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Published:Sunday | July 14, 2024 | 9:28 AM

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Shannen Doherty, the "Beverly Hills, 90210" star whose life and career were roiled by illness and tabloid stories, has died at 53. After years with breast cancer, Doherty died Saturday, according to a statement...

Published:Sunday | July 14, 2024 | 12:37 PM

Kimiela 'Candy' Isaacs' #One Jamaica has taken the number one spot in the Jamaica Festival Song Competition. The announcement was made a short while ago inside the Karl Hendrickson Auditorium at Jamaica College. Isaacs was selected through a...

Published:Sunday | July 14, 2024 | 12:08 AM

New york (AP): The Grammy award-winning rapper-actor-author LL COOL J will release his first new album in 11 years, The FORCE, in September — 40 years into his hip-hop career. Not that he hasn’t been making music in that time. “I’ve always tinkered...

Published:Sunday | July 14, 2024 | 12:06 AM

Dancehall artiste Laden has a lot to be grateful for. Residing in the community of Junction, St Elizabeth, the artiste has witnessed first-hand the perils of Hurricane Beryl, and is eager to celebrate the passing of another major storm in his path...

Published:Saturday | July 13, 2024 | 12:09 AM

A release date for the third Minions movie has been confirmed. A third film in the blockbuster Illumination animation prequel series is slated to hit cinemas on June 30, 2027. Pierre Coffin, voice of the Minions, will direct. Minions: The Rise...

Published:Saturday | July 13, 2024 | 12:08 AM

International recording gospel artiste, Minister Kevin Downswell, is set to bring his unique blend of music and ministry to the Jamaica Festival Song Competition finals and results show this evening, at the Karl Hendrickson Auditorium, Jamaica...

Published:Friday | July 12, 2024 | 7:36 PMKwela Cole/ Gleaner Writer

It had been over 40 years since Andria Thompson felt Jamaican soil underfoot when she left Canada to return to her island home in the summer of 2023. The purpose of the endometrial cancer survivor, advocate, author, and media practitioner’s trip...

Published:Friday | July 12, 2024 | 12:06 AMYasmine Peru/Senior Gleaner Writer

The countdown is on for the Magnum Tonic Wine-powered Reggae Sumfest Global Sound Clash which unfolds next Wednesday at the Catherine Hall Stadium in Montego Bay. Chris Dymond, the “mouthpiece” of the well-decorated Code Red Sound System, which...

Published:Thursday | July 11, 2024 | 11:46 AM

The Miss Universe Jamaica Grand Coronation 2024 finals will take place on July 28, the organiser has announced. It was originally scheduled for last week Saturday but was postponed due to the passage of Hurricane Beryl. Atelier Dermoth...

Published:Friday | July 12, 2024 | 2:59 PM

Orchestral music, with its vibrant textures and dramatic flair, has significantly influenced dancehall and reggae from the early ‘90s to today, playing a pivotal role in the evolution and global reach of the genres. Next Thursday, July 18,...

Published:Thursday | July 11, 2024 | 12:09 AM

The National Chorale of Jamaica (NCOJ) will present a musical dramatisation of the George Gershwin opera Porgy and Bess at The Courtleigh Auditorium in Kingston on August 21. The event will feature the talents of world-renowned vocal soloists: Sir...

Published:Thursday | July 11, 2024 | 12:09 AMDamian Levy/ Gleaner Writer

It was a day like any other. A group takes a trip to see a show, and among them is Sam – played by Lupita Nyong’o – a terminally ill woman who mainly speaks in sarcasm, and prefers the company of her cat, Frodo. Suddenly, monsters fall from the sky...

Published:Thursday | July 11, 2024 | 12:08 AM

As the anticipation builds for the Reggae Sumfest Global Sound Clash, one of Jamaica’s finest, Code Red Sound System, is gearing up for a night of intense competition and unparalleled entertainment on Wednesday, July 17, at the Catherine Hall...

Published:Wednesday | July 10, 2024 | 12:07 AMJanet Silvera/Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: Promising an unparalleled production unlike any festival ever staged in Jamaica, DownSound Entertainment’s Joe Bogdanovich has announced that all systems are a go for Reggae Sumfest 2024. The festival is set to officially kick off...

Published:Wednesday | July 10, 2024 | 12:07 AM

LOS ANGELES (AP): Jason Momoa and Lisa Bonet are officially divorced. A Los Angeles County judge’s dissolution of the marriage of the two actors, who had already been separated for years, took effect on Tuesday. Bonet and Momoa were married for...

Published:Wednesday | July 10, 2024 | 12:07 AM

John Cena announced on Saturday night that he will retire from professional wrestling next year after two decades in the ring. The wrestler-turned-actor delivered a heartfelt speech to a stadium of World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) fans in...

Published:Wednesday | July 10, 2024 | 8:36 AM

NEW YORK (AP): An upcoming thriller about a female judge in the contemporary, rural South will have two very famous, and very different, authors: Oscar winner Viola Davis and mega-selling novelist James Patterson. Little, Brown and Company...

Published:Wednesday | July 10, 2024 | 12:06 AM

THIS SUMMER, the epic studio disaster movie returns with an adrenaline-pumping, seat-gripping, big-screen thrill ride that puts you in direct contact with one of nature’s most wondrous — and destructive — forces. From the producers of the Jurassic...

Published:Tuesday | July 9, 2024 | 12:09 AMYasmine Peru/Senior Gleaner Writer

Sibling group Morgan Heritage has been nominated for this year’s Caribbean Music Awards in the Album of the Year, (Reggae) category, for The Homeland, an album that the group says it “took a chance on in terms of the musical experimentation”. A...

Published:Tuesday | July 9, 2024 | 12:07 AM

Legendary reggae artiste Marcia Griffiths has made the link with renowned producer Clive Hunt for the brand-new single Mek We Dance. An upbeat track, which was released on July 3, Hunt and Griffiths shared that “it promises to be a summer anthem,...

Published:Monday | July 8, 2024 | 8:15 AMJanet Silvera/Gleaner Writer

Western Bureau: Jamaica’s hospitality sector has recently been gifted with two additional ambassadors following the crowning of Mister and Miss Tourism Jamaica 2024 Darren Bennett and Jolon Dewar. Both were crowned during the grand finale of the...

Published:Monday | July 8, 2024 | 12:07 AM

New York (AP): After a historically bad first half of the year, the box office is suddenly booming. Despicable Me 4, the Illumination Animation sequel, led the way over the United States holiday weekend with US$75 million in ticket sales Friday...

Published:Monday | July 8, 2024 | 12:06 AM

Olivia Grange, minister of culture, gender, entertainment, and sport, expressed excitement about this year’s Jamaica Gospel Star Competition, which is set to return for its fourth season on Sunday. Offering a platform for gospel talents to showcase...

Published:Monday | July 8, 2024 | 12:06 AM

Jenn Tran can’t stop thinking about being the first Asian American lead in the history of The Bachelor franchise - not that she wants to. “I think about it every day, all the time. I think if I pushed it aside, that would be such a dishonour to me...

Published:Monday | July 8, 2024 | 12:06 AM

Los Angeles (AP): Jon Landau, an Oscar-winning producer who worked closely with director James Cameron on three of the biggest blockbusters of all time, Titanic and two Avatar films, has died. He was 63. Landau’s family announced his death...

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