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Sad final trip
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Sad final trip
BY KASEY WILLIAMS Observer staff reporter kaseyw@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 12 12:30 AM
Sad final trip
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Late RJRGleaner CEO did not seek applause
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Late RJRGleaner CEO did not seek applause
Anthony Smith remembered for weighing decisions carefully, balancing firmness and humanity
BY ALICIA DUNKLEY-WILLIS Senior staff reporter dunkleywillisa@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 12 12:28 AM
Late RJRGleaner CEO did not seek applause
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Lawyer calls for permanent fix
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Lawyer calls for permanent fix
...suggests copying Belize’s Criminal Justice Board
BY ALICIA DUNKLEY-WILLIS Senior staff reporter dunkleywillisa@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 12 12:26 AM
Lawyer calls for permanent fix
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Let them smell their ‘flowers’
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Let them smell their ‘flowers’
Promoter echoes call to honour reggae stalwarts before they pass on
BY HOWARD CAMPBELL Observer senior writer entertainment@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 12 12:26 AM
Let them smell their ‘flowers’
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Public health dept wants more garbage trucks for Portland
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Public health dept wants more garbage trucks for Portland
Everard Owen Observer Writer editorial@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 12 12:25 AM
Public health dept wants more garbage trucks for Portland
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From hurricane escape to flooded fate
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From hurricane escape to flooded fate
Dover residents say flooding worse than Melissa, blame lack of drain cleaning
BY TAMOY ASHMAN Observer staff reporter ashmant@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 12 12:24 AM
From hurricane escape to flooded fate
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Singer Kenneth Roxborough dies at 78
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Singer Kenneth Roxborough dies at 78
BY HOWARD CAMPBELL Observer senior writer entertainment@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 12 12:24 AM
Singer Kenneth Roxborough dies at 78
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Adjournment in gang trial might be ‘demanded’, says lawyer
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Adjournment in gang trial might be ‘demanded’, says lawyer
Judge expected to decide on start date today
BY ALICIA DUNKLEY-WILLIS Senior staff reporter dunkleywillisa@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 12 12:22 AM
Adjournment in gang trial might be ‘demanded’, says lawyer
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Shopping Sweet Rind: The director’s cut
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Shopping Sweet Rind: The director’s cut
BY RICHARD JOHNSON Observer senior reporter johnsonr@jamaicaobserver.com 
October 10, 2020
Funding wanted for local film Film-making and Jamaica have been partners from the 1950s thanks to the efforts of the likes of American Errol Flynn and...
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Sweet success
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Sweet success
BY RICHARD JOHNSON Observer senior reporter johnsonr@jamaicaobserver.com 
October 8, 2020
Sweet Rind reaps sweet rewards The current global health crisis may have ostensibly shut down the entertainment industry, but at least one Jamaican fi...
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Dahlia does it again
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Dahlia does it again
BY RICHARD JOHNSON Observer senior reporter johnsonr@jamaicaobserver.com 
October 3, 2020
Harris takes another work from stage to screen FOLLOWING the success of her television drama series Ring Games in 2019, actress, playwright and broadc...
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Palace reels from curfews
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Palace reels from curfews
BY RICHARD JOHNSON Observer senior reporter johnsonr@jamaicaobserver.com 
September 30, 2020
PLANS by Palace Amusement Company — Jamaica's lone motion picture exhibitor and distributor — to reopen a drive-in cinema in response to the current p...
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Elgood looks to The Agency
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Elgood looks to The Agency
BY RICHARD JOHNSON Observer senior reporter johnsonr@jamaicaobserver.com 
September 21, 2020
FILM-MAKER Rick Elgood premiered the pilot for his series The Agency at CaribbeanTales International Film Festival (CTFF) in Toronto last Friday. The ...
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Bond ready to rumble
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Bond ready to rumble
BY BRIAN BONITTO Associate Editor — Auto & Entertainment bonittob@jamaicaobserver.com 
September 8, 2020
WITH its release date readjusted due to the COVID-19 pandemic, No Time to Die is set to hit the US box office on November 20. It was initially schedul...
