Entertainment

There was resounding praise for Kemaul Martin, more popularly known as Yaksta, last Tuesday night at the launch party held for his début album, Yaksta 22. The event, staged at the Festival Market Place on the waterfront in Kingston, experienced...

Reggae great, Beres Hammond, sings the power of what one dance can do, in the song of the same name; last Sunday, soulful singer Jully Black sang the power of what one word can do. The JUNO award-winning and platinum-selling artiste – whose parents...

Gabrielle Union said she “didn’t know what to do” when she became a stepmother. The 50-year-old actress tied the knot with former NBA star Dwyane Wade, 41, in 2014 and became a stepmother to Zaire, 20, Zaya, 15 and nine-year-old Xavier – who he has...

The organisers of the annual poetry festival, Poetry in Motion (PiM), are gearing up to host another staging on Sunday, February 26, as it celebrates 20 years under the theme ‘Every song is a poem set to music’. Yasus Afari, founder and principal...

Among the raw talent re-popularising the sound and lifestyle that is reggae music, stands Royal Blu and Runkus. The two artistes, who also write songs, compose and produce the eclectic melodies on which they lay their lyrics, have managed to use a...

VP Records on February 10 released We Remember Bob Andy, a tribute album featuring 15 artistes covering the late Jamaican singer/songwriter’s catalogue, on CD, vinyl, and all digital streaming platforms. A Television Jamaica broadcast special...

WESTERN BUREAU: There was no pre-requisite that a Jamaican-born actor had to be cast in the musical, The Harder They Come, moreover, actor Andrew Clarke wasn’t looking to be handed an olive branch. The sole Jamaica-born actor confirmed to play in...

Reggae journeymen have long spoken about the warm welcome they receive in France, the European capital of culture, when performing there, and, as if to replicate this, last Thursday the red carpet was rolled out at the piece of France here in...

Children of the Icons and Emerging Artistes is more than a reggae concert, but a launching pad and mentorship platform for young artistes. This is how the Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Olivia Grange, envisioned the concert...

NEW YORK (AP): Raquel Welch, whose emergence from the sea in a skimpy, furry bikini in the film One Million Years BC would propel her to international sex symbol status throughout the 1960s and ‘70s, has died. She was 82. Welch died early...

Peyton Reed’s Ant-Man films have generally served as a kind of palate cleanser to the world-ending stakes of the larger Marvel Cinematic Universe. Paul Rudd’s Scott Lang is just an ordinary dude, or so they keep telling us, who still can’t really...