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Opening Thursday | Entertainment | Jamaica Gleaner

The Desperate Hour A mother’s dilemma with no time to spare Unfolding in real time, The Desperate Hour is a riveting and pulse-pounding thriller from award-winning director, Phillip Noyce. Recently widowed mother Amy Carr (Academy Award nominee Naomi Watts) is doing her best to restore normality to the lives of her young daughter and teenage […]

How Biggie Smalls’ Sting concert audio was licensed to Puffy | Entertainment

Today, March 9, marks 25 years since rap legend, Biggie Smalls, also known as the Notorious B.I.G., was killed. He was only 24. Signed to Sean ‘Puffy’ Combs’ Bad Boy Records, Biggie, who would have turned 50 this year, is considered one of the greatest rappers of all time, and as a testament to this, […]

Singer Dr Richard Kirkwood of Casual-T has died | Entertainment

Dr Richard Kirkwood, a member of Casual-T — the ‘80s singing group comprising medical doctors — has died. Dr Charlie Roberts confirmed to The Gleaner that Kirkwood passed away last Wednesday in hospital in New York. He was 76. “Kirk was recently retired and was diagnosed with colon cancer in August 2021,” said Roberts, a […]