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Published:Monday | September 4, 2023 | 12:09 AM

AP: The third installment in the Denzel Washington-led Equalizer franchise topped the domestic box office this weekend with $34.5 million, according to studio estimates Sunday. By the end of the Monday holiday, Sony expects that total will rise to...

Published:Monday | September 4, 2023 | 12:09 AMDamian Levy/Gleaner Writer

With nothing more than a stopwatch and a steely-eyed look, Denzel Washington has delighted viewers. Now, with the third instalment, things have taken a much- appreciated beat. After his latest mission leaves him limping, he is forced to recuperate...

Published:Monday | September 4, 2023 | 12:07 AM

The Marketplace Entertainment Centre for the Arts, popularly known as Club MECA, is joining the celebration of hip hop’s 50th anniversary, and, on the weekend of October 12, will host a party series paying tribute to the genre’s roots. Jamaican...

Published:Monday | September 4, 2023 | 12:06 AMYasmine Peru/Senior Gleaner Writer

Closing out a super eventful summer was the successful Streetz Festival held last Saturday night at the National Stadium Car Park, which had as its main drawing card, dancehall artiste Masicka, performing in Kingston for the first time in nearly...

Published:Monday | September 4, 2023 | 12:05 AM

AP: Jimmy Buffett celebrated slackers before the word existed, even though he was hardly one himself. “ Wastin’ away again in Margaritaville,” went the chorus to his most famous song, which became an international singalong. But, Buffett was...

Published:Sunday | September 3, 2023 | 12:08 AMAnthony Turner - Sunday Gleaner Writer

NEW YORK: It’s the end of an era for WVIP 93.5 FM, New York, the station that served the diaspora community for almost 40 years. Jamaican and Caribbean programmes on the dial went silent on Thursday, August 31, when the last programme ended at...

Published:Sunday | September 3, 2023 | 12:06 AMShanel Lemmie - Staff Reporter

Now two months after the latest public spectacle surrounding the ‘badword law’, Jamaica has seemingly returned to business as usual. Under section 9C of the Towns and Communities Act of 1843, it is illegal for any person to use any profane,...

Published:Saturday | September 2, 2023 | 12:46 PM

Reality television personality Erica Mena will no longer appear on Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta over racial comments she made in an argument with dancehall star and fellow castmate Spice during an episode that aired on Tuesday. In the...

Published:Saturday | September 2, 2023 | 11:03 AM

NEW YORK (AP) — Singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett, who popularised beach bum soft rock with the escapist Caribbean-flavoured song “Margaritaville” and turned that celebration of loafing into a billion-dollar empire of restaurants,...

Published:Saturday | September 2, 2023 | 12:08 AM

LAS VEGAS (AP): Backstreet Boys singer Nick Carter has won a favourable ruling in one of two civil lawsuits filed against him in Nevada, one by a woman who alleges he raped her on his tour bus in Washington state in 2001 and another by a woman who...

Published:Saturday | September 2, 2023 | 12:07 AMJada Powell/Gleaner Writer

Recording artiste Pamputtae has become a beacon of light for single mothers in her home community of Fletcher’s Land. Her Single Mother Foundation, established in 2018, has provided scholarships, book grants, and an annual back-to-school treat that...

Published:Friday | September 1, 2023 | 12:07 AM

NEW YORK (AP): Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour is coming to movie theatres. Swift announced Thursday that the concert film Taylor Swift – The Eras Tour will open in North American theatres October 13. The theatre chain AMC, anticipating high demand from...

Published:Friday | September 1, 2023 | 12:06 AM

Film-maker Antoine Fuqua has been dreaming about taking the Equalizer abroad for years. The action franchise (very loosely based on a 1980s television series) starring Denzel Washington as the reluctant assassin Robert McCall had rooted itself in...

Published:Tuesday | September 5, 2023 | 4:01 PMYasmine Peru/Senior Gleaner Writer

Contestants are getting ready to put their best dancing feet forward as they compete to rule the floor on the Jamaican leg of the Red Bull Dance Your Style competition, the global, all-styles, street dance event series. The action unfolds this...

Published:Thursday | August 31, 2023 | 12:09 AMYasmine Peru/Senior Gleaner Writer

Reggae singer Hezron is honoured to not only be part of Tad’s Records new album, Celebrating Jamaica 61, he is also humbled to be collaborating with pioneering toaster Big Youth on the track I Shall be Released, which has been released as one of...

Published:Thursday | August 31, 2023 | 12:06 AM

PHOENIX (AP): Sweltering heat in Phoenix that has routinely broken records this summer led to yet another cancelled concert, with rapper 50 Cent calling the triple-digit temperatures “dangerous”. Rapper 50 Cent said Monday that his scheduled show...

Published:Wednesday | August 30, 2023 | 12:09 AM

They say a dog is a man’s best friend, but what if the man is a total dirtbag? In that case, it might be time for some sweet revenge, doggy style. When Reggie (Will Ferrell), a naïve, relentlessly optimistic Border Terrier, is abandoned on the mean...

Published:Wednesday | August 30, 2023 | 12:08 AMShanel Lemmie/Staff Reporter

Flanked by 40 dancers, Ding Dong put the dance back in dancehall on Sunday night at Chris Brown and Friends Under the Influence. The dancer-turned-artiste was among the local star-studded cast of contributors who more than set the pace for the...

Published:Wednesday | August 30, 2023 | 12:06 AMCarl Gilchrist/Gleaner Writer

The Everton Dawkins-led Jamaica Roots Theatre Foundation held its second annual Roots Theatre Awards on Saturday in Ocho Rios, inducting four stalwarts into the newly created Roots Theatre Hall of Fame. Garfield ‘Bad Boy Trevor’ Reid, Daphne ‘Mae’...

Published:Tuesday | August 29, 2023 | 12:11 AM

With ‘September mawnin’ fast approaching, dancehall artiste Popcaan has a special treat in store for the children of his home parish – St Thomas – today. For the third year running, the entertainer, through his Popcaan Care Foundation, will fête...

Published:Tuesday | August 29, 2023 | 12:10 AMShanel Lemmie/Staff Reporter

After weeks of anticipation and murmurs about the now infamous sky view suite, Breezy fans from all over the world descended on to the National Stadium in Kingston, Jamaica, to witness Chris Brown and Friends, Under the Influence. Backed by a host...

Published:Monday | August 28, 2023 | 12:10 AM

Grammy Award-winning artiste Mýa is celebrating 25 years in the music industry with the release of a pop and dancehall single titled Whine, featuring legendary Jamaican deejay Bounty Killer. The track, produced by DJ Hardwerk, echoes the nostalgia...

Published:Monday | August 28, 2023 | 12:10 AM

NEW YORK (AP) Gran Turismo: Based on a True Story and Barbie are in a dead heat for the box-office crown, with the video game adaptation just edging Greta Gerwig’s pop sensation, according to studio estimates Sunday. Sony Pictures reported that...

Published:Monday | August 28, 2023 | 12:09 AMYasmine Peru/Senior Gleaner Writer

Within the entertainment industry, popular broadcaster and mogul Richard ‘Richie B’ Burgess has done just about everything. He has been a promoter, an artiste manager, booking agent, record producer, and even opened a distrbution company to...

Published:Monday | August 28, 2023 | 12:08 AM

Iconic Jamaican television drama Royal Palm Estate is making its return to local television screens this September. This notable series, set in an old sugar manor in the heart of Jamaica, captivated audiences when it aired from 1994 to 2015, and...

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