/Features/buzz/-/441236/441236/-/25ddgf/-/index.html http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/buzz/The+crazy+ending+/-/441236/1409258/-/5ylm5h/-/index.html Crazy. There is no other word for it. I have never seen two minutes make such a huge difference. 2012-05-19T13:17:36Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/buzz/Publicity+stunts+/-/441236/1409166/-/ixmlp1z/-/index.html When was the last time a Kenyan housemate at the Big Brother House was a major talking point and split debate the way Prezzo has? 2012-05-19T11:54:07Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/buzz/Why+Coast+artistes+dont+make+it+in+Nairobi+/-/441236/1409162/-/vitod5z/-/index.html The wise Swahili men (Wahenga) left a saying; ‘Jogoo la shamba haliwiki mjini’ (A village cockerel doesn’t crow in the city). 2012-05-19T11:54:03Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/buzz/Beenie+Man+I+have+no+problem+with+Gays/-/441236/1409160/-/10dtyitz/-/index.html Dancehall kingpin Beenie Man has publicly apologised for his hard stance on gays bringing to an end an issue that has dogged his career 2012-05-19T11:54:01Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/buzz/Sara+Mitaru+I+sing+for+Africa+revolution/-/441236/1409158/-/12y6cncz/-/index.html Revolutions don’t always come in the form of a person holding a placard or demonstrating in the streets. Sometimes it is that artiste in the studio who stirs the minds that eventually carry them out. Sara Mitaru is one, and she told PHILIP MWANIKI why music is a powerful tool of articulating the discontent among the masses 2012-05-19T11:53:58Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/buzz/The+final+day+/-/441236/1404580/-/14wk8vbz/-/index.html Sunday is the last day of action in the English Premier League with a lot at stake. But before I get there, allow me to applaud Jose Mourinho and Real Madrid. 2012-05-12T15:00:41Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/buzz/For+a+successful+comeback+shed+off+the+old+style+/-/441236/1404578/-/o1t1sv/-/index.html As an artiste, one of the hardest things you can ever do is take a long break and then try to make a comeback. 2012-05-12T15:00:37Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/buzz/Lights+out+on+the+Electric+Avenue/-/441236/1404576/-/ta5qqvz/-/index.html If there’s one thing that is immediately synonymous with Kenyan youth, it has got to be their insatiable ability to party like the proverbial rockstars. 2012-05-12T15:00:34Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/buzz/Its+a+Cole+World/-/441236/1404574/-/wch17iz/-/index.html Jermaine Lamar Cole or JCole to his legion of fans is one of Hip Hop’s fastest rising stars and says he is far from getting “there” yet. 2012-05-12T15:00:30Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/buzz/Prezzo+in+BBA+house+best+shot+or+total+goof++/-/441236/1400226/-/8oeevbz/-/index.html It’s official that CMB Prezzo will be representing Kenya in this year’s Big Brother Africa reality show. But really, Prezzo? 2012-05-05T15:00:57Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/buzz/WA+KAHALIF+The+small+issue+about+big+women++/-/441236/1400224/-/mocxnfz/-/index.html He is the most talked about Kikuyu artiste today and his new song, “Momo” has found itself in the popular street lexicon and attracting both love and hate in equal measure. 2012-05-05T15:00:53Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/buzz/-/441236/1400230/-/g1wkrs/-/index.html It was 50/50 that Pep Guardiola would choose to step down at the end of the season. 2012-05-05T15:00:07Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/buzz/Too+many+Sheng+politicians+but+no+youth+agenda+/-/441236/1400228/-/mrh4dtz/-/index.html No, I am not talking about picking sides and doing whatever they want. No, I am not talking about that so calm down people. 2012-05-05T15:00:03Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/buzz/Glamping+for+peace+/-/441236/1395854/-/d3cqk3/-/index.html The average party goer is always looking for new ways to have fun and for those in the concrete jungle of Nairobi, the clubs can be a bit suffocating and now prefer the outdoors. 