The year 2025 has been another milestone one for diamond-selling reggae artiste, Shaggy. In recent months, the entertainer, who is managed by Martin Kierszenbaum/Cherrytree Music Company, fronted Peugeot’s 3008 global campaign, co-curated and...
VATICAN CITY (AP): Pope Leo XIV welcomed Spike Lee, Cate Blanchett, Greta Gerwig and dozens of other Hollywood luminaries to a special Vatican audience Saturday, celebrating cinema and its ability to inspire and unite. He encouraged the filmmakers...
After more than a week of national heartbreak following the devastating impact of Hurricane Melissa, Jamaican entertainment promoters are stepping up to bring hope and healing. Livewire returns for its sixth staging on November 20 at Usain Bolt’s...
When it comes to colourful, larger-than-life characters, the reggae-dancehall space has produced its fair share. And none was more colourful that the man named Harold Jackson, but known to all as Joe Lickshot, “the original pioneer from ancient day...
Bishop of The Faith Center Ministries in Sunrise, Florida, Henry B. Fernandez, pastors what is described in his official bio as “a thriving, multiracial congregation of over 10,000 members”. Considering that a mega-church is defined as any...
Camden’s award-winning music venue, KOKO, played host to the first I Love Jamaica concert in London on Thursday, including a number of the United Kingdom’s biggest names in pop and British reggae. All had gathered to support relief efforts in...
NEW YORK (AP): For many, Selena Quintanilla-Pérez has taken on a mythical status. The Queen of Tejano broke barriers for women in Latin music, and her influence is evident in today’s regional Mexicana boom. Thirty years after she was killed at 23...
Internationally acclaimed Jamaican gospel artiste Chevelle Franklyn will perform at House On The Rock’s The Experience @20, one of the world’s largest gospel concerts, themed ‘Jesus United’. The event is set for Friday, December 5 at Tafawa Balewa...
Singing sensation Alaine is one of the artistes who will be performing on the I Love Jamaica telethon on Sunday, November 23, to raise funds to assist those who have been affected by Hurricane Melissa. Full of compassion for the plight of those who...
This week, 5 Questions With ... had a quick conversation with not one, but two celebrities who have responded to the plight of Jamaicans after the devastation caused by Hurricane Melissa on October 28. American DJ and music producer Thomas Wesley...
NEW YORK (AP): Fashion designer Tom Ford has called up Adele to co-star in his adaptation of Anne Rice’s Cry to Heaven, his production company said Wednesday. The film, which Ford is writing, directing and producing, will mark the acting debut of...
Fresh off the heels of the successful Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle, another anime hits Jamaican cinemas. This time, a film continuing the story of the viral sensation Chainsaw Man. The Reze Arc features the same cast as the series, following the...
Dancehall artiste Marlon ‘KipRich’ Plunkett is a very happy man after prosecutors dropped their case accusing him of allegedly promoting gang activity and praising a purported gang leader in a song. The move came after prosecutors revealed they had...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A California court on Wednesday denied rapper Tory Lanez's appeal of his guilty verdict on charges he fired a gun at Megan Thee Stallion. A three-judge panel from the California 2nd District Court of Appeal issued a ruling...
Published:Wednesday | November 12, 2025 | 12:19 AM
LONDON (AP): Canadian-Hungarian-British writer David Szalay won the Booker Prize for fiction on Monday for Flesh, the story of one man’s life from working-class origins in Hungary to mega-wealth in Britain, in which what isn’t on the page is just...
Published:Wednesday | November 12, 2025 | 12:10 AM
“You’ll never leave us or forsake us, so lead us into brighter days.” Those words, simple yet profound, became the heartbeat of recording artiste Christopher Morris, better known as Chris Malachi, and his latest release, Brighter Days. Penned...
When Dexta Daps and Daseca Productions teamed up in 2015 for the single Shabba Madda Pot, they knew that the song was great, and they were anticipating that it would hit, but most of all they hoped for longevity. A decade later, Shabba Madda Pot is...
In the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa, one of the most powerful storms ever to strike Jamaica, a new initiative is rallying global support for recovery. The ‘Let’s Rebuild: Jamaica Strong’ campaign has launch its GoFundMe drive and companion...
In response to the devastation caused by Hurricane Melissa across Jamaica, the Government of Jamaica, through the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, has endorsed the ‘I Love Jamaica’ concert series to mobilise critical resources...
LOS ANGELES (AP): Cyndi Lauper turned True Colours into a defiant call for courage and the music of Outkast, Soundgarden and the White Stripes brought waves of emotion Saturday night at the Rock...
The American première performances of the new stage comedy written, directed by and starring Jamaican theatre legend Oliver Samuels, will serve as fundraisers for hurricane relief efforts in Jamaica. The production will play in the New York Tri...
Assistance has been pouring into the island from all corners of the world post-Hurricane Melissa, and Ghana is no exception. Citizens of the west African country have been gathering relief supplies to send to the land of wood and water, and this...
Philanthropy, passion and purpose linked arms on the Rooftop Terrace of the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, last Thursday, as media gathered to hear the details of the I Love Jamaica telethon and global concerts, which form...
Vybz Kartel was moved to tears as he stood among a group of children with disabilities at the Westhaven Children’s Home in Copse, Hanover, on Thursday. Many of the children at the privately operated institution danced and screamed his name, “Kartel...
