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Published:Thursday | October 31, 2024 | 12:11 AM

LOS ANGELES (AP): The Grammys will have a new broadcast home on ABC starting in 2027. The network and the Recording Academy announced Wednesday that they had signed a 10-year deal to broadcast the Grammys beginning in 2027, moving the show from its...

Published:Thursday | October 31, 2024 | 12:10 AMDamian Levy/ Gleaner Writer

Earlier this year, Zoe Kravitz put her best foot forward with her directorial début, Blink Twice. Her semi-satire confronts classism and misogyny with exceptional cinematography and a masterful grasp of tone. Watching Woman of the Hour gives a...

Published:Thursday | October 31, 2024 | 12:08 AM

LOS ANGELES (AP): A Los Angeles woman has filed a lawsuit alleging that Metro Boomin, a Grammy-nominated producer who has worked with some of the biggest names in hip-hop and R...

Published:Wednesday | October 30, 2024 | 12:17 AMDamian Levy/Gleaner Writer

With a few unnerving grins and some jump scares, the original Smile made quite the impact in 2022. The story of a cursed entity tormenting its hosts to their breaking point continues in Smile 2 with an all-new victim. Set less than a week after...

Published:Wednesday | October 30, 2024 | 12:11 AMAinsworth Morris/Staff Reporter

Miss Universe Jamaica 2024 Rachel Silvera has declared that she is ready to take on the worldwide competition in Mexico. On Monday evening, 24 hours before she left the island from the Norman Manley International Airport, the vibrant, energetic...

Published:Wednesday | October 30, 2024 | 12:10 AM

Attention, movie lovers! Don’t forget, the Spooktacular Halloween at the Movies is happening tomorrow! Wear your most creative costumes and win fantastic prizes. This is a first-time event at Palace cinemas, let’s make it happen together. Be sure...

Published:Tuesday | October 29, 2024 | 12:08 AM

ROME (AP): With Pope Francis a few weeks away from his 88th birthday, the plotting for his successor is well under way at the Vatican. How timely, then, that just across town in Rome, Conclave, a thriller filled with backstabbing, manipulative...

Published:Tuesday | October 29, 2024 | 12:08 AM

Grammy-nominated singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist, Skip Marley Minto, has the honour of affectionately calling Marcia Griffiths his “Auntie”. Griffiths, who has shared the stage with three generations of the Marley dynasty, hints at...

Published:Tuesday | October 29, 2024 | 12:08 AM

Dance, culture, and community come together as the Stella Maris Dance Ensemble (SMDE) marks 31 years of artistic excellence on November 2 and 3 at the Little Theatre in Kingston. As has happened since 2014, the Stella Maris Dance Ensemble will...

Published:Monday | October 28, 2024 | 5:15 PM

NEW YORK (AP): Investigators from multiple federal agencies launched an "interagency operation” on Monday at the troubled New York City jail where Sean 'Diddy' Combs is being held. The investigators from the Bureau of Prisons, the Justice...

Published:Monday | October 28, 2024 | 12:08 AMYasmine Peru/Senior Gleaner Writer

Not even rain and the prospect of walking around in a mud bowl could deter patrons from turning up to see legendary American R...

Published:Monday | October 28, 2024 | 12:07 AM

NEW YORK (AP): Venom: The Last Dance showed less bite than expected at the box office, collecting $51 million in its opening weekend, according to studio estimates on Sunday, significantly down from the alien symbiote franchise’s previous entries...

Published:Monday | October 28, 2024 | 12:06 AM

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport Olivia Grange shared that Kabaka Pyramid and his Bebble Rock Team band are representing Jamaica at the World Music Expo or WOMEX, in Manchester, England. The annual WOMEX, billed as the most...

Published:Sunday | October 27, 2024 | 12:13 AMOmar Tomlinson - Contributor

Five years in, Skylark Film Festival founder Gareth Cobran is confidently in expansion mode. With the curtains drawn last month on the Negril-based event’s successful 2024 iteration, the movie showcase ideator already has plans fermenting for next...

Published:Sunday | October 27, 2024 | 12:13 AM

LOS ANGELES (AP): GloRilla burst onto the hip-hop scene, lighting up the rap world a couple years ago with breakout tracks like Tomorrow and F.N.F. (Let’s Go) – even snagging a Grammy nomination. But as her name skyrocketed, so did the pressure....

Published:Sunday | October 27, 2024 | 12:12 AM

As Jamaicans celebrated National Heroes Day on Monday, October 21, one modern-day hero – 2007 Digicel Rising Star winner, singer-songwriter, and Johnnie Walker brand ambassador Romain Virgo – continues to make his mark in reggae music. Known for...

Published:Sunday | October 27, 2024 | 12:11 AM

Tim Storms, the Guinness World Record holder for the World’s Lowest Bass, is set to make his ACAFEST début on November 2 at the NCU Gymnatorium in Mandeville. Storms first performed in Jamaica in 1995 at the National Arena as part of the US-based...

Published:Sunday | October 27, 2024 | 12:10 AM

Singer J’Calm began crossing media radars last year with Tempted, a breezy blend of reggae and R...

Published:Saturday | October 26, 2024 | 1:31 PMJ.T. Davy - Gleaner Writer

Later today, the legendary R...

Published:Saturday | October 26, 2024 | 12:07 AM

FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida (AP): Grammy Award-winning rapper Lil Durk has been arrested in Florida on federal charges that he paid for the attempted 2022 revenge killing of rapper Quando Rondo at a Los Angeles gas station, a shooting that resulted in...

Published:Saturday | October 26, 2024 | 12:07 AMYasmine Peru/Senior Gleaner Writer

Popular Michael Jackson impersonator, Nixon Hall, is back on the entertainment scene, having lost the extra body weight which was a barrier to him performing the slick, sleek, dance moves made popular by the late, pencil-slim entertainer. “I was...

Published:Sunday | October 27, 2024 | 3:34 PM

Legendary R...

Published:Friday | October 25, 2024 | 12:07 AM

In a fusion of roots reggae and international collaboration, Kumar, the former lead singer of Grammy-nominated Raging Fyah, has joined forces with Switzerland’s critically acclaimed band, The 18th Parallel, to release the album, Tales of Reality....

Published:Friday | October 25, 2024 | 12:07 AM

VP Records imprint, 17 North Parade and Beres Hammond’s Harmony House will reissue the singer’s Just A Man on November 28, exclusively for Record Store Day Black Friday. This US-only, limited-edition release will feature a newly remastered...

Published:Friday | October 25, 2024 | 12:07 AM

Jamaican culture and fashion brand, Cooyah, will unveil a new collection this evening at the American Friends of Jamaica (AFJ) gala, one of New York City’s most prestigious charity events. A specially curated Cooyah pop-up shop will be featured at...

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