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Valiant excited for first Dream performance

Published:Monday | July 31, 2023 | 12:08 AM

High off his Reggae Sumfest debut, fast-rising dancehall star Valiant is looking forward to another first-time performance. The Speed Off entertainer will close this weekend’s Dream Weekend with a performance at Igloo on Tuesday. “I’m excited...

Bogdanovich wants international Sumfest

Published:Sunday | July 30, 2023 | 12:11 AM

Joe Bogdanovich, chief executive officer of Downsound Entertainment and executive producer of Reggae Sumfest, wants to make Reggae Sumfest an international festival. “I am very positive about the way forward; the festival should have not only a...

30 years of Reggae Sumfest – Part II

Published:Sunday | July 30, 2023 | 12:10 AMJ.T. Davy - Sunday Gleaner Writer

On the first night of the 30th staging of Reggae Sumfest, one of dancehall’s newest breakout stars, Bayka, had his performance cut short. The 1Uptown artiste was then arrested and briefly detained. The reason – his use of profanity on stage. The...

Sheryl Lee Ralph talks actors’ strike, second Emmy nom

Published:Sunday | July 30, 2023 | 12:08 AMShanel Lemmie - Staff Reporter

Recalling a day that held mixed emotions for her, Abbott Elementary star Sheryl Lee Ralph says July 12 was one of her best and worst days. Sitting with The Sunday Gleaner, the Jamaican-American actress recalled the moment she found out she had...

Emmy Awards postponed due to Hollywood actors and writers strike, source says

Published:Saturday | July 29, 2023 | 12:08 AM

The 75th Emmy Awards are the latest production to be put on pause due to the Hollywood strikes and will not air as planned in September. A person familiar with the postponement plans, but not authorised to speak publicly pending an official...

Travis Scott drops ‘Utopia’, his first album since the Astroworld festival tragedy

Published:Saturday | July 29, 2023 | 12:08 AM

NEW YORK (AP): Rapper Travis Scott has released Utopia, his first album in five years, and his first major release since 10 people died at his 2021 Astroworld music festival. The star-studded 19-track Utopia features Beyoncé, SZA, Drake, Sampha,...

Shuga injects fun in Festival Song Competition

Published:Saturday | July 29, 2023 | 12:07 AMShanel Lemmie/Staff Reporter

Reggae artiste Shuga is hoping to make the Jamaica Festival Song Competition fun again with her entry Dancing Same Way. The entertainer, whose birth name is Misty Campbell, said initially she had no plans to join the competition but was encouraged...

Five Questions with Shantae Leslie

Published:Friday | July 28, 2023 | 12:10 AM

Shantae Leslie is making waves in fashion. The star Pulse model recently returned home from Australia where she made her mark with big brand down under. Leslie appeared in Vogue, nabbed multiple editorials for Marie Claire, and stormed the runway...

Calls renewed for performing arts centre in Montego Bay

Published:Friday | July 28, 2023 | 12:07 AMJanet Silvera/Senior Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: One of the country’s most respected voices in entertainment, Howard McIntosh, has added his voice to the cry for the construction of a performing arts centre in the tourism capital, Montego Bay. McIntosh, chairman of the...

‘Barbie’ is bravely brilliant

Published:Friday | July 28, 2023 | 12:07 AMDamian Levy/Gleaner Writer

The Barbie movie is not what you think it is. Droves of audience members may be familiar with the iconic doll, but the film adaptation is an unexpected adventure. As the stereotypical Barbie, Margot Robbie brings the blonde beauty to life, living...

Irish singer-songwriter Sinéad O’Connor hailed as ‘force of nature’

Published:Thursday | July 27, 2023 | 12:11 AM

LONDON (AP): Singer Tori Amos was among the many musicians who paid tribute to Sinéad O’Connor on Wednesday following her passing, calling her “a force of nature”. “Such passion, such intense presence and a beautiful soul, who battled her own...

Michael Jackson’s employees were not legally obligated to prevent sex abuse, lawyer argues in court

Published:Thursday | July 27, 2023 | 12:10 AM

LOS ANGELES (AP): Workers for corporations owned by Michael Jackson had no legal obligation to protect children from the pop star, an attorney told an appeals court Wednesday. Jackson estate lawyer Jonathan Steinsapir pushed back against a...

Shane O positive for 2023

Published:Thursday | July 27, 2023 | 12:10 AMShanel Lemmie/Staff Reporter

Continuing the winning streak and near meteoric re-emergence into the limelight, dancehall deejay Shane O says he’s claiming an abundant year. The Dark Room artiste, who recently was among genre heavyweights to grace the Reggae Sumfest stage on...

