Entertainment

From left: Cailee Spaeny, Kerry Washington, Thomas Haden Church, Glenn Close, and Daryl McCormack in a scene from ‘Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery’.
December 20, 2025 by Damian Levy

‘Wake Up Dead Man’ – A killer good time

The murder mystery refuses to die. Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery continues the stories of world-class detective Benoit Blanc, once again played by Daniel Craig. As if owning the modern-day…
Wiz Khalifa
December 20, 2025

US rapper Wiz Khalifa sentenced in Romania for drug possession

Bucharest, Romania (AP): American rapper Wiz Khalifa was sentenced by a court in Romania on Thursday to nine months in jail for drug possession, more than a year after he took part in a music festival…
 Oscar statuettes appear backstage at the Oscars at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on February 28, 2016.
December 20, 2025

The Oscars to leave ABC for YouTube in 2029

AP: The Academy Awards will move from ABC to YouTube beginning in 2029, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced on Wednesday. ABC will continue to broadcast the annual ceremony…
 A few of Jimmy Cliff’s children (from left) Kadijah Bashir, Romeo Cliff and Odessa Chambers and her mother, Bluette Abrahams.
December 19, 2025 by Yasmine Peru

Jimmy Cliff celebrated in musical tribute at National Indoor Centre

When trumpeter and singer, Dwight Richards drew for Reggae Night from the catalogue of his good friend Jimmy Cliff, the spontaneous reaction from some inside the National Indoor Sports Centre was to…
Chi Ching Ching
December 19, 2025 by Yasmine Peru

5 Questions With Chi Ching Ching

Radion Beckford, better known as Chi Ching Ching, can be counted on to be the life of the party, whether or not he has a mic in his hand or has on his dancing shoes and is rolling out his own red…
The Kingston College Chapel Choir in action at the St Augustine Chapel on the school’s North Street campus on Sunday.
December 18, 2025 by Nicola Cunningham

KC Choir delights in Christmas performance

One did not need to be a music aficionado to appreciate the voices raised in celebration of the Yuletide season, as the Kingston College Chapel Choir presented ‘Tidings of Comfort and Joy’ at the St…
Yard Mas Creative Director Anna-Lisa Guthrie (centre) is flanked by models Rachel Silvera (left) and Tashnie Hinds.
December 17, 2025 by O’brian Wynter

Yard Mas turns carnival into moving art with Galleria

Yard Mas Carnival released an immersive and visually striking costume presentation on Sunday at the Palace Cineplex inside Sovereign Centre in St Andrew. The highly anticipated showcase, the first…
Nick Wilde (left), voiced by Jason Bateman, and Judy Hopps, voiced by Ginnifer Goodwin, in a scene from ‘Zootopia 2’.
December 17, 2025 by Damian Levy

Zootopia 2: A wildly funny follow-up

The first Zootopia definitely caught me by surprise. A Disney film about anthropomorphised animals can certainly be entertaining, but what I didn’t expect was how resonant it would be. Underneath the…
Maxine Stowe (left) and Kenneth ‘Skengdon’ Black are seminal figures in the history of dancehall music.
December 16, 2025

Skengdon, Stowe celebrate ‘40th Anniversary of Digital Dancehall’

Businessman and producer Kenneth ‘Skengdon’ Black has teamed up with entertainment consultant Maxine Stowe for the re-release of the Skengdon label catalogue with several key singles to mark what they…