NY: New York-based actress, humanitarian and radio personality Sheron Hamilton-Pearson was on cloud nine last week when The Gleaner spoke with her by phone about her appearance in the iconic 1976 UK film, Pressure. The film has been remastered by...
“A little man from rural St Ann fighting the biggest recording label in the world in the Supreme Court of the United States of America.” That is how 78-year-old Chase the Devil singer, Max Romeo, described his £12.3 million/US$15m lawsuit against...
LOS ANGELES (AP): In 1992, country star Darius Rucker ’s mom died of a heart attack. That was two years before his band, Hootie and the Blowfish, would release their debut record, Cracked Rear View. It went to No. 1 and eventually become diamond...
NEW YORK (AP): D’Wayne Wiggins and Timothy Christian Riley didn’t realise that Raphael Saadiq was planting the seeds for a Tony! Toni! Toné! reunion when he arranged a photoshoot earlier this year. “He said a few times before, so we never paid that...
Music, art, food and culture will take centrestage at the New Wave Block Party at Summit Kingston on Sunday. This year’staging will feature music by popular local DJs Nico Lee, Anash, Fatalic, and the inimitable Franco...
LAS VEGAS (AP): Newly released police body camera video shows officers arresting Duane ‘Keefe D’ Davis on suspicion of murder in the 1996 shooting of Tupac Shakur off the Las Vegas Strip. Davis, 60, was walking near his home in the Las Vegas...
Jamaican dancehall and global superstar, Sean Paul, attended the 30th annual Billboard Latin Music Awards in fine style. The event, which celebrated the best of Latin music across various genres and categories, took place on Thursday at the Watsco...
Mykal Rose, ‘the Grammy kid from Black Uhuru’, is continuing his legacy of powerful, message-filled music, with the release of his latest album, I Give You Love, on Friday, September 15. Often described as “one of Jamaica’s most distinguished...
September 11 (9/11) has special significance for millions of Americans who lost family members in the World Trade Center attack. For Celeste Sade Hibbert-McMahon, it is significant, as it’s the anniversary of the death of her beloved granddad,...
DETROIT (AP): Full construction on the final phase of the Motown Museum’s expansion will get under way in the spring of 2024, the museum’s CEO announced Wednesday night. Robin Terry also said that fundraising for the expansion has reached US$59...
Bolstered by comedian, Dufton ‘Duffy’ Shepherd, Slightly Unhinged is a mad display of local comedy. Hosted once a month at 22 Jerk in St Andrew, Jamaica, Shepherd said the show was his way of making his mark in comedy. “It started off as a stand-...
Ask musicologist Michael Barnett about singer Delroy Wilson, and he can talk for hours, non-stop. “Delroy is, and was, and will forever be one of my favourite singers,” a passionate Barnett said of the foundation singer who would have celebrated...
LAS VEGAS (AP): A self-described gangster who police and prosecutors say masterminded the shooting death of Tupac Shakur in Las Vegas in 1996 made his first court appearance Wednesday on a murder charge. Duane ‘Keefe D’ Davis, 60, stood shackled,...
Exactly 50 years ago this fall, the most terrifying horror film in history landed on screens, shocking audiences around the world. Now, on Friday, October 6, a new chapter begins. From Blumhouse and director David Gordon Green, who shattered the...
Idris Elba has been in therapy for a year after he became a workaholic. The Luther actor, 51, said he spiralled into “unhealthy habits” due to his many roles, which have ranged from acting in Hollywood and television hits to opening a bar and...
Usher has hinted that his Super Bowl half-time performance will feature pole dancers. The 44-year-old Love in This Club singer was announced as the headliner for the show on September 24, and he says he will start working on its choreography and...
The Father Ho Lung and Friends musical Ruby (also called Ruby Magdalene, to make an analogy with the Magdalene of the Bible) is making its third public appearance. The first two productions were decades ago and many years apart. It has improved...
Cheers erupted during the grand finale of Digicel Rising Stars as Remone Watson was announced as the Season 19 winner. The audience was proud of the young finalist, a 20-year-old show player at Sandals Montego Bay. But their joy paled in comparison...
NEW YORK (AP): A documentary chronicling Beyoncé’s just-concluded 39-city Renaissance World Tour will premiere in North American theatres on December 1, AMC Theaters announced on Monday. The film adds a second blockbuster from a music superstar to...
LOS ANGELES (AP): Breaks are privileges awarded veteran acts, most often an effect of long-lasting relevancy. The opposite is also true: New acts are rarely given permission to take a beat, or risk slipping into obscurity. The horrible irony is...
Amid an atmosphere pulsating with anticipation and excitement, the 2023 'Digicel Rising Stars' competition reached its thrilling conclusion. In this exhilarating culmination, Remone Watson, a 20-year-old show player at Sandals Montego Bay, emerged...
NEW YORK, NY: Pastor Judith A. Gayle is aiming to take her Miracle World Outreach Ministries to a new level. The award-winning evangelist from Clarendon, Jamaica, will launch her eighth studio album on December 9 at a gala event at the Astoria...
As he prepares to hit the stage in December with a live band on Damian Marley’s Welcome to Jamrock Reggae Cruise, Shinehead is celebrating the 30th anniversary of Jamaican in New York. Much to his credit, the artiste of Jamaican descent impacted...
New york (AP): A New York judge sentenced a woman who pleaded guilty to fatally shoving an 87-year-old Broadway singing coach onto a Manhattan sidewalk to six months more in prison than the eight years that had been previously reached in a plea...
