Entertainment

Ahh, the weekend was so little time with so much to do.

LILONGWE, Malawi (AP): Madonna laid the first brick of her new girls' academy near Malawi's capital yesterday, in which she encouraged Malawian girls to "dare to dream," according to the inscription on the brick.

NEW YORK (AP): Sean Connery celebrated Scotland's eclectic style with a fashion show featuring celebrities, athletes and wounded war veterans in modernised kilts, capes and beanies from that country's top designers....

Western Bureau: Black Kat and its dynamic top man Pink Panther walked into the pages of dancehall history on Monday night when they copped the Squingy Cup, the symbol of supremacy for the final staging of the Death Before...

It was all about bacchanal on the beach for carnival revellers at the weekend and the Indian community out west is still basking in the afterglow of the Queen's baton...

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP): Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt visited Bosnia yesterday, intending to spotlight the plight of 117,000 people who have not been able to return...

Paint, paint and more paint was certainly the highlight of Beach J'Ouvert, which was held at James Bond Beach on Saturday. As it neared 5 p.m., the selector announced that 'Flight 69' would be coming with paint....

When doing a live album all aspects of the production process have to be well planned in order to ensure some level of success. This can be a difficult task for any musician to achieve.

Michael Fletcher cuts a dramatic figure on stage as part of the Tantrum (formerly Hot Shots) band, black glove on hand, trenchcoat billowing, holding down the bass groove as Shaggy proffers the screaming ladies his 'Mr Lova-Lova' self.

The nightclub is a preferred entertainment option, where entrance and exit are controlled, facilities such as seating and bathrooms are in place and the event is not subject to the vagaries of weather or the Noise Abatement Act.

Glenmuir High School choir's 19-track CD, Spirit on Fire: The Burning Truth, was launched last Wednesday evening at the 'Top of the World'. That venue, on the 18th floor of The Jamaica Pegasus hotel, was, according to the choir's artistic director, Sydney Bartley (also the director of culture in the ministry of youth, sport and culture), an appropriate place for the launch of a splendid CD by one of Jamaica's top choirs.

LOS ANGELES (AP):Jesse James, the celebrity motorcycle builder and reality-TV star, is a "a broken man" and is hoping that rehabilitation and some privacy will help him recover and save his marriage to actress Sandra Bullock, his friend and attorney...