Entertainment
24 Sep, 2026
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Colombia’s Josseidy Escalona wins Miss Global International, celebrates J’can roots
WESTERN BUREAU: Colombia’s Josseidy Escalona came to Jamaica determined to take home the Miss Global International crown. But beyond her pursuit of the title, the 31-year-old lawyer from the tiny…
24 Sep, 2026
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Movie Review | Brad Pitt takes on the wild in ‘Heart of the Beast’
Brad Pitt loves a lone-wolf character. Even in ensembles, he’s often the quiet one just to the left (but, you know, still the focus). The guy who sees everything and says little, drawing people, when…
23 Sep, 2026
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‘None of them have let me down’
Best believe Delroy Lindo, the Academy Award-nominated thespian, knows commanding scene partners all too well. Still, it isn’t his former Hollywood co-stars Denzel Washington, Idris Elba or Charlize…
23 Sep, 2026
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Shenseea leads dancehall at CMAs; Lila Iké tops reggae
Shenseea won the most awards in the dancehall categories at Saturday’s Caribbean Music Awards (CMAs) in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, taking home three titles. She was named Female Dancehall…
23 Sep, 2026
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Jamaican, US law firms representing Dr Gabrielle Henry
Nearly one year after suffering life-changing injuries when she fell through an opening in the stage at the Miss Universe 2025 competition in Thailand, Miss Universe Jamaica 2025 Dr Gabrielle Henry is…
23 Sep, 2026
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Reggae bass legend Jackie Jackson has died
Veteran Jamaican bass guitarist Clifton 'Jackie' Jackson, whose distinctive playing helped provide the heartbeat for some of the most enduring recordings in Jamaican popular music, died this…
22 Sep, 2026
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‘Fire in December’ brings Sam Sharpe to Little Theatre
The winning script from the LASCO Chin Foundation’s 2025 Scriptwriting Competition is moving from page to stage this October. Writer and director David Tulloch’s Fire in December opens at The Little…
22 Sep, 2026
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Knollis Watson of Stanley and the Turbines has died
Knollis Watson, one of the founding members of foundation mento group, Stanley and the Turbines, has died. He was 84. His son, reggae singer Real VI, said that his father, who was a patient at the…
22 Sep, 2026
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Can ‘A Different World’ sequel change lives?
LOS ANGELES (AP): Netflix’s new A Different World arrives with a burden few television comedies have to carry: The original entertained millions while helping some viewers decide where they went to…