2012-04-28T16:34:16Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/buzz/Manchesters+moment+of+truth+/-/441236/1395858/-/58m204/-/index.html Fate has never been kind or cruel depending on whom you ask. 2012-04-28T16:00:23Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/buzz/Matasia+Star+oh+the+humanity/-/441236/1395856/-/135polc/-/index.html I recently watched what’s without a doubt, the worst video and probably the worst singer in Kenya. 2012-04-28T16:00:19Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/buzz/Larry+Madowo+Dared+to+be+different+/-/441236/1395852/-/ejavplz/-/index.html Love him or hate him, there’s no disputing Larry Madowo has had an impact on TV business reporting. 2012-04-28T16:00:12Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/buzz/Dear+Oliech/-/441236/1391174/-/x8ldbq/-/index.html Welcome to being national team captain 101 also known as common sense 101. 2012-04-21T15:00:58Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/buzz/How+to+kill+a+brand+/-/441236/1391172/-/rwikr1z/-/index.html So, you have worked your brains off to come up with a brand that turns out to be successful and influential. 2012-04-21T15:00:53Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/buzz/Tours+abroad+Behind+the+hype+/-/441236/1391170/-/7vdwtn/-/index.html There was a time, not long ago when Kenyan artistes spent more time out of the country performing abroad and they were the envy of their peers who didn’t even know where they could apply for a passport. 2012-04-21T15:00:32Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/buzz/Desmond+Elliot++Naijas+ladies+man/-/441236/1391168/-/4aloy9z/-/index.html He has been described by many as Nollywood’s ladies man, but Desmond Olushola Elliot says he is a serious family man. We caught up with this Nollywood actor last week during the Africa Magic celebrations in Nairobi. 2012-04-21T15:00:26Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/buzz/What+we+have+are+stars+Tanzania+has+superstars+/-/441236/1386448/-/mu181iz/-/index.html Tanzanians love their celebrities. Their obsession with their home-made stars can be likened to that of Kenyan politicians and the electorate. 2012-04-14T15:00:59Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/buzz/Allan+Wanga+Shooting+for+the+stars/-/441236/1386446/-/yg6ggu/-/index.html Allan Wanga has earned his stripes in football. He has played in leagues from Angola to Vietnam and even Azberijan 2012-04-14T15:00:54Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/buzz/Barca+v+Chelsea+and+Madrid+/-/441236/1386452/-/pwguwkz/-/index.html They are officially the best team in the world and they also have the best player in the world, Lionel Messi. This is the week that will test those credentials. 2012-04-14T15:00:09Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/buzz/The+problem+with+Kenyans+and+celebrities+/-/441236/1386450/-/igcb95/-/index.html Many of us were shocked to watch about 30,000 people show up for the funeral of Tanzanian actor Steven Kanumba in Dar es Salaam. 2012-04-14T15:00:04Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/buzz/Who+is+an+up+coming+artiste/-/441236/1381716/-/ywdrs8z/-/index.html Happy Easter Sunday good people. I met with Juliani last week and he told me something that got me thinking. 2012-04-07T15:00:56Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/buzz/The+Akorino+evolution+/-/441236/1381714/-/426s3p/-/index.html That the Akorino Football Club is fighting for a chance to join the Kenya Premier League, and the Akorino DJ group is about to be launched in the gospel music scene shows that the traditional religious group is fast changing with the times. 2012-04-07T15:00:51Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/buzz/A+star/-/441236/1381712/-/u5dpqrz/-/index.html Call it ambition or blind optimism but Richard Njau aka A-Star believes he can rid the media of everything negative or perverse. 2012-04-07T15:00:46Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/buzz/Arsenal+vs+Man+City/-/441236/1381718/-/r6i7lyz/-/index.html Before I get to Sunday’s attraction, I must deal with the weeks biggest controversy - Barca’s second penalty on Tuesday night. 