On the night of his 79th birthday, Peter Tosh’s memory was commemorated with family, friends and admirers for the grand reopening of the legend’s museum at the Pulse Centre on Trafalgar Road in New Kingston. Closing amid the pandemic in 2020, the...
LOS ANGELES (AP): Burt Young, the Oscar-nominated actor who played Paulie, the rough-hewn, mumbling-and-grumbling best friend, corner-man and brother-in-law to Sylvester Stallone in the Rocky franchise, has died. Young died October 8 in Los...
The 71st edition of the highly anticipated Miss World 2023 pageant, originally scheduled to be held in India this December, has been postponed to March 2024. Co-franchise owner of Miss Jamaica World, Dahlia Harris, said licence holders were...
Family, extended family and friends of Althea ‘Joy’ Cooper solemnly gathered inside the landmark St Andrew Parish Church in Half-Way Tree on Friday morning to bid farewell to a virtuous woman who defined excellence and who was undeniably “top shelf...
Ardenne High School cemented its hold on the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) Marcus Garvey Awards for Excellence in the Performing Arts. The school has continuously impressed audiences and judges at the JCDC competition for over a...
Following heavy criticism of a $1,000 entrance fee to attend the Romeich Major job fair, organisers today waived the charge for those who turned up. Major had defended the fee in hitting back at his critics. But, he had a different tune today...
Remone Watson is proud of his newest title, the 2023 ‘Digicel Rising Stars’ (DSR) winner, and for the past three weeks, the 20-year-old show player at Sandals Montego Bay has been savouring the sound of those words strung together in reference to...
In a once in a lifetime opportunity, fans of Taylor Swift will be able to experience a taste of a live performance by the megastar music sensation. The dazzling costumes, the quirky choreography, and of course, the catchiest of tunes. It’s not...
Whiplash, Keith ‘Ginger’ Knight’s deeply personal and compelling dramatic meditation on the difficulties faced by families in inner-city communities during the emergence of partisan political violence in Jamaica during the 1970s, celebrates its...
NEW YORK (AP): “Twenty-five years of support. 25 years of love… it’s our first show, it’s a little challenging because we’re home, and I’ve been emotional.” Those were the words Lauryn Hill spoke to an adoring crowd as she kicked off the Ms...
The 30th Anniversary Season of the Stella Maris Dance Ensemble, under the theme, ‘Memoirs’, promises to be a journey through time, featuring excerpts of memorable dances that have graced the stage over the years. Ten talented choreographers from...
For two nights in December 1983, militant, anti-establishment reggae singer Winston Hubert McIntosh, better known as Peter Tosh, played for a crowd of more than 25,000 at the Somhlolo National Stadium in Swaziland, Africa. Steel Pulse opened the...
Lavern Riley, the mother of reggae singer Tarrus Riley, has always believed in her son’s capacity for greatness, and she was not surprised at all when he was honoured by the Government for his contribution to reggae music locally and...
High off their success at the Miami Broward Carnival Parade, GenXS has its sights set on Jamaica. The band will launch its Carnival in Jamaica costumes on November 18 under the theme Bun up the Road. “What we have in store for GenXS Jamaica is...
The first band to launch for Carnival in Jamaica 2024, Xodus, made a brave costume debut on National Heroes Day at the Ranny Williams Entertainment Centre. Feterans came out casually chic for the highly anticipated event. Gates opened at 5 p.m.,...
Britney Spears wrote that she had an abortion while dating Justin Timberlake more than 20 years ago, according to a peek inside her hotly anticipated memoir. “If it had been left up to me alone, I never would have done it,” she writes of the...
At the turn of the 20th century, oil brought a fortune to the Osage Nation, who became some of the richest people in the world overnight. The wealth of these Native Americans immediately attracted white interlopers, who manipulated, extorted, and...
It was celebration time on the lawns of King’s House on National Heroes Day as recipients of honours and awards, along with family and close friends, gathered to witness a usually once-in-a-lifetime moment. Among those in attendance as recipients...
The National Honours and Awards Act was brought into effect on July 18, 1969. According to the Government of Jamaica, “it was to recognise those who, by their service and contribution, have had a meaningful and significant impact on national life...
Today, foundation singer Marcia Griffiths, who is celebrating nearly 60 years in the music business, will be called to order one more time, and she is ecstatic. The Reggae Queen will be officially inducted into the Order of Jamaica (OJ), the island...
Madonna told fans on the first night of her world tour she feared she “wouldn’t make it” after her near-death health scare. The Queen of Pop, 65, made the confession onstage at London’s O2 Arena on Saturday night, where she kicked off her much-...
Movie theatres turned into concert venues on the weekend as Swifties brought their dance moves and friendship bracelets to multiplexes across the country. The unparalleled enthusiasm helped propel Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour to a massive, first-...
Former Prime Minister of Jamaica Percival James Patterson and musician, A J Brown, have added their voices to the chorus of tributes to Ibo Cooper, who has been hailed by his family as “a phenomenonal man, a wonderful father and a man whose...
The annual Peter Tosh Symposium takes place on October 19 at the Multi-Functional Lecture Room on the Mona campus of The University of the West Indies from 5 to 8 p.m. This year’s event, which coincides with the 79th anniversary of Peter Tosh’s...
Suzanne Somers, the effervescent blonde actor known for playing Chrissy Snow on the television show “Three's Company” as well as her business endeavours, has died. She was 76. Somers had breast cancer for over 23 years and died...
