Dakota Johnson says she will “never do anything like” Madame Web again. The 34-year-old star plays the title role in the superhero blockbuster that has been savaged by both critics and audiences, and she admits that the experience in the Spider-Man...
The Jamaica Broilers Group Limited officially launched The Best Dressed Chicken ‘Fun in the Son’ 2024 at the AC Hotel recently, marking a significant milestone of the group’s 65th anniversary. The gospel festival, which will be held on April 20 at...
LONDON (AP): Novels that give voice to the often unheard stories of migrants around the world are among the nominees for the 2024 Women’s Prize for Fiction. The 16-book longlist announced Tuesday for the 30,000 pound (US$38,000) award includes...
TALLAHASSEE, Florida (AP): Iconic Florida singer Jimmy Buffett named one of his albums A1A in honour of the coastal highway that winds through about 340 miles (545 kilometers) along the state’s Atlantic Coast, and now Florida is about to return...
The National Commercial Bank Jamaica Limited (NCB) has called on international music producer, Tarik ‘Rvssian’ Johnston, to help in its mission to raise awareness on fraud prevention. This move is part of the bank’s ongoing initiatives to educate...
LONDON (AP): The estate of Sinead O’Connor on Monday asked Donald Trump not to play her music at campaign rallies, saying the late singer considered the former president a “biblical devil”. Trump has played O’Connor’s biggest hit, Nothing...
LONDON (AP): Britain’s government appeared to have made an embarrassing mistake Tuesday after it advertised that Kate, the Princess of Wales, will attend a Trooping the Colour ceremony in June, apparently before consulting palace officials. The...
From Blumhouse, the genre-defining masterminds behind Five Nights At Freddy’s and M3GAN, comes an original horror that taps into the innocence of imaginary friends – and begs the question: Are they really figments of childhood imagination or is...
Independent dancehall artistes, Bay-C from popular dancehall group TOK and Billboard chart-topping artiste Xyclone, lived up to the title of their project when they dislodged reggae icon, Bob Marley, from atop the USA iTunes Reggae Albums Chart on...
LONDON (AP): The estate of Sinead O’Connor on Monday asked Donald Trump not to play her music at campaign rallies, saying the late singer considered the former president a “biblical devil”. Trump has played O’Connor’s biggest hit, Nothing Compares...
In what felt like the wait of a thousand-year prophecy, Dune: Part Two is finally unleashed upon the cinema-going public. The story of Paul Atreides and his fight for the Fremen continues, pulling him in all manner of directions. Is he the messiah...
Harris Lloyd Seaton, more popularly known as BB Seaton, died today at age 79 in London, England. Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Olivia Grange, says that with Seaton's death "another one of the giants of Jamaican music has...
The reggae and dancehall community is set to converge in Nine Mile, St Ann, Jamaica, this Saturday to pay tribute to Joseph ‘Jo Mersa’ Marley. The celebration, produced by the Marley family, will feature live performances to honour the life of the...
South African world music singer, Lorraine Klaasen, will be flying to Jamaica for the third staging of Bring Back The Love concert, scheduled for Saturday, April 20 at the Courtleigh Auditorium in St Andrew. An LDC Enterprises production, Bring...
The question-filled audience at the Temple of Light Centre for Spiritual Living on Fairway Avenue, St Andrew, last week Sunday heard about both the frustrations and the joys of trying to write and publish books. The process was ultimately “very...
The 41st International Reggae and World Music Awards (IRAWMA) will make a grand return to South Florida on March 22 – for the eighth time in 41 years – and will be held at the Lauderhill Performing Arts Center, with celebrity red carpet arrival...
Movie theatres were looking for a saviour and Dune: Part Two is delivering on the promise. Armed with sandworms, big screen spectacle and the star power of Timothée Chalamet, Denis Villeneuve ’s science fiction epic stormed the North American box...
WESTERN BUREAU: Veteran Jamaican broadcaster, language coach and cultural ambassador, Fae Ellington, has characterised the success of the movie Bob Marley: One Love as a call for Jamaicans to be introspective and rediscover the love and respect...
Romain Virgo’s album launch on Thursday at the AC Hotel Kingston was a vibe. Despite the short notice – Wednesday for Thursday – media, colleagues, family, friends and fans showed up to celebrate the unveiling of Virgo’s fourth studio album, The...
Jamaica’s legendary dancehall deejay Rodney ‘Bounty Killer’ Price was left revelling in the recognitions he received for his contribution to music in Jamaica at the Reggae Gold Awards held at the National Indoor Sports Centre in Kingston on...
The memorial service for Morgan Heritage lead singer, Peetah Morgan, will be held on March 7 in Orlando, Florida, at a venue to be announced, the family has confirmed. Details include that there will be a public viewing starting at 3 p.m.; the...
Royal Blu x Runkus are two Jamaican reggae stars that are rocketing to becoming household names. Though not formally a duo, the pair are frequent collaborators and share the same dream of unifying the nation under a central ital banner. Both...
Who won the Jamaica Local Government Elections was the $64,000 question of the week. And, with the Electoral Office of Jamaica (EOJ) still counting, and both the ruling Jamaica Labour Party and the Opposition People’s National Party claiming...
After spending half a decade away from home, Jah9 has returned to Jamaican shores with a stirring performance of her decade’s worth of hits. At Saturday’s staging of Lost in Time Festival, Jah9, alongside over a dozen musical peers, delivered a...
AP: If you watched Lifetime’s Wendy Williams docuseries that premiered over the weekend and felt uncomfortable, you weren’t alone. Where is Wendy Williams? premiered over the weekend and featured numerous scenes of the former talk-show host...
