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Grammy Awards on display.
05 Nov, 2025 0

Inside Grammy voting

NEW YORK (AP): The Recording Academy will announce the 2026 Grammy Award nominees on Friday. It’s as good a reason as any to take a beat and examine how the institution makes it decisions. Who selects…
Sevana
04 Nov, 2025 0

Sevana helping to rally aid for Westmoreland

In the wake of Hurricane Melissa’s devastation, reggae songbird Sevana is turning compassion into action, working with a team of local and international partners to bring sustained relief to her home…
This image released by Sesame Workshop shows muppet characters Elmo (left), Grover (second left), and Abby (right), from the ‘Sesame Street’ episode ‘Elmo Runs the Race’.
04 Nov, 2025 0

Sesame Street launches Season 56 on Netflix

NEW YORK (AP): New home. Some format changes. Same monsters. Sesame Street launches its 56th season on November 10 with NASCAR champion Bubba Wallace as a guest, a slightly tweaked format and a new…
 D’Angelo
04 Nov, 2025 0

R&B star D’Angelo laid to rest in Virginia

D’Angelo was laid to rest over the weekend. The R&B artiste’s funeral took place in his home state of Virginia in the United States on Saturday, with guests including Stevie Wonder and Lauryn Hill…
This image released by A24 shows Adam Sandler in a scene from the 2019 film ‘Uncut Gems’.
04 Nov, 2025 0

Adam Sandler earns second AARP Movies for Grownups honour

LOS ANGELES (AP): Adam Sandler will be the next recipient of AARP’s Movies for Grownups career achievement award, the group said Tuesday. And maybe this time, the actor will wait for his signal. When…
Jessie J
04 Nov, 2025 0

Jessie J opens up about cancer battle

Jessie J’s “whole world has changed” since she was diagnosed with breast cancer. The 37-year-old singer revealed in June that she had been diagnosed with the illness at an early stage and reflected on…
Residents gather amid debris in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa on a street in Black River, Jamaica, Thursday.
03 Nov, 2025 0

‘Climate resilience fund needed for creative sector’

When a Category 5 hurricane hits Jamaica, it doesn’t only topple trees and cause the devastation we are so familiar with seeing on our phones and TV screens. It also silences the street dances, it…
 Grammy Awards are displayed at the Grammy Museum Experience at Prudential Center in Newark, NJ, on October 10, 2017.
03 Nov, 2025 0

Latin Grammy voting members invited to join Recording Academy

NEW YORK (AP): In the last few years, the Grammy Awards have made a concerted effort to diversify its electorate. In 2024, the Recording Academy revealed significant changes to its evolving voting…
International recording artiste Sean Paul (centre), his sister-in-law Winsome Henriques (left), and a volunteer of the Sean Paul Foundation, Alana Thomas, get ready to  package food items during their visit to the Food For The Poor Jamaica.
02 Nov, 2025 0

Sean Paul makes appeal on CNN; pledges US$50,000 for hurricane relief

Global dancehall superstar, Sean Paul, told The Gleaner in a recent interview that wherever he goes in the world, Jamaica is always on his mind. The patriotic Jamaican entertainer has been put to the…