2012-04-07T15:00:02Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/buzz/Just+A+Band+No+longer+just+a+band+/-/441236/1377456/-/qmxrxj/-/index.html Fresh off their recent performance at the SXSW Festival in Austin-Texas 2012-03-31T14:38:46Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/buzz/Dear+established+artiste/-/441236/1377454/-/tnmw9b/-/index.html Ok, last week, I gave some few truths about the industry to the new and up coming artistes 2012-03-31T14:38:41Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/buzz/The+run+in/-/441236/1377452/-/30rksfz/-/index.html Its on. Eight games left, three point gap. This is what Sir Alex Ferguson famously calls squeaky bum time. 2012-03-31T14:38:39Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/buzz/-/441236/1377440/-/fmaj59/-/index.html John-Allan Namu, that’s the name. Every time he appears on your Prime Time news, you know he has been up to something. He is best known for unraveling some of the biggest scandals in the country and region and of course the “eighth” wonder that was Loliondo. 2012-03-31T14:31:29Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/buzz/Gor+must+be+punished+/-/441236/1372970/-/kobsvk/-/index.html The hype around the game was incredible, the end product was the exact opposite – a most boring display of football. 2012-03-24T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/buzz/Enough+with+the+whine+flu/-/441236/1372974/-/10qji2lz/-/index.html I got mail last week from an up and coming artiste who was really mad because he reckons that nobody appreciates new talent 2012-03-24T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/buzz/Gospel+and+secular+music+where+do+you+draw+the+line+/-/441236/1372966/-/5iads8z/-/index.html It was very easy to distinguish between a gospel song from a secular one a few years back. 2012-03-24T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/buzz/Hellon+Picking+up+from+where+I+left++/-/441236/1372950/-/ahgty1z/-/index.html I decided to suspend that for a while to focus on my music, which is what Kenyans seem to like most about me. 2012-03-24T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/buzz/Man+City+v+Chelsea+/-/441236/1368380/-/46chjoz/-/index.html Wednesday night this week brings with it a heavy premier league schedule but one match is the clear pick 2012-03-17T13:00:58Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/buzz/Dear+upcoming+artiste/-/441236/1368376/-/nr74vd/-/index.html Your presence means that you still believe in our entertainment industry and also shows that we do have a future. You are wide eyed and ready to take on the world and I know you do not see any local competition. 2012-03-17T13:00:53Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/buzz/How+social+is+your+celebrity++/-/441236/1368374/-/66vp1lz/-/index.html With all its pros and cons, social media has got to be single most distinct identifier of the X and Y generations also respectively referred to as “The Millenials” and “Internet Generation”. 2012-03-17T13:00:49Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/buzz/-/441236/1368372/-/flonud/-/index.html Walter Mong’are, aka Nyambane, is a man in a spot 2012-03-17T13:00:45Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/buzz/There+is+no+other+special+one+/-/441236/1363050/-/dtv8lvz/-/index.html Roman Abramovich is a fool. I know he is a billionaire 2012-03-10T17:59:23Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/buzz/Kris+Eh+Baba+Creativity+or+just+plain+dumb/-/441236/1363046/-/l427bfz/-/index.html One of gospel music’s brightest stars, Kris Ehh baba has been impressing fans and critics 2012-03-10T17:50:51Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/buzz/The+allure+of+vanity+plates/-/441236/1363036/-/8f880f/-/index.html Everybody can own a car right? So how do you stand out in traffic? Simple! 2012-03-10T17:47:41Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/buzz/-/441236/1363018/-/fll4r0/-/index.html Lerato ‘Lira’ Molapo is one of the most successful female musicians in South Africa at the moment. She has performed in most of the continent and is not new in Europe and the Americas. She was in Kenya last weekend and JOHN MUCHIRI had a chat with her 2012-03-10T17:44:50Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/buzz/The+110m+question+/-/441236/1358514/-/md4h6j/-/index.html My disdain for Sam Nyamweya is a matter of public record and if it isn’t, let it be so from now. 2012-03-03T09:57:50Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/buzz/Good+old+days+/-/441236/1358504/-/pgmx54/-/index.html Rapper Nonini last week had a Facebook post reminiscing about the “good old days” 2012-03-03T09:55:02Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/buzz/Videos+made+the+River+Road+star+wealthy+/-/441236/1358498/-/15svnmaz/-/index.html Story is told about a River Road artiste who was talking about how he spent close to a Sh100,000 for a video shoot. 