Entertainment

The popular Cabbie Chronicles joined the Christmas festivities in an interesting way this year. The short, played on FlowonDemand, came out this weekend with an episode entitled 'Greetings from Yaad'....

Popular '90s party, Yesterday, lived up to its high standard.Despite being hosted at a new venue, and the talk of elections on the lips of everyone, the event was able to maintain its audience and deliver its usual...

Over the years, political parties have used popular Jamaican hit recordings to help bolster their election campaigns. As early as 1960, Clancy Eccles' Freedom was used for political purposes, when Sir Alexander Bustamante, founder of the Jamaica Labour Party and Chief Minister at the time, adopted it for his fight against the Federation of the West Indies.

It is Christmas Day and The Sunday Gleaner again focuses on two Jamaican Christmas songs which have proven themselves perennial favourites.

A special-education teacher in New York, Khalilah Rose recently quit her job to pursue music in an effort to help bring change to the world.

(AP):1. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Cabin Fever by Jeff Kinney (Amulet Books)2. Steve Jobs: A Biography by Walter Isaacson (Simon & Schuster)3. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins (Scholastic Press)4.

At Tuesday's signing of the memorandum of understanding (MoU) between Jamaica Reggae Industry Association (JaRIA) and Association Reggae Sun Ska (ARSS), the calendar for Reggae Month was also publicised.

Chris Martin is a busy man this festive season.

The Palisadoes Go-Kart Track, Port Royal, will come alive tomorrow as Renaissance Disco hosts the 2011 edition of its highly anticipated All White Party.According to Renaissance's Delano Thomas, the event is about fashion and elegance....

It's almost here folks! No, not the elections. Christmas! And persons are finding different ways to celebrate during the season....

AMSTERDAM (AP):The editor of a Dutch fashion magazine has been fired after the publication used a racial slur to refer to Barbados-born Rihanna, setting off a social-media furor and prompting an outraged response from the singer...

With Christmas Day just around the corner, for many patrons Daydreams gave them a nice way to kick off the Christmas season.Held on Sunday at Hope Gardens, the event saw a good turnout, good music and had a good atmosphere...