The 8th of March sees the world celebrating International Women’s Day. In our nod to the same, DRUM celebrates the African Woman! Read all about the head of the Kenya Women’s Finance Trust, Jennifer Riria. Catch Suzanne Jambo from Sudan as she talks to DRUM about being a negotiator for the SPLM.
Look out for glamour queens day in the life with Nargis Manji as well as read all about this gem of a lady, Jackie Collins and how she contributes to the less fortunate of our society. Anne Marie Burugu takes time out to talk personal to DRUM and of course, a not to miss story, the story that could be dubbed an exclusive, Media Queen Rose Kimotho invites us into her Runda home and into her life.
This month, fashion captures Penny Winter's collection with a sinful serving of pure chic and we taste the wonderful food of the Indian Ocean Beach Resort.
We eco glam for décor tips and as usual, find out who made it into our society pages.
March issue of DRUM magazine, it is a must buy and a must have. Get your copy today!

Movie Review: Michael Jackson: This is it

For lovers of Jackson, this is another commercially successful, but realistically failed attempt to breath life into Michael Jackson.

By Kevin Makokha

Death returned pop legend Michael Jackson back to humanity in a fascinating way that no acres of news print or hours of airtime could decipher.

But now director Kenny Ortega, along time collaborator of the fallen legend, has brought the dead singer back to live in the intriguing "Michael Jackson’s This Is It" film, a disturbing, artless, but massively interesting drama about the life and times of Jackson.

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Movie review: Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire

Have you ever watched a movie that's so moving, so real that you were afraid that you'd embarass yourself by bursting into tears or breaking into a violent rage when you met the lead actor?
Gabourey Sidibe

By Christine Koech

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The Proposal

This is not your typical boy meets girl flick. If it got my ‘macho’ boyfriend intrigued and his wondering attention captivatingly glued to the screen, it is without a doubt a good watch.

By Miss Sweet

The story line involves a socially inept ‘witch’ for a boss Margaret Tate (Sandra Bullock) an executive editor in chief in a book publishing company and her assistant Andrew Paxton (Ryan Reynolds).

Andrew has worked with her for three years and she barely knows his surname. Margaret is threatened to be deported as she had failed to file some documents.

Her bosses inform her that in the event she is deported back to Canada, she will no longer work for the company. Drastic times, drastic measures!

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Film Review:Nha Fala

Who does not love song and dance within a show? From the Indian classics to the now Bollywood movies that incorporate dance and song in the storyline, Nha Fala definitely managed to entertain and relax me with the sometimes silly and amusing dialogue.

Film Review: Nha Fala

Screened: Alliance Francaise

Director: Flora Gomes

Duration: 110 minutes

Who does not love song and dance within a show? From the Indian classics to the now Bollywood movies that incorporate dance and song in the storyline, Nha Fala definitely managed to entertain and relax me with the sometimes silly and amusing dialogue.

By Annie Arogo

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Theatre review: Touch and Go

The hilarious play ‘Touch and Go’ by the Festival of Creative Arts tickled theatre fans at the Kenya National Theatre.

By Doris Gesimba

Festival of Creative Arts hilarious tale ‘Touch and Go’ graced theatre fans with laughter at the Kenya National Theatre. The play ran from Thursday (29.01.09) to Sunday (01.02.09).

“Touch and Go” is about marriage life and affairs and the complications endured by four adults whose lies catch up with them.

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TV Review: Until My Last Breath

In Espanol, the name of this show is quite a mouthful. Nunca te diré adiós.

By Christine Koech

For me, the most annoying thing about Spanish and Filipino telenovelas has always been the voiceover translations. It always seems that there's only one voiceover artist who makes a poor attempt at disguising his or her voice for various characters. The background noises almost always seem to be incompatible with the actions - it's quite annoying to hear clanking footsteps when someone is walking barefoot on a concrete floor.

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TV REVIEW: The Moment Of Truth

They have gambled with everything, including their family’s lives and joy for a minimum of kshs 600,000 to a maximum of kshs 30M. Would you?

TV REVIEW: The Moment Of Truth

They have gambled with everything, including their family’s lives and joy for a minimum of kshs 600,000 to a maximum of kshs 30M. Would you?

By Annie Arogo

It has been one of the fastest rising and highly rated shows after the American Idol. In its premiere in the U.S.A, it boasted and still is boasting of a whooping 23 million viewers. Was it the promise it showed on ruining marriages?

Showing on Mnet every Friday at 9 p.m. with repeats every Saturday at 3 p.m., the moment of truth is an intriguing-must-watch show.

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Theatre review: 'Perfect Wedding' pulls impressive crowd

Produced by Eliud Abuto and directed by Sam Otieno and Derrick Amunga, ‘Perfect Wedding’ is a fast-paced comedy with plenty of mirth throughout.

By Doris Gesimba

Your wedding day is meant to be the most memorable day of your life but for Bill and Rachel, their wedding day was unforgettable for all the wrong reasons.

A perfect wedding may have been billed but a perfect wedding it certainly isn't. In fact it is the most imperfect wedding.

Bill wakes us on the morning of his wedding to find himself in bed with Judy, who unbeknown to him, is the new girlfriend of his best man Tom.

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TV Review: Tru Calling

If you had a gift of reliving a day, what would you do? A young college graduate whose internship did not work out and is now working night shifts in a morgue has the Tru Calling to relive days and spends the day saving people who would have died.

 By Annie Arogo

 Watching this show the first time is bound to startle anyone especially while viewing the scene where Tru Davis (Eliza Patricia Dushku) is handling a dead body only to have the corpse turn to her whispering two words, "Help me." 

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TV review: Magic Makeover

The Swan, Extreme Makeover, 10 years younger are just some of the foreign Reality TV shows that have graced our screens and whet our appetites when we see the transformation performed on participants through plastic surgery and complicated dental works. Our own Kenyan production offers transformatio

By Annie Arogo

The Magic Makeover is nothing like magic but shows that a good appearance needs work, professionals, good accessories, an eye for personal style and creativity. The show airs on NTV every Sunday at 6.35 p.m. and is a breath of fresh air. The timing is great for a woman who is looking for ideas before she chooses her outfits for the week. 

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