For Deshawn Miller, chef at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel, playing the part of a male star-lead, student and food vendor in the Jamaican movie Romeo n Juliet 4EVA was an easy task. It was the exact life Miller was living seven years ago before casting...
Will Smith and Michael Bay are expected to team up again for a new Netflix movie. Their first collaboration dates back to 1995 with Bad Boys, and now, sources say Bay is in talks to direct the action film Fast and Loose for the streaming platform....
NEW YORK (AP): Christopher Reeve’s children say they made a point to include all the complexities of their father’s life – his strengths and weaknesses – in the new documentary Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story – because that’s what he would...
During the heights of the COVID-19 pandemic, a new musical trio named Island Kings kept Jamaicans entertained with covers of popular dancehall and reggae songs, all from the comfort of their car. Among the trio was Adiel Thomas, whose love for...
NEW YORK (AP): The choices on the movie marquee this weekend included Joaquin Phoenix as the Joker, a film about Donald Trump, a Saturday Night Live origin story and even Pharrell Williams as a Lego. In the end, all were trounced by an ax-wielding...
NEW YORK (AP): A federal appeals court judge has ruled to keep Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs locked up while he makes a third bid for bail in his sex trafficking case, which is slated to go to trial in May. In a decision filed Friday, Circuit Judge William J...
Had 26-year-old Quan-Dajai Henriques not allowed fate to take its course with his life, he believes he would not have secured the role of playing a teenage Bob Marley in the Paramount movie Bob Marley: One Love. For Henriques, who is now pursuing...
After playing the role of attorney-at-law Diane Jobson in the Bob Marley: One Love movie, Sundra Oakley – a Jamaican-born actress living in the United States (US) – knew she had to return home to implement a strategy that would train aspiring...
At nearly 58 years old, Esran ‘Billy Slaughter’ Phillips has not only carved a place for himself in Jamaica’s dancehall scene, but has also become a global ambassador for sound system culture, celebrating 33 years with the iconic Stone Love sound...
MIAMI, CMC – Trinidadian soca powerhouse Machel Montano on Friday night added another key to his set – this time he was presented with the Key to the City of Lauderhill by Vice Mayor Lawrence 'Jabbow' Martin. The token of...
Kickstarting the upcoming carnival season, Xodus Carnival debuted its first ever digital band launch on Wednesday unveiling an inclusive showcase that replaced the usual physical costume presentation. The launch featured a captivating, four-minute...
Bertolt Brecht’s famous anti-war play, Mother Courage and Her Children, has been re-imagined, re-contextualised and produced by the Edna Manley College of the Performing Arts’ School of Drama as Madda Courage an Har Pickney Dem. Unfortunately, the...
Damian Levy/ Gleaner Writer This is not the film audiences are expecting. The 2019 film Joker offered an origin story of sorts for Gotham’s clown prince, chronicling his transformation and concluding in a satisfying way that required no epilogue....
NEW YORK (AP): Muni Long is keenly aware of the preciousness of time and its unpredictability. In some ways, the weight of the concept is intertwined within her music with songs like 30s, Time Machine and her megahit Hrs...
As Jai Kingston himself said, “Winning four of six nominations is no joke”. Last Saturday night at the Sterling Gospel Music Awards, the music minister was awarded Male Artiste of the Year, Collab of the Year, Local Hit of the Year and Local Hit...
NEW YORK (AP): The theme and celebrity chairs for Met Gala 2025 have been revealed, with Pharrell Williams, Lewis Hamilton, Colman Domingo, A$AP Rocky, and LeBron James joining forces to help the museum début an exhibit celebrating Black style...
Fifth form student at St Andrew High School for Girls, Zarah Johnston, has chosen a non-traditional career path, and she couldn’t be more passionate about it. For as long as she can recall, the aspiring actress has yearned to be on television. The...
Robots don’t always get a fair shake in movies. They’re usually depicted as murderous machines intent on wiping out humanity, or at the very least subjugating it. Fighting against such a threat can be entertaining, but evoking emotional attachment...
LOS ANGELES (AP): The family of Cissy Houston, the two-time Grammy-winning soul and gospel artiste who sang with Aretha Franklin, Elvis Presley and other stars and knew triumph and heartbreak as the mother of Whitney Houston, has paid tribute to...
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Creating the Jamaican movie Romeo n Juliet 4EVA from the Shakespearean classic Romeo and Juliet, is a task producer Paul Bucknor never imagined would have taken him six years. Filming began in 2018, with production lasting 13 days, but even then...
Xodus Carnival will this year host a digital rather than a physical costume presentation, and the organisers say that this is “in an effort to keep up with the massive growth in local and international supporters”. The decision to make the launch...
The organisers of the inaugural Jamaica Woodland Festival have a firm conviction that their festival experience can bring families together for a unique and unforgettable experience in paradise during the Easter weekend of 2025. “We will be hosting...
Were it not for the voting public, Akeen Fennell does not believe he would have been announced as the 20th winner in the annual Digicel Rising Stars competition. After being hit week after week by the judges with constructive criticism and advice...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Cissy Houston, the mother of the late Whitney Houston and a two-time Grammy winner who performed alongside superstar musicians like Elvis Presley, and Aretha Franklin, has died. She was 91. Houston died Monday morning in...
