Haitian Celebrity News

This is a sad story... 21 year old Haitian-American Kyle Jean-Baptiste made history on Broadway as the first African American and the youngest person to ever play Jean Valjean in Les Miserables, on Broadway... Last week, Kyle fell to his death, four stories from a fire escape at his mothers apartment in Brooklyn New York...

KREYOL: MOVE Nouvel... Ou tande bagay saa? Kyle Jean-Baptiste, yon jenn Haitien-American ki fè listwa nan Broadway kom premier Americain Noir ki jwe role Jean Valjean nan Les Miserables, Misye Mouri, li sot tonbe 4 etage nan yon escalier de secours (fire escape) nan apatman manman li nan Brooklyn New York... Kisa ou panse de sa???

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Haiti Diaspora News -- Haitian-Americans in Chicago will soon wake up to watch one their own, Lionel Moise, as the new weekday morning news co-anchor at CBS Chicago WBBM-TV alongside Erin Kennedy...

KREYOL: Haitiens Diaspora nan CHICAGO yo tande... Nan mwa Septanm lan, nou pwal wè ti bonnonm saa, Lionel Moise, nan CBS Canal 2... Misye se yon Haitien-Americain, se li ki pwal ranplase Kris Gutierrez nan matin... Kisa ou panse de sa???

Read more here: Lionel Moise Joins CBS 2 As Morning Anchor

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Coming to Haiti - The Clinton Foundation announced Bill Clinton's daughter Chelsea will be in Haiti along with Clinton Foundation President Donna Shalala to lead a group of philanthropists, business leaders, and Clinton Foundation supporters to visit and see the works the foundation is doing in Haiti.

KREYOL: Haiti - Chelsea Clinton, pitit Bill ak Hillary Clinton la, ap rantre nan peyi d'Haiti fen mwa jiyè 2015 la... Lap trennen dèyè li yon bann gwo zouzounn pou vini gade kisa Clinton Foundation ap regle andedan peyi a... Kisa ou panse de sa???

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Have you heard? Don Kato and Pere Demeran are not the only Superstar candidates in the upcoming Elections... Nice Simon, Anne from the movie "I Love you Anne" is a candidate for Mayor of Tabarre...

Mezanmi Men Nouvel... Nice Simon, Anne, minnaj Don Kato, pitit Tonton Bicha a nan film "I Love You Anne" la, Li Kandida pou Meri Tabarre...

Also Read Haiti - Don Kato Candidat pou Senatè Depatman Lwès

Also Read: Haiti Elections - Fresnel Larosiliere (Père Demeran) Candidat a la Presidence

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Facebook users are not too happy about Beyonce's recent visit to Haiti, the New York Times reports... To them it's just a celebrity photo opportunity... YES... Beyonce did visit Haiti but I didn't really feel like telling you that another celebrity is in Haiti looking good amongst the poor Haitian people...

Personally, I would like to see more Celebrities visiting Haiti as a tourist, but going to Haiti to take photos with poor and desperate people, It does not make my country look good...

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Breaking News - Haitian music artist Stanley Toussaint alias Tantan was arrested Thursday on Battery Charges. A mugshot of the artist is already circulating on the Haitian social Media Networks.

KREYOL: Haiti Diaspora - La police nan Florida arete atis TANTAN (Stanley Toussaint / LAKOL) ayè Jeudi 07 Mai 2015 la pou Battery (li bat yon moun) Fanm li? Kilès? nou poko konnen... Kisa ou panse de sa?

Haitian music web site KonpaEvents.com broke the story providing Tantan's mugshot and a copy of the arrest information, booking information and all...

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Port-au-Prince Haiti - Eric Jean Baptiste, the owner of Père Eternel Loto, was cleaning his gun at home when the gun went off... He shot himself... Eric was rushed to the hospital and reported in critical condition...

Men Nouvel... Haiti - Eric Jean Baptiste (Père Eternel Loto) Tire tèt li... Pandan misye ap pwòpte zam li lakay yo, yon bal pati... Bri kouri, misye pran yon bal nan vant... Li pa mouri, yo kouri lopital ak li... Kisa-w panse?

Reports came in around 1:45am that Eric Jean Baptiste was in the operating room for his injuries.

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Haitian hip hop star Wyclef Jean just posted on his Twiiter account that the next president of Haiti might be a woman... Hmmm...Wich woman do you think Clef is talking about?

KREYOL: Haiti - Atis Wyclef Jean di pwochen prezidan peyi d'Haiti a, li ka yon FANM... Se sa misye poste sou kont twitter li... De ki fanm ou panse misye ap pale?

6:48 PM - 14 Mar 2015, Wyclef Jean tweets:

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An attempted kidnapping in Haiti of Monseigneur Pierre-Andre Pierre, the Rector of Université Notre-Dame d'Haiti, was foiled by police early morning Saturday, 14 Mar 2015...

KREYOL: Haiti - Atoufè manke KIDNAPE Monseyè Pierre-Andre Pierre, Recteur Université Notre-Dame d'Haiti a nan Delmas 33 maten Samedi 14 Mars 2015 la... Gras ak la police sa pat rive fèt... Kisa ou panse de sa?

No specific reports have been released regarding this attempted kidnaping of Msgr Andre Pierre except that it happened in Delmas 33 near the Hopital de Paix and The Haitian police immediately intervened.

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Haitian journalist and filmmaker Bob Lemoine is Dead... Bob Lemoine died Sunday 08 March 2015 in Miami at the age of 72 following a battle with cancer... Many will mourn his death...

BOB-Victor Lemoine was born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, in a family where photography and movie was the bread and butter of the daily life.

Bob, in his early age, became a talented photographer and won a prize for the best picture of the year offered by Air France in Port-au-Prince.

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