Recording artiste Joshua has voiced two songs, Gun or Life and Everyday is a Gunshot, for the 'No to Guns, Yes to Life' anti-gun campaign.The campaign will be launched on Monday at the Amphitheatre in the Portmore Mall and ends on February 6."We believe...
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame-inductee Jimmy Cliff is on the verge of releasing his latest CD, titled Existence. The project has 15 exciting songs, 13 of which are brand new compositions. On a recent trip to the island, Cliff gave this reporter an opportunity to listen...
LOS ANGELES (AP):A month after Brittany Murphy's mysterious death, her mother and husband say they are convinced the actress died of natural causes, not drugs or an eating disorder.In an interview with The Associated Press on Tuesday...
The Jamaica Jazz and Blues festival has not only shifted location from St James to Trelawny, but is also venturing into St Ann this year. Next Monday, Turnkey Productions, promoters of the show, will present Jamaica Jazz and Blues...
Gramps Morgan will be hoping to, yet again, soothe reggae fans with the release of his debut solo album, Two Sides of My Heart - Volume 1.The baritone singer, born Roy Morgan, branched out on his own with his 16-track solo...
NEW YORK (AP):The Grammys are staging an unprecedented tribute in honour of Michael Jackson, including a 3-D film clip the singer made before his death. A posthumous tribute to Jackson will be a focal point of the January 31 Grammy Awards broadcast...
LONDON (AP):Amy Winehouse admits it went beyond seasonal spirit.The soul diva pleaded guilty Wednesday to assaulting a theatre manager who asked her to leave a family Christmas show starring Mickey Rooney, because she'd had too much to drink....
NEW YORK (AP):With Simon Cowell's days numbered and Paula Abdul already gone, this season is shaping up to be the end of an era for the nation's most popular show, the Fox Network's 'American Idol.'However, when it comes to living up to its title and...
Vocalist Gramps Morgan of Morgan Heritage has revealed that the members of the family-group are itching to get back in the studio as a unit following their decision to venture into solo careers in 2008. The famous reggae...
The eyes of the world are focused on relief efforts for Haiti's earthquake survivors, even as activities on the social scene continue.Former president and United Nations special envoy for Haiti, Bill Clinton, greets an injured woman while touring...
Combining education and partying, promoters of the Bar-Raage series, Lawless Events and Alca Entertainment, are giving back to the partying community with the successful execution of the Bar-Raage Scholarship. Christmas Day...
BEVERLY HILLS, California (AP):James Cameron may get to proclaim himself king of the distant moon Pandora at the Academy Awards.Cameron - who borrowed Leonardo DiCaprio's line from Titanic and declared himself "king...
Vivian 'Yabby You' Jackson, the visionary producer/singer, has died. His close friend and musician, Leroy 'Horsemouth' Wallace said Yabby You passed away last Tuesday in May Pen, Clarendon, from an aneurism. He was 63 years old.
Twenty-eight-year-old Executive Assistant Cindy Lyons was named the winner of the inaugural Pulse Caribbean Model Search (CMS) full-figure reality TV competition this month.In the highly contested finals, Lyons and the season's top seven full figure...
Western Bureau: While several acts were forced to shorten their sets because of the jam-packed line-up, predominantly happy faces were seen filing out of the Port Kaiser Sports Club in St Elizabeth when deejay Assassin brought the curtains down...
BALTIMORE (AP): Edgar Allan Poe's fertile imagination has endured for more than 150 years - and so has his pale, death-haunted image, with his sunken eyes, a trim moustache and unruly mop of curly hair.However, scholars say Poe looked far more vigorous,...
The Jamaica Association of Vintage Artistes and Affiliates (JAVAA) kicks off what is expected to be another year of sublime entertainment events in The Gardens, The Jamaica Pegasus hotel, with their tribute, 'Bob Marley and Dennis Brown, the King...
Sean Kingston tried to keep his performance as Jamaican as possible, with a spin on the turntables while showing his love for Jamaica at the Coca-Cola Presents Sean Kingston in Concert at the National Golf Academy on Saturday night...
Tributes flowed freely on Saturday as family, friends and members of the art fraternity paid tribute to late theatrical icon Noel Douglas Vaz, who passed away peacefully on December 21, 2009.The Philip Sherlock Creative...
On March 15, Jamaica will have another illustrious musician in the prestigious Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. And this one is still alive to enjoy it. The other Jamaican, reggae icon Bob Marley, was inducted in 1994, many years after he had died...
Is your tongue golden? Well, if it's not you don't stand a chance to win the inaugural Golden Tongue Award (GTA) to be announced at this year's Poetry in Motion (PIM) show at Villa Gardens in Mandeville, Manchester, on February 28...
One of the biggest ironies of the annual Accompong Town Maroons' celebrations over the last several years is the influx of vendors selling non-traditional and imported wares. This anomaly has been discussed and written about ad nauseam, but there seems to be no end in sight.
