NEW YORK (AP): If happiness is a journey, rather than a destination, then Yolanda Adams has used her faith and smile to sustain her through life’s ebbs and flows along the way. “I think I was born with that happiness gene that people talk about...
Despite jokingly being only 25 years old, dancehall entertainer and dancer extraordinaire Kemar ‘Ding Dong’ Ottey has a lot of experience under his belt. Not only has he built a reputation as a hitmaker, but Ottey has also been a mainstay in the...
Published:Saturday | September 14, 2024 | 12:10 AM
SAG HARBOR, NY (AP): Justin Timberlake urged drivers not to get behind the wheel of a car after even a single alcoholic drink on Friday, shortly after pleading guilty to driving while impaired in New York’s Hamptons earlier this year. The public...
When Rolling Stone magazine last October unveiled its official list of The 250 Greatest Guitarists of All Time, sitting at 179 was Ernest ‘Ernie’ Ranglin. The 92-year-old musician is still going strong and still picks up his guitar for special...
Lydia Deetz has a problem. After escaping the clutches of a predatory trickster demon in Beetlejuice, she’s lived a full life. She’s been married, then divorced, then widowed, and became a mother to her very own moody teenager. When we meet her,...
Dancehall megastar, Sean Paul, can be counted on to bring on the heat, and effectively disturb the diabolical chants of the naysayers who keep falsely predicting the demise of dancehall. Nearly 20 years after his megahit Temperature was released,...
Now in its eighth year, the much-anticipated Sterling Gospel Music Awards is set to take place on Saturday, October 5. Following the recent announcement of the nominees, public voting for the People’s Choice categories are open. With 18 categories...
Published:Thursday | September 12, 2024 | 12:06 AM
LOS ANGELES (AP): Over the course of an acting career that spanned more than six decades, James Earl Jones’ voice became an indelible piece of his work as a performer. On screen, Jones, who died on Monday at 93, brought to life a reclusive writer...
Published:Wednesday | September 11, 2024 | 12:08 AM
Famous fans and collaborators are paying tribute to James Earl Jones, the award-winning actor and commanding voice of Darth Vader, who died Monday at 93. His agent, Barry McPherson, confirmed that Jones died at home in New York’s Hudson Valley...
Published:Wednesday | September 11, 2024 | 12:08 AM
LONDON (AP): Former Spice Girl Mel B is among dozens of black Britons urging Parliament to update the country’s equality laws and prohibit Afro hair discrimination. In an open letter to lawmakers on Tuesday, campaigners including Mel B, singer...
Published:Wednesday | September 11, 2024 | 12:07 AM
TRANSFORMERS ONE is the untold origin story of OPTIMUS PRIME and MEGATRON, better known as sworn enemies, but once were friends bonded like brothers who changed the fate of Cybertron forever. In the first ever fully CG-animated TRANSFORMERS...
WESTERN BUREAU: Collel Blake, the parish manager for the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission’s (JCDC) St James parish office, believes that Jamaican young people should be given more avenues to access information on their culture, including...
The iconic Stone Love Movements made history on September 5 when they opened ‘The Marley Brothers: The Legacy Tour’ with a high-energy selection of music that kindled a fire within the crowd at Festival Lawn at Deer Lake Park in Vancouver, Canada...
Grammy-nominated deejay Spice showcases her dancehall cred with the release of her latest single, Sitt’n fi Chat. Produced by diamond-selling artiste Shaggy and Shane Hoosong, the track reimagines Henry ‘Junjo’ Lawes’ legendary 1981 ‘Gunman’ riddim...
Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport Olivia Grange has expressed her sorrow at the passing of the musicologist and author Garth White. Grange said White was “like an encyclopaedia that I could always consult on matters related to...
Singer George Nooks is confident that a strong musical message is timeless, and he also believes that the success and longevity of a song is determined by the “right ingredients”, one of which is a live recording session with talented musicians....
Reggae music enthusiasts are in for a treat as Kazayah and Lutan Fyah release their latest collaboration, Coming in Hot. Produced by Brizion, this new reggae track showcases the versatile vocal range of Kazayah and the vibrant lyrics of veteran...
AP: After 36 years of waiting, the juice is finally loose again in Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, this time racking up a record-breaking $110 million in its première weekend. The long-awaited Tim Burton sequel is the third-best opening weekend of the...
Western Bureau: After an 11-year hiatus, cultural reggae showcase Western Consciousness will be back on the local entertainment calendar in December 2025 and will be staged over two days. The event was held for 24 consecutive years between...
For the newly crowned Miss Jamaica World 2024, Tahje Bennett, the second time was definitely the charm. Moments after Bennett received her crown last Friday at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel, all 19 contestants gathered around the teary-eyed new queen...
WESTERN BUREAU: Jevon McKenzie is aiming to become a globally recognised musician, a goal he has been pursuing since his childhood days of practising on a keyboard drawn on a cardboard box. McKenzie, a 20-year-old first-year student at the Edna...
Dancehall music fans in New York are salivating about the opportunity they will have in a few months to see one of dancehall’s most influential artistes, Vybz Kartel in the flesh, as he prepares for Freedom Street, his first performance on Jamaican...
Miss Jamaica World has a new queen. Twenty-four-year-old aspiring attorney Tahje Bennett was crowned by Miss Jamaica World 2022 Shanique Singh, the island's second-longest reigning Miss Jamaica World, at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel on Friday night...
NEW YORK (AP): Nearly two decades ago, Paris Hilton released her début album, 2006’s eponymous Paris, at one height of her powers – an album of breezy pop music that offered a soundtrack to her cheery and decadent public-facing lifestyle, anchored...
Reggae singer and entrepreneur Stevie Face is passionate about giving back to the community of Albion, in Yallahs, St Thomas, and has joined forces with the Help Jamaica Medical Mission to put on a free health fair today. The easygoing singer, who...
