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Actor Ben Jones, best known for playing trusty mechanic Cooter Davenport in the hit TV comedy “The Dukes of Hazzard,” has died at age 84. Jones’ death was confirmed by his wife of more than three decades, Alma Viator, who shared the news…
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Summer isn’t ending quietly. It’s ending with a bang. Midas Entertainment is closing Jamaica’s 2026 entertainment calendar the only way the island knows how — with two blockbuster nights at Plantation Cove on August 29…
ST ANN, Jamaica — Dancehall star Vanessa Bling is ready to turn up the temperature at Plantation Cove when she headlines Sophisticated: The Summer End Beach Party on Saturday, August 29. The dancehall star will lead an entertainment…
Burgers are having a moment in China, with budget-conscious diners and smaller households turning the humble sandwich into one of the country’s hottest fast-food battlegrounds, drawing in everyone from global restaurant chains to hotpot…
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Reggae artiste Frassdon is gaining traction with his single “ We Are ” following a promotional run across Jamaica and the United States (US) that has generated positive feedback and new performance opportunities. “It’s…
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Veteran DJ and entertainment entrepreneur Freddie Kruger recently added another major celebrity event to the growing résumé of his company, Drop Di Bass Entertainment, after providing production and entertainment…
The theft of four paintings by Renaissance master Antonello da Messina may have involved organised crime and raised troubling questions about security at a museum in the Sicilian artist’s hometown, a local official said. Enzo Caruso,…
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Dancehall veteran Edley Shine, formerly of the influential duo Born Jamericans, has teamed up with producer DJ Jahmar for Broken Dolly , the first single from the upcoming Book of Micah Riddim project. Released on…
Back in the 1980s and 1990s, Jimmy Magnum had a front row seat to the weekly dances his Jamaican brother-in-law kept in Ontario, Canada. Those sessions introduced him to dancehall music, and he has been hooked to the genre since. The…
SWANSEA, United Kingdom (AFP) — Hundreds of people joined mourners on Monday for the funeral of Welsh singer Bonnie Tyler, with fans singing along to the star’s song It’s a Heartache as her coffin was carried into church. The husky-voiced…
Kyle Liddane has been collecting Disney (DIS.N), opens new tab pins for about 10 years, and has no plans to stop. “I’m trying to obtain some of the really fancy pins at Mickey’s of Glendale, the (Disney) company store, and the Hollywood…
Hayden Panettiere, star of popular television series including “Heroes” and “Nashville,” has died. She was 36. Panettiere’s father, Skip, announced the actor’s death in a statement provided to ABC News on Sunday. “It is with profound…
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Hundreds of people danced the night away at the inaugural Summer Splash music festival on Friday, 14 Aug. at Public Beach.
Actress Hayden Panettiere, best known for her roles in Heroes and Nashville , has died at the age of 36, according to US media. Her father, Skip Panettiere, confirmed her death in a statement to ABC News saying, “It is with profound…
Two very different dinosaur movies devoured a modest chunk of the North American box office this weekend, although neither came close to unseating “Spider-Man” from its perch atop the charts, nor managed to steal second place from “The…
Opening statements are set to begin Monday in the trial of a man accused of orchestrating the killing of Tupac Shakur, kicking off weeks of testimony that will revisit what happened on a Las Vegas nearly 30 years ago. Duane “Keffe D”…
Produced by Deepak Mukut, Hunar Mukut and Sangeeta Ahir, the makers of Aditya Datt directorial confirmed the release date with an announcement clip on social media. The much-awaited action romance Gunmaaster G9, starring Emraan Hashmi,…
Afro-Guyanese artiste BLKZEN is pleased with the buzz around his latest project, Feevah , a daring debut EP that refuses to acknowledge genre boundaries. Instead, it fuses dancehall, Afrobeats, R&B, soca and hip-hop into a sleek, seductive…
Queen Ifrica released her fourth studio album Breath of Life on August 14. The 13-track set which features production work by Junior Brown (Nuh Rush Records) and Stephen ‘Ragga’ Marley, bears the Nuh Rush Records/Tuff Gong imprints. In an…
Italian police have recovered three paintings by French masters Paul Cezanne, Pierre-Auguste Renoir and Henri Matisse that were stolen from a museum near the northern city of Parma in March, officials said. Carabinieri officers from…
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