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Published:Saturday | May 3, 2025 | 12:07 AMDamian Levy/ Gleaner Writer

Of all the action heroes from the past decade, the last one I expected to revisit was Christian Wolff – the accountant. The first film, centred on an autistic assassin with a mind for mathematics, was decent enough, bolstered by a committed...

Published:Friday | May 2, 2025 | 1:31 PM

LONDON (AP) — Russell Brand got out of a sleek black Mercedes on Friday and took his first steps toward a court where he faces charges of rape and sexual assault in a scene far removed from a walk down a Hollywood red carpet. The actor-comedian...

Published:Friday | May 2, 2025 | 3:49 PMYasmine Peru/Senior Gleaner Writer - -

With royalty embedded in their DNA, five of the children of ska, reggae and rocksteady great, Denroy Morgan, formed a band in 1994, and it’s no surprise that Morgan Heritage has stood the test of time, touring internationally and securing quite a...

Published:Friday | May 2, 2025 | 12:05 AMYasmine Peru/Senior Gleaner Writer

The 2025 staging of Bring Back the Love Cabaret Show, the fourth in the delightful series, paid tribute to master musician, musical director, educator, mentor, and percussionist of the highest calibre, Desi Jones. “This year’s concert holds...

Published:Thursday | May 1, 2025 | 12:08 AM

In true Clark Kent form, the new Superman would like to correct the record. David Corenswet gave an interview to Entertainment Weekly in 2019 where he said his “pie in the sky ambition” was to play Superman. At that point, the role was not on the...

Published:Thursday | May 1, 2025 | 12:08 AM

NEW YORK (AP): Barbra Streisand is still a woman in love, and she’ll do anything to get you into her world. That includes a new collection of duets with some of the biggest names in music. Streisand is preparing to release a new album, The Secret...

Published:Thursday | May 1, 2025 | 12:08 AMCarl Gilchrist/Gleaner Writer

The Issa family’s contribution to the health sector in Jamaica traces back to the opening of the first Mary Issa clinic in 1955 in downtown Kingston. Seventy years later, Mary Issa’s grandson Paul Issa leads the charge to replace the now defunct...

Published:Wednesday | April 30, 2025 | 12:08 AM

A horror film based on the PlayStation Studios video game, UNTIL DAWN finds a group of friends in a time loop where they relive experiences of being trapped in a remote valley and hunted by a masked killer. They soon realise that the only way to...

Published:Wednesday | April 30, 2025 | 12:08 AM

NEW YORK (AP): What music would you create if there weren’t any outside influences or self-imposed creative restraints? That’s what singer-actor Coco Jones contemplated. “What would I do if I didn’t have any fear of comparing myself to ICU and my...

Published:Wednesday | April 30, 2025 | 12:07 AMJanet Silvera/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: In an emotional culmination of faith, perseverance, and newfound sisterhood, 23-year-old cosmetologist Samantha McFarlane was crowned Miss Universe Jamaica West 2025 on Sunday night at the Hotel Commingle in Savanna-la-Mar,...

Published:Tuesday | April 29, 2025 | 12:07 AM

Hundreds of patrons descended on the Police Officers’ Club Course on Hope Road to ‘galang bad’ during a riproaring soca-dancehall session, ‘Brunch and Soca: Riddim and Rum’ last Friday. Female patrons, dressed in sexy outfits, were treated to a...

Published:Tuesday | April 29, 2025 | 12:07 AM

NEW YORK (AP): Prosecutors at Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs ‘ upcoming federal sex trafficking trial can show jurors video of the hip-hop mogul hitting and kicking one of his accusers in a Los Angeles hotel hallway, a judge ruled at a hearing Friday. US...

Published:Tuesday | April 29, 2025 | 12:07 AM

NEW YORK (AP): First-time nominees Chubby Checker, Joe Cocker and Bad Company will be inducted into the Rock...

