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Cassandra Wilson, the two-time Grammy Award-winning jazz singer, songwriter and producer has died. She was 70. Dubbed America’s best singer by Time magazine in 2001, Wilson was best known for her genre-bending voice, which expanded the…
The Building Returns: Kartel leads dancehall back to the club
Tarrus Riley stuns at Lighthouse Series
France has begun to imposing penalties on the extreme end of fast fashion to try to curb a surge in sales of cheap clothing sold by e-commerce sites including Shein and Temu. The penalties – part of a fast-fashion law passed in June that…
Former talkback titan Ray Hadley says a radio staffer tearfully confided he felt helpless after allegedly being indecently assaulted by Alan Jones, whom he feared could ruin his career. Jones, a former breakfast radio ratings juggernaut…
Victoria Beckham’s fashion and beauty label has recorded an operating profit for the first time in the 18 years since it launched. The former Spice Girl started her eponymous label in 2008, debuting her ready-to-wear collection at New York…
An ex-street gang leader accused of orchestrating the drive-by shooting death of hip-hop star Tupac Shakur three decades ago in Las Vegas has been convicted of murder for his role in a crime that silenced one of rap music’s most…
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Dancehall heavyweight Vybz Kartel has signed rising singer and songwriter Shenequa as the first female artiste to join his GreedyLion/Vybz Kartel Muzik label. In a release, Shenequa’s public relations team said the…
KINGSTON, Jamaica —Thirty-five years after Jamaican artiste, actor and producer Courtney Undah Privilege delivered the words “Six million ways to die, choose one”, the unmistakable vocal continues to stand as an enduring link between…
Miss Cook Islands Tiare Henry-Anguna continued to showcase Cook Islands culture during her Miss World 2026 journey in Vietnam, taking part in the World Designer Award before facing the competition’s judging panel in a closed-door interview.
Kevin Sorbo is proud to be a Florida man now. The Hercules: The Legendary Journeys alum left California for the Sunshine State about seven years ago, and he confirmed Sunday to Fox News Digital that he was happy with his choice. The…
60 years of Tastee: A celebration of food, music and Jamaican legacy
Miss Labasa Divisional Hospital Isabella Raidriwa has won the Best Research Topic Award at this year’s Vodafone Festival of the Friendly North. The award has returned to the festival after several years, giving the seven Queen contestants…
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Fresh from his second-place finish in the Jamaica International Independence Foreign Song Competition (JIIFSC), D’Mack has released a song different in tone to that patriotic track. Babylon A Mash Up mi Life is the…
Eyes to the chimney; the smoke has turned white. Dancing With the Stars must have just found its next pro. After eight weeks full of cutthroat gameplay, nasty injuries, surprising reversals of fortune, and scintillating dances, the dancing…
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Six prominent digital creators have stepped into a scripted mystery with the release of T he Domino Effect , a Jamaican suspense web series that recently premiered on YouTube. Centred on the sudden disappearance of…
Fans at the final day of Reading Festival were treated to a surprise set from singer Lola Young. “I am backstage, the cat is out of the bag and I am going to be performing so see you… at the Grid stage,” she teased on Instagram, before…
Evoking the same do-it-yourself pop-rock feminism of her ‘90s musical influences, Olivia Rodrigo raised $20 million for women’s well-being with a benefit show that activated her young audience. Daisy Chain Fields united a women-led lineup…
UWI Freshers’ Series delivers a hit, energises campus
Dre Island releases
Taneisha Shaw sows into young lives with annual back-to-school treat
Attendees of a rosé masterclass that featured the wines of Château D’Esclans learned about how Sacha Lichine started the rosé Renaissance at an event held at Pom Pom at Hotel Indigo on 29 Aug.
A former radio staffer confided in a friend that Alan Jones was in love with him years before disclosing he had allegedly been indecently assaulted by the radio kingpin. Jones, the 85-year-old former ruler of Sydney’s breakfast slot, is on…
About 15,000km away from Dolly Parton’s beloved Smoky Mountains home in Tennessee, a small town in rural Australia will always love her. Narromine, a farming community of 4000 people in central NSW, is home to the Dolly Parton Festival,…