NEW ORLEANS (AP): Kendrick Lamar aims to infuse his Los Angeles hip-hop flavour into New Orleans while staying true to his storytelling roots during Sunday’s Super Bowl half-time performance. “Being in the now and being just locked-in to how I...
Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley told a large Jamaica Music Museum (JaMM) Grounation gathering at the Institute of Jamaica’s (IOJ) Lecture Hall last Sunday that her strong advocacy had been inspired by reggae icon Bob Marley. Speaking at JaMM’s...
NEW YORK (AP): Disney easily topped first-quarter expectations thanks in part to the box office smash Moana 2. There were some oversized expectations for the animated film but Moana 2, originally intended as a series for the company’s streaming...
Annually, on February 6, thousands of fans worldwide take a moment to honour and celebrate the birth of the legendary Bob Marley, and today is no different. Born in 1945 in Nine Mile, St Ann, Robert Nesta Marley would go on to fulfil his calling –...
It’s a simple story: boy meets girl, girl falls for boy, and they live happily ever after. The story gets a little more complicated when the girl in question is not human, but rather, an artificial girlfriend made up of plastic, metal, and a...
Full of Paddington’s signature blend of wit, charm, and laugh-out-loud humour, PADDINGTON IN PERU finds the beloved, marmalade-loving bear lost in the jungle on an exciting, high-stakes adventure. When Paddington discovers his beloved Aunt Lucy...
LOS ANGELES (AP): Ratings for the Grammy Awards dipped from last year, despite the nail-biting tension of whether Beyoncé would win Album of the Year and a surprise appearance by The Weeknd. Sunday night’s broadcast on CBS was seen by 15.4...
Comedy is a world within itself, in a language we all understand. Its subgenres are meant to live on forever. Romantic comedies will always give people a fantasy to pine for, and we all love a good action comedy to give us thrills with our laughs....
Last Saturday night, patrons were left on a high after basking in the entertainment line up at the annual Essence of Reggae Music Festival at the Ranny Williams Entertainment Centre. With performances from reggae artistes I Wayne, Tanya Stephens,...
A triumphant celebration of the life and times of reggae’s beloved Crown Prince of Reggae, Dennis Emmanuel Brown, unfolded seamlessly last Saturday at the amphitheatre at the Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts. It was a last-...
Bob Marley: One Love - Music Inspired By The Film (Deluxe) — Various Artistes was the non-surprising winner in the Best Reggae Album category at the 67th Grammy Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday evening. The 10-track album contains songs from Bob...
Sugar Dumplin, a short film that explores the intersection of memory, culture, and the bond between a father and daughter, starring Jamaican comedy legend Oliver Samuels and rising star and executive producer Chantel Riley, premières on February...
January has come and gone and it was certainly no boring month. Where to start? Okay, so Dancehall Queen Spice planned a school tour, but harsh criticisms from the National Parent-Teachers Association Jamaica (NPTAJ) and some church people caused...
LOS ANGELES (AP): The trial of rapper A$AP Rocky is progressing according to standard legal procedure, but there have been no lack of unusual moments, from visits from Rihanna to a tough-but-quirky judge and lawyers nearly coming to blows....
Bob Marley: One Love - Music Inspired By The Film (Deluxe) — Various Artistes is the winner in the Best Reggae Album category at the 67th Grammy Awards. The announcement was made a short while ago. The 10-track album contains music from Bloody...
LOS ANGELES (AP): Fresh off the release of a new album, Hurry Up Tomorrow, The Weeknd has announced a massive North American stadium tour – not an easy feat for a contemporary solo act and further confirmation of his popularity. The ‘After Hours ‘...
Rayon McLean, creative director and executive producer for the critically acclaimed play Pitchy Patchy, says fans can expect a “gala-level” experience when it opens at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in St James this afternoon. “The fans on that...
Forty-two years after Jamaican dancehall deejay and singer Ophlin Russell, better known as Sister Nancy and Muma Nancy, did the iconic song Bam Bam on the Stalag 17 riddim, Bam Bam: The Sister Nancy Story, a documentary about her life and what is...
When legendary sound clash titan David ‘Ram Jam’ Rodigan takes control of the wheels of steel on February 8 at Tranquillity Gardens, Dunn’s River Park, in St Ann, to play “with” — the promoter insists that it’s not “against” — his nemesis, Bass...
Last Tuesday night was one of those defining moments in the career of singer Auraiya Hope. It was the moment of her EP launch, Chronicles of Love Vol. 2, at Footprints Café on Belmont Road, and she delivered the goods. From whispers of “Mi nah...
For many people, going to the movies shouldn’t be a challenging thing. They want to take two hours, forget their troubles, and find out what happens when a plane transporting a federal witness gets hijacked by a hitman with a particularly glaring...
LOS ANGELES (AP): The most important testimony at the trial of rapper A$AP Rocky got second billing as the defendant’s partner and the mother of their children sat quietly but shined bright like a diamond in the audience. Rihanna appeared at his...
Singer, song-writer, and producer Ras Emmanuel grew up in Central Village, St. Catherine, and started his music career in the early ‘90s. He was discovered by the legendary deejay, I Roy, who brought him to People’s Choice Studio in Spanish Town...
Glen DaCosta, the venerable tenor saxophonist who co-founded the band Zap Pow with his Alpharian schoolmate David Madden, will demonstrate his ability at home in Jamaica. He stars this week’s Herbie Miller Presents Friday Night Jazz at the F...
