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Published:Thursday | October 9, 2025 | 12:10 AMYasmine Peru/Senior Gleaner Writer

In the not-too-distant past, there was one sentence scrawled under bridges, across walls, and in some unusual places that was certain to cause a lot of emotion: “LA Lewis is a big DJ”. It made some people annoyed, others shook their heads in...

Published:Thursday | October 9, 2025 | 12:10 AMDamian Levy/Gleaner Writer

As the closing feature at The Skylark Film Festival, the newly completed Threads of Us was one of the festival’s most anticipated screenings. Written by Donisha Prendergast and directed by Mykal Cushnie, the film stars Shomari Downer as Malcolm and...

Published:Wednesday | October 8, 2025 | 12:08 AMDamian Levy/Gleaner Writer -

Veteran actor Paul Campbell was met by loud cheers and applause on Friday as he took the stage at the sixth Skylark Film Festival at the Skylark Negril Beach Resort for a conversation with Jamaica Film and Television Association (JAFTA) President...

Published:Wednesday | October 8, 2025 | 12:08 AM

The screening of Bam Bam: The Sister Nancy Story lit up the Trinidad+Tobago Film Festival (TTFF) in September, drawing a full house and an electric atmosphere as audiences gathered to celebrate the life and music of the dancehall pioneer. The...

Published:Tuesday | October 7, 2025 | 12:08 AM

ALBUM OF THE YEAR South Wind VOL. 1 | Chevelle Franklyn MALE ARTISTE OF THE YEAR Prince Saj FEMALE ARTISTE OF THE YEAR Chevelle Franklyn EP OF THE YEAR Fight This Battle For Me – Sebastian Braham GROUP OF THE YEAR Genesis Praise...

Published:Tuesday | October 7, 2025 | 12:08 AMYasmine Peru/Senior Gleaner Writer

Gospel music had its big night out last Saturday when the Emmanuel Apostolic Church, in Portmore, St Catherine, came alive with the sweet sound of music interspersed with cheers of approval as the winners of the Sterling awards were announced. Red...

Published:Monday | October 6, 2025 | 9:01 PM

NEW YORK (AP) — Sean 'Diddy' Combs' lawyers want the hip-hop mogul sent to a low-security federal prison in New Jersey to serve his four-year, two-month prison sentence, telling a judge Monday that the facility's drug treatment programme will help...

Published:Monday | October 6, 2025 | 12:11 AM

Dancehall artiste Future Fambo has reported that he had a mild heart attack on Sunday while in New York, and this triggered a response from ambulance personnel in the area. He is now vowing that come January 2026, he is going ditch his partying...

Published:Monday | October 6, 2025 | 12:10 AM

Top-notch reggae producer Clive Hunt is pleased that he has landed a Grammy consideration nod for his stellar work on the album Fields of Gold: A Reggae Tribute to Sting. “It is awesome ... awe and some ... to make the list for Grammy...

Published:Monday | October 6, 2025 | 12:10 AM

NEW YORK (AP): Bad Bunny kicked off the 51st season of Saturday Night Live with a few timely jokes about his next high-profile gig: the Super Bowl. “I think everybody is happy about it – even Fox News,” the music superstar quipped in his monologue...

Published:Monday | October 6, 2025 | 12:09 AM

Reggae artiste Culture Brown recently released his seventh full-length studio album, Go Deh. The 11-track project, which features songs, such as Why-Wah Mek, Tribute To Lee Scratch Perry, Good Health and Move Up, was released on his Akeel Records...

Published:Monday | October 6, 2025 | 12:09 AM

There aren’t many musical experiences more beautiful than when a dancehall-reggae waxes poetic honest gems of wisdom or earnest expressions of love over an earth-shattering beat. That’s the reason that poet-cum-artiste Samuel K. Golden believes...

