LONDON (AP): Pooches in pullovers paraded past Buckingham Palace on Saturday for a gathering of dogs in Christmas sweaters to raise funds for rescue charities. About 130 pets, and their owners, walked Saturday from St. James’s Park and along the...
NEW YORK (AP): Christmas came early at the box office this year. Moana 2 brought in a tidal wave of moviegoers over the Thanksgiving Day weekend, setting records with $221 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday. That,...
Until Such Time, a solo exhibition by Jamaican visual artist Joshua Solas, presents a bold reimagining of Jamaican cultural narratives through the lens of contemporary digital culture. Scheduled to open to the public on December 16, in this...
NEW YORK (AP): Angelina Jolie never expected to hit all the notes. But finding the breath of Maria Callas was enough to bring things out of Jolie that she didn’t even know were in her. “All of us, we really don’t realise where things land in our...
Back in the day, she was the trendsetting dancehall ‘It’ girl who swiftly rose through the ranks to become the tantalising ‘Queen of the Pack’. In the Channel 4/HBO mini-series, Get Millie Black, Patra stars as Hit Girl, the powerful owner of a...
While the exact figure remains a mystery, the ‘King of Jamaican Comedy’, Oliver Samuels, says he has done well over 70 plays – with his newly announced production Lucky Money being the latest added to the list. Despite this plethora of experience...
his year has given plenty of reasons to hit the movies. Whether you were riding sandworms across the treacherous dunes of Arrakis or storm-chasing with Glen Powell, and getting rocked by its sublime 4DX presentation, the cinema experience was...
A 10-year-old boy from the Caribbean island of Antigua, with an enduring biblical name – Enoch (who walked with God and was translated that he would not see death) – is super excited to have teamed up with Jamaican gospel legend, Carlene Davis,...
Iotosh Poyser is a three-time Grammy-nominated producer. Hailing from Kingston, Jamaica he has worked primarily in the reggae realm. Leading to his international recognition, Iotosh has developed professional relationships with Protoje, Lila Iké,...
For the year 2024, social media platform, TikTok, was certainly one of the most entertaining places to be. It could make, break, or cancel you altogether – total obliteration for those who were deemed to “offend”. In fact, TikTok became so all-...
In a passionate plea for a revived “positivity and balance” within the music space, reggae artiste Teflon Young King expressed that the Sting line-up – a blend of foundation musicians and younger acts – is a step in the right direction. Known for...
AP: Angelina Jolie glides through the final days of Maria Callas’ short life in Pablo Larraín’s Maria, a dramatic, evocative elegy to the famed soprano. The film is at turns melancholy, biting, and grandly theatrical – a fitting aria for a once-in-...
Published:Wednesday | November 27, 2024 | 12:10 AM
A popular pastime among many Jamaicans has long been enjoying a play – usually a comedy – at one of several venues like the famous Little Theatre. However, despite the many advancements in technology, many of these beloved plays stay at the theatre...
Published:Wednesday | November 27, 2024 | 12:09 AM
For the second straight day, Drake has taken legal action against Universal Music Group, this time in Texas, over Kendrick Lamar’s diss track Not Like Us. It follows a similar filing in New York on Monday, in which Drake alleges UMG falsely pumped...
Published:Wednesday | November 27, 2024 | 12:06 AM
Academy award nominee Sylvester Stallone and Jason Patric in an action-packed thriller about how far one man will go to save what’s left of his own family and reclaim his own life. James and his son, Casey, are armoured truck drivers tasked with...
From peer pressure, to lack of airplay for his songs and even being booked for events, gospel reggae artiste Minister Blessed has experienced several challenges along his journey. However, despite those setbacks, he managed to persevere and take...
Early in November, entertainer Singing Melody lost his son to a gunman’s bullet, and ever since, a song that he had recently recorded with his group LUST, and was loving, has become almost “distasteful”. Titled, Where are you now, the theme of...
It was lots of positive energy and fantastic musical vibrations from both the performers and the selectors at the inaugural Love Jamaica Music and Food Festival last Saturday at the UWI Bowl, Mona, St Andrew. It was a night on which a rising star...
NEW YORK (AP): With a combined $270 million in worldwide ticket sales, Wicked and Gladiator II breathed fresh life into a box office that has struggled lately, leading to one of the busiest movie-going weekends of the year. Jon M. Chu’s lavish big-...
The song, Dey, featuring Damian Marley, is the first single taken from Seun Kuti and Egypt 80’s new album, Heavier Yet. The release marks a historic moment for African unity and art: the Kuti and Marley families collaborating for the first time...
NEW YORK (AP): Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ lawyers tried for a third time last Friday to persuade a judge to let the hip-hop mogul out of jail while he awaits his sex-trafficking trial, but a decision won’t come until this week. US District Judge Arun...
Most Jamaicans familiar with the Suárez Brothers Circus over the years are aware that it is a traditional family business which has lasted 152 years and is still going strong. Currently, the business is managed by Ivan Suárez Sr, but if you were to...
Imagine the pulsating energy of a Jamaican dancehall clash. Now, imagine a Japan-born selector commanding that stage, outshining seasoned veterans and making history. That’s Notorious International’s Marie Sano, known more popularly in sound system...
NEW YORK (AP): When the photographer Ernest Cole died in 1990 at the age of 49 from pancreatic cancer at a Manhattan hospital, his death was little noted. Cole, one of the most important chroniclers of apartheid-era South Africa, was by then mostly...
Puerto Rico's Danny Mejia has been named Mr World 2024. The announcement was made during the grand Mr World coronation on Saturday at NovaWorld in the province of Bình Thuận in Vietnam. The 28-year-old mortgage loan originator and health...
