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Movies
Marley flick in the works
A film about the international rise of reggae legend Bob Marley and his Wailers band is reportedly in the works, according to the website, indiewire.com. Titled Buffalo Soldiers (the name of one of Marley's songs), it will be distributed by Mandalay Pictures, with writer Barry Morrow (Rain Man) and ... Read More
Flood of support for Noah
THE St Andrew Parish Foundation hosted the premiere of the motion picture Noah, at Palace Amusement' ... Read More
Predictions spot on
THEY did it. The actors got it right.
In a poll conducted by the Jamaica Observer which asked other ... Read More
Anancy Chaptaz comes up big
IT was the children's production Anancy Chaptaz Winner's Circle which walked away with the most trop ... Read More
Game of Thrones fans get royal treatment
TO celebrate the premiere episode of the HBO medieval hit series Game of Thrones, cable operator Flow held an invitation only screening at the Courtleigh Auditorium in New Kingston, St Andrew, on Sunday. "The show is not only one of the top shows watched on Flow, its one of the top shows in the island rivaling programmes like Scandal," Donovan White, vice-president of marketing and sales at Columbus Communications Jamaica Ltd, told the Jamaica Observer. The event was one of several taking plac ... Read More
Spotlight on lignum vitae film festival
BY CECELIA CAMPBELL-LIVINGSTON Observer reporter livingstonc@jamaicaobserver.com | Wednesday, April 09, 2014
THE Lignum Vitae Film Festival kicks off today at the Northern Caribbean University (NCU) in Mandeville at 5:00 pm. The event is in its fifth year. Tamika Wilson, research assistant in NCU's communication department, said the festival — which started as a class project — has grown significantly. "We hope to screen 15 films from the more than 30 submitted," she told the Jamaica Observer. Among the films to be screened are 60 Seconds To Live (directed by Collin McClaughlin), Life C ... Read More
Actor ‘Blind Sided’ from flight
AMERICAN actor Quinton Aaron, one of the stars in the Academy Award-winning The Blind Side (2009) was booted from a US Airways flight for taking up too much room. According to ABC report, he's determined to lose weight. Aaron's size was an asset to playing Michael Oher in the movie, he called the incident on the plane a humiliating experience. "I just grabbed my bag and just got off as quick as possible because it was embarrassing," he said in the ABC report. Aaron, 29, stands 6 feet 8 inche ... Read More
Free HBO weekend for Game of Thrones
Today, the highly-anticipated fourth season of the triumphant original drama series Game of Thrones returns to HBO on Flow Channel 518. In addition, Flow has announced it would be hosting a viewing party and all cable service customers will enjoy free viewing of HBO this weekend. "Jamaica will join the global audience that will tune in for the season premiere of Game of Thrones as we are doing a number of initiatives to ensure that everyone has a chance to share in the excitement," said Gail A ... Read More
Paul Campbell to get Carib Award
ACTOR Paul Campbell is one of two recipients of the Caribbean Heritage Award, to be presented during the inaugural Oracabessa Festival, at Roy Wilkins Park in Queens, New York, on May 26. Irwin Clare, a stalwart in New York City's Jamaican community, will also receive an award. Campbell first came to prominence as Priest in the 1997 movie Dancehall Queen. He has had leading roles in films such as The Lunatic, Shottas and Third World Cop. Last year, he appeared in the low-budget film Home Agai ... Read More
The battle for the Iron Throne continues
THE HBO original series, Game of Thrones's fourth season premieres in the Caribbean and United States simultaneously, on Sunday, April 6. This hit drama series, based on the best-selling fantasy novels by George RR Martin, tells an epic story of treachery and nobility set on the continent of Westeros, where summers and winters can last years, and only the lust for power is eternal. Encouraged by the Red Wedding slaughter in Riverlands, which eliminated many of their Stark enemies, the Lanniste ... Read More
Patrice Wymore Flynn remembered
PATRICE Wymore Flynn, former American actress and widow of swashbuckling movie star Errol Flynn, is dead. Wymore Flynn, who adopted the rustic parish of Portland as her home since the 1950s, died on her 2,000-acre property in Castle, Portland, on Saturday. She was 87 and had been ailing for some time. Daryl Vaz, member of parliament for Western Portland, confirmed the actress's death. "She died a little after 4:00 pm on Saturday," he told the Jamaica Observer. The MP remembers the actress-cu ... Read More
Gong’s Hardwork on Winehouse pal’s set
BRITISH singer Juliette Ashby, who started her career as part of a rap duo with Amy Winehouse, recently released her debut album BitterSweet. The set includes collaborations with Damian ‘Junior Gong’ Marley, as well as American R&B artiste Alicia Keys and rapper Da Brat. Ashby says her sound is eclectic, a blend of Rhythm and Blues, reggae and neo-soul. Hardwork & Mavelle is the name of her song with Marley. It is not her first foray into reggae, having done two songs with ... Read More
Kingston 14 takes centre stage
BY CECELIA CAMPBELL-LIVINGSTON Observer reporter livingstonc@jamaicaobserver.com | Sunday, March 16, 2014
WHILE on his third visit to Jamaica, five years ago, British playwright Roy Williams was stunned by the level of crime in the capital Kingston. It inspired him to write the play Kingston 14, which opens March 28 at the Theatre Royal Stratford East in London. Kingston 14 tells the story of James, a black British police officer who is sent to Kingston to investigate the murder of a English tourist. Because of his ties to the country through his Jamaican father, James struggles to conduct a prop ... Read More
Gospel kick-starts Hague Show
HAGUE, Trelawny — THE entertainment segment of this year's staging of the Hague Agricultural and Livestock Show got underway on Tuesday night with rich spiritual performances for a number of gospel acts. The two-day event climaxed yesterday. The night's highlight was the performance of closing act, Prodigal Son, who despite carrying an injury, hopped onto the stage, took a seat on a stool, and thrilled his fans. The popular gospel artiste, who informed the patrons that he had "a slipped ... Read More
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