Entertainment

Internationally recognised dub poet Mutabaruka will be one of the main presenters during the United Theological College of the West Indies' (UTCWI) Founders' Week, which began on Monday at the College's Golding Avenue complex....

Music events dominated the scene during the weekend...

Big Ship, in association with Tru-Juice, staged a successful show dubbed Tunn Up St Catherine, with an energy-filled night at Dinthill Technnical High School last Friday.The Big Ship crew kept the fairly large crowd busy as flag bearers Stephen 'Di...

Team Beckham is adding a girl to its roster. Soccer great David Beckham and wife Victoria are expecting their fourth child, and a spokesman said Sunday that the couple has learned that it will be a girl.

LOS ANGELES:Mel Gibson used some lightning legal moves last Friday to abruptly end a domestic violence case involving a fight last year with his then girlfriend. Within hours, Gibson was charged with misdemeanour spousal battery and pleaded no contest...

NEW YORK:Hollywood would like to skip spring and head straight to summer.The summer-style blockbuster Battle: Los Angles performed like one at the box office, opening to a strong debut of US$36 million, according to studio estimates yesterday.

LOS ANGELES: Charlie Sheen is taking his show on the road.A spokesman for the outspoken actor said tickets go on sale Saturday for shows in Detroit and Chicago next month called 'Charlie Sheen Live: My Violent Torpedo of Truth'.

After the popular Shottas, which starred deejay Spragga Benz, another Jamaican movie with a similar theme is now set to begin its production. The movie, titled Gangstas, is being done by Platinum Camp Records in association with Black Roses Entertainment and Augustus Films, and is about a Jamaican male who was brought up in a broken home and gets involved in street life.

Japan is a major reggae market, so Thursday's major earthquake and tsunami have sent aftershocks through the Jamaican music industry. While there will be negative implications for our music industry as a result of the magnitude 8.9 earthquake and tsunami in Japan, local artistes who frequent the country say they are more concerned about the loss of lives and property.

Come this Thursday, music will fill the air of the University Chapel, University of The West Indies, when Claudio Recabarren, famed Chilean neo-classical composer and pianist takes centerstage in a free concert being presented by the Embassy of Chile.

The lights, the cameras, and the nominees are ready for this year's staging of the 21st Actor Boy Awards. Scheduled for March 28 at the Pantry Playhouse in New Kingston, the Actor Boy Awards seeks to applaud the very best each year in Jamaican theatre.