Blessed with musical genes in his DNA, Isat Buchanan produced an album before becoming a lawyer. He once fancied himself becoming a big entertainer, following in the footsteps of his father, the legendary Manley ‘Big Youth’ Buchanan. But after...
NEW YORK (AP): Before he was a star on TV, Al Roker was a huge fan of watching it, especially animated shows. “I spent a lot of Saturday mornings in front of the TV,” he says. “I was one of those kids who waited with bated breath because going...
NEW YORK (AP): In July, Justin Bieber surprised fans by releasing his seventh studio album, Swag, hours after he teased it on billboards and social media posts. It turns out, he wasn’t done yet. On Thursday morning, Bieber shared that Swag II...
‘I won’t let you go ’til you bless me.’ That declaration from the biblical story of Jacob is the heartbeat of Kevin Downswell’s new Afro-gospel single, Bless Me, which has already struck a chord with listeners since its official release on Monday...
TORONTO (AP): “I wish I had more bad things to say about him,” Bill Murray says in the opening moments of the documentary John Candy: I Like Me. It has always been hard to find a negative word about Candy. The great Canadian comedian and actor not...
One thing that will be remembered from Giomar Mitchell’s performance at the PAN 2025 Finals on Sunday, is that he never leaves his camp behind. Upcoming artiste Umar ‘Soun Bwoii’ Dixon, who was celebrating his birthday, was among the studio...
Romance films will often be unabashedly romantic about love, and realism doesn’t really factor into the equation. In The Roses, for the couple Theo and Ivy, it was love at first sight. They found in each other a kinship that was explosive, burning...
Lloyd ‘Reggaeology’ Laing is no stranger to Jamaica’s cultural and creative landscape. Raised in the breadbasket parish and educated in the “city on the hill”, his formative years were guided by grandparents who were educators in Cornwall County...
Internationally acclaimed reggae/dancehall megastar Sean Paul said his fresh approach using the AI tool for his recent video Ginger was a desire he had envisioned from his hit collaboration with dancehall artiste Mr Vegas on the track Hot gal (She...
LOS ANGELES (AP): A woman branded as the ‘Ketamine Queen’ pleaded guilty Wednesday to selling actor Matthew Perry the drug that killed him, becoming the fifth and final defendant charged in Perry’s overdose death to admit guilt. Jasveen Sangha...
Jamaican dancehall artiste Macka Diamond is thrilled to be heading to Ghana this week for a special performance in Accra, the capital, on Saturday night. The veteran entertainer has toured extensively across the world and has performed in Africa...
On November 8 and 9, Jamaica is expected to play host to a new kind of music festival aimed at bringing together a multitude of genres like Amapiano, Afrobeats, R...
Published:Wednesday | September 3, 2025 | 12:10 AM
NEW YORK (AP): Graham Greene, a trailblazing Indigenous actor whose long and successful career on the big and small screens included an Oscar nomination for his portrayal of Kicking Bird in Dances with Wolves, has died. He was 73. Greene died on...
Published:Wednesday | September 3, 2025 | 12:10 AM
VENICE, Italy (AP): Dwayne Johnson takes a serious turn as UFC fighter Mark Kerr in The Smashing Machine, which had its world premiere Monday at the Venice Film Festival. “I have for a long time wanted this,” Johnson said before the premiere. “The...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A jury gave Cardi B a quick and absolute victory Tuesday at a trial in the lawsuit of a security guard who alleged the rap star assaulted her at a doctor's office during her first pregnancy. The jury at a small courthouse in...
From Yard, the award-winning television series pilot, which had its red carpet première in Jamaica in 2023, has been acquired by popular streaming platform Tubi and is now available for viewing internationally. Based on the autobiographical novel...
Australia is calling again and foundation singer, Stranger Cole, is ready to pack his bags and go. On December 5, the ska, rocksteady and reggae pioneer will kick off the first in a series of six concerts which will see him performing at venues in...
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City's West Indian American Day Parade, one of the world's largest celebrations of Caribbean culture, kicked off Monday with vibrant costumes, colourful flags and the sounds of soca and reggae music. Along with crowds of...
The entrance, the surprises, the production level, the old cars and zinc fence used to replicate real street vibes, all came together seamlessly as Popcaan and the team did their big one at Streetz Festival at the National Stadium’s parking lot on...
Xodus Carnival plans to kick off the Carnival in Jamaica season in a major way with its inaugural music festival, the Xodus Wet Music Festival on Saturday, October 4 at the Kingston Waterfront. The event starts at 4 a.m. and continues until 11 a.m...
LONDON (AP): When pop groups and rock bands practise or perform, they rely on their guitars, keyboards and drumsticks to make music. Oliver McCann, a British AI music creator who goes by the stage name imoliver, fires up his chatbot. McCann’s songs...
Wendy Williams reportedly has no plans to return to television. The 61-year-old former talk show host, who fronted The Wendy Williams Show for more than a decade and is currently fighting to get out of a guardianship, is instead said to be focusing...
Major Lazer is back with brand-new music and a new member. British-Jamaican artiste and content creator America Foster, has joined Diplo, Ape Drums, and Walshy Fire in the latest iteration of the multi-platinum and diamond-charting group....
