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Published:Monday | December 30, 2024 | 12:07 AMYasmine Peru/Senior Gleaner Writer

Reggae artiste, Duane Stephenson, was booked to perform twice on ‘the greatest one-night dancehall show on Earth’, Sting, and he said that both times were history-making events. The singer made his Sting début in 2008, the year of the highly...

Published:Monday | December 30, 2024 | 12:05 AM

Countdown to 2025 in style at Midnight ChiQ Midnight ChiQ takes over Kingston’s Waterfront this New Year’s Eve with breathtaking fireworks, electrifying entertainment, and gourmet indulgences. The event will feature gourmet creations by Surf and...

Published:Sunday | December 29, 2024 | 11:46 PMKenrick Morgan/Gleaner Writer -

Patrons of the highly-anticipated concert Grateful are currently battling the elements as a shower of rains has descended on the UWI Mona Bowl at The University of the West Indies, Mona campus in St Andrew. The inclement weather started during...

Published:Sunday | December 29, 2024 | 12:13 AM

Dancehall superstar Vybz Kartel is promising a show worthy of the National Football League (NFL) Super Bowl halftime event for the December 31 Freedom Street. “It’s giving Madonna energy, it’s giving world-class because it’s a full four-corner...

Published:Sunday | December 29, 2024 | 12:12 AMMichael Reckord - Sunday Gleaner Writer

Put the pieces of a jigsaw set together, and you should have a complete picture. But Boxing Day’s closing curtain of the national pantomime left me puzzled by its theological premise. If the children in the audience, which only half-filled the...

Published:Saturday | December 28, 2024 | 12:09 AMO’brian Wynter/Gleaner Writer

I Love Soca, one of Jamaica’s most renowned soca parties, transformed The UWI Mona Bowl into a soca lover’s paradise on Boxing Day. Hundreds of revellers, eager to lose themselves in the infectious rhythms of soca, attended the 12-hour event, which...

Published:Saturday | December 28, 2024 | 12:06 AMDamian Levy/ Gleaner Writer

It’s hard to talk about Sonic without remembering how far he has come. After all, one redesign of the title character changed the game, allowing for a franchise to be born. One that seems to be getting bigger and better with each entry. Despite...

Published:Friday | December 27, 2024 | 12:42 PM

NEW YORK (AP) — An Alabama woman who says she was raped by Jay-Z and Sean 'Diddy' Combs when she was 13 can proceed anonymously, for now, in her lawsuit against the rap moguls, a judge ruled Thursday. In her written order, Judge...

Published:Friday | December 27, 2024 | 12:08 AMYasmine Peru/Senior Gleaner Writer

Full-service event management company Clearsound Production Services is challenging the narrative by Supreme Promotions, the organisers of the dancehall show Sting that the event was postponed because the production company “pulled out of the event...

Published:Friday | December 27, 2024 | 12:06 AM

Legendary Jamaican reggae artiste Freddie McGregor is a true icon whose soulful voice and timeless hits have resonated with fans worldwide for over five decades. Known for his distinctive style and enduring presence, McGregor has played a pivotal...

Published:Friday | December 27, 2024 | 12:05 AM

Multi-award winning sound system, Stone Love, is known for great music from its top-class selectors who can be guaranteed to keep the dance floor buzzing the entire night. For its 52nd anniversary, the legendary sound system is celebrating in grand...

Published:Thursday | December 26, 2024 | 2:06 PM

Sting 2024 has been postponed. Isaiah Laing, head of Supreme Promotions Ltd, confirmed that the annual Boxing Day dancehall stage show set for tonight at the Jamworld Entertainment Centre in Portmore, St Catherine, will not take place as planned...

Published:Thursday | December 26, 2024 | 12:28 PM

Sting at Jamworld tonight Sting, ‘The Greatest One Night Reggae and Dancehall Show On Earth,’ takes place tonight at Jamworld Entertainment Centre in Portmore, St. Catherine. Approximately 31 artistes are confirmed to perform, among them Echo...

Published:Thursday | December 26, 2024 | 12:07 AMCarl Gilchrist/Gleaner Writer

Luke Ellington, principal of Lukington Productions, says it’s all systems go as his latest comedy drama, Bad Influence, is set for a Boxing Day opening at Clarendon College, Chapelton, in the parish. The play moves to Colonel’s Cove in Morant Bay...

Published:Thursday | December 26, 2024 | 12:07 AM

AP: A Complete Unknown certainly lives up to its title. You are hardly closer to understanding the soul of Bob Dylan after watching more than two hours of this moody look at America’s most enigmatic troubadour. But that’s not the point of James...

Published:Wednesday | December 25, 2024 | 8:44 AMDamian Levy/Gleaner Writer -

The landscape of Jamaican short films has evolved to encompass a gamut of different genres, including horror, romance, and even fantasy. Yet despite Christmas movies being their own genre, there’s a severe lack of holiday cheer in the catalogue of...

Published:Tuesday | December 24, 2024 | 12:07 AMYasmine Peru/Senior Gleaner Writer

Away in a Manger, a song which tells of the lowly birth of Jesus, as chronicled in the Holy Bible, is one of the all-time favourite Christmas carols sung around the world during the Yuletide season. There’s something about Away in a Manger that...

Published:Tuesday | December 24, 2024 | 12:06 AM

Future Reggae, a platform to showcase new talent, had its début at Johnny’s Place on Saturday night with a roster of artistes who did the genre proud. Adiel Thomas, the organiser of Future Reggae, said that he was happy with the first staging...

Published:Monday | December 23, 2024 | 9:11 PM

Jamaica's first Miss World, Carole Joan Crawford, has died. Crawford, who won the title of Miss World in 1963, died on December 18. She was 81. A release from son Stephan Merkens called Crawford "a cherished icon of grace, beauty, and...

Published:Monday | December 23, 2024 | 12:08 AM

NEW YORK (AP): In the holiday season battle of big-budget family movies, Paramount Pictures’ Sonic the Hedgehog 3 sped past the Walt Disney Co’s Mufasa: The Lion King to take the top spot at the box office ahead of the lucrative Christmas corridor...

Published:Monday | December 23, 2024 | 12:07 AM

Justin Baldoni has been dropped by his talent agency, WME. On Saturday morning, company bosses had him depart “at least in part” due to the sexual harassment lawsuit filed by his It Ends With Us co-star Blake Lively, who is also represented by the...

Published:Monday | December 23, 2024 | 12:07 AM

The pantomime tradition is the longest-running theatrical form in Jamaica, and after 84 years must find new ways to entertain its audience year after year, the team stated. Anya Gloudon Nelson, principal director of the Pantomime Company, stated...

Published:Monday | December 23, 2024 | 12:07 AM

The 2025 edition of annual reggae festival, Rebel Salute, will have Supreme Ventures onboard as sponsors for the very first time. The partnership was officially unveiled on December 19 during a launch event held at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel, where...

Published:Sunday | December 22, 2024 | 12:07 AM

ESCONDIDO, California (AP): When Aaron Pierre was cast as Mufasa, the weight of following in the late James Earl Jones’ legendary footsteps was enough to rattle any actor. But instead of letting the pressure roar too loudly, he harnessed his nerves...

Published:Sunday | December 22, 2024 | 12:06 AMYasmine Peru - Senior Sunday Gleaner Writer

Singer, songwriter, and producer Jethro Sheeran is blasting as “90 per cent English tabloid junk” a November 22 article in the UK’s Daily Mail with the headline “Ed Sheeran’s cousin lifts lid on the REAL reason behind their very bitter feud as he...

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