Published:Monday | October 6, 2025 | 12:09 AM

Ribbiz Ultra Lounge was transformed into a nostalgic time capsule as the end-of-month Groovy Edition of Big People Sundays brought together a vibrant crowd ready to relive the golden eras of music. From the moment the doors opened, patrons showed...

Published:Sunday | October 5, 2025 | 12:14 AMKenrick Morgan - Sunday Gleaner Writer

American Friends of Jamaica (AFJ) honouree, Josef ‘Joe’ Bogdanovich, says he and his company, DownSound Entertainment, remain committed to raising the standard of entertainment in Jamaica, creating an environment where the island’s festivals are on...

Published:Sunday | October 5, 2025 | 12:13 AM

For more than two decades, Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs was one of hip-hop’s most nimble entrepreneurs, spinning his hitmaking talents into a broad business empire that included a record label, a fashion brand, a TV network, deals with liquor companies, and...

Published:Sunday | October 5, 2025 | 12:13 AMYasmine Peru - Sunday Gleaner Writer

Tuesday marked the soft launch of Journey, a documentary about the Alpha School of Music, which follows members of the institution’s first graduating class. The journey of the four final-year students — drummer Sanje Landell, the first graduate of...

Published:Saturday | October 4, 2025 | 12:08 AMDamian Levy/Gleaner Writer

When a film is heralded as one of the best of the year, it’s easy to approach it with sceptical eyes. When that film comes from renowned director Paul Thomas Anderson, the scepticism fades a little. And when it’s led by acting powerhouses Leonardo...

Published:Saturday | October 4, 2025 | 12:08 AMYasmine Peru/Senior Gleaner Writer

Talent was the defining hallmark of singer, songwriter, producer, actor and dancer, Keith ‘Bob Andy’ Anderson, a visionary who has left behind a rich and enduring legacy. In honour of what would have been his 81st birthday, on Tuesday, October 28,...

Published:Friday | October 3, 2025 | 9:20 PM

Actor Tyrese Gibson was booked into a Georgia jail early Friday, a week after he failed to turn himself in following an arrest warrant for cruelty to animals, police said. Gibson was released the same day on a $20,000 bond, Fulton County Police...

Published:Friday | October 3, 2025 | 4:03 PM

NEW YORK (AP) — Sean "Diddy" Combs was sentenced Friday to four years and two months in a federal criminal case that exposed the hip-hop mogul's use of paid sex workers for drug-fuelled, sometimes violent sex parties he called "freak-offs."...

Published:Friday | October 3, 2025 | 12:09 AM

LOS ANGELES (AP) : Kim Kardashian and her mother, Kris Jenner, are suing ex-boyfriend Ray J for claiming they are under federal investigation and facing indictment. The defamation lawsuit filed in Los Angeles Superior Court on Wednesday by the...

Published:Friday | October 3, 2025 | 12:09 AM

NEW YORK (AP): A New York City rapper, who joined President Donald Trump during a campaign rally last year, has been sentenced to five years behind bars after he admitted he used earnings from his music career to fuel gang violence in Brooklyn....

Published:Friday | October 3, 2025 | 12:08 AMYasmine Peru/Senior Gleaner Writer

When the list of albums accepted for consideration in the Best Reggae Album category of the Grammy Awards is revealed today, an AI-assisted album could very well make the list. The album is titled Dem Can’t Stop My Joy (Rastafari Forever) by Adrian...

Published:Friday | October 3, 2025 | 12:05 AM

Jahmiel’s story begins with rhyme and rhythm. Born in Portmore, St Catherine, he was just four years old when he started putting lyrics together – an “old soul” with a maturity far beyond his age. By age eight, he was already performing, and at 10...

Published:Thursday | October 2, 2025 | 4:51 PM

Sean "Diddy" Combs is set to be sentenced Friday for violating the federal Mann Act, an anti-prostitution law with a century-old history. Although he was acquitted of sex trafficking and racketeering charges, Combs was convicted in July of...

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