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Published:Saturday | March 16, 2024 | 12:11 AM

A new play, 3rd Street, opened at Johnny’s Place to rave reviews and strong word of mouth last weekend. The play, written and directed by Orlando Sinclair, is aptly described as “a laugh-a-minute fest that will have patrons rolling in the aisles...

Published:Saturday | March 16, 2024 | 12:10 AMAnthony Turner/Gleaner Writer

New York-based Elite Weekend executives have selected ‘Sub-10 King’, Asafa Powell, as the recipient of the 2024 Bleu...

Published:Friday | March 15, 2024 | 12:11 AMKenrick Morgan/Gleaner Writer - -

Before making headlines in January over the part he played in breathing life into dancehall, Tarik ‘Rvssian’ Johnston was dominating the space in the 2000s during a historic run that saw him producing for some of entertainment’s biggest names. The...

Published:Friday | March 15, 2024 | 12:08 AM

The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (JCPC) has quashed the convictions of dancehall star Adidja Palmer, more popularly known as Vybz Kartel, and his co-accused, and ruled that the Court of Appeal of Jamaica should decide on the matter of a...

Published:Friday | March 15, 2024 | 12:08 AMYasmine Peru/Senior Gleaner Writer

With Thursday’s ruling by the Judicial Committee of the UK Privy Council that the murder conviction of Vybz Kartel be set aside and the case sent back to the Court of Appeal in Jamaica for a retrial to be considered, Isat Buchanan, lawyer...

Published:Friday | March 15, 2024 | 12:07 AMYasmine Peru/Senior Gleaner Writer

Attorney-at-law Bert Samuels, while happy that his client Shawn Campbell is “no longer a convict”, has expressed his dissatisfaction that it took the Privy Council in England to quash the murder conviction of Campbell, dancehall star Adidja Palmer...

Published:Thursday | March 14, 2024 | 12:42 PMYasmine Peru/Senior Gleaner Writer

Dancehall diva Gaza Kim has moved on with her life and is happy to forgive – if not totally forget – a much-publicised incident which happened to her with alleged members of Vybz Kartel’s high-profile Portmore Empire/Gaza camp. As Kartel and the...

Published:Wednesday | March 13, 2024 | 12:11 AMKenrick Morgan/Gleaner Writer

As he prepares to grace the Reggae Sumfest stage for his second time ever, rising reggae star Ras-I is hoping members of the audience will be as ready as he is to have a good time. In a conversation with The Gleaner, the Somewhere Wonderful...

Published:Wednesday | March 13, 2024 | 12:08 AMDamian Levy/Gleaner Writer

Imaginary opens with the exact sequence one wants from a horror film focused on a vengeful spirit disguised as a teddy bear. Jessica, played by DeWanda Wise, has fled all manner of monsters throughout the halls of her childhood home. When all...

Published:Wednesday | March 13, 2024 | 12:08 AM

This spring, for the first time in almost a decade, comedy icon Jack Black returns to his role as Po, the world’s most unlikely Kung Fu master, with a hilarious, butt-kicking new chapter in DreamWorks Animation’s beloved action-comedy franchise:...

Published:Tuesday | March 12, 2024 | 12:10 AM

Jamaica’s musical talent shone brightly as the Marley family organised the second Jo Mersa Marley Birthday Celebration on March 9 at Reggaeland in Nine Mile, St Ann. The show opened with a 30-minute Nyabinghi session and closed with a solemn...

Published:Tuesday | March 12, 2024 | 12:10 AMJanet Silvera/Senior Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: As the curtain rose on the 10th-anniversary staging of Coalescence at the Iberostar Theatre in Montego Bay recently, audiences were transported on a journey across continents, experiencing a fusion of dance, music, and storytelling...

Published:Monday | March 11, 2024 | 12:08 AM

LOS ANGELES (AP): As Universal Pictures prepared for a big night at the Academy Awards with Oppenheimer, the studio also celebrated the No. 1 debut of Kung Fu Panda 4, which collected $58.3 million in domestic theatres over the weekend, according...

