premiere sell at GHs 30 at the Silverbird Cinemas at the Accra Mall and West Hills Mall. 

#FreeFacebook Launched

At a fun filled event held at the forecourt of Accra Mall, Airtel Ghana launched its new product, #FreeFacebook on Airtel. The new product allows Airtel users free access to Facebook and some web pages. The well-attended event witnessed a couple of performances and the audience receiving a lot of giveaways.  

In a televised message, Madam Lucy Quist, the MD of Airtel Ghana, exhibited a lot excitement at the launch of the new product. She said that Facebook is the most visited site in Ghana and number one place for business people thus, the reason for the company being proud to offer Facebook at no fee to its customers. She also informed the public that aside free Facebook, Airtel was also offering other web pages that hold a lot of information to the public for free.

Madam Quist encouraged the public to grab Airtel sim cards so as to enjoy the experience the company was offering.

In a post on his page, Mark Zuckerberg, inventor of Facebook posted, “Today we're launching Internet.org in Ghana, giving people on the Airtel network access to free basic internet services for education, health, jobs and communication.

Right now only about 12% of people in Ghana are connected to the internet, but connectivity is already improving people's lives and communities.

By connecting everyone, we hope to unlock even more opportunities for Ghana.”

Expressing excitement for the feat achieved, Mark Zuckerberg added, “Ghana is the fifth country we’ve connected through Internet.org after Zambia, Tanzania, Kenya and Colombia.

Thank you to our community for your support and for pushing to bring Internet.org to more countries as we continue on our path to connect the whole world.”

Aside being the Ghanaian company with the largest following on Facebook and the first to offer free Facebook, Airtel also becomes the first network to offer pages such as Jobberman, Tonaton Wikipedia, Accu Weather and GhanaWeb for free on internet.org. 

UOS ROCKS TWO YEARS

In what is expected to be a grand opening for social media based events, University of Secrets, a Facebook and WhatsApp oriented social media group is set to begin the year with an event dubbed,” UoS 2^nd Anniversary and Awards Jam.”

The event, which is expected to bring together the group’s over 400 members, has been scheduled for the first Saturday of the new year, 3^rd January, 2015 and will be hosted in Stone Age, located in Labadi (behind Joker’s Nite Club).

Speaking to the Administrator of the group, Bra Joel Skinny Defazbooker, he promised patrons a night filled with sky rocketing fun and a gathering of unrelenting fun lovers. He also took the opportunity to appreciate the efforts members of the group have put into the steady growth of the group since its inception two years ago.

The event which will begin at 6 o’clock pm will also be the beginning of a new era in the life of the group. Members in the group will be given the opportunity to exhibit their talents and take charge of the whole event. Joel named Ike Ford Gh, Maameserwaa De Pralem and Lin Mclean (as they are known in Facebook circles) as MCs for the night. Hajia Haffy was also named as host on the Red Carpet.

Performances on the night would be staged by 4Bent Dance Crew, Fishbone, Sharkysona, Mr. Wilson, Style, Randy Sky, Kofi KO, Twice MC and Gbagamiator. Behind the deck to jam the long night will be Dr. SIDart.

The event is supported by Hangout Master, Innit Philms, One Click Photography, Casty Photography and Miksd Fotostudio.

University of Secrets is a social media group fashioned in an academic structure. The group has six halls, NawtyDope Hall, Shattaz Hall, Saints Hall, Music & Life, Coded Hall and the latest to join in is Realers Hall.

Call 0549 283389, 0247 063891, 0576 950825 for your bookings.