Entertainment

Jomo Tafari Dixon plays Sam Sharpe in ‘Fire in December’.
Updated 5 hours ago

‘Fire in December’ brings Sam Sharpe to Little Theatre

The winning script from the LASCO Chin Foundation’s 2025 Scriptwriting Competition is moving from page to stage this October. Writer and director David Tulloch’s Fire in December opens at The Little Theatre in Kingston for a seven-day run. From October 5–11, Fire in December will be presented across 21 performances, with three shows daily, bringing to the stage a powerful Jamaican story centred on National Hero Sam Sharpe and the events surrounding the 1831 Christmas Rebellion.

Read more
Knollis Watson, formerly of mento group, Stanley and the Turbines.
22 Sep, 2026 0

Knollis Watson of Stanley and the Turbines has died

Knollis Watson, one of the founding members of foundation mento group, Stanley and the Turbines, has died. He was 84. His son, reggae singer Real VI, said that his father, who was a patient at the…
This image released by Netflix shows Kadeem Hardison and Jenifer Lewis in a scene from ‘A Different World’.
22 Sep, 2026 0

Can ‘A Different World’ sequel change lives?

LOS ANGELES (AP): Netflix’s new A Different World arrives with a burden few television comedies have to carry: The original entertained millions while helping some viewers decide where they went to…
Damian ‘Jr Gong’ Marley
21 Sep, 2026 0

‘Damian ‘Jr Gong’ Marley deserves every honour’

The announcement that Damian ‘Jr Gong’ Marley has been named by The University of the West Indies as one of 13 honorees for its 2026 graduation ceremonies has been welcomed wholeheartedly by family…
The Valkyries of Arcadia from left: Ziala ‘Zuri’ Taylor, Aheisha ‘Ani’ Grant, Rhea ‘Silver N3ko’ Rampair, Sashaun ‘Empr3ss Nile’ Bailey, Daina ‘Quani’ Fletcher and Natasha ‘Alethia’ Jefferson.
21 Sep, 2026 0

Girl group Valkyries of Arcadia drops ‘Candy Rush’

The Valkyries of Arcadia, an all-female gaming and content-creation group that is expanding into modern pop entertainment such as anime and cosplay, has added recording artistes to their résumés with…
Ed Sheeran
21 Sep, 2026 0

Tearful Ed Sheeran ‘listening and learning’

Ed Sheeran cried on stage and declared he was “so sorry” as he addressed the row over Palestine which led to Macklemore being removed from his tour. The Shape Of You hitmaker has attracted criticism…
Founder and artistic director Dr L’Antoinette Stines (centre) leads a master- class in South Africa.
21 Sep, 2026 0

L’ACADCO makes history in South Africa

Dance company L’ACADCO: A United Caribbean Dance Force recently performed at South Africa’s JOMBA! Contemporary Dance Experience in Durban, marking an important step in the development of a cultural…
Dancehall veteran Patra is embracing a new chapter.
20 Sep, 2026 0

Patra is back

The world now knows her as the ‘Queen of the Pack’, but before she became the first woman to have her album reach No. 1 on the Billboard Reggae Chart, Patra was just ‘Mummy’ from Whithorn,…
Veteran broadcaster Fae Ellington (left) shares the frame with Queen Ifrica at Sheldon Shepherd’s album listening event at the Philip Sherlock Centre for the Creative Arts at The University of the West Indies, Mona campus, on September 9.
20 Sep, 2026 0

Sheldon Shepherd gives thanks with debut album

In the small hours of November 11, 2023, Sheldon Shepherd jumped out of his bed in New York, stumbled into the living room, found a sheet of paper and started to write. What came was a poem about…
Basillia Barnaby-Cuff, founder and director of the Sterling Gospel Music Awards, poses with her husband and the awards show producer, Brian Cuff.
19 Sep, 2026 0

New format unveiled for Sterling Gospel Music Awards

For its 2026 staging, the Sterling Gospel Music Awards (SGMA) will see an exciting change of format from a physical, live ceremony to a national television broadcast on Television Jamaica (TVJ). That…