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Lila Iké
Updated 16 hours ago

Protoje, Lila Iké for Food, Rum & Reggae Festival

Grammy-nominated reggae artiste Protoje will return to his home parish of St Elizabeth this November as the headline performer for the 2026 Treasure Beach Food, Rum & Reggae Festival, set for November 6-8. He will be joined by fellow Grammy-nominated reggae singer Lila Iké as the festival returns with an expanded three-day format. The announcement of Protoje as headliner is especially significant to organisers following the disruption caused by Hurricane Melissa last year.

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Tim Curry attends the Museum of the Moving Image salute to Alec Baldwin in New York on February 28, 2011.
Updated 16 hours ago

Iconic character actor Tim Curry dies at 80

AP: Tim Curry, a character actor who created a gallery of delicious, very loony villains for stage and screen, including Dr Frank-N-Furter in The Rocky Horror Picture Show and the smug concierge in…
Runkus
August 26, 2026

Runkus to bring culture, new music to MoBay festival

Runkus is excited to headline the 2026 MoBay Creative Arts Festival at the Montego Bay Cultural Centre on Sunday, joining a line-up of creatives celebrating Jamaican music, art and culture. “I feel…
Dolly Parton
August 26, 2026

Beloved music star, actress Dolly Parton dies at 80

Dolly Parton, the country music icon whose soaring vibrato vocals, poignant songwriting and sparkling costumes defined her rise from a log cabin in the Tennessee mountains to the height of stardom and…
Entertainment
August 26, 2026

Movie Review | ‘The End of Oak Street’ is a gonzo good time

At the end of the block in David Robert Mitchell’s The End of Oak Street is a cul-de-sac with a telephone pole in the middle and wires radiating out like the cables of a big top. It’s a fitting touch…
Miss Universe Jamaica 2026 Celene Hall.
August 25, 2026

‘Surreal’ Miss Universe Jamaica win for Portlander Celene Hall

With Celene Hall being crowned Miss Universe Jamaica 2026 on Sunday, the parish of Portland was flung into the pageant spotlight for the second time in August, and both times were historic. When…
Adrian Walker, one of the three music ministers who have joined forces to present the Ezer Gospel Concert on September 26 at NCU in Mandeville.
August 25, 2026 by Yasmine Peru

Gospel ministers to stage Ezer benefit concert at NCU

Music ministers Adrian Walker, Gamel Grant, and David Pryce have joined forces for a worthy cause. Their goal is to support students of the Northern Caribbean University (NCU) who have been severely…
Dolly Parton
August 25, 2026

Music icon and actor Dolly Parton dies at 80

AP – Dolly Parton, the country music icon whose soaring vibrato vocals, poignant songwriting and sparkling costumes defined her rise from a log cabin in the Tennessee mountains to the height of…
Actress Hayden Panettiere, who was also a child star, was found unresponsive at a residence in Greenville, South Carolina, earlier this month, and pronounced dead despite attempts to resuscitate her.
August 25, 2026

Actress says Hollywood does not protect child stars

Actress, Anna Paquin has spoken out about the dangers faced by female child stars following the death of Hayden Panettiere. Saying that young performers were “not as protected” by Hollywood as they…
Amanda Lindo who plays young Merelda in ‘Redeemed’.
August 24, 2026 by Yasmine Peru

‘Now or never’ for Tony Rebel - Entertainer makes his first visit to the cinema at ‘Redeemed’ première

When Rastafarian entertainer Tony Rebel was invited to the premiere of the faith-based crime drama, Redeemed: A Father’s Love, he said that he had to make one of those “now-or-never decisions”. He…