Sinéad O’Connor, gifted and provocative Irish singer, dies at 56

Published:Wednesday | July 26, 2023 | 1:27 PM

LONDON (AP) — Sinéad O'Connor, the gifted Irish singer-songwriter who became a superstar in her mid-20s but was known as much for her private struggles and provocative actions as for her fierce and expressive music, has died at 56...

Mighty Crown not done with music

Published:Wednesday | July 26, 2023 | 12:11 AMShanel Lemmie/Staff Reporter

After 32 years together, Mighty Crown says they are happy to be taking a step back from playing music. After their farewell on the Reggae Sumfest stage on Friday night, the trio told The Gleaner that while they will no longer be playing, music...

NDTC’s 61st season offers high quality dance theatre

Published:Wednesday | July 26, 2023 | 12:10 AMMichael Reckord/Gleaner Writer

In his short Message from the Artistic Director, Marlon Simms refers several times to wanting the 61st season of the National Dance Theatre Company (NDTC) to engage emotionally with the audience. He writes of taking us “on a journey of movement and...

Barbie

Published:Wednesday | July 26, 2023 | 12:06 AM

To live in Barbie Land is to be a perfect being in a perfect place. Unless you have a full-on existential crisis. Or you’re a Ken. From Oscar-nominated writer/director Greta Gerwig ( Little Women, Lady Bird) comes Barbie, starring Oscar-nominees...

Professor Donna Hope grateful for Tommy Lee’s testimony

Published:Tuesday | July 25, 2023 | 12:10 AMShanel Lemmie/Staff Reporter

Closing the show on Night One of Reggae Sumfest 2023, Tommy Lee Sparta gave a diverse performance, entertaining his fans, with his hits while delivering moving messages about his time being incarcerated. Tommy Lee, whose birth name is Leroy...

Rashida Bignall spicing up local dance scene

Published:Tuesday | July 25, 2023 | 12:07 AM

With 17 years experience as a dancer and 10 years experience as a dance instructor, Rashida Bignall is ready to put her students in the Latin spotlight. Bignall, who operates a weekly Latin dance class, says though she does not have any Spanish...

‘Oppenheimer’ – A triumph of terror

Published:Monday | July 24, 2023 | 12:08 AMDamian Levy/Gleaner Writer

As a young man with visions of a hidden universe, J. Robert Oppenheimer lies in his Cambridge University dorm, beset by an inability to rest. He’s instantly portrayed as brilliant, yet carries with him a darkness. His mind might be unmatched, but...

Thanksgiving service for Lord Creator July 30

Published:Monday | July 24, 2023 | 12:08 AMYasmine Peru/Senior Gleaner Writer

The thanksgiving service for calypso, ska, and rocksteady great, Lord Creator, will be held at the Prosper SDA church in Hanover,on Sunday, July 30, starting at 11 a.m., his widow, Nesline, confirmed to The Gleaner. Kenrick Randolph Patrick, better...

Freddie McGregor, Minister Marion Hall make emotional return

Published:Thursday | September 7, 2023 | 12:26 AMAdrian Frater/Acting News Editor

WESTERN BUREAU: Like she regularly did in her secular days when she performed as Lady Saw, Minister Marion Hall was all raw energy on Night Two of Reggae Sumfest, in Montego Bay, taking the Catherine Hall venue by storm with a free-flowing set,...

'God is great' - Grateful Freddie McGregor moves Sumfest audience

Published:Sunday | July 23, 2023 | 4:30 AM

An emotional Freddie McGregor thanked God as he performed on Reggae Sumfest Festival Night Two. Sitting centre stage, flanked by sons Daniel 'Chino' McGregor and Stephen 'Di Genius' McGregor, the captain of the Big Ship performed for the first...

Dazzling Tommy Lee and Teejay get hometown love

Published:Sunday | July 23, 2023 | 7:38 AMAdrian Frater - Acting News Editor

WESTERN BUREAU: While hometown stars Tommy Lee, the Sparta man, and the red-hot Teejay got crazy love from the fans on Night One of Reggae Sumfest, delivering rich musical joy at the Catherine Hall Entertainment Centre...

30 years of Reggae Sumfest – Part I

Published:Tuesday | August 8, 2023 | 1:23 PMJ.T. Davy - Sunday Gleaner Writer

Reggae Sumfest turns 30 this year. Although, the organisers style it as the biggest reggae music festival, it also serves as the longest-running music festival in Jamaica. With the first staging in 1993, Reggae Sumfest owes its origins to another...

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