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Fri, Sep

Jamaica Gleaner

  • 5 Questions With Heather Cummings

    Media personality, artiste, podcaster and businesswoman Heather Cummings is one of the 2026 honorees at the Excellence in Music Ceremony 2026 organised by Back 2 Da Future Music Limited in collaboration with Royalty Network Inc.

  • Movie Review |‘Practical Magic 2’ should have stuck to the original spellbook

    AP: Getting a sequel greenlit nearly 30 years after the original movie floundered upon its release likely required a stroke of magic. The 1998 Practical Magic, led by Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman as the Owens family witches, eventually became a cult classic, finding its footing with a home video release and subsequently, streaming services and social media.

  • Snoop Dogg to host VMAs in Los Angeles

    NEW YORK (AP): The MTV Video Music Awards are returning to the West Coast this month and they’ve got a very West Coast host — Snoop Dogg. The rapper and entrepreneur will emcee the telecast live from Los Angeles on September 27, marking the first time since 2017 that the VMAs have picked a location that’s not in New York or New Jersey. The VMAs are scheduled to air simultaneously from the Peacock Theater on CBS, MTV, and Paramount+.

  • What to expect at this year’s Toronto film festival

    TORONTO (AP): The spotlight at the 51st edition of the Toronto International Film Festival belongs to Rocky Balboa, K-pop superstar Lisa, the late disability rights pioneer Judy Heumann, and many more as North America’s largest film festival got under way on Thursday. TIFF is so large and covers such a wide spectrum of movies that the chance to command attention can be fleeting. Most of this fall’s award contenders will be vying to stand out alongside movies hoping to catch a distributor’s eye.

  • From New Delhi to AfroFestival Ottawa, Hezron makes global stops

    This year, for the first time, the annual AfroFestival Ottawa will include international artistes on its three-day line-up. An outdoor, family-friendly event celebrating African culture through music, food, dance, and community activities, it is scheduled for September 11 to 13 at Mooney’s Bay Park and Beach, Ottawa, Ontario. The festival will showcase African, Caribbean and Pan-African music in Ottawa, and one of the international acts scheduled to perform is Hezron. He is beyond excited.