What more is there to do with the superhero genre? This year alone, Marvel Studios has released a film about a super spy on the run, a mystical martial artist, and a film featuring two and a half generations of Spider-Men is set for later this year...
LOS ANGELES (AP: Paul Rudd has been crowned as 2021's Sexiest Man Alive by People magazine. Rudd, known for his starring roles in Marvel's Ant-Man films, This is 40 and Clueless, was revealed as this year's winner Tuesday night on CBS's The Late...
Fine art photographer Gerald A. Gordon will launch his first book, eponymously titled Gerald A. Gordon – Fine Art Photographer, on Friday. Gordon told The Gleaner that the seed of his love for the arts was sown in his early high-school years, when...
LOS ANGELES (AP): The creator of Netflix’s Squid Game says the hit TV series will be back for a season two, even though most TV shows in South Korea run for just one season. Due to the show’s global success, Hwang Dong-hyuk said, “I almost feel...
HOUSTON (AP): Three concertgoers remain in critical condition following a massive crowd surge during a Travis Scott performance that left eight people dead and hundreds more injured at the Astroworld music festival, Houston’s mayor said Wednesday...
LONDON (AP): Elton John has no doubt been a member of many exclusive clubs over the decades, but probably nothing quite as exclusive as the one he formally joined on Wednesday. In an investiture ceremony at Windsor Castle, Prince Charles anointed...
Last Thursday not only marked the 73rd birthday of Jamaica’s king of comedy Oliver Samuels, but also the day he received a doctor of letters degree from The University of the West Indies, Mona, for his outstanding contribution to regional and...
Published:Wednesday | November 10, 2021 | 12:10 AM
The Comeback Trail We always find a way out Two movie producers who owe money to the mob set up their ageing movie star for an insurance scam to try and save themselves. But they wind up getting more than they ever imagined. Academy Award...
Published:Wednesday | November 10, 2021 | 12:10 AM
HOUSTON (AP): A 56-page event operations plan for the Astroworld music festival included protocols for dangerous scenarios, including an active shooter, bomb or terrorist threats, and severe weather, but it did not include information on what to do...
Rebecca Dudley’s down-to-earth exuberance as she speaks about Jamaican music is contagious. The DJ and television and radio presenter for MTV UK and Apple Music, more popularly known as ‘Becca D’, shared that the intense passion and love she has...
Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport Olivia ‘Babsy’ Grange, as well as internationally acclaimed musician Eddy Grant, has paid tribute to foundation member of pioneering reggae band UB40, Terence ‘Astro’ Wilson, who passed away last...
Rexton ‘Shabba Ranks’ Gordon and Windell ‘Gyptian’ Edwards were earlier this year named as the recipients of the Jamaica Heritage Award from the consul general in New York. At a ceremony last Friday, held at the consulate in Manhattan, a nattily...
Terence ‘Astro’ Wilson, a founding member of reggae group UB40, died on Saturday following a “short illness”. He was 64. The news was confirmed via the musician’s official Twitter page, @UB40. “We are absolutely devastated and completely...
“I don’t have a life, to be honest,” Keiva Di Diva told The Gleaner. Her remark contrasts with her life throughout the early 2000s when she was a sought-after dancer appearing in more than 100 music videos. Even after becoming a mom 11 years ago,...
Jamaican author Roger Williams is encouraging people to be kind to animals in his latest novel, Only Animals Allowed in Heaven. The plot follows a 12-year-old delinquent boy who is denied a spot in Heaven after he dies. There’s hope as he’s given...
HOUSTON ( AP ): Authorities said they would watch video, interview witnesses and review concert protocols to determine how eight people died at a Houston music festival when fans suddenly surged towards the stage to watch rapper Travis Scott....
NEW YORK (AP): When David Lee was growing up in Brooklyn, his older brother would drag him out of the house whenever he got the urge to make a film. “Spike would say, ‘You gotta come with me. I’m shooting something,’” says David Lee. “His early...
“It takes two to make the thing go right Wife and a husband, husband and a wife Never reach the top without a fight Carry-go-bring-come a something weh mash up love life…” The lyrics, taken from Major Mackerel’s 1994 jam Love Life,...
Koffee is definitely on a roll. Last month she dropped off new music, a breezy, celebratory track titled West Indies, which came with a cool video shot in Negril and has racked up millions of views. West Indies is the first single from her début...
Will Smith “basically lost everything” before his Fresh Prince of Bel-Air success. The King Richard star was enjoying musical success but experienced financial ruin, losing his cars and his home, and even spent a night in jail before he hit...
Jennifer Hudson is reportedly pitching a talk show. The 40-year-old singer and actress is believed to be planning her own talk show that will use the team from The Ellen DeGeneres Show after it wraps filming. According to Variety magazine, Jennifer...
Creativity is often sparked by interest, but once that bridge has been crossed, the flowing possibilities for artistic expansion are endless. Actress and all-around performer Kim Friez didn’t shy away from the opportunity to extend her creative...
A quirky collection of poems, songs, essays and on-the-go rambling – some sarcastic, some serious, others bland, and the rest just plain humorous – sums up My Corona Year in Sweden 2020, the first book from reggae singer Eek-A-Mouse. ‘Mouse’, as...
Michael Wilson, the son of veteran singer Ernest Wilson, is reeling from the shock of his father’s sudden passing last Tuesday, after being admitted to the Kingston Public Hospital the previous day. The singer, who was one half of the Clarendonians...