2012-03-03T09:52:37Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/buzz/I+am+Ciku+You+may+call+me+Tasha/-/441236/1358478/-/11w1q03z/-/index.html 24-year-old Nancy Wanjiku Kariuki answers to many aliases including Tasha, Baby and Ciku among many others, but despite her surging star status she remains humble and focused. 2012-03-03T09:43:17Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/buzz/The+London+shuffle+/-/441236/1334948/-/1bhkva/-/index.html Arsenal used to rule the roost before Chelsea took over. 2012-02-25T13:52:22Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/buzz/UoN+A+tale+of+too+sillys+/-/441236/1334936/-/2iwgj9/-/index.html It’s understandable if you are beginning to get tired of reading about UoN for one reason or another almost every week on this column. 2012-02-25T13:46:12Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/buzz/DJs+taking+over+the+show++/-/441236/1334914/-/15jf9fnz/-/index.html Late last year, Smirnoff, who are known to throw some wild parties, hosted what had been tipped as the mother of all parties. 2012-02-25T13:36:07Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/buzz/NANCY+KIHENIA+Tall+on+telly/-/441236/1334906/-/aipuqgz/-/index.html Big things, they say, come in small packages and Nancy Kihenia is the personification of that line. 2012-02-25T13:23:37Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/buzz/Nneka+Peace+love+and+revolution+/-/441236/1330242/-/s88jtw/-/index.html Nigerian songstress Nneka Egbuna’s musical activism has been likened to the iconic legend Lauryn Hill and which has touched many souls across the world. 2012-02-18T15:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/buzz/Is+a+celebritys+end+scripted+/-/441236/1330252/-/3m5w1jz/-/index.html Rock stars have a motto. Live fast, die young and leave a beautiful corpse. 2012-02-18T15:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/buzz/Its+not+all+about+the+money+trust+me+/-/441236/1330266/-/n02vyoz/-/index.html You may have heard of a big sporting event that happens in America called the “Super Bowl”. 2012-02-18T15:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/buzz/All+hail+Chipolopolo+/-/441236/1330280/-/qwu114/-/index.html It’s a remarkable story. Nearly two decades after a plane crash killed 18 national team players in Libreville Gabon, Zambia won the African Cup of Nations for the very first time in the very same Libreville. 2012-02-18T15:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/buzz/CAN+2012+The+Final/-/441236/1324802/-/dibne7/-/index.html The worst thing a sports tournament can do is to go as expected. 2012-02-11T14:30:49Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/buzz/The+West+is+shopping+for+stars+in+Africa+/-/441236/1324778/-/grl0ey/-/index.html It was without a doubt a shocker when word went round that Nigerian rapper D’Banj was doing a collobo with Hip Hop legend Snoop Doggy Dogg. 2012-02-11T14:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/buzz/Dear+artiste+heres+why+you+are+ever+struggling+/-/441236/1324794/-/g1mo9vz/-/index.html One of the discussion in the industry right now has got to be about one of its biggest names, Jua Cali. 2012-02-11T14:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/buzz/WIZKID+Taking+on+Africa+and+the+world/-/441236/1324736/-/ppnrp7/-/index.html Balogun Ayodeji or Wizkid if you please, is one of the latest sensations on the continental entertainment scene. 2012-02-11T14:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/buzz/CAN+2012+the+home+stretch+/-/441236/1320138/-/56u55b/-/index.html The first cull is done. 2012-02-04T13:23:02Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/buzz/Why+I+cant+stand+football+experts/-/441236/1320134/-/128hwtyz/-/index.html It’s one of the few times in the year when I have to sit back and painfully watch a team of local “experts” discussing football and the goings-on at the Africa Cup of Nations. 