Entertainment

Bodyguards for troubled rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine turned New York City into the Wild West last summer, piling into SUVs and chasing a man for 20 blocks with lights flashing after he attempted to record cell phone video of the recording star,...

Clifton ‘Jackie’ Jackson, a founding member of reggae band The Maytals, is dismissing as “a storm in a teacup” recent reports that a legal battle is looming between the estate of Frederick ‘Toots’ Hibbert, otherwise called Toots and the Maytals,...

Filming on Bridgerton season two has been paused indefinitely. The Netflix series halted production for 24 hours last Thursday, after an unnamed crew member tested positive for coronavirus, and although things were able to get started again on...

One would perhaps have to know a bit about rocket science to accurately guess what disc jock Lenworth ‘DJ Squeeze’ Samuels has been up to in the last five months. In real life, the master of old-school jams has been involved in a history-making...

There’s so much to be said about finding your own footing in this world. But when you’re a man like Sven Vogtland, who makes the vibrant culture of Jamaica his business, then you’re definitely a game-changer in the international entertainment...

One week before the final showdown at which the winner will be declared, the 12 contestants in the 2021 Jamaica Festival Song Competition got a chance to show their mettle at a televised presentation show, which was also streamed live on various...

The laughter, the smiles, the revelry. Jubilation was at an all-time high among eager patrons who finally stepped outside on Wednesday for the first staging of I Love Soca since December 2019. The long-overdue event is the largest of its kind since...

LOS ANGELES (AP): Meghan and Prince Harry’s second Netflix project will focus on a 12-year-old girl’s adventures in an animated series. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s Archewell Productions announced Wednesday that the working title Pearl will be...

Actress Deon Silvera is fit and fabulous at 60 and declares, not surprisingly, that she “feels like 16”. The multi-award-winning actress celebrated her birthday on June 23, but a “surprise” party was held last Saturday in Norbrook, one of the many...

A staple in Jamaica’s sound system landscape for over a decade, DJ Naz has been steadily building a disc jockey queendom clash by clash. Known as a sound-killer, ‘siren selectress’, party juggler, media personality, recording artiste and mother, DJ...

Kevin Downswell said he is overwhelmed by his quadruple win in the Sterling Gospel Music Awards (SGMA). Downswell told The Gleaner he is “very grateful” to know that in a pandemic year, Kevin Downswell Ministries managed to make a great impact. The...

When on the run from the United States government for her crimes in Captain America Civil War, Scarlett Johansson’s Natasha Romanoff takes some much-needed vacation time. Camping out in hiding doesn’t last long, though, as she’s soon under attack...