Close friends of DJ Smoke are grateful for the support a GoFundMe created to fund the noted disc jockey’s heart surgery has received thus far. They hope the campaign will hit the target of US$35,000 so that DJ Smoke, whose given name is Ryan...
Jurassic World Dominion An ecological disaster that could end it all Experience the epic conclusion to the Jurassic era as two generations unite for the first time. Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard are joined by Oscar winner Laura Dern, Jeff...
Guinness Sounds of Greatness (GSOG) is gearing up to take the show on the road with ‘Back Pan Di Street’. Returning to its traditional format, the 14th staging of the popular sound clash competition has high expectations for the battles between the...
MANDEVILLE, Manchester: On Sunday, Shanice Walters’ childhood dream of entering and walking away with the crown in the Miss Manchester Festival Queen Competition became a reality. From the small town of Litchfield, Grove Place, Manchester, the 23...
Dancehall sweetheart Samantha J appears ready to get back into the music industry ring, and she’s throwing punches. With new-found drive and energy, and dare we mention it, a fit bod, the recording artiste who gave birth to her son, Trillion, in...
The new Ms Manchester Festival Queen is Shanice Walters. The 23-year-old was crowned on Sunday at the coronation show held at Belair High School — where Walters is a mathematics teacher — by the reigning Ms Jamaica Festival Queen, Dr Dominique...
Last Saturday, invited guests only eagerly assembled at number 10A West Kings House Road in St Andrew – the place where scenes in the Jamaican cult classic The Harder They Come were shot and edited – to celebrate the film’s 50th anniversary. The...
If bodies weren’t drenched from dancing at Soca Forever on Hope Road in Kingston on Saturday, they certainly were from the intermittent rain. But even that couldn’t dampen the vibe of soca babies who turned it up a notch, from throwing water on...
Whirlwind Entertainment is set to launch the Jamaica International Podcast Network tomorrow night at the MECA in Kingston. The company established MECA’s Yaad TV Network, which will host the podcast platform for availability on ROKU, Apple TV,...
Last Thursday, at the UBS stadium in Long Island, New York, a beaming Patricia ‘Miss Pat’ Chin, co-founder and president of VP Records, dressed in academic regalia, graciously accepted York College’s Presidential Medal from President Dr Berenecea...
“My sister Beverley! This is such a moment!” was how Reggae Queen Marcia Griffiths greeted singer Beverley Kelso on stage at the Westchester Reggae Festival in Portchester, NY, last weekend, moments after she had charmed fans with her impressive...
FAIRFAX, Virginia (AP): Amber Heard was “demonised” by ex-husband Johnny Depp’s legal team and excoriated on social media during a sensational defamation trial that ended with a jury ordering her to pay Depp US$15 million, Heard’s lawyer said...
ATLANTA (AP): A Georgia judge denied bond Thursday evening for Atlanta rapper Young Thug, who’s accused of conspiracy to violate Georgia’s RICO Act and participation in a criminal street gang. Fulton County Judge Ural Glanville handed down the...
Theatre arts group Dance Xpressionz is feeling overwhelmed following the international début of their dancehall musical, From Den Til Now. The production, written and directed by company head Orville Hall, was performed in Berlin, Germany, on May...
Raised on the scripture of reggae and dancehall as well as a lifestyle that was filled with thrill and feel-good energy, music and entertainment was always part of Disney Amyka’s destiny. The New York-based singer and songwriter will immediately...
FAIRFAX, Virginia (AP): A jury’s finding that both Johnny Depp and Amber Heard were defamed during their long-running public dispute capped a lurid six-week trial that also raised questions about whether the two actors can overcome tarnished...
Renowned artistic director Trevor Nairne was the person with the most names at Jambiz International – among them ‘Trevs’, ‘Nears’, ‘Missa Nears’, ‘Missa Muir’, ‘Trevorn’ and ‘Bossie’ – and he answered to all 10 of them “with a smile”. Such was the...
As schools prepare to close and the days start heating up, one place that you can always count on is the cinema. If you’re trying to beat the heat or find something to do with the free time on your hands, summer 2022 has some very promising films....
If you had a mind to, you could imagine the last 14 years of Liam Neeson’s career as one role with many faces. The man with a particular set of skills whose gravelled threats over the phone somehow make his bark worse than his already deadly bite....
As a public figure, Johnny Depp faced a high bar to win his libel lawsuit against his ex-wife Amber Heard. According to seven unanimous jurors, he cleared it. Depp said his ex-wife defamed him in a 2018 newspaper op-ed in which she alluded to abuse...
Milli Music has released a complete dancehall riddim compilation in the form of a non-fungible token (NFT). The project has been introduced as an album and artwork in collaboration with MarvmentNFT Marketplace, which not only provides revenue to...
“I am King of Reggae Bassline,” veteran singer Leroy Sibbles proclaimed as he fired up the crowd at the recently held Westchester Reggae Festival at the Capitol Theater in New York. “Every prominent Jamaican singer – past and present – is on a...
FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — A jury on Wednesday ruled in favour of actor Johnny Depp in his libel lawsuit against ex-wife Amber Heard, vindicating his stance that she fabricated claims that she was abused by him before and during their brief marriage...
FAIRFAX, Virginia ( AP ): A jury awarded Johnny Depp more than US$10 million on Wednesday in his libel lawsuit against ex-wife Amber Heard, vindicating his stance that Heard fabricated claims that she was abused by Depp before and during their...
The Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport is partnering with the family of late theatre doyen, Trevor Nairne, to stage a cultural tribute in his honour on Wednesday, June 1, at the Little Theatre in Kingston beginning at 6:30 p.m....