2012-02-04T13:19:43Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/buzz/Revolutionary+tunes+You+cant+stop+the+music++/-/441236/1320126/-/b20n0n/-/index.html Nothing drives a revolution’s point home better than music. 2012-02-04T13:16:23Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/buzz/BAMZIGI+/-/441236/1320058/-/kqsf2n/-/index.html Despite numerous twists and turns, Harrison Munio aka Bamzigi has weathered the storm to become a trendsetter in the local entertainment scene. 2012-02-04T13:08:53Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/buzz/The+Senegalese+trap+and+other+stories+/-/441236/1315588/-/143hl1h/-/index.html First things first. Picking Senegal to shine at this year’s tournament was clearly a very bad call. 2012-01-28T14:25:59Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/buzz/All+amiss+at+Miss+University+Africa+/-/441236/1315582/-/gdhjwa/-/index.html This Thursday marked the end of the search for the next Kenyan representative to the Miss University Africa pageant. 2012-01-28T14:12:07Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/buzz/Fashion+and+Fame+/-/441236/1315528/-/b7sotu/-/index.html The world over, celebrities are often associated with coolness and achievement and for this reason many young people idolise, envy and even in extreme cases, worship them. 2012-01-28T13:49:57Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/buzz/Mkamzee+Mwatela+TVs+new+it+girl/-/441236/1315498/-/nm1jjq/-/index.html Make way, there is a new star on Kenyan TV, Mkamzee Mwatela. 2012-01-28T13:14:13Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/buzz/AFCON+2012+/-/441236/1311628/-/df9flgz/-/index.html I don’t know why, but the air is not filled with much enthusiasm about the 2012 Cup of Nations. 2012-01-21T15:12:28Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/buzz/Why+old+DJs+win+in+old+vs+new+contest+/-/441236/1311620/-/t91run/-/index.html When it comes to deejaying, it is pretty obvious the DJs of yore still run the show despite a new generation of disc jokeys filling the airwaves. 2012-01-21T14:59:14Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/buzz/January+blues/-/441236/1311608/-/qneod9z/-/index.html January is upon us and after the merry making and frolicking over the festive season, things are generally off to a slow start. 2012-01-21T14:46:16Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/buzz/DJ+Protoge/-/441236/1311598/-/h9kd0rz/-/index.html He is one of the most sought after House and Rock music DJs in the country right now. 2012-01-21T14:32:47Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/buzz/Old+is+back/-/441236/1305718/-/qwuv6n/-/index.html If you have come across people talking about 12 haphazardly this week, then that was probably an arsenal fan 2012-01-14T15:34:37Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/buzz/Here+are+a+few+truths+about+the+music+industry+/-/441236/1305716/-/154bweg/-/index.html You have to earn your stripes: 2012-01-14T15:25:54Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/buzz/Why+the+UN+uses+celebs+as+ambassadors+++/-/441236/1305706/-/7ucey5z/-/index.html Every so long, a Hollywood celebrity shows up on our shores not to perform but for some charity event. 2012-01-14T15:06:28Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/buzz/Size+8+steady+climb+to+relevance/-/441236/1305666/-/eibslr/-/index.html She may be small but whatever she lacks in physical size, she more than makes up for it in dreams and ambition. 2012-01-14T14:47:23Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/buzz/The+Christmas+shakeup/-/441236/1301566/-/vifon8/-/index.html The games come thick and fast during Christmas and it is always likely that teams will slip up during this period because of the intensity of the fixture list. 2012-01-07T16:08:45Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/buzz/How+to+enhance+your+brand+online+/-/441236/1301564/-/132ekrk/-/index.html Artistes, hands up if you have an iTunes account. 2012-01-07T16:04:35Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/buzz/Lights+camera+no+action/-/441236/1301562/-/rw010x/-/index.html It is a few minutes to midnight. 2012-01-07T15:57:49Z