Kris KI Persad crowned Chutney Soca Monarch…again
(Trinidad Express) Kris “KI” Persad created history as the youngest artiste to be crowned Chutney Soca Monarch in 2012.
(Trinidad Express) Kris “KI” Persad created history as the youngest artiste to be crowned Chutney Soca Monarch in 2012.
(Jamaica Observer) DANCEHALL deejay Tommy Lee Sparta was yesterday charged for breaches under the Anti-Lottery Act.
LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Comic showman Sid Caesar, a pioneer of American television sketch comedy as the star and creative force of “Your Show of Shows” during the 1950s, died today at age 91, according to his friend and former collaborator Carl Reiner.
(Reuters) Actress Suchitra Sen, known for several landmark roles in Bengali and Hindi cinema, died in Kolkata recently after prolonged illness.
(Trinidad Express) “CALYPSO King of the World” Slinger Francisco, better known as the “Mighty Sparrow”, yesterday said reigning Soca Monarch Machel Montano is mistaken, and in fact he (Sparrow) is the “happiest man alive”, referring to the title of Montano’s hit song.
CALIFORNIA (Reuters) – Shirley Temple Black, who lifted America’s spirits as a bright-eyed, dimpled child movie star during the Great Depression and later became a US diplomat, died late on Monday evening at the age of 85, her family said in a statement.
(Jamaica Observer) DANCEHALL entertainer Tommy Lee Sparta spent another night in lockup.
BURBANK, Calif., (Reuters) – Comedian Jay Leno said an emotional goodbye to the “Tonight Show” on Thursday with a star-studded farewell led by actor Billy Crystal, after hosting the NBC late night program for more than 20 years and handing the reins over to Jimmy Fallon.
(Trinidad Express) “I WILL NOT DEFEND.” Those were the final words of reigning Chutney Soca Monarch, Raymond Ramnarine, yesterday.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Lead singer of the iconic reggae band, Third World, William ‘Bunny Rugs’ Clarke is dead.
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Actor Philip Seymour Hoffman, who won an Academy Award for the film “Capote,” was found dead in his New York City apartment on Sunday in what a police source described as an apparent drug overdose.
LONDON, (Reuters) – British actress Sienna Miller spoke on Friday of her anger that “titillating” information about her affair with James Bond actor Daniel Craig had been made public at the phone-hacking trial of a former Rupert Murdoch tabloid editor.
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Two unconventional acts, French electronic music DJs Daft Punk and New Zealand teen Lorde, took home the top Grammy awards on Sunday in a night that rewarded robots and newcomers, and recognized marriage equality.
(Jamaica Observer) KINGSTON, Jamaica — Ziggy Marley won his second solo Best Reggae Album Grammy today for his live In Concert set.
(Trinidad Express) The Birdie is back! Make no mistake about it, Slinger Francisco, better known as The Mighty Sparrow, Calypso King of the World, has returned to the stage, if only for a few moments in Brooklyn, New York, USA,—and he is promising a return to Trinidad and Tobago for Carnival 2014, with plans to perform at Kaiso House and Mas Camp.
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The Grammy Award-winning husband and wife pop duo Captain & Tennille, whose biggest hit was 1975’s “Love Will Keep Us Together,” are divorcing after nearly 39 years of marriage, an Arizona court clerk confirmed on Wednesday.
(Trinidad Express) THE hosting of the 2014 Lotto Plus Chutney Soca Monarch competition is in jeopardy as Government has failed to deliver on its financial commitments.
(Reuters) – The 15th International Indian Film Academy Awards, the Oscars of Bollywood’s yearly $7.8 billion industry, will be presented in the United States for the first time this year, organizers of the event said on Wednesday.
(Trinidad Guardian) Roger Mohammed, better known in the calypso fraternity as “Bodyguard”, has shot back at Michael “Sugar Aloes” Osouna, saying he (Osouna) has no moral authority to talk about racism. Mohammed’s
(Jamaica Observer) Last Sunday’s Golden Globes in Los Angeles had some Caribbean flavour.
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