Fresh off winning a silver award from the American Advertising Awards, the Reggae Sumfest team is now eyeing another milestone after receiving a nomination from the Caribbean Music Awards in the category of ‘Music Event of the Year’. The Caribbean...
It’s cancer season and Naki Depass just celebrated her 26th this past Wednesday. The SAINT International star made the most of the big day with a boozy brunch date in Manhattan at the American brasserie, The Smith, ahead of a subway ride across...
LAS VEGAS (AP): An ailing former Los Angeles-area gang leader has been denied release from a Las Vegas jail ahead of his trial in the 1996 killing of music legend Tupac Shakur, despite a bid by a hip-hop music figure to underwrite his US$750,000...
It’s hard to make a bad horror movie. Even at its worst, the genre is almost exempt from a label of unenjoyable. When the performances are terrible, we laugh harder. When the story makes no sense, at the very least we revel at the gore. Despite...
When National Geographic approached Anthony Mackie with an opportunity to swim with sharks to kick off its SharkFest programming, it was an easy yes for the Marvel star who is the new Captain America. The water, says Mackie, is a “safe space” where...
WESTERN BUREAU: Sherona Small, a 21-year-old final-year social work student at the Frome campus of the Montego Bay Community College, will represent the parish of Westmoreland at the 2024 Miss Jamaica Festival Queen National Coronation in August....
Shamoya Bailey, the 24-year-old newly crowned Miss St Mary Festival Queen, is embarking on an inspiring journey to uplift the lives of the elderly and shut-ins across her parish. Bailey captured the hearts of both the audience and adjudicators...
NEW YORK (AP): There have been five CSI shows with actors playing forensics experts – CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, CSI: Miami, CSI: New York, CSI: Cyber and CSI: Vegas. Now it’s time for the real experts to bask in the spotlight. The Real CSI:...
Renata Hunt will represent the parish of Trelawny at the Miss Jamaica Festival Queen National Coronation in Kingston in August. She emerged victorious over five other contestants to secure the parish title during the coronation event held at the...
Experience the day the world went quiet. Directed by: Michael Sarnoski Starring: Academy Award winner Lupita Nyong’o, Joseph Quinn, Alex Wolff and Academy Award nominee, Djimon Hounsou. THE BIKERIDERS Fearless and free The Bikeriders...
Under the moonlight at the Ranny Williams Entertainment Centre’s open-air theatre on Sunday, 10 beautiful and accomplished women descended onto the decorated stage with backdrop of whites and blues. By the end of the night, one of them would be...
NEW YORK (AP): The 2024 BET Awards are fast approaching. Last year’s show celebrated 50 years of hip hop, with tributes to the genre’s earliest voices, late legends and new talent during a show packed with spectacular performances that consistently...
In a little over a year, the Jamaican short film A Shade Of Indigo has come a long way. Beginning its journey with a debut showing at the 2023 staging of The Shot List film festival, the story of a young girl’s struggle with self-acceptance and the...
ATLANTA (AP): Reality TV star Julie Chrisley’s sentence for bank fraud and tax evasion was thrown out on Friday by federal appeals judges, who ordered a lower court to redo her punishment over what the appellate panel called a “narrow issue”....
NEW YORK (AP): Weekend number two was just as joyous for Inside Out 2. The Pixar sequel collected US$100 million in ticket sales in its second weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday, setting a new record for an animated movie in its follow...
Lupita Nyong’o developed a vocal cord polyp due to the “super-positive voice” she used to play a robot in her upcoming film. The 41-year-old actress said she was forced to rest her voice for three months after she strained herself during her work...
Jonathan Majors’ faith has been “tested” but “strengthened” by his assault and harassment convictions. The Creed III actor, 34, is finishing a year of court-ordered domestic violence intervention programme as part of his sentencing and reflected on...
For more than four decades, Kingsley Copper served in multiple executive roles at Pulse Investments Limited. Through the company, his contribution to national development helped shape the country’s entertainment, fashion, and real estate industries...
In a remarkable testament to perseverance and determination, 25-year-old biology teacher Stephena Edwards has been crowned the new Miss St Thomas Festival Queen. Her victory, celebrated at the Colonel Cove complex in Morant Bay on Saturday, June 8...
As the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) continues its mission to crown the Miss Jamaica Festival Queen for 2024, eyes turned to Portland on June 15 where the stage was set at Port Antonio High School for a night of cultural...
LAS VEGAS (AP): A former Los Angeles-area gang leader accused of killing hip-hop music legend Tupac Shakur in 1996 in Las Vegas will ask a judge next week to let him out of jail to prepare for his trial on a murder charge. Duane ‘Keffe D’ Davis’...
Taylor Wily, a former sumo wrestler who became known for his role as confidential informant Kamekona Tupuola on both Hawaii Five-0 and Magnum P.I, has died, his friend and a Hawaii Five-0 producer both said Friday. He was 56. Hawaii Five-0...
LOS ANGELES (AP): Migos rapper Quavo’s quest to transform his nephew Takeoff’s tragic shooting into a force for change convened with a summit against gun violence on what would have been the late rapper’s 30th birthday. Quavo held the inaugural...
On Sunday, June 30, Kingston Creative Artwalk will feature pieces from emerging artists, providing them with a platform to showcase their work, along with crochet classes, pottery painting, a ‘paint off’ by Sherwin-Williams, and live performances...
