Haitian actor making strides in Hollywood
THE EXOTICALLY striking Haitian-born international model and actor Jimmy Jean-Louis is causing waves across the globe. However, despite being a big movie star, Jimmy remembers his life in Haiti, where he was born in a remote village he describes...
'The Break-Up' needs a matchmaker
NEW YORK (AP): THE PROBLEMS with The Break-Up have less to do with the break-up than with the initial hook-up. Vince Vaughn and Jennifer Aniston (who've hooked up in real life, for those of you who haven't gone through a grocery store check-out line...
A good idea gone bad
THE PRINCE of Day Begone: The Struggle In the Caves of Darkness , written by Winston Cohen, is a good example of a decent idea taken too far and very poorly executed. The concept of the 234-page book (excluding glossary of Jamaican terms) is sound...
'Here I Am', says Christine Allen
FOR CHRISTINE Allen, it is not coincidence that she will be performing what she considers the winning song in this year's Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) Gospel Song Contest, but divine intervention. "At a time like this in.
Poetry, painting, philosophy fuse in Earl McKenzie's work
BEFORE READING the title poem from his most recently published book, A Poet's House, Earl McKenzie recalled for the audience the words of a friend who has since died. The friend told McKenzie, retired lecturer in the University...
Violence spoils large shows
NO ONE WOULD like the violent break-outs and upheavals at stage show to become the norm, but they are becoming an all too frequent occurrence at the bigger events. After the celebrations were touted as incident free, the 2006 Jamaica Carnival's...
Magazine publishers go for higher quality
IN THE age of the Internet and cable television, magazine publishers have to be on their toes to generate advertising revenue. Jamaica has had its share of magazines, some crumbling as quickly as they were formed, or even quicker.
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