Entertainment

The curtains came down in fine style at GATFFEST 2022 which saw 14 filmmakers walking away winners at the recent awards ceremony which was staged at the Palace Cineplex Sovereign. The re-branded Greater August Town Film Festival, hosted by the...

The top 10 finalists of this year’s Jamaica Gospel Star Competition will make their debut this evening during a live televised performance that will be aired on PBCJ Jamaica and on the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission’s (JCDC) YouTube...

Chief Marketing Officer at Miami Broward Carnival Committee John Beckford is encouraging those who never fancied carnival to look beyond the glitz and ‘palancing’ and consider its economic benefits. The team is currently in the island to support...

A kaleidoscope of colours, the pageantry of costumes, craft and designs and clean-cut fun. Byron Lee envisioned the streets of Jamaica painted with people of all ages, adorned in all the colours of the earth, the revelry, and at the centre of it...

On Friday morning, two attorneys-at-law representing dancehall superstar Andre ‘Popcaan’ Sutherland held a press conference to update the media on the legal steps they have taken to clear the name of their client, whose reputation they say has been...

Carnival bands are focusing on wider roads for Sunday’s road march, including Hope Road, Lady Musgrave Road, Trafalgar Road, Oxford Road and Knutsford Boulevard. “Our starting and ending point is at The Ranny Williams Entertainment Centre. The...

It’s been five years since the Minions were on the big screen, though their absence has not been felt. In terms of sheer merchandise the yellow menaces and in blue denim are inescapable, something that’s noted by their young employer Gru in this ‘...

It will go down in history as the Festival Song Competition that nearly wasn’t, but that was almost totally forgotten when the 10 songs were unveiled with a flourish to the media at a Zoom press conference on Thursday. With 20 days to go until the...

Andrew Bellamy has tendered his resignation as chief executive officer, band leader and board member of the Xaymaca International Carnival Band. In a letter to the chairman of the Xaymaca International board, dated July 6, Bellamy cited a non-...

Popcaan’s legal team is working overtime to draft a claim against the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF). The JCF stated in a release on Wednesday that an International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) green notice alerting authorities to a...

Costume distribution is well under way for Carnival in Jamaica 2022. Bacchanal Jamaica, whose home is at Mas Camp, started issuing costumes to revellers in the Arcadia, Yayoi, and Camelot sections on Wednesday. Xodus got a headstart, having started...