Haitian Celebrity News

Haitian-Japanese Tennis Champion Naomi Osaka got a birthday present of a lifetime... She got Michael B. Jordan as a date to grand premiere of the upcoming film Creed II for her 21st birthday.

About a month ago, Naomi admitted on the The Ellen DeGeneres Show that she had a major crush on Michael B. Jordan.

Osaka just turned 21 and, as a big surprise, the actor asked her to the premiere of his upcoming film Creed II for her 21st birthday.

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Great news for Haitian-Japanese tennis champion Naomi Osaka. She was nominated for the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) Player of the Year award.

It's been a great year for the Haitian-Japanese tennis champion who, by the way, plans to spend her vacation in Haiti visiting some of of the most amazing tourist attractions the country including the Citadelle, a large mountaintop fortress in Northern Haiti, 3000 feet above sea level built in early 1800s.

Her idol Serena William was nominated for for the WTA Comeback Player of the Year

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Haitian-Japanese tennis player Naomi Osaka made history again. Naomi is now ranked No. 4 in the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) rankings tying the all-time record for highest-ranked Japanese player, male or female.

Only two Japanese players before Naomi Osaka been ranked as high as No. 4, Kimiko Date, who spent seven weeks at No. 4 in the WTA rankings in 1995, and Kei Nishikori, who spent 12 weeks at No. 4 in the ATP rankings, according to http://www.tennis.com/pro-game/2018/10/naomi-osaka-historically-reaches-no-4-wta-rankings/77452

Neither Date nor Nishikori ever made it any higher than No. 4.

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His name is Mateo Philippe Coles, he is a professional Horse Rider, a Jockey, an Equestrian is the proper name, and he just made history after he won an Olympic Gold Medal at the 2018 Youth Olympic Games Buenos Aires in Argentina.

A Gold Medal for Haiti...Hip hip hooray!!!

Mateo Philippe Coles is only 16 years old. He trained in the United States and he prepared hard for the Olympics. He won the gold!

"I'm proud of this victory," young Mateo Coles said, "My real happiness is to have allowed us to talk about Haiti from another angle in the media thanks to this medal."

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Christine Lagarde, chief of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said before Haitian-Japanese tennis player Naomi Osaka's shock the world when she beat Serena Williams at the US Open last month women's tennis lived in the shadow of the men's game in Japan.

US Open tennis champion Naomi Osaka is the kind of female success story that knocks down gender stereotypes crucial to opening more doors for women in the workplace, the IMF chief said on Tuesday.

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Many people in Haiti think having friends in high places means they can do whatever they want and you will get away with it. To those people, Tonton Bicha has a message for you.

"When you have friends in high places, now is the best time to say to yourself: let me not put my friend in a difficult position where he cannot even defend me."

Haitian actor Daniel Fils-Aimé alias Tonton Bicha made these remarks after he found out Yves Leonard, owner of Kingdom Hotel in Haiti and close friends with Haitian president Jovenel Moise and Prime Minister Jean Henry Ceant, inflicted some serious injuries to his concubine Nice Simon and is now a fugitive from justice, accused of a crime and hiding from law enforcement.

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To all the Haitian wife beaters out there, read this message from Haitian actor Daniel Fils-Aimé alias Tonton Bicha...

"I want to send this message to all of you men, especially those of you who get mad easily and feel the need to raise your hands o your women. If you raise your hand, it would be in your best interest to keep that hand raised because the consequences are harsh," the Haitian comedian said.

"Even though you might hear that in Haitian the justice system is working clopin-clopant, when it wakes up and it does, it might explode on people you would not think.''

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Chinese tennis player Zhang Shuai didn't want to lose at home so she gave Haitian-Japanese Naomi Osaka a run for her money. But the stronger Osaka won 3-6, 6-4, 7-5. Osaka admits, "'It was really hard to play against her here."

Naomi Osaka advances to the semi-final.

It was a tough match for Naomi indeed and she fought for every point. On the third set many though it was over for the Haitian-Japanese player when Shuai was leading 4-1, then 5-3, but Naomi made a great comeback and beat her 7-5.

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Haitian-Japanese Tennis player Naomi Osaka is ruthless at the 2018 China Open. Osaka beats Gernam Tennis player Julia Goerges and heads to the China Open quarter-finals. Go Naomi!!!

Watch a the highlights of the match between Naomi Osaka and Julia Goerges.

"I'm not really sure what I'm capable of and also how I play on the day," Naomi said. "I know I played well today, better than all the other days."

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Haitian singer Robert M. Eugène, aka Shoubou, vocal lead Tabou Combo has been hospitalized since Thursday, September 27th.

The singer who is in a hospital in New York currently must undergo thoracentesis, a procedure to release of excess fluid in his lungs.

This news was fist reported on Loop Haiti.

UPDATE: Shoubou, singer of Tabou Combo, is out of the Hospital and ready to get back on the stage

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