Published:Monday | April 28, 2025 | 7:53 PM

Samantha McFarlane was crowned Miss Universe Jamaica West during a glittering ceremony on Sunday evening at Hotel Commingle in Savanna-la-Mar, Westmoreland. The 23-year-old cosmetologist received her crown from Hannah Sheree, regional manager and...

Published:Monday | April 28, 2025 | 12:09 AMO’brian Wynter/Gleaner Writer

The streets of Kingston came alive on Sunday in a dazzling display of feathers, music, and uncontainable energy as Carnival in Jamaica 2025 took over the city. For the Jamaica-based Yard Mas Carnival, a steady stream of revellers in local-centric...

Published:Monday | April 28, 2025 | 12:09 AMRuth-Ann Briscoe/Gleaner Writer

The third time’s a charm, and Gen XS’ smooth execution for this year’s Carnival is testament to the fact that the band has evolved since its first local Carnival in Jamaica Road March in 2023. “Smirnoff Gen XS Kingdom of the Sun shone the...

Published:Monday | April 28, 2025 | 12:08 AMKenrick Morgan/Gleaner Writer

Carnival in Jamaica climaxed in the streets of Kingston on Sunday with the highly anticipated Road March, which was all colourfully wrapped up with the usual fun and excitement that has kept revellers from near and far returning year after year....

Published:Monday | April 28, 2025 | 12:07 AMYasmine Peru/Senior Gleaner Writer

The official trailer for Jafaican, a comedy starring British-Australian singer, songwriter, and media personality, Peter Andre, is causing quite a ruckus. There are shouts of the film disrespecting Jamaica, Rastafarians and the culture, but others...

Published:Sunday | April 27, 2025 | 4:31 PM

In the midst of carnival revelry, a Westmoreland woman is nursing wounds after an ATV stunt rider collided with her vehicle on Hope Road in St Andrew. “I was turning off Ardenne Road when the rider came across the road while doing a stunt and ran...

Published:Sunday | April 27, 2025 | 3:48 PMKenrick Morgan/ Gleaner Writer -

Ekklesia Bible Fellowship has been sharing the gospel at Jamaica's Carnival road march for over 13 years. In a conversation with The Gleaner, Pastor Barry Hall explained that the church's goal is to create a “judgement-free zone”. “It is so...

Published:Sunday | April 27, 2025 | 12:07 AMO’Brian Wynter - Sunday Gleaner Writer

When Bunji Garlin steps onto a stage or the streets for carnival, you can feel the power shift. The Viking of Soca, born Ian Antonio Alvarez, is no stranger to Jamaica or its carnival scene. And this year, fresh off a fiery performance at RYTZ,...

Published:Sunday | April 27, 2025 | 12:06 AMHerbie Miller - Contributor

Comparable to those who invented it and their descendants who have extended its syncopated rhythms, artful harmonies, and adventurous improvisations, jazz has endured immense mockery and cultural misconceptions. Yet, it has always shown remarkable...

Published:Saturday | April 26, 2025 | 12:09 AMDamian Levy/Gleaner Writer

Ryan Coogler has adapted a gut-wrenching real-life story in Fruitvale Station, revitalised a cinema icon with Creed, and brought extraordinary levels of consciousness to the Marvel Cinematic Universe with Black Panther. With Sinners he tells a...

Published:Saturday | April 26, 2025 | 12:08 AMO’brian Wynter/ Gleaner Writer

Fresh off a high-energy set and glowing from the love of the Jamaican crowd, Mical Teja, a Cultural Award-winning recording artiste, songwriter, and producer from Trinidad and Tobago, continues to prove why he’s one of the most exciting voices in...

Published:Saturday | April 26, 2025 | 12:07 AMYasmine Peru/Senior Gleaner Writer

Dancehall artiste, Jada Kingdom, was booked for a show on Easter Sunday, one of the holiest days on the Christian calendar, and she experienced nothing short of an epiphany. Following an uncomfortable experience at the St Mary Kite and Food...

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