AVRIL LAUNCHES NEW SINGLE

Ogopa Djs Avril on Tuesday night launched her new single a Skyluxx lounge Westlands. The new single Kitu Kimoja is about her falling in love with a visually challenged man but this does not stop her from loving him. It was shot in south coast Swahili beach However Avril admitted that it was not easy to come up with the song. “It took me four months to come up with the songs. My producer is a perfectionist so I kept changing the lyrics till it was perfect,”Avril . Some of the scenes in the video are very suggestive but Avril was quick to term the relationship between her and the male counterpart as 'very professional.' The event which coincided with the launch of Eish, a new magazine in town attracted personalities in the showbiz industry. The guests included former comedian turned politician John Kiarie, Amani,kiss100's Shaffie Weru, comedian brothers Eric and Fred Omondi and Jaguar.

. AVRIL TO STAR IN MTV DRAMA SERIES

Ogopa DJ artiste Avril has bagged a role in the second MTV drama series, Shuga that starts filming this week in Nairobi.
Avril who will play the role of a character called Miss B’have will be joined by other Kenyan personalities like Nick Ndeda (Angelo), Nancy Wanjiku (Baby), Brenda Wairimu (Dala), Edward Nyanaro (Rayban) and Ikubese Emmanuel - a.k.a. 9con - (Femi).
Meanwhile, Lupita Nyong’o, who played the pivotal character of Ayira in Shuga, returns on the other side of the camera as co-director alongside South African veteran Teboho Mahlatsi.
Also returning for the second series of Shuga are Sharon Olago (Violet), David Omwange (Skola), Nick Mutuma (Leo), Antony Mwangi (Kennedy) and Valerie Kimani (Sindi).
Other actors chosen at the public casting a few weeks ago are Christopher Otieno and Wairugi Mutero. Wairugi will be playing the role of Njoki (a party girl who loves to live in the moment) while Christopher will be cast as Slim, a small-time gangster.
Shuga: Love, Sex, Money is sponsored by MTV Base, The Staying Alive Foundation, the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) and The Partnership for an HIV-Free Generation (HFG).

KENYAN ARTISTES REMEMBER QUEEN JANE

Death surely unites and this time the showbiz fraternity in Nairobi gathered together to mourn the passing on of Benga star Queen Jane. At midday yesterday (01.07.2010), Kenyans For Change musicians observed a minute of silence in remembrance of Queen Jane.The once popular Benga musician died on Tuesday at St Mary's Hospital, Lang'ata. Some of the artistes who turned up included Achieng Abura, Nameless, Suzana Owiyo, Amani, Juliani, Avril, Nonini, Wyre, among others.