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26 Oct, 2026
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14-year-old Ngozi Wright makes feature film début
At just 14 years old, Ngozi Muzik Wright adds another milestone to an impressive performing arts journey that began when she was barely old enough to speak. The gifted young Jamaican, whose commanding…
26 Oct, 2026
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Chris Brown avoids prison time for brawling at London nightclub
LONDON (AP) – Grammy-winning singer Chris Brown avoided prison time on Monday for beating a music producer with a tequila bottle at a London nightclub three years ago. The 37-year-old was given an…
26 Oct, 2026
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Derrick Harriott shaped and preserved our music – Grange
Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport Olivia Grange has said that, with the death of Derrick Clifton Harriott, Jamaica, sadly, has lost another of the icons who helped to shape the…
26 Oct, 2026
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Lorna Goodison wins 2026 Derek Walcott Prize for Poetry
Celebrated Jamaican poet Lorna Goodison has added another prestigious international honour to an already distinguished literary career, winning the 2026 Derek Walcott Prize for Poetry for her…
26 Oct, 2026
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SAHS Dance Troupe ready for ‘United in Motion’
The talented young performers of St Andrew High School (SAHS) for Girls will take centre stage on Sunday, November 15, as the school’s Parent Teacher Association (PTA), in tandem with the SAHS Dance…
25 Oct, 2026
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John Legend embraces new creative challenges with ‘Muse’
LOS ANGELES (AP): Jay-Z once told John Legend, “You’re our voice”. But Pharrell Williams had another idea for Legend’s signature baritone: Sometimes, let it do more talking than singing. On his new…
25 Oct, 2026
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Clifton ‘Jackie’ Jackson: A towering gentleman of the bass
Clifton ‘Jackie’ Jackson embodies Robert Farris Thompson’s classic concept of the ‘aesthetic of the cool’, also referred to by the ancient Yoruba concept of itutu. He was the elegant bassist whose…
25 Oct, 2026
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Eleanor Coppola died before she could finish ‘Making Marie Antoinette’
In 2005, Eleanor Coppola shot 80 hours of behind-the-scenes footage during the production of Marie Antoinette. It was her daughter Sofia Coppola’s third feature and a quite ambitious one at that, with…
24 Oct, 2026
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Plenty in store for three-day Treasure Beach festival
Celebrating St Elizabeth’s farmers remains central to the vision of the Treasure Beach Food, Rum & Reggae Festival, which organisers are set to bring back to the south coast from November 6 to 8,…