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Published:Thursday | November 6, 2025 | 12:05 AM

Jessie J’s “whole world has changed” since she was diagnosed with breast cancer. The 37-year-old singer revealed in June that she had been diagnosed with the illness at an early stage and reflected on the implications it has had on her life in an...

Published:Wednesday | November 5, 2025 | 9:23 AM

In the wake of Hurricane Melissa’s devastation, reggae songbird Sevana is turning compassion into action, working with a team of local and international partners to bring sustained relief to her home parish of Westmoreland. “I have collaborated...

Published:Wednesday | November 5, 2025 | 12:22 AM

NEW YORK (AP): New home. Some format changes. Same monsters. Sesame Street launches its 56th season on November 10 with NASCAR champion Bubba Wallace as a guest, a slightly tweaked format and a new way to watch — via Netflix. “There you are, hi,”...

Published:Wednesday | November 5, 2025 | 12:21 AM

D’Angelo was laid to rest over the weekend. The R...

Published:Tuesday | November 4, 2025 | 12:07 AMAndrea Dempster Chung/Contributor

When a Category 5 hurricane hits Jamaica, it doesn’t only topple trees and cause the devastation we are so familiar with seeing on our phones and TV screens. It also silences the street dances, it cancels concerts, it stops the artisan markets, it...

Published:Tuesday | November 4, 2025 | 12:07 AM

NEW YORK (AP): In the last few years, the Grammy Awards have made a concerted effort to diversify its electorate. In 2024, the Recording Academy revealed significant changes to its evolving voting body, saying 66 per cent of voters joined in the...

Published:Monday | November 3, 2025 | 12:09 AMYasmine Peru/Senior Gleaner Writer

In paying tribute to legendary radio announcer, Barry G the Boogieman, who died last Wednesday, Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Olivia Grange, commented on the famous clash between him and British broadcaster, David Rodigan. “...

Published:Monday | November 3, 2025 | 12:07 AM

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs has a job in his prison’s laundry room. The 55-year-old rap mogul was transferred to the Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) in Fort Dix, New Jersey, last week, where he is expected to carry out the rest of his 50-month jail...

Published:Monday | November 3, 2025 | 12:07 AM

A$AP Rocky has reignited speculation he and Rihanna have quietly married after referring to himself as her “husband” in a new interview. The 37-year-old rapper, whose real name is Rakim Mayers, made the remark while speaking to Perfect Magazine....

Published:Monday | November 3, 2025 | 12:07 AMYasmine Peru/Senior Gleaner Writer

Global dancehall superstar, Sean Paul, told The Gleaner in a recent interview that wherever he goes in the world, Jamaica is always on his mind. The patriotic Jamaican entertainer has been put to the test and has come up roses, with his actions...

Published:Monday | November 3, 2025 | 12:07 AM

‘I Love Jamaica’, a five-concert fundraising series, which will be staged in cities across the world, gets under way on November 14, at the National Stadium Car Park in Kingston, beginning at 7:30 p.m. Curated by the Ministry of Culture, Gender...

Published:Sunday | November 2, 2025 | 12:08 AMLester Hinds - Sunday Gleaner Writer

Barrington ‘Barry G’ Gordon, the legendary broadcaster affectionately known as ‘The Boogie Man’, has been remembered as the consummate professional who transformed Jamaican radio and left an indelible mark on the nation’s entertainment landscape....

Published:Sunday | November 2, 2025 | 12:08 AMJ.T. Davy - Sunday Gleaner Writer

Last week, Hurricane Melissa, one of the most powerful cyclonic phenomena to enter the Caribbean region, wreaked havoc across the Greater Antilles. Jamaica was not spared her wrath, with many lives, especially those of people residing in western...

Published:Saturday | November 1, 2025 | 12:08 AM

Rapper A$AP Rocky says balancing fatherhood with his music career is his greatest joy. The artiste and fashion icon has three children – daughter Rocki and sons RZA and Riot – with partner, business mogul Rihanna, and describes being a dad as the...

Published:Saturday | November 1, 2025 | 12:06 AM

AP: As Grammy and Oscar winner Billie Eilish accepted the music award at this year’s WSJ. Magazine Innovator Awards on Wednesday night, she urged the ultra-wealthy to address more of the world’s issues. “We’re in a time right now where the world...

Published:Saturday | November 1, 2025 | 12:06 AM

The Treasure Beach Food, Rum and Reggae Festival, originally scheduled for November 7–9 in Treasure Beach, St Elizabeth, has been postponed, organisers announced. The decision comes after Hurricane Melissa wreaked havoc on the western and southern...

Published:Friday | October 31, 2025 | 5:43 AM

“Barry G just loved radio.” That’s how Michael Chambers, a lifelong friend of the late broadcaster Barrington ‘Barry G’ Gordon, summed up the legendary announcer’s dedication to the medium that defined his career. Barry G, who had been...

Published:Friday | October 31, 2025 | 12:08 AMYasmine Peru/Senior Gleaner Writer

It is not often that a group that has been in the business for two decades comprises members who barely look as if they are in their twenties. That’s true of siblings Oshin, Ovando, and Oneil, the children of gospel heavyweight Lubert Levy and his...

Published:Friday | October 31, 2025 | 12:07 AM

AP: Call of Duty, one of the biggest video game franchises of all time, is becoming a feature film with Peter Berg and Taylor Sheridan spearheading the adaptation, Paramount Pictures and Activision said Thursday. Berg and Sheridan will co-write...

Published:Friday | October 31, 2025 | 12:07 AMYasmine Peru/Senior Gleaner Writer

Dancehall diva D’Angel is in full give-back mode as she prepares to visit communities devastated by Hurricane Melissa, which ripped through Jamaica on Tuesday. “I have been watching the videos of all the devastation and my heart is burdened. I saw...

Published:Thursday | October 30, 2025 | 12:07 AM

Managing Director of Dream Entertainment, Scott Dunn, whose Dream Weekend event will debut in Montego Bay next year, said the team is preparing to support those affected by Hurricane Melissa. The Category 5 hurricane, which struck on Tuesday,...

Published:Thursday | October 30, 2025 | 12:07 AM

Nine Mile is the title of the ninth studio album from Italian reggae singer, deejay and producer based in Kingston, Alborosie. If the name sounds familiar, it could be because Nine Mile in St Ann is the birthplace of King of Reggae, Bob Marley. “...

Published:Thursday | October 30, 2025 | 12:06 AM

NEW YORK (AP): If you wondered why Miguel didn’t release a studio album for nearly a decade, his response is simple: life. “I needed to do some growing. I had to get [it] together.” Since 2017’s War...

Published:Wednesday | October 29, 2025 | 12:08 AMKenrick Morgan/Gleaner Writer

Gospel music veterans Tommy Cowan and Carlene Davis are encouraging Jamaicans to hold firmly to God as the country grapples with the impact of Melissa, the major Category 5 hurricane which has wreaked havoc across Jamaica over the last few days. “...

Published:Wednesday | October 29, 2025 | 12:08 AM

LOS ANGELES (AP): June Lockhart, who became a mother figure for a generation of television viewers, whether at home in Lassie or up in the stratosphere in Lost in Space, has died. She was 100. Lockhart died last Thursday of natural causes at her...

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