Entertainment

This August, the Jamaica Film and Television Association (JAFTA) marks its 10th anniversary, highlighting a decade of work in Jamaica’s film and television sector and with the practitioners who drive it. Since its founding, JAFTA has played a...

In a competition filled with accomplished women vying for the Miss Universe Jamaica (MUJ) crown, one contestant in particular proved that beauty, courage, and self-assurance know no age limit. At 51 years old, marketing professional Barbie-Ann...

LONDON (AP): Madonna has urged the pope to travel to Gaza and “bring your light to the children before it’s too late”. The superstar posted her appeal to the pontiff on social media Monday, saying her son Rocco’s birthday prompted her to make the...

Back 2 Da Future Music Ltd. is collaborating with The Royalty Network Inc. for the 2025 Grammy Certificate Ceremony in Kingston. The event is a landmark celebration honouring unsung producers, musicians, and songwriters whose contributions have...

With hearts racing, palms sweating, and the air inside the AC Hotel Kingston charged with anticipation, two stunning finalists — Troy-Ann Anderson and Dr Gabrielle Henry, stood shoulder-to-shoulder, their eyes tightly closed, waiting to hear the...

Following a nine-year hiatus from recording music, reggae singer Cen’C Love, daughter of late music icon Bunny Wailer, returns with her drum-and-bass heavy EP, Elephant. The project will be released on October 5, via Glasswork 32. “I’m fully...

Eddie Palmieri, the avant-garde musician who was one of the most innovative artistes of rumba and Latin jazz, has died. He was 88. Fania Records announced Palmieri’s death on Wednesday evening. Palmieri’s daughter Gabriela told The New York Times...

By the time Nikki Shannon Fernandez takes the microphone at the Music Mastery: Empowering the Sound Industry Workshop, it will be clear that she is not the average industry speaker. The New York-based singer, songwriter, and creative entrepreneur...

The superhero genre is going through a resurgence with quality films like Superman and The Fantastic Four: First Steps. Jurassic World Rebirth delivered a dinosaur adventure with gleeful thrills, and even on the horizon, the horror film Weapons...

On Independence Day, August 6, there is only one place to be: Grand Gala at the National Stadium in Kingston. On Wednesday, a public holiday, Jamaicans from across the island made their way to the venue, wrapped in the black, green and gold colours...

If there is one person who is happier than Raheim Betty, the JCDC Gospel Star winner for 2025, it has to be his mother, Valerie Mundle. On Sunday night, when he was announced the winner of the competition, she jumped out of her seat at the National...

Gospel singer Kevin Downswell and reggae songbird Etana are among the more than eight members of Jamaica’s entertainment industry who have been inducted into the Order of Distinction. Both have been conferred with the Order of Distinction in the...