The work of Guillermo Del Toro has garnered international acclaim. The Shape of Water was the Best Picture winner of its year, and he’s no stranger to the blockbuster epic with Pacific Rim. Many of his films feature iconic creature designs that can...
Singjay Bramma is unleashing music all 2022, both as an artiste and producer. The entertainer is already off to a good start with The Cycle, an Emudio Records-produced reggae reflection of the implications and cyclical nature of societal hardships...
She says when you see her, you see dancehall. Pamputtae is a cultural force who has routinely defied societal norms and transformed the way people perceive her strength and craft. Three minutes into a conversation with this prolific dancehall diva...
In the summer of 2017, TOK’s Flexx was about to take his solo career as Double X to new heights with his debut EP, I Am Double X. The eight-track set, produced by his Xplosive Productions outfit, showcased his artistic dimensions outside the...
It was in 2013 that reggae singer, Jah Bouks, recorded his first song, the mega popular Call Angola, which took him on a fantastic journey around the world. Eight years later, the 2013 Magnum Kings and Queens of Dancehall third-place winner...
Parting ways with an organisation after being given an ultimatum that contradicted her value system left Pepita Little destitute. But Little was happy to honour her beliefs. And as the saying goes, when one door closes, another opens. Little is now...
On the occasion of the 65th anniversary of his birth, the Crown Prince of Reggae, Dennis Emmanuel Brown, was honoured at a small ceremony at the National Heroes Park in Kingston. Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport Olivia Grange...
Moonfall A huge problem is heading our way In Roland Emmerich’s Moonfall, a mysterious force knocks the moon from its orbit around the Earth and sends it hurtling on a collision course with life as we know it. With mere weeks before impact and...
Choreographer, dance instructor and founder of Dance Jamaica Academy Latonya Dillon, known professionally as Latonya Style, has relaunched her awards show after a 10-year hiatus. The Dance JA Awards made its return a week ago after it was put on...
New reality series Dancehall Divas is now on Tubi. Season One of the dancehall programme will begin streaming exclusively in the North American market on the streaming platform. Dancehall Divas is the platform’s first title in the dancehall...
NEW YORK (AP): Rihanna and A$AP Rocky took an epic stroll over the weekend in snowy New York to reveal she's pregnant with her first child. Despite the frigid temperatures, the 33-year-old “Diamonds” singer and fashion mogul showed...
Sizzla in performance with a 35-piece orchestra, with arrangement and compositions by the elite in Jamaica's reggae and clasical music realms, will be one of the highlights for Reggae Month 2022. This was announced by Minister of Culture, Gender,...
For the second year straight, there will be no ‘bashment’ nor free concert, whether on Orange Street or the Kingston waterfront, to celebrate the February 1 birthday of the acclaimed Crown Prince of Reggae, Dennis Emmanuel Brown. However, there will...
The thanksgiving service for the life of late reggae musician and record producer Robbie Shakespeare, of Sly and Robbie fame, will be held on Monday, February 7. Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport Olivia Grange made the...
NEW YORK ( AP ): Cheslie Kryst, the 2019 winner of the Miss USA pageant and a correspondent for the entertainment news programme Extra, has died at age 30. Police said Kryst jumped from a Manhattan apartment building and was pronounced dead at...
As part of the 77th birthday celebrations for Bob Marley’s birthday – dubbed #ROOTS77 – this year, there will be seven days with seven main events, including a beach clean-up, a sound clash, music industry seminars, two art installations, and two...
With the continued uncertainties surrounding the coronavirus pandemic, the Calabash International Literary Festival, the three-day event held at Jakes Treasure Beach in St Elizabeth, has been shelved until 2023. The biennial festival of readings...
Alicia Keys’ husband learnt a lot about her by watching her docuseries. The 41-year-old singer has been married to Swizz Beatz – the father of her sons Egypt, 11, and seven-year-old Genesis – since 2010, but the 43-year-old producer was still taken...
Eclectic production duo Circa Eleven has made their vocal debut with the newly released single, Interest. The musicians, comprising brothers Phillip ‘circa.phil’ and Mark ‘circa.fatman’ Myers, teamed up with fellow up and coming acts Rizk and Mundo...
There’s always a certain pressure with movies. The giant screen and thundering speakers create an epic atmosphere. The cinema strikes a challenge for any film that dares to be worthy of its prestige. When a story makes that leap from the small...
In an effort to continue providing opportunities and a platform for emerging artistes to be seen and heard, Magnum Tonic Wine, unofficially labelled “the drink of dancehall”, in 2021 staged their first ‘Magnum Top Performa’, a lyrical face-off...
Dancin’ Dynamites is celebrating its 16th anniversary this year and is ready to give contestants the chance to win more than $3 million in cash and prizes. Following the January 15 launch, the event’s main organiser, Jennifer ‘Jenny Jenny’ Small,...
MIAMI ( AP ): Rapper Slim Jxmmi was arrested in Miami early on Tuesday after attacking the mother of his young child during an argument, police said. Aaquil Brown, who performs under the name Slim Jxmmi in the hip-hop duo Rae Sremmurd, faces a...
ATLANTA ( AP ): A federal jury in Atlanta has awarded US$1.25 million to Cardi B in a defamation lawsuit against a celebrity news blogger, who, she says, posted videos falsely stating the Grammy-winning rapper used cocaine, had contracted herpes...
