Entertainment

Alborosie, born Alberto D’Ascola
December 9, 2025

Alborosie evokes ‘mystical energy’ with ‘Nine Mile’ album

Nine Mile is the title of the ninth studio album from Italian reggae singer, deejay and producer based in Kingston, Alborosie. If the name sounds familiar, it could be because Nine Mile in St Ann is…
Gospel music veterans Tommy Cowan (right) and Carlene Davis.
December 9, 2025 by Kenrick Morgan

‘God will cover us through the storm’

Gospel music veterans Tommy Cowan and Carlene Davis are encouraging Jamaicans to hold firmly to God as the country grapples with the impact of Melissa, the major Category 5 hurricane which has wreaked…
Flavor Flav is heading to the Olympics as USA Bobsled and Skeleton’s official hype man.
December 9, 2025

‘Coolest Runnings’: Flavor Flav gives bobsled and skeleton a try

PARK CITY, Utah (AP): At 66 years old, Flavor Flav went 67 mph. That was all it took to get him hooked on sliding. Meet the newest fan of the US bobsled and skeleton programme: a Rock and Roll Hall…
June Lockhart (right), who played the character of Ruth Martin, mother of Timmy Martin, played by Jon Provost (left), during the classic series ‘Lassie’, poses for a photograph with Lassie, 9th generation, during arrivals at CBS’s 75th anniversary ce
December 9, 2025

June Lockhart, beloved mother figure from ‘Lassie’, dies at 100

LOS ANGELES (AP): June Lockhart, who became a mother figure for a generation of television viewers, whether at home in Lassie or up in the stratosphere in Lost in Space, has died. She was 100.…
This cover image released by ByStorm Entertainment/RCA Record shows ‘CAOS’ by Miguel.
December 9, 2025

Miguel releases ‘CAOS’, first studio album in nearly a decade

NEW YORK (AP): If you wondered why Miguel didn’t release a studio album for nearly a decade, his response is simple: life. “I needed to do some growing. I had to get [it] together.” Since 2017’s War…
Members of the Cultural and Creative Industries Alliance of Jamaica from left:  Gavin Hutchinson; Dr Deborah Hickling Gordon; Latoya West-Blackwood; Kemesha Kelly Swaby; Andrea Dempster Chung; Sherando Ferril; Kaiel Eytle; and Yorkali Walters.
December 9, 2025

Cultural and creative industries contribute $107b to GDP annually — report

The Cultural and Creative Industries Alliance of Jamaica (CCIAJ) — a grouping of industry associations, including Kingston Creative, BIAJ, JAFTA, WIFT, JaRIA, Dream Entertainment, Montego Bay…
Members of Bon Jovi front row (from left), Tico Torres, Jon Bon Jovi, David Bryan, back row (from left), Phil X, and Hugh McDonald pose for a portrait in New York on October 19, 2016.
December 9, 2025

Bon Jovi talks first tour since surgery, new album and Bruce Springsteen

LONDON (AP): Bon Jovi will embark on their first tour in four years in 2026 – and it’s more than just a victory lap. In 2022, singer Jon Bon Jovi saw a doctor who said one of his vocal cords was…
Romain Virgo performing at the Rise to the Occasion concert, a tribute to Sizzla Kalonji’s 30 yearrs in the music industry, held on Sunday, 
October 19.
December 9, 2025

Big names for RISE Reggae Barbados

Barbados is about to be ignited with music and uplifting energy as RISE Reggae returns this November. Following the success of the inaugural RISE Reggae Festival in Montreal and the vibrant…
From left: Collette Barham of the Ministry of Labour; Arianne Hammond; Nora Blake, manager at the Jamaica Social Stock Exchange; Eton Pearcy, Jam Rock Events; Tanisha Pitters-Montaque, principal, Windward Road Primary School; Nkoya McLeod and Tamikee Walsh
December 9, 2025

Concert promoter fulfils dreams to assist alma mater

Chief executive officer of Jam Rock Events, Eton Pearcy, always had a dream to give back to his alma mater, Windward Road Primary School. Pearcy, who benefited from meals provided by the school, says…