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Published:Saturday | April 24, 2021 | 12:18 AMJanet Silvera/Senior Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: Production has started on the 876 Roommates reality television show, which kicks off this summer in Jamaica. The series, which will see 15 of Jamaica’s young comedians and pranksters competing for $1 million cash and prizes, has...

Published:Saturday | April 24, 2021 | 12:12 AMShereita Grizzle/Gleaner Writer

Reggae singer Sophia Brown has teamed up with Duane Stephenson for her latest single, Love Is My Religion. In an interview with The Gleaner, Brown said that with a tumultuous 2020 behind her, this year is one of endless possibilities and she is...

Published:Saturday | April 24, 2021 | 12:12 AM

NEW YORK (AP): An appellate court ruled for music producer Dr Luke on Thursday on an important legal question in his defamation suit against pop star Kesha, saying the Grammy-nominated hitmaker isn’t a public figure in the eyes of the law. The...

Published:Saturday | April 24, 2021 | 12:12 AM

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP): Kate Schneider from Ireland has been named the new Mrs World after the reigning titleholder resigned following an on-stage fracas in which she pulled the crown off the head of the newly-crowned Mrs Sri Lanka, organisers...

Published:Friday | April 23, 2021 | 12:17 AM

Following an unprecedented period of global live concerts drought, news of the return of the Big Ship Music Fest has been welcomed by artistes, production crews, and fans. It is back in full swing in its second year of staging, with a much-talked-...

Published:Friday | April 23, 2021 | 12:16 AM

WASHINGTON (AP): Rapper Cardi B took issue Thursday with a Wisconsin congressman who criticised her Grammy performance during a speech on the House floor. United States Representative Glenn Grothman, a Republican, said he has received complaints...

Published:Friday | April 23, 2021 | 12:15 AM

LOS ANGELES (AP): The 200,000-plus LeVar Burton boosters who signed a petition calling for him to be the new Jeopardy! host will get to see him try the job on for size. Burton is among the final group of guest hosts for the quiz show, which lost...

Published:Friday | April 23, 2021 | 12:14 AMShereita Grizzle/Staff Reporter

The names Tashlicka ‘Pretty Pretty’ Laird, Keticia ‘TC’ Chatman and Christina ‘Dancing Rebel’ Nelson will send off sirens in the dancehall sphere. Through aerial jumps and eye-popping dance moves, the trio has established themselves as some of the...

Published:Thursday | April 22, 2021 | 12:09 AMYasmine Peru/Senior Gleaner Writer

Artiste, producer and promoter, Lawrence ‘Jah Mike’ Lugg, is hoping to add yet another title to his name – councillor – and the humanitarian says he has been preparing for this role all his life. Therefore, come next year February, he will be...

Published:Thursday | April 22, 2021 | 12:05 AM

Tasjay Productions Foundation recently fulfilled a major goal for the Tasjay Productions label when they provided an additional scholarship to a brilliant, young student of G. C. Foster College in St Catherine. The Manchester-born student, Delon...

Published:Thursday | April 22, 2021 | 12:05 AMShereita Grizzle/Staff Reporter

When reggae singer Duane Stephenson wrote and recorded the track August Town, he had no idea the song would go on to be a hit. He also could not predict that several years after its initial release, the song would still resonate with people. In...

Published:Wednesday | April 21, 2021 | 12:18 AMYasmine Peru/Senior Gleaner Writer

The passing of prominent journalist, editor, lecturer, communications specialist and former Television Jamaica news anchor Michael Sharpe early Tuesday morning has had an impact on people from every sector, including entertainment. Sharpe, who was...

Published:Wednesday | April 21, 2021 | 12:06 AMStephanie Lyew/Gleaner Writer

Morgan Heritage’s Light It Up non-fungible tokens (NFTs) have sold out. The two-time Grammy Award-winning reggae group announced the release of three songs as limited-edition NFTs in partnership with Bondly Finance. One of the NFTs is a new...

Published:Tuesday | April 20, 2021 | 12:10 AMYasmine Peru/Senior Gleaner Writer

On Monday, a billboard in Times Square, New York, loudly proclaimed, ‘Nasdaq salutes International Peter Tosh Day’ along with an advertisement detailing activities for today, April 20, the official weed day, also known as 4/20 (four-twenty). Reggae...

Published:Tuesday | April 20, 2021 | 12:06 AM

NEW YORK (AP): The pandemic can’t stop Ziggy Marley from celebrating the Earth. The son of reggae icon Bob Marley and Rita Marley will be one of the highlights of Nat Geo’s Earth Day Eve 2021 streaming concert on Wednesday. “Any time they call me...

Published:Tuesday | April 20, 2021 | 12:05 AMStephanie Lyew/Gleaner Writer

“She is that girl who’s on a journey right now, figuring herself – and other things – out,” says singer-songwriter Courtni in an interview with The Gleaner. Working as a background vocalist for reggae and dancehall entertainers like Ras I, Royal...

Published:Monday | April 19, 2021 | 12:18 AMYasmine Peru/Senior Gleaner Writer

If legendary toaster Big Youth had one wish for his birthday today, it would be to see love, peace and harmony reign in Jamaica, and he is happy to use whatever platform is available to get his message to the world. “Every day yuh wake up all yuh...

Published:Monday | April 19, 2021 | 12:14 AMYasmine Peru/Senior Gleaner Writer

The name Isat Buchanan is getting more and more attention within and outside of legal circles, as the young attorney takes huge strides up the professional ladder. The son of music legend Big Youth, Buchanan was formally called to the bar in 2017...

Published:Monday | April 19, 2021 | 12:13 AM

DUBLIN, Georgia (AP): A Dublin flight nurse had one of her wildest dreams come true this week when Taylor Swift sent her a handwritten note and a box of clothes and other merchandise after reading about her journey in The Telegraph. Britta...

Published:Sunday | April 18, 2021 | 12:19 AMStephanie Lyew - Sunday Gleaner Writer

Kimberly Nain has been keeping herself busy, more than one can imagine. But it’s not just music that has the singer-songwriter flipping through her notepad and checking her schedule. She is the policy director of International Health for the...

Published:Sunday | April 18, 2021 | 12:19 AMShereita Grizzle - Staff Reporter

The issue of artiste management has always been a complex one, but at least two prominent managers believe that many professionals could have avoided the irreversible loss of their investment and ugly smear campaigns if expectations were outlined...

Published:Sunday | April 18, 2021 | 12:18 AMYasmine Peru - Sunday Gleaner Writer

An exhilarated “I did it!” just about sums up singer-turn-actress Jovi Rockwell’s reaction to making her acting début in Traytown, a film that explores relationships with quite a bit of politics, passion and drama thrown in. Its synopsis states, “...

Published:Sunday | April 18, 2021 | 12:17 AM

Marley scion, Julian, has been tapped to headline a big-name compilation which has a title that accurately reflects the times. In a period of Earth’s history where the use of the word ‘vaccine’ must surely come a close second to ‘pandemic’ or ‘...

Published:Sunday | April 18, 2021 | 12:17 AM

NEW YORK (AP): Issa Rae remembers what life was like when she was starting out in Hollywood: no money and just hoping for a chance to be discovered. “It was about ‘I just want the exposure. I need the right person to see me and see my work’, and I...

Published:Saturday | April 17, 2021 | 12:17 AMYasmine Peru/Senior Gleaner Writer

The usual themes of money and man footing the bills just because are played out in Pay For It, but there is really nothing regular about this creatively packaged dancehall tune. Konshens, the artiste who “gyal pickiney” absolutely love to love,...

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