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Published:Sunday | October 15, 2023 | 12:07 AMYasmine Peru - Sunday Gleaner Writer

Last Thursday’s passing of outspoken legendary musician and educator Ibo Cooper has been described by many as a huge loss to the reggae world. Cooper’s former Third World Band members have hailed him as “Jamaica’s finest” and Minister of Culture,...

Published:Saturday | October 14, 2023 | 12:08 AMDamian Levy/Gleaner Writer

For many, the Negril sunset is a beauty to behold, but this past weekend, the main attraction came after the sun went down. In its fourth iteration, the Skylark Film Festival has grown bigger than ever before. This time delivering the most content...

Published:Saturday | October 14, 2023 | 12:07 AMYasmine Peru/Senior Gleaner Writer

Glowing tributes have been coming in fast and strong for Ibo Cooper, the musical genius and “phenomenal man” who co-founded Third World, the band of Reggae Ambassadors which is celebrating 50 glorious years in music. Cooper, who separated from the...

Published:Friday | October 13, 2023 | 12:12 AM

FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida (AP): A South Florida judge removed the lead prosecutor in the double murder retrial of rapper YNW Melly on Thursday after defence attorneys claimed prosecutors didn’t reveal that the lead detective in the case had been...

Published:Friday | October 13, 2023 | 12:12 AM

Rudolph Isley, a founding member of the Isley Brothers who helped perform such raw rhythm and blues classics as Shout and Twist and Shout and the funky hits That Lady and It’s Your Thing, has died at age 84. “There are no words to express my...

Published:Friday | October 13, 2023 | 12:09 AMYasmine Peru/Senior Gleaner Writer

Gospel group H.U.M.B.L.E was one of the nominees in the Group of the Year category at the recent Sterling Gospel Music Awards (SGMA), and, although they lost out to Levy’s Heritage, there was still one unofficial category in which the all-male...

Published:Friday | October 13, 2023 | 12:08 AMYasmine Peru/Senior Gleaner Writer

Dancehall artiste, Moses ‘Beenie Man’ Davis, recorded his debut single, Too Fancy, with producer Henry ‘Junjo’ Lawes in 1981. His Bunny Lee-produced debut album, The Invincible Beenie Man: The Ten Year Old DJ Wonder, was released in 1983 and that...

Published:Friday | October 13, 2023 | 12:07 AM

Taylor Swift admitted it was an “actual fairytale” to have Beyoncé at the premiere of her concert film. The Cruel Summer singer’s Eras Tour had its Hollywood premiere at The Grove in Los Angeles on Wednesday and the 33-year-old pop star was...

Published:Friday | October 13, 2023 | 12:07 AM

Jada Pinkett-Smith used to consider taking her own life. The 52-year-old actress - who has children Jaden, 25, and 22-year-old Willow with estranged husband, Will Smith, revealed that upon turning 40 she was in “so much pain” despite living her...

Published:Friday | October 13, 2023 | 12:07 AM

Bruce Willis has lost his “ joie de vivre” amid his ongoing health battle. The Die Hard actor has frontotemporal dementia (FTR) - an uncommon form of the disease which causes a deterioration in personality, behaviour and language – and his friend...

Published:Friday | October 13, 2023 | 12:07 AM

NEW YORK (AP): Salman Rushdie has a memoir coming out about the horrifying attack that left him blind in his right eye and with a damaged left hand. Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder will be published April 16. “This was a necessary...

Published:Thursday | October 12, 2023 | 12:10 AMShanel Lemmie/Staff Reporter

With three successful stagings under their belt, New Wave is reaping the rewards with this year’s Block Party. Held at the Summit Kingston in New Kingston, Block Party is one of the many ways that the collective of creatives have taken collaborated...

Published:Thursday | October 12, 2023 | 12:10 AM

As the island gears up for the 2024 carnival season, Xodus Carnival is set to debut its 2024 Mas Couture-themed costumes in a runway fête show. The event will take place on National Heroes Day, October 16, on the grounds of 36 Hope Road, St Andrew...

Published:Thursday | October 12, 2023 | 12:10 AM

Jada Pinkett Smith and husband Will Smith have lived “completely separate lives” since 2016, she revealed in an interview with Hoda Kotb. The prominent Hollywood couple married in 1997 and have addressed separations and marital troubles, but never...

Published:Wednesday | October 11, 2023 | 12:07 AM

While targeting a sophisticated human-trafficking ring, a team of principled assassins called The Collective has no choice but to put their most important mission in the hands of rookie assassin Sam Alexander. The Collective is an action film...

Published:Wednesday | October 11, 2023 | 12:06 AM

Jamaica Family Fest, the destination family event for Heroes weekend, is back from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. this Saturday in Montego Bay and next Monday in Kingston. The event, which is free to the public, showcases the best of Jamaican food, music, vibe...

Published:Wednesday | October 11, 2023 | 12:06 AM

Following the success of the ‘Respect The Bitter’ campaign in Jamaica, Campari has decided to expand the campaign to share experiences and cocktail mixes with the wider region. Launched in 2022, the brand is celebrates the anniversary of the...

Published:Wednesday | October 11, 2023 | 12:06 AMYasmine Peru/Senior Gleaner Writer

Musician and rapper MC Solomon is as much involved in the promotional and business side of music, as he is in the music itself, and he is devoted to both. The founder of UK and South Asian label and agency, Kamani Records, as well as Asian Hip Hop...

Published:Tuesday | October 10, 2023 | 12:12 AMKenrick Morgan/Gleaner Writer

Dancehall artiste Eveana ‘Pamputtae’ Henry is giving all praises to God for the reinstatement of her United Kingdom (UK) visa after 11 years. Speaking with The Gleaner, the Single Mother singer expressed her joy following her announcement on...

Published:Tuesday | October 10, 2023 | 12:09 AMDamian Levy/Gleaner Writer

As far as serial killers go, Jigsaw is truly one of a kind. By not delivering the killing blow, putting his victims in the driver’s seat, he’s one step removed from his criminal acts, and thus takes on a moral code to his horror. It’s enough to...

Published:Tuesday | October 10, 2023 | 12:07 AM

Though it was created decades ago, ska is alive and well and continues to grow. No greater place was this on display than at the Supernova International Ska Festival held in September at the Fort Monroe national park in the United States (US)....

Published:Monday | October 9, 2023 | 12:08 AMYasmine Peru/Senior Gleaner Writer

Last Saturday night, inside the Swallowfield Chapel in Kingston, unfolded what is surely gospel music’s biggest night-out, the Sterling Gospel Music Awards (SGMA), and so successful was the staging that the organisers are already contemplating...

Published:Monday | October 9, 2023 | 12:08 AM

In honour of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Healing Hands Worldwide (HHW) will host its first-ever benefit concert in Jamaica. Titled ‘Echoes In Pink’, the concert is scheduled to take place on Friday, October 27, at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel and...

Published:Monday | October 9, 2023 | 12:08 AM

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Rapper 21 Savage can now legally travel outside the United States and plans to make his international performance in his native London. Savage’s lawyer, Charles Kuck, told The Associated Press in a statement last Friday that his...

Published:Monday | October 9, 2023 | 12:08 AM

The fifth staging of the Jamaica Poets Nomadic School Tour, which is being held in collaboration with the Poetry Society of Jamaica, will be officially launched on October 31 at 7 p.m. at the Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts...

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