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Vybz Kartel
18 Jul, 2026 0

From Catherine Hall to Plantation Cove - Did you know these Reggae Sumfest factoids?

Over the years, Reggae Sumfest has gone through many changes. From its event structure to the changes in ownership, as well as the introduction of livestreaming, 2026 will mark another change for the…
18 Jul, 2026 0

‘Hope’ springs eternal - Visual artist and former Edna Manley vice-principal publishes career retrospective

As glimpses of life’s rear-view peek in, visual artist Hope Brooks has embraced an exciting new chapter. A seminal figure in the Jamaican art world, the painter and retired educator – who just turned…
18 Jul, 2026 0

Fantan Mojah was ‘a powerful voice for conscious reggae music’

Reggae singer Fantan Mojah was born Owen Moncrieffe on August 5, 1976, in St Elizabeth. After a start in the dancehall scene under the moniker Mad Killer as a tribute to Bounty Killer, whom he…
This image, released by Universal Pictures, shows Matt Damon as Odysseus and Zendaya as Athena, in a scene from ‘The Odyssey’.
17 Jul, 2026 0

Movie Review | In Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’, an ancient epic is reborn

AP: Getting home, and turning back the clock, has long been at the root of Christopher Nolan’s films. The astronauts of Interstellar painstakingly lose 23 years in space travel, almost the same…
17 Jul, 2026 0

‘Too Too Bad’ Buju returns to NY with new music, plenty advice

Grammy-winning artiste, Buju Banton, is preparing for another important chapter in his career as he returns to New York hot on the heels of dropping off a brand new album and ready to deliver crucial…
17 Jul, 2026 0

5 Questions With Kranium

Gold-selling reggae and dancehall singer Kemar Donaldson, better known as Kranium, continues to represent the genre in a major way. His global streams across his catalogue are counted in the hundreds…
The Warner Bros. water tower appears at Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank, California.
16 Jul, 2026 0

Writers Guild challenges Paramount-Warner merger

NEW YORK (AP): The Writers Guild of America became the latest group to challenge Paramount’s US$81-billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery on Tuesday, filing a lawsuit seeking to block the…
Fantan Mojah
16 Jul, 2026 0

Fantan Mojah hailed as ‘a true soldier’ - Sumfest to pay tribute on Saturday

Globetrotting dancehall artiste Sean Paul, while expressing his deep sadness at Tuesday’s death of his colleague, Fantan Mojah, hailed his fellow entertainer as “a true soldier”, and the organisers of…
FILE - Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex, takes part in the Scar Tree Walk in Melbourne, Australia, April 16, 2026. (Jonathan Brady/Pool Photo via AP, File)
16 Jul, 2026 0

‘With Love, Meghan’ gets Daytime Emmy nomination

LOS ANGELES (AP): Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, has earned a Daytime Emmy nomination for her Netflix show. The former actor who married Britain’s Prince Harry in 2018 was nominated in the…