Entertainment

Elina Garanca, star of the Live in HD transmissions of Carmen and La Cenerentola, returns to the Met as Sesto in a rare revival of Mozart's opera of ancient Rome, La Clemenza di Tito...

The Poolside 'riddim' has caught the attention of international dancehall superstar Sean Paul.

Historic but violence-tainted August Town will host its own film festival next summer.Professor Ian Boxill and S.Carlton Alexander, chair of the Department of Management Studies at the University of the West Indies...

In keeping with the community policing efforts of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), the cops have embarked on a series of town concerts across the island.The initiative is aimed at improving and maintaining...

Working Initiatives and Resources for Empowerment and Development (WIRED), a Christian faith-based organisation, has, for the past eight years, been involved in offering hope, truth...

WESTERN BUREAU:DJ Nicholas and Judith Gayle were electrifying as they brought the curtains down on the third instalment of Betta Tomorrow concert at the Dump Up Beach, Montego Bay, on Sunday morning, which left hundreds...

The 81-year-old actor - famed for playing Dallas villain, J.R. Ewing - passed away on Friday (November 23) from ongoing complications in his battle with throat cancer, and stars have taken to twitter to remember him...

Two regular features in any entertainment event in this calendar year are the use of the colours of the Jamaican flag in the décor and some reference to the 50th anniversary in the theme or title...

With 50 album submissions making the initial shortlist for the coveted Grammy Award in the Reggae Category to be announced next February, there is no shortage of tales from satisfied performers....

Deejay Busy Signal, having served his time in the US, is back in Jamaica and a very happy man. While he does not seem in a rush to hit the studios with a slew of prison-related material, there are already a number of songs which cover the range of entertainers' encounters of the unpleasant kind with the justice system. Of course, this also means that many a prominent Jamaican music personality has had brushes with the law.

"Devastating at first," is how Glendale Gordon described the last six months of his life which saw him being arrested, extradited to the United States, and spending two months in jail before being released and returning home, ready to resume his career as entertainer Busy Signal.

Some four years ago, five students studying music at the Edna Manley College for the Visual and Performing Arts decided to start a band. They chose the moniker 'Pentateuch and now the band has released its debut album which is already poised to make waves in the reggae arena.