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Fanatic Festival will trade its usual Kingston setting for Plantation Cove on October 16, taking on the name Fanatic Ochi to open Appleton Estate Republic Weekend 2026.
03 Oct, 2026 0

Fanatic Festival ready for Ocho Rios debut

After four years and 11 stagings in Kingston, Fanatic Festival is taking its dancehall party to Ocho Rios for the first time at Plantation Cove on Friday, October 16. The festival, which began in…
With new music already out, Quada is looking ahead to his next project.
02 Oct, 2026 0

5 Questions with Quada

A youngster with a deep passion for music and a determination to be heard is how associates describe Shacquelle Clarke, better known as Quada, a name he says stands for: Quite Unusual Applicable…
Papa Michigan challenged AI after his song was rejected by the distributor on the grounds that AI was used in the production. He sent an appeal stating that the song was “100 per cent human generated”.
02 Oct, 2026 0

Papa Michigan travels ‘So Many Roads’

Papa Michigan was one of the special guests at I-Nation’s weekly Monday night live concert in downtown Kingston, and, days after, persons are still talking about his performance. He not only presented…
This image, released by Amazon/MGM Studios, shows Anne Hathaway and Josh Hartnett in a scene from ‘Verity’.
02 Oct, 2026 0

Movie Review | ‘Verity’ puts Hathaway, Johnson and Hartnett in Colleen Hoover thriller

AP: In Verity, it’s hard to know who to trust. There’s Anne Hathaway’s titular character, a wildly popular novelist who is unable to speak or move after a car accident, but whose secret, disturbing…
Ding Dong
01 Oct, 2026 0

Ding Dong ‘honoured’ to join BZR WKND line-up

Dancehall artiste Ding Dong is honoured to join the line-up for Campari BZR WKND (Bizarre Weekend) Jamaica. “It is always one a dem great feeling deh fi know seh you get considered or you’re a part of…
01 Oct, 2026 0

Masicka announces December Forever1NE festival for Portmore

Dancehall star Masicka is returning home to Portmore for his Forever1NE Music Festival, set for Saturday, December 19, 2026, at Caymanas Park. The event will feature Masicka alongside special guests…
This image released by Warner Bros. Pictures shows Tom Cruise (left) and Riz Ahmed in a scene from ‘Digger’.
01 Oct, 2026 0

Movie Review | In ‘Digger’, a ‘Dr Strangelove’ for the climate change era

Just as the fate of the world hangs in the balance in Digger, Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s over-the-top, climate-disaster satire teeters on the brink. It’s an audacious plate-spinning act, juggling…
Rapper Rick Ross
01 Oct, 2026 0

Rapper Rick Ross charged with battery after domestic violence accusation

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) – Rapper Rick Ross was arrested in Miami Beach early Thursday and charged with battery related to a domestic violence accusation, authorities said. Ross, whose legal name is…
Rihanna (left) and A$AP Rocky.
01 Oct, 2026 0

Woman accused of shooting at Rihanna’s home indicted on felony charges

LOS ANGELES (AP): A Florida woman accused of driving across the country to fire a rifle at Rihanna and A$AP Rocky’s home, hitting a trailer the celebrity couple was inside and a nursery where their…