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Wed, Jun

Jamaica Gleaner

  • Heslop reflects on 45 years in education and theatre

    For more than four decades, Peter ‘Maestro’ Heslop has dedicated his life to nurturing talent, inspiring young minds, and contributing to Jamaica's rich cultural landscape. Over the past four and a half decades, he has worn many hats—educator, mentor, performer and community builder—leaving an indelible mark on the lives of countless young people and fellow creatives.

  • Peabo Bryson, known for duets from Disney’s ‘Aladdin’ and ‘Beauty and the Beast,’ has died at 75

    Peabo Bryson, the two-time Grammy Award-winning R&B singer best known as the voice behind the Oscar-winning Disney film duets “Beauty and the Beast” with Celine Dion and “A Whole New World” with Regina Belle from “Aladdin,” has died.

  • 10 years of QORIHC awards - ‘bittersweet’ 2026 queens honoured at gala ceremony on Sunday

    It is said that hindsight is 20/20 and, in retrospect, there are some things that Laurell Nurse would have done differently in order to have the 10th anniversary of Queens Of Reggae Island Honorary Ceremony (QORIHC))  unfold in the spectacular fashion she had dreamed of.
    However, despite a few organisational bleeps and blunders, production deficiencies, some crying-over-spilt-milk moments and a tad bit of juicy and rather prickly backstage drama, the 2026 edition of the QORIHC still had much to celebrate.

  • D’Yani and Remus unite for ‘Live Life and Prosper’ album - Single ‘Journey’ to be released June 7

    Reggae singer D’Yani and producer Kareem ‘Remus’ Burrell, the son of legendary Xterminator Records founder Phillip ‘Fatis’ Burrell, have teamed up for what both men believe could be a defining moment in their respective careers.

    The collaboration has produced Journey, an uplifting and deeply personal single that will be released on digital platforms on June 5, serving as the lead offering from D’Yani’s forthcoming album, Live Life and Prosper. For Burrell, who is steadily carving out his own identity as the head of XTM.Nation while honouring one of reggae music’s most revered legacies, the partnership feels both natural and significant.

  • YouTubers draw Gen Z to theatres with ‘Backrooms’ and ‘Obsession’ 

    Young audiences turned out in droves to movie theatres around the country this weekend for a small-budget horror from a 20-year-old first-time filmmaker that began on the Internet. Backrooms, released by A24 in 3,442 locations in the U.S. and Canada, made an astonishing $81.5 million in its first three days in theatres, according to studio estimates on Sunday. And Backrooms, which was directed and co-written by YouTube creator Kane Parsons, cost only $10 million to produce.