Entertainment

12 Years a Slave, American Hustle take top Golden Globes

BEVERLEY HILLS, California (Reuters) – The film 12 Years a Slave took the coveted Golden Globe for best drama and American Hustle won best musical or comedy last night in a kick-off to the Hollywood awards season that foreshadows a wide scattering of honours for a year crowded with high-quality movies.

'Flippa Mafia'
‘Flippa Mafia’

Deejay Flippa Mafia indicted on drug charges in US

(Jamaica Observer) KINGSTON, Jamaica — Deejay ‘Flippa Mafia’ and his brother Kemar Davis were among 15 people indicted by a state grand jury on Friday in connection with an international drug ring that used the postal service and other delivery services to ship cocaine from California to New Jersey.

A Minute With: Aamir Khan on movie marketing

By Shilpa Jamkhandikar  (Reuters) “Dhoom 3”, the third instalment in India’s only action movie franchise, has become Bollywood’s highest-gros-sing film, raking in more than 5 billion rupees ($80 million) in global ticket sales.

Eurythmics

Eurythmics to reunite for Beatles tribute concert

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – British pop duo Eurythmics will reunite in Los Angeles later this month for a performance celebrating the 50th anniversary of The Beatles’ appearance on the “Ed Sullivan Show”, organizers said on Monday.

Universal takes writedown on new Keanu Reeves film

(Reuters) – Comcast Corp’s (CMCSA.O) Universal Pictures movie studio has taken unspecified write-downs for its $175 million, Keanu Reeves film “47 Ronin” that opened on Christmas Day, the studio has acknowledged, as Hollywood neared the end of a year of big budget bombs.

‘Hobbit’ blasts past newcomers to claim third box office crown

LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK (Reuters) – “The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug,” the special-effects-laden tale that pits dwarfs against a dragon, blasted to its third consecutive box office title, collecting $29.9 million over the post-Christmas weekend to beat newcomers “The Wolf of Wall Street” and “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty.”

Bob Marley

Bob Marley on a roll

(Jamaica Gleaner) Bob Marley figures prominently in Rolling Stone magazine’s 500 Greatest Albums, Top 100 Greatest Singers and Top 500 Songs.

Tessanne Chin

Tessanne leaves Voice viewers in awe

(Jamaica Observer) TESSANNE Chin left viewers of The Voice in awe last night after an unbelievable performance of the Whitney Houston classic I Have Nothing that also had her coach, Adam Levine, declaring that she was the winner of the NBC TV talent show.

Joan Fontaine

Oscar-winning actress Joan Fontaine dead at 96

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Oscar-winning actress Joan Fontaine, one of the last of the leading ladies from Hollywood’s Golden Age whose career was marked by a storied and bitter rivalry with her older sister, Olivia de Havilland, died on Sunday at age 96.

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