Entertainment

(Jamaica Observer) FOR the first time in years, the Tribute to the Greats Awards Show and Dance will not be held at Curphey Place in St Andrew.

Jamaica Gleaner) KINGSTON, Jamaica: News reports out of Nevis say Premier Vance Amory, wants a concert featuring Jamaican entertainer, Alkaline, cancelled over fears of his social and moral influence on citizens.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Actor George Clooney criticized Britain’s Daily Mail on Wednesday for publishing what he called a “completely fabricated” story, saying his future mother-in-law opposes his upcoming marriage to human rights lawyer Amal Alamuddin.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – U.S. pop singer Beyonce, basketball player LeBron James and record producer and rapper Dr.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – U.S. soul singer and songwriter Bobby Womack has died, his publicist said today.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Eli Wallach, an early practitioner of method acting who made a lasting impression as the scuzzy bandit Tuco in “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly”, died on Tuesday at the age of 98, the New York Times reported.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – In 1993 at the age of 12, Jose Antonio Vargas said goodbye to his mother and boarded a plane in the Philippines to join his grandparents in California.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Eli Wallach, an early practitioner of method acting who made a lasting impression as the scuzzy bandit Tuco in “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly”, died yesterday at the age of 98, the New York Times reported.

LONDON, (Reuters) – When veteran California rock band the Eagles hit the stage in London at the weekend, there was no pretence about why people had come to see them or what the band was expected to do.

(Barbados Nation) Peter Tosh never hid his love for ganja. He wrote several songs about its spiritual powers and was a passionate advocate for its legalisation.

Guyanese entertainer Lisa Punch is to appear on the US television network ABC’s singing programme `Rising Star’ on Sunday.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – A U.S. Senate panel probing bogus diet product ads took celebrity doctor Mehmet Oz to task on Tuesday for touting weight-loss products on his syndicated television show.

(Reuters) – Comedian Tracy Morgan’s health was upgraded to fair condition yesterday as he continued to show signs of improvement after being badly injured in a highway crash earlier this month, a publicist for the star said.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Casey Kasem, the U.S. radio personality who counted down pop music hits on his popular weekly radio show and also lent his distinctive voice to hippie sleuth Shaggy in the “Scooby Doo” cartoons, died today.

(Trinidad Express) The Mighty Sparrow (Slinger Francisco) is toying with the possibility of new music for the next Carnival season.

NEW YORK  (Reuters) – Legendary stage and screen actress Ruby Dee, who won acclaim on stage, film and television and became a notable figure in the US civil rights movement, died peacefully at home, a friend of the family said today.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Few American stages have produced as many music legends as Harlem’s landmark Apollo Theater, which is celebrating its 80th anniversary, and not many people know more about its rich past than its long-time historian Billy Mitchell.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Actress Audra McDonald made Broadway history on Sunday, winning her sixth Tony as Billie Holiday in “Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill” and Bryan Cranston and Neil Patrick Harris nabbed the top acting prizes at the 68th annual Tony Awards.

(Jamaica Observer) KINGSTON, Jamaica — A British High Court judge on Wednesday dismissed a record company’s claim to the rights to 13 Bob Marley songs, including the 1974 classic No Woman, No Cry.

(Trinidad Express) MUSICIAN and recording artiste Isaac Blackman was beaten and robbed by thieves who stole valuables from his home in Piparo around midday yesterday.