Entertainment

Our shutterbug was kept busy last week: We spotted former Prime Minister Edward Seaga and immediate family at an intimate birthday dinner...

Jamaica-born actor Jermaine Rowe opens on Broadway this July with the return of the Tony award-winning production, Fela!. Rowe, a former dancer with the Dance Theatre of Harlem Ensemble, which recently toured Jamaica...

Spartan Wellness & Recreation Centre was the venue for the latest Miss Jamaica World contest. There were 20 beautiful women vying for the title of Miss Jamaica World ATI...

Jamaican theatre company, Eight Seven Six, producer of the hit musical Last Call will bring another Broadway-style show to audiences this summer with Mr & Mrs Blacke. Broadway or Broadway theatre, is known for theatrical performances presented...

TORONTO (AP): A massive stage collapse hours before a Radiohead concert was to begin left a British man dead and three others injured, officials said. Emergency Medical Services deputy commander David Viljakainen said the Brit who was trapped under the rubble...

Last year he had on training wheels, but this year Christopher Roberts has launched out on his own to host Groovin In The Park that will be held in Queens, New York, on July 1. On September 4 last year, Roberts, CEO of Groovin Inc, partnered with the Irie Jam Media Group to host the Reggae Rhythm & Blues Festival at Roy Wilkins Park in Queens

It has been six years since International Reggae Day (IRD), produced by Jamaica Arts Holdings (JAH), has ventured outdoors for a large-scale event, to complement the standard 24-hour worldwide media festival.

Television Jamaica (TVJ), as part of its 2012 Summer Olympics coverage, has signed a groundbreaking deal with London-based media conglomerate British Sky Broadcasting Group (BSkyB).

Jamaican popular music is replete with songs for mothers by male performers, a strong indication of the dominant maternal role in their lives. Shabba Ranks' Mama Christie and Bounty Killer's Miss Ivy are as much a part of dancehall lore as a reasonably popular entertainer, while Richie Stephens went as far as to record the song Shine with his 'Mama Carmen'.

Grammy Award-winning R&B legend Gladys Knight has been added to the stellar line-up for the 2012 Groovin' In The Park concert which unfolds at Roy Wilkins Park in Queens, New York, on July 1.

Twin Stars Entertainment is gearing up for the fourth staging of its flagship event, Rum Bar Double Shots, on July 1. The event started out as a beach party, but the promoters have decided to spice things up for this summer by transforming Double Shots into a water fête.