Even when she’s mourning Christine Reynolds is a whole vibe. On Monday when The Sunday Gleaner reached out to her for a comment on the passing of Grammy Award-winning, American R...
Describing the plot of Emilia Pérez is a very difficult undertaking. It centres around a disgruntled Mexican defence attorney Rita, played by Zoe Saldaña. Rita seeks an end to the litany of litigations she’s a part of that see guilty people go free...
Dub Squad’s Tuesday Service celebrated its one-year anniversary in style on Tuesday at the Ranny Williams Entertainment Centre, moving away from their usual weekly spot at The Compound. The milestone event, in collaboration with the Jamaica...
HOUSTON (AP) — Drake has reached a settlement with Texas-based iHeartMedia in his ongoing legal dispute over Kendrick Lamar’s diss track “Not Like Us,” according to court records. In November, Drake filed a legal petition in Bexar County, Texas,...
February has been a busy month for Rastafarian reggae singer, Marlon Brown, who was once labelled “one of the greatest hidden talents in Jamaica”. Determined to no longer remain hidden, Brown and his management mapped out an in-your-face programme...
Director Francis Ford Coppola, actor Viola Davis, director Paul Feig and and actor-director Clint Eastwood are among those paying tribute to Gene Hackman after his death at age 95. Hackman, his wife Betsy Arakawa and their dog were found dead in...
When music producer-cum-artiste Steve ‘Balla G’ Mitchell returns to Jamaica this week to bury his mother, former Member of Parliament Phyllis Mitchell, he will experience a bittersweet stew of emotions. What should have been a joyous occasion –...
Senior Director of the International Marketing Department at Audiomack, Tanya Lawson, was one of the executives who shared her extensive knowledge of the music business at the recently concluded Island Music Conference (IMC) held from February 19...
The annual Island Music Conference (IMC) returned from February 19 to 23, bringing together prominent figures in the music industry at the Courtleigh Auditorium in New Kingston. The event has become a key gathering for Caribbean music professionals...
The annual Jo Mersa Marley Birthday Celebration returns for its third staging on Saturday, March 8, with a new venue and an electrifying lineup of reggae and dancehall greats. This year, the event will take place at the Bob Marley Museum in...
Published:Wednesday | February 26, 2025 | 3:43 PMNEW YORK (AP): -
Michelle Trachtenberg, a former child star who appeared in the 1996 Harriet the Spy hit movie and went on to co-star in two buzzy millennial-era TV shows — Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Gossip Girl — has died. She was 39. Police responded to a...
Published:Wednesday | February 26, 2025 | 12:12 AM
NEW YORK (AP): Roberta Flack’s intimate vocal and musical style made her one of the top recording artistes of the 1970s and an influential performer long after, died Monday. She leaves behind a rich repertoire of music that avoids categorisation....
Dancehall group TOK has big plans for 2025, Craigy T told The Gleaner, especially as this year marks the 20th anniversary of their 2005 album Unknown Language, which included the hit song Footprints. Craigy T shared that the group intends to...
Published:Wednesday | February 26, 2025 | 12:10 AM
LOS ANGELES (AP): Former Vice President Kamala Harris stepped on the NAACP Image Awards stage Saturday night with a sobering message, calling the civil rights organisation a pillar of the black community and urging people to stay resilient and hold...
Published:Wednesday | February 26, 2025 | 12:08 AM
Patrick McKee (Sam Claflin) faces a sinister threat from his past when he moves back to his childhood home with his young family. But this time, the fight isn’t for himself; it’s for his loved ones. BAGMAN is a horror film directed by Colm...
Grammy Award-winning singer Roberta Flack died Monday at the age of 88. The Associated Press reported that she died at home surrounded by her family. Flack announced in 2022 she had ALS, commonly known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, and could no longer...
Apparently a bunch of things caused hiccups at One Drop, the first Coveside Concerts show for their 2025 season, held last Saturday at Plantation Cove, St Ann. But, despite that, it was still a night to remember, as Gramps Morgan had boldly...
When US-based soca artiste Rodney Julius released the song What’s Your Name in 2019, it was instantly labelled “a patriotic soca anthem”. Julius The Artiste, as he calls himself professionally, was pleased because it meant that the message in the...
Theatre has long been a powerful tool for education, and Not a Discipline, the début production for JamBlack Productions creatively shaped by David Tulloch, with concepts by Jamaal Black and Simone Morgan-Lindo, proves just that. A masterful blend...
For Reggae songbird Shuga, performing at the Rock Away Valentine’s Concert at the UBS Arena in Belmont Park, New York wasn’t just another gig; it was a manifestation come to life. “It wasn’t my first time performing in New York, but it was my first...
Soca stalwart, Devon ‘Lyrikal’ Martin, is the newest ambassador for Campari Caribbean, following a February 5 signing with members of the brand’s team present as witnesses. Beaming moments after the signing, Lyrikal, dubbed ‘The King of Carnival...
Tastefully written and touchingly acted, Sugar Dumplin is a short Jamaican film about a sensitive subject, dementia. It deserves to win an award or two at some of the film festivals its producers are aiming for. Having premièred the film at the Pan...
NEW YORK (AP): Voletta Wallace, the mother of the late great rapper, The Notorious B.I.G., was a dedicated keeper of the legacy of her son. The Jamaica-born matriarch died Friday morning. She was 78. Monroe County Coroner Thomas Yanac confirmed...
On Sunday, February 23, veteran singer Ken Parker should celebrate his 83rd birthday. However, Parker and his wife, who have been living in Florida for many years, were involved in an accident last Sunday, which has left him fighting for life and...
