Big award for Small

Tomorrow evening, Jean Small will walk onstage at the 20th Actor Boy Awards to accept her due honour for 50 years' work in theatre.

Oku still rebelling against the system

Back in the 1970s, when Black Power was the rage in Jamaica, it was cool to clench fists and wear an Afro.

Vegas blessed

His is one of the most distinctive voices in dancehall.

Ludacris-Lauryn Hill collaboration falls through

NEW YORK (AP):Ludacris' latest album features a number of female rappers - but the Grammy-winner acknowledges there's one lady he really wanted to work with."

America Ferrera, from ugly to Viking bombshell

NEW YORK (AP):America Ferrera got her break as a curvy teenager in Real Women Have Curves and broke into stardom as the lovely Ugly Betty. television series gets to its finale, the actress says she found some of herself in...

Hollywood star goes to Hopper

LOS ANGELES (AP):Bandaged and looking frail, actor and film-maker Dennis Hopper was honoured last Friday with a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame.

Prince ordered to pay promoter US$3 million

A Dublin judge ordered U.S. pop singer Prince to pay euro2.2 million (US$2.95 million) to Irish concert promoters last Friday for cancelling a 2008 concert at the last minute.

Greenwich Town relives glory days with concert

Few places were hotter musically in the 1970s than the neighbourhood of Greenwich Town.

Toots Hibbert pulls 'reggay' from 'streggay'

With the flourishing of roots music in the 1970s, capped off by Bob Marley and The Wailers' unprecedented and yet unmatched success, somehow 'reggae' became a catch-all for all of...

Four albums in the works

Toots Hibbert, along with A.J. Brown, performs on the Studio 38 series tonight at Pulse Headquarters, Trafalgar Road, New Kingston. It is an all too rare showing in Jamaica. However, Hibbert has been making his presence felt in the recording studio.

Miley's 'Last Song'

SANTA MONICA, California (AP):Singing was the last thing on Miley Cyrus' mind in The Last Song.

Will Smith's son impresses in new Karate Kid

LAS VEGAS (AP): Will and Jada Pinkett Smith's family is getting crowded with action heroes now that their 12-year-old son, Jaden, is beating up on bad guys.

Hot Tub Time Machine is a lukewarm soak

If you had a hot tub that could transport you to any era in time, would you really make a beeline for the 1980s?

Puppetry and pioneering

When Dennis Scott invited Jean Small to teach at the Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts, he asked her to devise a course. She came up with two, Caribbean Language and Folk Forms

Lady Hall for Good Friday musical

Call to the Cross, a musical dramatisation of the last days and crucifixion of Christ, will be staged on Good Friday at Kingston Parish Church at 5:30 p.m.

Debi Nova unleashed

NEW YORK (AP):Debi Nova has toured with Ricky Martin, collaborated with the Black Eyed Peas and has been nominated for six Grammys.

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