Words like “epic” and “huge” were used by Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport Olivia ‘Babsy’ Grange to describe Bob Marley: One Love, the Paramount Pictures film on the life of the reggae icon that had its premiere at the Carib 5...
There are few spaces where royalty in the form of Queen of Reggae Marcia Griffiths, King of Comedy Oliver Samuels and Queen Ifrica can all be marked present on a Sunday evening, simply because they desire to be entertained by some soothing soul,...
Veteran artiste Petro Metro early Sunday morning paused during his set to pay tribute to ailing singer Cocoa Tea, while performing at Rebel salute in Priory St Ann. Metro, who performed in a blistering veterans segment which saw the likes of Linval...
Members of the entertainment fraternity did not come out to pay their last respects to one of their own, Robert Lee Malcolm, also known as ‘Gully Bop’, on Sunday at his thanksgiving service at the Louise Bennett Garden Theatre on the grounds of the...
Today, the Money-O! goddess, Charmaine Munroe, better known as Macka Diamond, makes another trip around the sun and she is in celebration mode. Still feeling the energy from her giant-sized Sting performance a little more than two weeks ago, the...
The thanksgiving service for the Body Specialist, Gully Bop, will be held at the Ranny Williams Entertainment Centre on Hope Road on Sunday, January 14. His United Kingdom-based manager, Jackie Hunte, shared that the service will get underway at...
The grim reaper passed through the entertainment industry throughout 2023, grabbing some of the finest and most honourable creatives of all ages. Today, we pause to pay tribute to and celebrate the lives of those who have left behind a great and...
The family of veteran reggae singer, Colvin 'Cocoa Tea' Scott is debunking tales of the entertainer's passing. "Yes, Cocoa Tea is in hospital, but he is very much alive," his wife Malvia Scott told The Gleaner, but did not give any details...
UDC General Counsel and Chairman of the Urban Development Corporation (UDC) Fireworks Committee, Ewan Simpson, says that this year’s new layout which saw the stage at the annual Fireworks Festival more centrally located, instead of at one end of...
The 2023 staging of the annual New Year’s Eve Fireworks on the Waterfront festival by the Urban Development Corporation took on special significance this year as the organisers celebrated the event’s 20th occurrence. The new and improved stage was...
Dr Michael Abrhams predicts that the 2023 Year in Review will be like “one big, dutty, Netflix horror movie”. The gynaecologist, who is also a popular columnist and has a side hustle as a stand-up comic, was on stage at Comedy Cook-Up at The...
Rastafarian entertainer Anthony B has gone from being fully excited about being on Sting 2023 – where he was billed as one of the celebrated 10 Giants – to experiencing total disillusionment about “the greatest one night dancehall show on Earth”....
President of the Jamaica Federation of Musicians and Affiliates Union (JFMAU), Lowell Lawson, says there is no labour shortage within the entertainment industry. Lawson was reacting to the recent sounds of labour shortage in the island and the...
Sting founder Isaiah Laing is somehow delving deep into his spirituality to come to terms with the headline-capturing, onstage fight that prematurely ended the 2023 iteration of Sting. A show that has built its reputation on clashes, Sting has,...
Dancehall giant Beenie Man loves Chinese cuisine and his favourite Chinese dish is shrimp fried rice – but that’s not what he sings about on track number four of his Grammy-nominated album, Simma. Instead, the song with the distinct Chinese flavour...
On December 26, 2004, the first Christmas Comedy Cook-Up was staged at the Wyndham Hotel in New Kingston and it was a roaring success. Twenty years later, the venue has changed, but the rollicking, side-splitting laughter has remained the same. The...
Dancehall deejay Khago is not contemplating walking the dancehall gospel path, but he is talking God – a lot. After recently “unloading” on TikTok and calling out a few industry people, the entertainer is brushing that aside and declaring with...
What started out in January 1994 as a birthday party has morphed into a movement that has already lasted 30 years and is poised to last at least another 30. It is called Rebel Salute; its adherents are known collectively as ‘Saluters’; and the...
A date has been set for the funeral for rags-to-riches deejay, Gully Bop. His sister, Ann Marie Chamberlain, acknowledging that there has been much speculation surrounding the final rites for Bop, made the announcement on Sunday afternoon. Gully...
The soca world is holding hands with superstar Patrice Roberts as she mourns the death of her fiancé and the father of her seven-year-old daughter, Ricardo Drue. A soca star and former soca monarch from Antgua and Barbuda, Drue was a Caribbean man...
In the entertainment business, Sean ‘Contractor’ Edwards is recognised as the man who has built a reputation for himself as a music marketer, executive producer and one who keeps abreast of trends internationally and can be called upon to to...
Reggae artiste Hezron is scheduled to close out 2023 by headlining the Abuja Reggae Festival in Nigeria and he is counting his blessings, having had what he called a “busy and fulfilling” year. The singer described himself as a “man on a mission...
Following the recent wedding of his sister, Olympian Aleen Bailey – which he was unable to attend owing to previous commitments – The Fireman Clifton ‘Capleton’ Bailey, took a few minutes to share his feelings about love and marriage. “Marriage is...
Hitmaker Dexta Daps is ready to roll into the island with his successful Trilogy Tour, which has already enjoyed tremendous success with sold-out shows in the United Kingdom, the United States and Canada. It is scheduled for December 1-3 and will...
Partygoers have become accustomed to shelling out big bucks to have fun, and not even inflation can stop that. Forward-thinking microfinance companies have designed low-cost party loan packages to accommodate high-end tastes, and party organisers...
