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Published:Thursday | January 9, 2025 | 12:09 AM

The Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) is reminding prospective performers for the 2025 National Performing Arts Festival that the deadline for entries is this Friday, January 10 at midnight. The JCDC had originally set the deadline for...

Published:Thursday | January 9, 2025 | 12:06 AM

Reggae sensation Alaine has joined a galaxy of musical legends who will be performing on the 15th edition of Musical Delights, to be hosted by the Lions Club of Kingston on Sunday, February 9, in the Gardens of The Jamaica Pegasus. Known for...

Published:Wednesday | January 8, 2025 | 12:09 AM

LOS ANGELES (AP: Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck have settled their divorce and are asking a judge to finalise their breakup. Lopez filed documents Monday in Los Angeles Superior Court that show the former couple settled their divorce through...

Published:Wednesday | January 8, 2025 | 12:08 AMDamian Levy/Gleaner Writer

Anthony Hopkins portrayed the influential master of suspense Alfred Hitchcock in the movie Hitchcock. In it, Hitchcock contemplates the potential in the horror genre, positing the question: “What if someone really good made a horror picture?” Since...

Published:Wednesday | January 8, 2025 | 12:07 AM

NEW YORK (AP): Bad Bunny released his sixth studio album – an opus on his beloved Puerto Rico – just in time for Three Kings Day. On Debí Tirar Más Fotos, which translates to I should have taken more photos, Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio pulls...

Published:Wednesday | January 8, 2025 | 12:06 AM

In this action-packed sequel, Gerard Butler reprises his role as Sheriff ‘Big Nick’ O’Brien, who is now on a mission in Europe. He’s hot on the trail of Donnie Wilson (played by O’Shea Jackson Jr.), who has become entangled with the dangerous world...

Published:Wednesday | January 8, 2025 | 12:06 AMO’brian Wynter/Gleaner Writer

Coming off the heels of a riveting Grateful concert three days before the end of 2024, Agent Sasco is looking forward to reaching his “full potential in all facets of his life” during 2025. He emphasised one important lesson from 2024: “gratitude...

Published:Tuesday | January 7, 2025 | 12:20 AM

‘Who Say’ One of the most defining moments on Intimate in 2023 and again in 2025 has to be the genuine brotherly love, respect and camaraderie that Beres and Buju share. It is patently obvious that they are friends, and their friendship has been...

Published:Tuesday | January 7, 2025 | 12:20 AM

Three of Jamaica’s gospel icons, Dr Lester Lewis, Shirley Willis, and Minister Sandra Brooks, took centre stage at the inaugural RESET Project 2025 Gospel Experience on January 4 to receive a heartfelt tribute for their outstanding contributions...

Published:Tuesday | January 7, 2025 | 12:17 AM

Mindy Kaling says Meghan, Duchess of Sussex’s cooking “blew me out of the water” after she appeared on her friend’s upcoming Netflix series With Love, Meghan. Meghan is joined by celebrity pals, including the ‘Mindy Project’ creator and her former...

Published:Monday | January 6, 2025 | 8:37 PM

LAS VEGAS (AP) — An ex-gang leader is seeking to have all the charges against him dismissed in the 1990s killing of rap music icon Tupac Shakur. Attorney Carl Arnold filed the motion on Monday in the District Court of Nevada to dismiss...

Published:Monday | January 6, 2025 | 2:57 PMYasmine Peru/Senior Gleaner Writer

The thousands who made their way to Plantation Cove in St Ann on Saturday — braving never-ending lines of traffic — is testament to the enduring strength of reggae music and the overwhelming pulling power of legends Buju Banton and Beres Hammond....

Published:Monday | January 6, 2025 | 12:06 AM

AP: Will TikTok be banned this month? That’s the pressing question keeping creators and small business owners in anxious limbo as they await a decision that could upend their livelihoods. The fate of the popular app will be decided by the Supreme...

Published:Monday | January 6, 2025 | 12:06 AMDamian Levy/Gleaner Writer

Another year has come and gone and, with it, a set of truly incredible films. Compiling a list of the very best is no simple task but, in a year of tremendous efforts, these 10 films rose above the rest: 10. Nosferatu Coming in at the very end of...

Published:Monday | January 6, 2025 | 12:05 AM

TikTok-sensation-turned-dancehall-artiste Pops YG, is generating a big buzz with his début single, Granny, a song that reflects society’s obsession with wealth and the status it grants. The track pulsates with the energy of newfound wealth as Pops...

Published:Sunday | January 5, 2025 | 7:29 AMYasmine Peru/ Senior Gleaner Writer -

"Intimate, are you ready?" asked Buju Banton, one of the headliners at the second staging of the Intimate Concert at Plantation Cove in St Ann early Sunday morning. With phones in hand and fans moving closer to the stage, it was clear they were...

Published:Sunday | January 5, 2025 | 2:17 AMYasmine Peru/ Senior Gleaner Writer -

At 12:28 a.m. on Sunday, to thunderous applause, screams, and the sounds of vuvuzelas, Dr Beres Hammond and the Harmony House band took the stage at Intimate at Plantation Cove in St Ann. A sea of cellphones held in the air by the thousands packed...

Published:Sunday | January 5, 2025 | 12:14 AMYasmine Peru/Senior Gleaner Writer -

Queen of Reggae Marcia Griffiths has hailed the Intimate Concert as a "special connection with Beres and Buju" and told The Gleaner that it was important for her to perform on the showcase alongside the two headliners. "I don't know if we knew...

Published:Sunday | January 5, 2025 | 12:08 AM

Canada-born Camille Nembhard*, who had been engaged to promoter Mikhail Thompson who was shot and killed execution-style while on a visit to Jamaica last weekend, is still trying to come to grips with his brutal murder. Currently eight months’...

Published:Sunday | January 5, 2025 | 12:07 AM

The curtain rose on December 27 for playwright Basil Dawkins’ latest comedy First Lady at the Little Little Theatre, Tom Redcam Avenue in St Andrew, where it quickly garnered enthusiastic applause and lively audience engagement. This production...

Published:Sunday | January 5, 2025 | 12:07 AM

AP: Movie ticket sales took a bit of a hit in 2024. The annual domestic box office is expected to end up at around $8.75 billion, down more than 3 per cent from 2023, according to estimates from Comscore. It’s not as dire as it was in the...

Published:Saturday | January 4, 2025 | 12:09 AM

Dancehall giants Popcaan and Chronic Law are starting the new year with a powerful anthem for the youth of St. Thomas and fans worldwide. Their second collaboration, Kick it wid Myself, is set to drop under Unruly Entertainment, 1Law Entertainment...

Published:Saturday | January 4, 2025 | 12:08 AM

For its second staging, Intimate, the concert featuring Beres Hammond and Buju Banton as headliners, officially started its countdown on November 7, the day of the launch at the ROK Hotel in Kingston. The day is finally here. The much-...

Published:Saturday | January 4, 2025 | 12:08 AM

Following the historic Freedom Street concert on December 31, 2024, Vybz Kartel has expressed thanks to everyone who made the event possible, calling it “a true celebration of dancehall culture and Jamaican excellence”. “New Year’s Eve was nothing...

Published:Friday | January 3, 2025 | 2:41 PM

The Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) has modified the age requirement for contestants in the Miss Jamaica Festival Queen competition to make the annual pageant more inclusive. This year, the guidelines have been expanded to...

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