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Published:Wednesday | March 27, 2024 | 12:08 AM

The epic battle continues! Legendary Pictures’ cinematic Monsterverse follows up the explosive showdown of Godzilla vs. Kong with an all-new adventure that pits the almighty Kong and the fearsome Godzilla against a colossal undiscovered threat...

Published:Tuesday | March 26, 2024 | 12:10 AMYasmine Peru/Senior Gleaner Writer

Tributes are pouring in even as the theatre world reels from the shock death of retired educator Brian Heap. The former head of the Philip Sherlock Centre for the Creative Arts at The University of the West Indies (UWI) Mona campus, Heap, 73, had...

Published:Monday | March 25, 2024 | 6:59 PM

Music mogul Sean 'Diddy' Comb’s homes in Los Angeles and Miami have been raided as part of an ongoing sex trafficking investigation against the rapper. The 54-year-old is facing growing numbers of sexual harassment and rape lawsuits and was not...

Published:Monday | March 25, 2024 | 12:09 AMShanel Lemmie/Staff Reporter

In 2014 when Alex Morrissey was planning the first staging of Earth Hour JA, bubbling just below the surface of his ambitions was the thought, “I have never put on an event before and I don’t know how this is going to work”. Now a decade later,...

Published:Monday | March 25, 2024 | 12:09 AM

Premium carnival experiences is the promise from Hennessy for Jamaica Carnival 2024 and in order to keep things elevated, the brand will be executing with the Xodus and YardMas bands in the week leading up to Road March Day, April 7. Known for its...

Published:Monday | March 25, 2024 | 12:09 AM

Platinum-selling pop, reggae, and dancehall artiste, Patra is back with a brand new single, new management and adding actress to her name. Tender Touch, a soulful reggae-dancehall fusion single details how a woman should take control of her...

Published:Monday | March 25, 2024 | 12:07 AM

Leading the list of winners for the 41st IRAWMA awards were Teejay and Byron Messia with three awards each; and Christopher Martin, Sean Paul and Pablo YG with two each. Teejay, who was nominated in seven categories, won the Gregory Isaacs Award...

Published:Sunday | March 24, 2024 | 12:11 AM

The 43rd staging of the National Dance Theatre Company (NDTC) Easter concert — The Morning of Movement and Music — is set for Sunday, March 31, at 6 a.m. at the Little Theatre, and the event holds special significance as it pays tribute to alum...

Published:Monday | March 25, 2024 | 12:05 AMKrysta Anderson - Staff Reporter

A grand fanfare that paints dreams of jetés, plies, pirouettes and silhouettes in glitter and gold fashion. That’s what awaits patrons as the University Dance Society (UDS) celebrates its 50th season with a tapestry of art meets movement dubbed ‘...

Published:Sunday | March 24, 2024 | 12:06 AM-

Bob Marley’s contribution to Jamaican development and international progress crosses into areas as diverse as education, religion, tourism, business, sociology, history, identity, the arts, and family life. Yes, family life. Marley’s attention to...

Published:Saturday | March 23, 2024 | 12:07 AMKwela Cole/Gleaner Writer

On Wednesday night dancehall artiste Valiant traded the heavy-hitting sounds and high energy of dancehall for the intimacy of an acoustic performance through an unplugged session at Tacbar, located at Devon House in Kingston. The Valiant Unplugged...

Published:Friday | March 22, 2024 | 12:10 AMKwela Cole/Gleaner Writer

The smash hit song DNA has fast become a staple in fetes this 2024 carnival season. The artiste behind the song, Mical Teja, may sound unfamiliar to the ears of many fans of soca. But, he has long existed in the space as writer and producer behind...

Published:Friday | March 22, 2024 | 12:09 AMYasmine Peru/Senior Gleaner Writer

Popular Nigerian gospel singer, Victor Thompson, is the headline act for the Jerusalem concert scheduled to take place at the Liguanea Club, New Kingston, on March 30, and he is promising Jamaicans that it will be a “mind-blowing” experience....

Published:Friday | March 22, 2024 | 12:09 AM

Even though being a single mother can be challenging, Shakira is embracing her independence as she tries to balance her career and personal life. The Hips Don’t Lie hitmaker, who split from her footballer ex Gerard Pique in 2022, has reflected on...

Published:Friday | March 22, 2024 | 12:09 AM

Dancehall fans are eagerly anticipating this year’s Sashi Music Experience festival which will feature a Dancehall Night dubbed Sashi Energy on May 24 at Plantation Cove in St Ann. The night will feature a high-octane sound clash featuring Sound...

Published:Friday | March 22, 2024 | 12:08 AMYasmine Peru/Senior Gleaner Writer

Following Tuesday’s government walkout of Gordon House led by Prime Minister Andrew Holness, during Opposition Leader Mark Golding’s contribution to the Budget Debate, members of the entertainment industry have weighed in on the matter. In a...

Published:Friday | March 22, 2024 | 12:08 AM

LOS ANGELES (AP): Days after Beyoncé releases her highly anticipated eighth studio album, she’ll make an appearance at the 2024 iHeartRadio Music Awards to receive its innovator award. Beyoncé will appear at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles to...

Published:Thursday | March 21, 2024 | 3:10 PMKenrick Morgan/ Gleaner Writer

As GenXS Carnival gets ready to ‘Unleash the dragon’ at this year’s carnival road march in April, the band’s co-director, Kino Johnson, has some insightful reminders for ‘Carnival in Jamaica’ naysayers about the island’s soca roots. He was...

Published:Thursday | March 21, 2024 | 12:13 AM

The Jamaica Youth Chorale (JYC) will be showcasing an eclectic repertoire, featuring Jamaican and American composers, in Montego Bay and the DMV area in the United States to celebrate Easter. The collection, themed ‘Amazing Love’, includes...

Published:Thursday | March 21, 2024 | 12:13 AM

Regina King finds herself navigating life “minute by minute” since the passing of her son, Ian Alexander Jr, who tragically took his own life in January 2022 at the age of 26. Despite the overwhelming “physical absence”, she shares that over two...

Published:Wednesday | March 20, 2024 | 12:08 AM

In Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, the Spengler family returns to where it all started – the iconic New York City firehouse – to team up with the original Ghostbusters, who’ve developed a top-secret research lab to take busting ghosts to the next...

Published:Wednesday | March 20, 2024 | 12:07 AM

LOS ANGELES (AP): Ariana Grande and Dalton Gomez are now divorced. A Los Angeles Superior Court judgement dissolving their marriage of nearly three years became official Tuesday, six months after the 30-year-old pop star filed a petition to...

Published:Wednesday | March 20, 2024 | 12:06 AMKwela Cole/Gleaner Writer

Every year, in a bid to raise awareness, conservation organisations globally recognise Earth Hour. This is one hour on the last Saturday in March where all non-essential electric lights are turned off in solidarity to show commitment to the...

Published:Wednesday | March 20, 2024 | 12:05 AMDamian Levy/ Gleaner Writer

It’s always been easy to underestimate Kung Fu Panda. Like the dragon warrior himself, the series has shattered preconceptions from the very beginning. Jack Black’s animated antics have no right being as meaningful and philosophical as they’ve been...

Published:Tuesday | March 19, 2024 | 12:12 AM

Sharon Marley has been steadily building her own legacy, first as a member of the Marley family group the Melody Makers (with brothers Ziggy and Stephen and sister Cedella), then as an accomplished singer-songwriter-actress-curator-yogi and even...

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