[ad_1] The stage is set and the finalists are gearing up to deliver their most spectacular performances yet as the 2024 Scotiabank Junior Monarch reaches its thrilling finale. This year’s competition has been a rollercoaster of talent, passion and fierce showmanship which will boil over this Saturday, July 20 at the National Botanical Gardens Ampitheatre. […]
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[ad_1] Internationally acclaimed singer Judy Mowatt is completely distancing herself from an online advertisement in which she appears to be endorsing a drug used for hypertension, and is begging persons not to fall prey to it as it is a scam powered by artificial intelligence (AI). In the video, Mowatt, who found fame as a […]
[ad_1] WESTERN BUREAU: The Catherine Hall multipurpose stadium in Montego Bay was ignited with excitement on Monday as patrons danced and sang the night away at the annual Reggae Sumfest Street Dance. Music was delivered by some of Jamaica’s hottest selectors, with the likes of DJ Johnny Kool, Montego Bay’s very own DJ Jigga and […]
[ad_1] Sheryl Lee Ralph has been nominated for an Emmy Award in the category of Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for her role as Barbara Howard in Abbott Elementary. This marks her third consecutive nomination for the role, having previously won the award in 2022, the year of her first nomination. Ralph and […]
[ad_1] The world’s fastest man, Olympian Usain Bolt, has produced an anthem for Team Jamaica ahead of the 2024 Paris Olympics. Jamaica All The Way aims to rally the nation, capturing the indomitable spirit of Jamaicans as its athletes prepare to compete on the world stage in Paris. The single features Busy Signal and Shaneil […]
[ad_1] WESTERN BUREAU: When Joe Bogdanovich arrived at the Catherine Hall Entertainment Centre, in Montego Bay, on Sunday, he had a broad smile on his face, the Reggae Sumfest Family FunDay was in full swing, and happy parents and children were out in large numbers, and clearly enjoying themselves. “This must be the perfect way […]
[ad_1] AP: Gru and the minions celebrated a second week in first place at the North American box office this weekend, while a small horror movie called Longlegs upset the starry $100-million Fly Me to the Moon. The supremacy of Despicable Me 4 was hardly a surprise, as the Universal and Illumination franchise added $44.7 […]
[ad_1] The Kooyman Foreday Morning JAM continues its post-COVID growth, attracting 39 confirmed bands for 2024. Corporate communications specialist with the National Cultural Foundation (NCF), Toni Yarde, revealed this year’s numbers during the launch of the event last Saturday at the Kendal Hill, Christ Church home of Kooyman. In 2019, said Yarde, there were 29 […]
[ad_1] Victory is sweet and nobody knows that better than this year’s Festival Song Competition winner, Candy Isaacs. In a highly competitive year when all 10 finalists had songs which Executive Director of the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission, Lenford Salmon said “could win”, the visually impaired Isaacs walked away with the trophy as well as […]
[ad_1] It was in 1980 that Kingsley Cooper and fellow attorney Hilary Phillips started Pulse, a company that would develop the talents of several well-known models and which became a global force. Four decades later, at a memorial service for Cooper, Phillips stood inside The University Chapel at the University of the West Indies, Mona […]