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Published:Friday | October 29, 2021 | 12:07 AMSade Gardner/Staff Reporter

There’s an otherworldly trance about The Weed Song by Zac Jone$ and Jesse Royal. Consider it an auditory cannabis paradise where producer Iotosh’s pulsating drums and hypnotic flute are the doormen who grant you access, Jone$’s chill and low...

Published:Friday | October 29, 2021 | 12:07 AMSade Gardner/Staff Reporter

YouTuber, FamousSoSick, has spent all his adult life on camera, but he’s actually quite shy. The content creator has released songs like Totally and Vybe (featuring Solstarr) over the past year but admits that he can’t see himself as a performing...

Published:Friday | October 29, 2021 | 12:07 AMDamian Levy/Gleaner Writer

Despite the existing 1984 film adaptation, Dune is a project that has long been deemed unfilmable. While the audience for the classic sci-fi story is vocal, it’s not exactly sizable. Several attempts have been made but the fact is, a mature,...

Published:Thursday | October 28, 2021 | 2:39 AM

The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Olivia Grange, is hailing as “great news” the revelation that the album, Various Artistes – Jamaica Festival 2021 Song Competition, featuring the 12 finalists in this year’s competition, is...

Published:Thursday | October 28, 2021 | 1:06 AM

Dancehall superstar Sean Paul is surprised by his own success. The 48-year-old entertainer is now one of the world’s best-known artistes, and he can barely believe what he’s managed to achieve by helping to popularise dancehall music. In a recent...

Published:Thursday | October 28, 2021 | 12:49 AMYasmine Peru/Senior Gleaner Writer

Keith ‘Bob Andy’ Anderson, acknowledged as one of reggae’s most influential and enduring singers and songwriters, would have celebrated his 77th birthday today. Andy, who was born on October 28, 1944, died of cancer on March 27, 2020. He was 75....

Published:Thursday | October 28, 2021 | 12:40 AMAnthony Turner/Gleaner Writer

NY: You Can Get it If You Really Want, a rocksteady song that was released in 1970 by reggae singer Jimmy Cliff, is now being used in a brand new E*TRADE TV commercial, Everest Fund, which premiered nationally in the USA on mainstream TV stations...

Published:Wednesday | October 27, 2021 | 3:00 AMStephanie Lyew/Gleaner Writer

Trench Town, the community credited for being the birthplace of rocksteady and reggae music, is to become the backdrop for a major charity showcase in December. The event is aimed at ending gang violence and developing the community. Ras Lance Ho-...

Published:Wednesday | October 27, 2021 | 2:19 AMSade Gardner/Staff Reporter

Stories of the black Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ) Diasporic community are told in Our Dance of Revolution, a documentary tracking the history of black queer folk in Toronto, Canada. The Institute of Caribbean Studies (ICS...

Published:Wednesday | October 27, 2021 | 2:06 AM

One More Night singer, Phil Collins, will be quizzed under oath over claims he didn’t wash or brush his teeth. Collins will sit down for a filmed deposition in December to be grilled by his ex-wife Orianne Bates’ lawyers as part of the former...

Published:Wednesday | October 27, 2021 | 1:53 AM

The Last Duel Death before dishonour From 20th Century Studios and visionary film-maker Ridley Scott comes The Last Duel, a gripping tale of betrayal and vengeance set against the brutality of 14th century France. The historical epic is a...

Published:Tuesday | October 26, 2021 | 12:09 AM

Reggaeton star, J Balvin has apologised for his Perra music video. The 36-year-old entertainer has been widely criticised for the controversial video, which features him walking two black women on leashes, who are made up to look like dogs. And he...

Published:Tuesday | October 26, 2021 | 12:06 AMSade Gardner/Staff Reporter

“We nuh mek nothing get we down once we have life,” an upbeat entertainer, Ganggoolie, tells The Gleaner. The dancehall artiste is recovering from a car accident in March which claimed the life of a Jamaica Defence Force soldier and left him with a...

Published:Monday | October 25, 2021 | 12:07 AM

Singer and songwriter Carlene Davis has been on a mission of purpose as she aims “to be as relevant as possible” because “good must overcome evil”. She has been delivering “the Word” on platforms and pulpits in Kingston. “Realising that we are in...

Published:Monday | October 25, 2021 | 12:06 AM

Season two of the intriguing corporate drama, Thicker Than Water, comes to its exciting conclusion this Saturday with viewers anxious to find out who will remain standing at GlobeComm Communications. Aired weekly on TVJ since its premiere on...

Published:Sunday | October 24, 2021 | 2:29 PMStephanie Lyew - Sunday Gleaner Writer

Against the backdrop of losing loved ones, reggae-dancehall entertainer Nesbeth has continued to make music rich with positivity for over a decade. “I am always that type of person to be thankful for whatever I am blessed with. I really think if...

Published:Saturday | October 23, 2021 | 5:07 PM

SANTA FE , New Mexico ( AP ): As a film crew and actors in Western garb prepared to rehearse a scene inside a wooden, chapel-like building on a desert movie ranch outside Santa Fe, assistant director Dave Halls stepped outside and grabbed a...

Published:Saturday | October 23, 2021 | 12:10 AM

NEW YORK (AP): While travelling with his family during the filming of the 2012 movie Django Unchained, Jamie Foxx allowed his then 18-year-old daughter, Corinne, to share a room with her boyfriend. He was proud of his decision, feeling evolved...

Published:Saturday | October 23, 2021 | 12:09 AMYasmine Peru - Sunday Gleaner Writer

On Friday morning, Dancehall Queen Spice showed that she clearly knew the assignment. She put her artiste profile on pause, and Grace Hamilton, the company CEO, walked through like a champion – wearing a Grace Noir top, of course – and delivered a...

Published:Saturday | October 23, 2021 | 12:09 AMSade Gardner - Staff Reporter

Veteran singer and producer Anthony Red Rose is always observing the changes in the local musical landscape. While he embraces evolution, the seeming decline in music from singers concerned him, which sparked his upcoming album, Singer’s Anthem....

Published:Friday | October 22, 2021 | 12:10 AMYasmine Peru/Senior Gleaner Writer

School mottos must surely rank in the top 10 most unifying forces ever, just ask any Kingston College or St George’s College student, whether old or new. And, it is with a full understanding of this assignment that Peter Henry has formed One House...

Published:Friday | October 22, 2021 | 12:07 AMStephanie Lyew/Gleaner Writer

Charly Black has several accolades and achievements to his name, but his raison d’être is far from fulfilled. When the gravelly voiced entertainer was asked if he had specific goals set to achieve with each milestone year, he said: “It wasn’t a...

Published:Friday | October 22, 2021 | 12:07 AMDamian Levy/Gleaner Writer

As a horror icon, Michael Myers is one with little definition. ‘The Shape’, as he’s known, gives very little in his menacing but barely audible breathing, a nondescript jumpsuit and mask with no discernible features. The scarce details haven’t...

Published:Friday | October 22, 2021 | 12:06 AM

Morgan Freeman interviews police recruits in Alabama town GULF SHORES, Alabama (AP): The latest batch of police recruits in an Alabama beach town faced an interview board that included law enforcement experts and a civilian who was...

Published:Thursday | October 21, 2021 | 2:51 PM

The name Spice is well known in entertainment circles but, for the past five years, Grace Hamilton has also established herself as a businesswoman with several successful ventures. From owning her label, Spice Official Entertainment, to her...

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