Entertainment

With glitz, glamour, camera flashes and action on the 70-foot-long red carpet, the milestone 40th Anniversary Chicago Music Awards (CMA) rocked the Windy City, once known as the Mecca for the music industry. Produced by Martin’s International, the...

Two and a half months after his passing, James Samuels, a member of The Aces, which was the ska group best known for their work with Desmond Dekker, will finally be laid to rest on April 12. Samuels, affectionately called ‘Winston’, passed away at...

The newly elected board of the professional organisation, Women in Film and Television – Jamaica (WIFTJA), is ready to continue its mission of empowering and increasing the visibility and professional development of female creatives in screen-...

On a day like today, Ryan Mark is using his voice to preach God’s word at his Pure in Heart Ministries in Half-Way Tree, St Andrew. But when this interview was held last Thursday, he was hours away from heading to the first studio session for his...

Will Smith has been banned from the Oscars for 10 years, but the 53-year-old King Richard star has not been stripped of his Best Actor trophy, which he won at last month’s ceremony. Smith will not be permitted to attend the Oscars ceremony for a...

Trench Town, the home of two of Jamaica’s leading Premier League football teams, Arnett Gardens and Boys’ Town, will play host to an action-packed football tournament this Sunday. The event, which is organised by Christopher Ellis, the youngest...

After years of reschedules, reshoots, and rewrites, Morbius is finally in cinemas. Highly anticipated isn’t quite the phrase to describe it, but there’s a certain relief with the film’s cinema debut. Anticipating audiences have been theorising...

NY: New York event organiser, Conroy Allison, recently announced that it is the end of the road for the annual Merritone Family Fun day NYC, the largest Caribbean Family Fun Day in the USA. Allison said that the “significant changes” which came...

New York-based singer Langi always envisioned his music being part of the soundtrack for a television series or movie, and it’s now a reality. His song, Backroad, is front and centre in episode six of the new HBO Original Latin series Amsterdam. “...

An impressive calendar of events has been unfolded by the National Chorale of Jamaica under the patronage of Sir Kenneth Hall, former governor general of Jamaica, to mark the golden anniversary of the choir, which has been presenting excellence in...

Global event and reggae music platform Dubwise Jamaica now has a physical home with the opening of the Dubwise Café. The space was launched last Wednesday evening at the Kaya Herbhouse in Kingston. “The concept is around the Dubwise Jamaica brand...