Pulse star and Caribbean Model Search (CMS) alum Zan Hyde celebrated a major milestone last week when she graduated from the prestigious Howard University in Washington DC, with the highest honours – summa cum laude. Hyde maintained a 4.0 grade...
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) The organiser of a Malaysian music festival is seeking 12.3 million ringgit ($2.7 million) in losses from British band The 1975, after its lead singer’s onstage protest of the country’s anti-gay laws prompted...
NEW YORK (AP) Film, television, fashion: You name it and Kim Kimble has done it in her 30-plus years as a hair stylist in Hollywood — but even through the good times, she never gave up her backup plan. Until the pandemic. “I had a salon where I...
Lizzo has reportedly been dropped as a contender for the Super Bowl LVII Halftime Show. The Truth Hurts star, 35, is being sued by three of her former backing dancers for alleged sexual harassment, creating a hostile work environment and...
Shania Twain is praying for Celine Dion following her diagnosis with Stiff-Person Syndrome. The My Heart Will Go On singer revealled last December she had been diagnosed with the condition, a rare neurological disease which can cause rigid muscles...
Tommy Cowan, director of Glory Music, is singing praises about the ever-growing impact of the Hi-Pro Denbigh Gospel Extravaganza held on August 6. “The way people are drawn to this event over the years to share the gospel is a testimony,” Cowan...
Rising dancehall sensation Valiant took on the major task of closing out Dream WKND on Tuesday, August 1. Performing at Igloo, the Dunce Cheque artiste was visibly in a festive mood as he captivated patrons from the beginning to the end of his...
Tory Lanez is feeling “pretty low” after being jailed for 10 years for shooting Megan Thee Stallion. The 31-year-old rapper, whose real name is Daystar Peterson, was convicted in December of three felony counts, including assault with a...
BRONX, NEW YORK (AP): Before it was a global movement, it was simply an expression of life and struggle: a culture that was synonymous with hardship and suffering, but also grit, resilience and creativity. Hip-hop rose from the ashes of a borough...
Starring in movies such as Ghett’ A Life, Destiny and Joseph, this Jamaican-born and raised actor, television personality and marketing specialist took a chance of a lifetime when he migrated to Ghana. His goals of making graphic T-shirts soon...
Ne-Yo has insisted he won’t “be bullied” into apologising for his comments over gender identity. The So Sick hitmaker faced a backlash when he slammed the parents of trans children for letting them make life-changing decisions at a young age and...
The microphone Cardi B hurled at a Las Vegas concertgoer has been sold for $99,900. The Bodak Yellow hitmaker chucked the microphone at a woman at Drai’s Beachclub after she had some liquid thrown at her, and Cardi’s mic has now been sold on eBay...
The next staging of New Rules Festival will be held in New York on September 3, at the Mount Vernon Memorial Stadium, in Westchester County. Since the initial staging in 2017, which saw over 30,000 patrons in concert to witness Alkaline’s...
Sheryl Lee Ralph believes artificial intelligence (AI) threatens creativity in film-making. The 66-year-old actress has voiced her support for the Hollywood writers’ strike, observing that the potential impact of AI technology is “frightening”....
NEW YORK (AP) — Those looking for a hip-hop starting point have landed on one, turning this year into a 50th-birthday celebration. August 11, 1973 was the date young Jamaica-born Clive Campbell, known as DJ Kool Herc around his Bronx stomping...
The joy being experienced currently by pioneering Jamaican singer, Owen Gray, is pretty much indescribable. Following the announcement of the list of recipients of national awards for 2023, it was revealed that Gray has been conferred the...
In Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem, after years of being sheltered from the human world, the Turtle brothers set out to win the hearts of New Yorkers and be accepted as normal teenagers through heroic acts. Their new friend April O’Neil...
DJ Casper, the music star was best known for creating the instructional dance hit Cha Cha Slide, has died aged 58 in his native Chicago following a battle with cancer. On Monday, his wife, Kim, shared that he lost his battle to cancer with loved...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A judge sentenced rapper Tory Lanez to 10 years in prison Tuesday for shooting and wounding hip-hop superstar Megan Thee Stallion. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge David Herriford handed down the...
Proud and Strong ... Jamaica 61 was the theme for this year’s Independence celebrations, and the annual Grand Gala held at the National Stadium on August 6 epitomised this ideal. A capacity crowd of men, women and children, full of vim, vigour and...
Dua Lipa “doesn’t like” to discuss her private life in her music. The 27-year-old pop star has achieved Grammy Award-winning success with hits like Don’t Start Now and Break My Heart, but believes that some of her industry peers pour their personal...
Lizzo felt “blindsided” by the accusations brought against her by her backing dancers. The pop star is facing a lawsuit from three of her dancers - Crystal Williams, Arianna Davis and Noelle Rodriguez - for alleged sexual harassment, creating a...
Black Escalades in a dimly light street. An elevator that only goes underground. A fried chicken-obsessed community. These are just a few of the strange happenings plaguing The Glen in Juel Taylor’s They Cloned Tyrone, available on Netflix. Being...
Thirteen individuals who have excelled in the fields of entertainment, arts and culture will be honoured on National Heroes Day by the Jamaican Government. Leading the charge will be veteran singer Marcia Griffiths, who will be acknowledged “for...
A nine-night celebration in honour of the life of Doreen ‘Pinky’ Prendergast, the older sister of Dancehall Queen Carlene Smith, will be held tonight at Stone Love HQ on Burlington Avenue in St Andrew. Pinky, who was battling stage-four breast...