Published:Monday | March 11, 2024 | 12:08 AM

This year, the Queen of Reggae Island Honorary Ceremony (QORIHC), which is honouring 30 women in the entertainment industry, will pay special tribute to two outstanding women in media and communications, Alma Mock Yen and Jacqueline Knight. They...

Published:Monday | March 11, 2024 | 12:07 AMMichael Reckord/Gleaner Writer

“This award is wonderful ... marvellous,” veteran actor Oliver Samuels said as he received the Red Stripe Living Legend Award from the company’s brand manager, Nathan Nelms, on Friday night. The event took place at the Little Theatre, Tom Redcam...

Published:Monday | March 11, 2024 | 12:07 AMYasmine Peru/Senior Gleaner Writer

Sunday was celebrated as Mothers Day in the UK, and one picture which has attracted a lot of attention is that of Kate Middleton – the wife of heir to the throne, Prince William – posing in skinny jeans and boots with her three children by her...

Published:Sunday | March 10, 2024 | 11:15 PM

LONDON ( AP ): The first photo of Kate, the Princess of Wales, since her abdominal surgery nearly two months ago was issued Sunday after weeks of speculation about her whereabouts. But the photo was later removed by The Associated Press and...

Published:Sunday | March 10, 2024 | 12:08 AMKenrick Morgan - Gleaner Writer

Veteran actor and king of comedy, Oliver Samuels, is calling on leaders in both the public and private sectors of Jamaica to invest more in the performing arts. In a conversation with The Sunday Gleaner, Samuels explained that while there is talent...

Published:Sunday | March 10, 2024 | 12:07 AMKenrick Morgan - Sunday Gleaner Writer

Since his murder in 2011, the name Clive ‘Lizard’ Williams has cast dark clouds over those found responsible, and his murder trial raising some questions about the judicial system. At the eye of the storm, waiting among calmer waters, is dancehall...

Published:Saturday | March 9, 2024 | 4:27 PM

Miss World Czech Republic Krystyna Pyszkova is the 71st Miss World! Pyszkova was crowned on Saturday at the Jio World Convention Centre in Mumbai, India. The 24-year-old is a student, volunteer, international model. She speaks four languages:...

Published:Saturday | March 9, 2024 | 12:10 AMKeisha Hill/Senior Gleaner Writer

“It is well with Peter’s soul. He taught us how to love, he taught us about unity, he taught us about connecting to the source, the source which was Jehovah…Jah!” were among the words used to pay tribute to Peter ‘Peetah’ Anthony Morgan at his...

Published:Saturday | March 9, 2024 | 12:10 AMKwela Cole/Gleaner Writer

GenXS has officially launched its second soca season, and, despite making its debut just last year, the band has quickly gained a notable reputation. Revellers across the diaspora, still buzzing with residual excitement from last year’s offerings,...

Published:Friday | March 8, 2024 | 4:09 PMYasmine Peru/Senior Gleaner Writer

In six days time, incarcerated dancehall deejay, Vybz Kartel, will know whether or not he will be a free man. Next Thursday, one month after the February 14 hearing into his case by the Privy Council in the United Kingdom, Kartel will know...

Published:Friday | March 8, 2024 | 12:11 AMKrysta Anderson/ Staff Reporter

With one of the most standout voices and personalities in the industry, the Spell It Out queen, Latifa Brown, better known as Tifa, continues to leave her mark, exciting fans with her catchy lyrics. And for 2024, nothing has changed. The Certified...

Published:Friday | March 8, 2024 | 12:10 AMKenrick Morgan/Gleaner Writer

For his over 50 years of service to the performing arts, King of Jamaican Comedy, Oliver Samuels, will be honoured with a Living Legend award today at his stomping ground, Little Theatre, in St Andrew. The veteran actor grinned from cheek to cheek...

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