The more than 40 entertainers who performed in the Verzuz webcast series, including dancehall artistes Beenie Man and Bounty Killer, now own equity in Triller Network. Verzuz, the music battle live stream created by Timbaland and Swizz Beatz, was...
LONDON (AP): Buckingham Palace said Tuesday that allegations of racism made earlier this week by Prince Harry and Meghan were “concerning” and would be addressed privately by the royal family. The comments, made in a statement issued on behalf...
Claudette Kemp is one of the few female managers in a music business dominated by males at every level. And not only has she held her own for close to two decades, but she has received the respect and admiration of many along the way, even being...
• I Care a Lot, starring Rosamund Pike and Dianne Wiest, opens at Carib 5 and Sunshine Palace. • Raya and the Last Dragon, Walt Disney Animation Studios’ animated action adventure, continues at New Kingston Drive-In. • Chaos Walking with...
Patrons are required to wear masks and observe social distancing in queues at the box office and concession. A maximum of four persons from the same household may sit together as a group. Individual patrons or groups will be separated by a gap of...
• Monday and Tuesday at Carib 5 and Sunshine Palace. • Tuesdays only at New Kingston Drive-In. • To listen to the movie at the drive-in, tune the radio in your vehicles to 88.7 FM. • Tickets are available at the box office or online at www....
This 2011 story is about a woman name Fern (Best Actress Academy Award winner Frances McDormand) who, after the death of her husband and losing her job, leaves her home in Nevada to travel the American West. Also starring are David Strathairn and...
Marla Grayson (Rosamund Pike) is a scammer with tentacles in the court and medical systems. Through her ruthless network, she turns elderly people into cash cows by gaining sole legal guardianship, isolating them in assisted-living facilities and...
Staged wholly virtual for the first time, the Jamaica Jazz and Blues Festival recorded its highest patronage in its more than two-decade-old existence. According to Marcia McDonnough of Touchstone Productions, co-producer of the festival, night...
Sweden is home base for Eleanore Hansson, a classically trained musician who has gone through several transformations in her career and taken numerous flights before landing in Jamaica. In Hansson’s childhood home, the sounds of generational icons...
LONDON (AP): British talk show host Piers Morgan has quit the show Good Morning Britain after making controversial comments about the Duchess of Sussex. The UK media watchdog said earlier Tuesday that it was launching an investigation into the...
Dreamland Farm, the 142-acre estate located snugly on the border of St Thomas and Portland, will be the final resting place for reggae legend Bunny Wailer, who passed away on Tuesday, March 2, at the Medical Associates Hospital in St Andrew. This...
Western Bureau: Movements Dance Company started their 40th-anniversary celebrations in fine style last month when they participated in the launch of’ ‘Africa Rise! Healthier...
LOS ANGELES (AP): In a wide-ranging interview aired Sunday, Harry and Meghan described painful palace discussions about the colour of their son’s skin, losing royal protection and the intense pressures that led the Duchess of Sussex to contemplate...
She is the picture of a regal lioness. Surviving in an industry that was once decreed a man’s world, Marcia Griffiths is a strong and agile hunter for what she wants, gracefully overlooking the pride to which she feeds her talent and wealth of...
The stars were truly shining down on the Jamaica Jazz and Blues Festival performers, especially on the third and final night, as the billed acts paid homage to the veterans who paved the way, both those we’ve lost and those who continue to...
Halfway through the final night of the Jamaica Jazz and Blues festival, Donovan White, director of tourism at the Jamaica Tourist Board, delivered a heartfelt message from international recording artiste Celine Dion. The Power of Love hitmaker...
Delivering on their promise of bringing back the magic, organisers of the Jamaica Jazz and Blues festival served up an enchanting three-night musical offering that no doubt left online viewers mesmerised. Following Thursday night’s magnificent...
NEW YORK (AP): After growing cobwebs for nearly a year, movie theatres in New York City reopened on Friday, returning film titles to Manhattan marquees that had for the last 12 months instead read messages like “Wear a mask” and “We’ll be back...
From a timid trier in high school, experimenting with the sounds of his peers, Mario ‘Dunw3ll’ Dunwell was dropping coins to determine how far the sound waves of a music career could spread. Being a producer in the reggae and dancehall landscape...
When veteran deejay Papa Michigan decided to enter the 2020 Jamaica Festival Song Competition, he moved heaven and earth to be back in Jamaica to meet deadlines that required him to be there in the flesh. “It was in the midst of the pandemic, and I...
A romantic love song with Vybz Kartel on what she calls a “sexy Afro-pop rhythm”; a Damian ‘Jr Gong’ Marley collab, on which he drops the “wickedest verse ever”; a dancehall-Afrobeats fusion with Ghanaian Afropop, dancehall-reggae singer, Stonebwoy...
As the curtains closed on night two of the Jamaica Jazz and Blues festival, praises are being heaped on the show's organisers for what virtual viewer have dubbed as one of the best online products to come out of Jamaica during the pandemic. On a...
Jazz, blues, ska, reggae-fusion and more lit up the virtual Jamaica Jazz and Blues Festival stage on Thursday as the winners of the Band Quest competition raised the bar high on a glitch-free opening night, with performances that will long be...
