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...
LOS ANGELES (AP): Timothée Chalamet and Wonka topped the box office charts for the third time in its four weekends in theatres. Warner Bros’ family-oriented musical added $14.4 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates on Sunday,...
5.Kraff Who is Kraff? Rising to prominence in 2022, Kraff has had a number of hit singles and released his debut EP 11:11 late last year. Born Tevin Randall in St Ann, Kraff described himself as “dark and tormented” as a youngster, but has...
Up-and-coming artistes and newly hailed deejay sensations grabbed the spotlight musically in 2023, releasing songs and sounds that somehow stirred the souls of their listeners. But tried-and-proven entertainers also focused on their craft and...
Shawn Baptiste, founder and CEO for CIGA Records, says he and his team are in full support of their client Beenie Man, whose given name is Moses Davis, and his recent engagement to businesswoman Camille Lee. In a conversation with The Gleaner, the...
Nicki Minaj’s father, Robert Maraj, 64, died in February 2021 after a car struck him in Mineola, New York. Minaj has revealed they spoke shortly before the tragedy to plan a trip to California to meet her baby son for the first time. In a...
America Ferrera has credited Kerry Washington for “saving” her by providing invaluable parenting advice. The Ugly Betty star has revealled that she sought support from her friend after returning to work only 10 weeks after the birth of her first...
It doesn’t take much to love a romantic comedy. Sometimes, it depends on the likeability of the two leads and other times it’s the novelty of the plot. A pairing without chemistry or a convoluted story can suck the joy out of the cinema and leave...
Through his latest album, Validation, Gospel sensation Johnmark Wiggan is moving to affirm people in God’s love. Released on October 28 last year, Wiggan, who was Jamaica’s Male Artiste of the Year, said when curating the project he had no doubt...
Keke Palmer says she has “never been so happy” amid her domestic abuse court battle with her ex, Darius Jackson. The Hustlers actress, 30, was granted a restraining order against her ex-partner, whom she has 10-month-old son Leodis, over alleged...
LOS ANGELES (AP): Britney Spears is shooting down rumours of a new album, vowing to “never return to the music industry”. At the same time, Spears noted in an Instagram post on Wednesday, she’s still writing music, just for other people. “When I...
Tia Mowry, the 45-year-old actress and mother of Cairo, age five, and Cree, age 12, with ex-husband Cory Hardrict, has shared her predictions about her children’s future careers. Despite recognising her son’s impressive acting talent, she...
After missing last year’s staging of Genesis Praise Fest, Gospel veteran Goddy Goddy says for 2024 he returned with ‘double power’. Recalling what stopped him from performing he explained, “Last year I took sick. I was diagnosed with a sickness...
Singer and songwriter Nailah Blackman is Trinidadian music royalty. Hailing from a strong musical family, she has ties to the origins of the genre through her grandfather, Garfield ‘Ras Shorty’ Blackman. Blackman has been steadily building a...
Dancehall icon Beenie Man, whose given name is Moses Davis, is engaged to his lady love British businesswoman Camille Lee. The Simma entertainer posted a video of the proposal to his official Instagram on Thursday night, along with a sweet...
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...
“It’s gripping from beginning to end.” That’s one patron’s feeling about Basil Dawkins’ latest play, Once Upon a Watch Night, playing at the Little Little Theatre, Tom Redcam Drive. The prolific playwright-producer, who has been staging plays at...
LAS VEGAS (AP): A bail hearing was postponed on Tuesday in Las Vegas for a former Los Angeles-area gang leader charged with orchestrating the killing of hip-hop music legend Tupac Shakur in 1996, giving defence attorneys time to respond to...
Starting the year off in ‘godly’ fashion, the 38th annual staging of Genesis Praise Fest once again graced the grounds of Ranny Williams Entertainment Centre on Hope Road with seemingly endless hours of worship and fellowship. Leading with youth...
OPENING THURSDAY ANYONE BUT YOU – Do they or don’t they? In the edgy comedy Anyone But You, Bea (Sydney Sweeney) and Ben (Glen Powell) look like the perfect couple, but after an amazing first date something happens that turns their fiery-hot...
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...
James ‘Jimmy Solo’ Howard, a top promoter in western Kingston who hosted all the major sounds of the last six decades, died at home on December 28. He was 80. From spinning vinyl on his legendary Shang-Hi Solophonic Disco in the heart of Kingston...
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...
The moon shone brightly over the Ambassador Theatre on Collie Smith Drive, Trench Town, as if to put a spotlight on the seventh staging of the ‘Christmas Joy in the Bass’, hosted by the Joy Town Community Development Foundation, led by Major (Rt’d...
