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Published:Thursday | January 23, 2025 | 10:43 AM

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Olivia Grange, will outline the plans and events for Reggae Month 2025, during a presentation in the House of Representatives on Tuesday, January 28. This celebration, which has become...

Published:Thursday | January 23, 2025 | 12:10 AM

Chris Brown has sued Warner Bros for a whopping $500 million over the sexual assault allegations made in the docuseries Chris Brown: A History of Violence. The 35-year-old singer has filed a lawsuit accusing the producers and companies behind the...

Published:Thursday | January 23, 2025 | 12:09 AM

After being postponed last year due to inclement weather, Jazz in the Gardens: The Best of 2024 made its grand comeback at the Grand Jamaica Suite, drawing a packed audience of jazz lovers. The evening was hosted by MC Vernon Darby, who set the...

Published:Wednesday | January 22, 2025 | 12:09 AM

AP: The Grammy Awards are sticking with their man: Trevor Noah will host the show for the fifth consecutive time, the Grammys announced Tuesday. The comedian, best known for hosting Comedy Central’s The Daily Show from 2015 to 2022, will once more...

Published:Wednesday | January 22, 2025 | 12:08 AM

“Nothing is more calculated to trigger a groan of despair than ‘updated’ Shakespeare performed by teenagers. But this cut-down Romeo and Juliet from Jamaica is rather lovely, directed in a low-key, easy style by Jamaican-British film-maker Paul...

Published:Wednesday | January 22, 2025 | 12:06 AM

The Essence of Reggae Music Festival, produced by Frankie Music Productions is all set to kickstart Reggae Month 2025 on Saturday, February 1, at the Ranny Williams Entertainment Centre, in St Andrew. The festival celebrates reggae, showcasing its...

Published:Wednesday | January 22, 2025 | 12:05 AM

In this high-stakes suspense thriller, Academy Award nominee Mark Wahlberg (Best Actor in a Supporting Role, 2006 – The Departed) plays a pilot transporting an Air Marshal (Michelle Dockery) accompanying a fugitive (Topher Grace) to trial. As they...

Published:Tuesday | January 21, 2025 | 3:54 PM

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A$AP Rocky turned down a final prosecution plea offer of 180 days in jail and will face the possibility of a guilty verdict and years in prison as jury selection began at his trial on Tuesday. The agreement offered to the 36-...

Published:Tuesday | January 21, 2025 | 12:08 AMDamian Levy/Gleaner Writer

Marcus Mosiah Garvey, political activist and Jamaica’s first national hero, is the subject of the short film Mosiah, which is directed by Jirard and written by Samuel Lee Fudge. Fudge also portrays the national hero, which is the first depiction of...

Published:Tuesday | January 21, 2025 | 12:08 AM

WASHINGTON (AP): The Keke Palmer buddy comedy One of Them Days opened in first place on the North American box office charts on a particularly slow Martin Luther King Jr holiday weekend. The R-rated Sony release earned $11.6 million from 2,675...

Published:Tuesday | January 21, 2025 | 12:06 AM

North America’s premier Caribbean music festival, Best Of The Best Music Fest, is back for its 19th annual instalment at Bayfront Park in downtown Miami. Over the years, the festival has consistently delivered the highest calibre of musical...

Published:Monday | January 20, 2025 | 12:07 AMYasmine Peru/Senior Gleaner Writer

For close to 12 hours – from 7 p.m. on Saturday evening to 6:44 on Sunday morning – the 31st edition of Rebel Salute, unfolded at Plantation Cove in St Ann, featuring 23 acts, not including the few who got a brief ‘call-up’ from friends. This...

Published:Monday | January 20, 2025 | 12:07 AM

One night back in the early 1980s, Isaiah Laing of Supreme Promotions, the promoters of Sting, kept a dance at Spanish Town Prison Oval, a stone’s throw from the Spanish Town Adult Correctional Centre. It featured the now legendary Jamaican...

Published:Monday | January 20, 2025 | 12:07 AM

LOS ANGELES (AP): A$AP Rocky is at a crossroads. He could soar to new heights of celebrity in 2025, or be brought back to Earth quickly by a trial starting Tuesday that could lead to his imprisonment for years. The hip-hop star, and longtime...

Published:Sunday | January 19, 2025 | 9:56 AM

Following the massive turnout for phase one of the Jamaica Entertainers and Creatives Insurance Plan, Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport Olivia ‘Babsy’ Grange says phase two will launch in early February. While a date has not...

Published:Sunday | January 19, 2025 | 9:57 AM

Though the lights and sound went out five minutes into his set, veteran artiste Richie Spice was steadfast in delivering his message to the crowd. With an audible groan from the crowd as the Plantation Cove went dark, Spice launched into a nearly...

Published:Sunday | January 19, 2025 | 9:39 AM

Rebel Salute Founder Tony Rebels says he will be taking the show to Florida for 4/20, marking the first time that the 31-year-old festival will leave Jamaica. "Plans are far advanced, or else I would not have announced it," Rebel told The Gleaner...

Published:Sunday | January 19, 2025 | 12:11 AMYasmine Peru - Sunday Gleaner Writer

If reggae singer Sophia Dias were to think about changing her moniker, the name Phoenix ought to be up there somewhere in the top three for consideration. Like the proverbial bird, she is rising from the ashes of her burnt-out house, which was a ‘...

Published:Sunday | January 19, 2025 | 12:07 AM

Five-time Grammy Award-winning singer Dionne Warwick, along with local luminaries Barrington Levy, Gramps Morgan, Myrna Hague, Cornell Campbell, Marcia Griffiths, Luciano, Etana and Craig Ross are just some of the performers who will hit the stage...

Published:Saturday | January 18, 2025 | 12:07 AM

The nominees for the 42nd International Reggae and World Music Awards (IRAWMA) were revealed virtually on Wednesday. A total of 160 nominees were selected across 40 categories, with 10 special honourees also named. Sean Paul tops the list with...

Published:Saturday | January 18, 2025 | 12:07 AM

The second annual Reggae Genealogy music festival returns on Sunday, February 2 in South Florida, nodding to Reggae Month celebrations. Produced by Island SPACE Caribbean Museum, this family-friendly showcase is expected to feature a rhythmic...

Published:Saturday | January 18, 2025 | 12:07 AM

NEW YORK (AP): Donald Trump wants to make Hollywood “bigger, better and stronger” and has cast Mel Gibson, Jon Voight and Sylvester Stallone as stars of what he is calling his “Special Ambassadors to a great but very troubled place, Hollywood,...

Published:Friday | January 17, 2025 | 12:07 AMYasmine Peru/Senior Gleaner Writer -

Award-winning actor, producer, host, and puppeteer Richard Bird is the associate producer on the film Love After Holidays, which premières at the Carib cinema on February 7. He also plays the role of the police officer in the movie, which was...

Published:Friday | January 17, 2025 | 12:06 AM

NEW YORK (AP): The science-fiction sequel Dune: Part Two, the doomed fairy tale Anora and the Munich Olympics drama September 5 are among the 10 films nominated by the Producers Guild for its top award, the Darryl F. Zanuck Award. The Producers...

Published:Friday | January 17, 2025 | 12:05 AM

NEW YORK (AP): The 2025 Grammy Awards are just around the corner, taking place on Sunday, February 2, at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, airing live on CBS and Paramount+. While the Recording Academy continues preparations for the 67th annual...

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