Empire star Jussie Smollett was blunt, emotional and defiantly determined over the weekend at a Southern California concert some urged him not to play, telling the crowd before singing a note that he had to go on with the show because he couldn’t let his attackers win...
LOS ANGELES (AP) Young and the Restless actor Kristoff St. John, has died at age 52. Officials say Los Angeles police were called to his home on Sunday and his body was turned over to the Los Angeles County coroner. The cause of death...
One of the welcome announcements at the recent launch of Reggae Month was the decision to present Reggae Gold Awards to 50 individuals or groups in acknowledgement of their contribution to and the mark they have made on Jamaican pop culture since...
In 1989, a movie was released entitled Driving Miss Daisy. It starred Morgan Freeman as the driver of an elderly Jewish widow (played by Jessica Tandy) whose finest personality trait was that she was never afraid to speak her mind, no matter how...
Fast-rising recording artiste Neequah has joined the list of artistes promoting body positivity, encouraging people to ‘love the skin they’re in. Her song Ms Melanin has been receiving heavy rotation on the local airwaves and has...
The much-anticipated carnival road march is about 12 weeks away, and the calendar has become jam-packed with fetes that already have soca lovers feeling ‘sweet fuh days’. However, there are a few spirits that have been dampened as...
A new novel set in Trinidad spins the tale of an absorbing family drama that ultimately explores the tension between individualism and utilitarianism. Claire Adam’s debut novel, Golden Child, is a page-turner not by dint of cliffhangers...
The victim in Bill Cosby’s criminal sex-assault case has settled a defamation lawsuit against a former prosecutor who said she added details to her story over time.Andrea Constand’s suit against Bruce Castor had been set for trial in April in Philadelphia after a federal judge refused to dismiss it...
It’s been barely a week since Saint International model Naki Depass successfully booked multiple shows for the biggest designers at the just-wrapped Couture Spring/Summer collection season in Paris...
Evening showers did little to dampen the parade of VP Records ‘Strictly the Best – Live’ concert, hosted at Usain Bolt Tracks and Records in Montego Bay on Wednesday...
In Jamaica, compiling an authentic top 10 singles, albums or collaborations list is deemed virtually impossible, and there is no apparent effort to change that...
Rising star Khalia is set to leave the island on February 5 for a tour of Latin America. The tour will include shows in Guatemala, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Chile and Colombia, as the opening act for reggae artiste Alborosie. She said that when the...
Maroon chief Colonel Wallace Sterling and researcher David Brown gave glimpses into the mysteries of Maroon culture to a packed library at the Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts (EMCVPA). They heard about esoteric phenomena,...
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts (AP): Bryce Dallas Howard has been paraded through Harvard Square by extravagantly costumed college students. The Jurassic World star is being honoured Thursday as Woman of the Year by Harvard University’s Hasty...
NEW YORK (AP): Cardi B has made a brief appearance in a New York City courtroom in a case stemming from a strip club melee last fall. The Bodak Yellow rapper’s check-in lasted all of a minute on Thursday. She’s due back on April 4...
OTTAWA, Ontario (AP): The Canadian Parliament passed a motion saying Netflix should compensate the people of Lac-Megantic, Quebec, for using footage of the 2013 rail disaster in the post-apocalyptic survival film Bird Box. The footage involved...
Now in its eighth year, Grounation (the discussion series organised annually by the Jamaica Music Museum, an arm of the Institute of Jamaica), in celebration of Reggae and Black History Month, will this year finally ‘hug up’...
For young Jahazeil Myrie, March 16 will be a very special day – he gets to share the stage with his father – Mark Myrie, aka Buju Banton. Jahazeil, along with reggae artistes Chronixx, Cocoa Tea, Etana, Ghost, Romain Virgo, Delly Ranks...