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Rawlins takes director’s chair
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Rawlins takes director’s chair
BY BRIAN BONITTO Associate Editor — Auto & Entertainment bonittob@jamaicaobserver.com 
September 7, 2020
AWARD-WINNING theatre thespian, Nadean Rawlins makes her directorial debut in the short film Traytown, which premieres at the Trinidad and Tobago Film...
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Rebecca Williams puts JA on show
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Rebecca Williams puts JA on show
BY BRIAN BONITTO Associate Editor — Auto & Entertainment bonittob@jamaicaobserver.com 
September 1, 2020
Out Of Many , a short movie by fledgling filmmaker Rebecca Williams, premieres at the Trinidad & Tobago Film Festival on September 12. It is one of se...
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Jamaican Sarah Cooper gets Netflix special
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Jamaican Sarah Cooper gets Netflix special
August 15, 2020
JAMAICAN-born author and comedian Sarah Cooper has landed herself a varitey special on Netflix, the American technology and media services provider an...
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Lights, camera, action
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Lights, camera, action
July 11, 2020
Government sets guidelines as filming resumes JAMPRO and Jamaica Film and Television Association (JAFTA) have officially launched the 'Post-COVID-19 S...
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Patrons show up for the movies
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Patrons show up for the movies
BY RICHARD JOHNSON Observer senior reporter johnsonr@jamaicaobserver.com 
July 9, 2020
After being closed for nearly four months the island's cinemas operated by Palace Amusement Company opened their doors on Wednesday to mixed reviews. ...
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New times for cinema reopening
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New times for cinema reopening
July 6, 2020
CINEMA operators, Palace Amusement Company has announced new movie times as it prepares for tomorrow's opening of Carib 5 and Palace Cineplex in Kings...
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Kissing starts again in French films
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Kissing starts again in French films
June 24, 2020
PARIS, France (AFP) — Actors have started kissing again on French film shoots, the country's culture minister has said. Franck Riester said “kissing h...
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Empowerment through entertainment
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Empowerment through entertainment
Richard Johnson Observer senior reporter johnsonr@jamaicaobserver.com 
May 23, 2020
Belle Castle, near Hector's River in Portland, is a quiet community. Far removed from bustling industry, the younger residents of the community strugg...
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Don Reid goes to film
Entertainment, Movies
Don Reid goes to film
May 23, 2020
DON Reid, the bank manager-turned-songwriter and recording artiste, has released a short film chronicling his life story entitled I Know Who I Am . Th...
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Perry’s studio moves toward reopening while industry waits
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Perry’s studio moves toward reopening while industry waits
May 22, 2020
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tyler Perry is planning to make his Atlanta-based mega studio one of the first domestic filming grounds to reopen during the corona...
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ESPN to show film about Game 6 of 1998 NBA Finals
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ESPN to show film about Game 6 of 1998 NBA Finals
May 18, 2020
T he final episodes of The Last Dance have aired, yet ESPN has one more programme to show about the Chicago Bulls' sixth championship. ESPN will show ...
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Cannes is empty, the day the film festival should have begun
Entertainment, Movies
Cannes is empty, the day the film festival should have begun
May 12, 2020
CANNES, France (AP) — The stars of Cannes Film Festival have stayed home, its prestigious grounds repurposed as a homeless shelter and the beaches clo...
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Jerry Stiller, comedian and Seinfeld actor, dies at 92
Entertainment, Movies
Jerry Stiller, comedian and Seinfeld actor, dies at 92
May 11, 2020
NEW YORK (AP) — Jerry Stiller, who for decades teamed with wife Anne Meara in a beloved comedy duo and then reached new heights in his senior years as...
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Taika Waititi to direct new Star Wars film
Entertainment, Movies
Taika Waititi to direct new Star Wars film
May 4, 2020
NEW YORK (AP) — Taika Waititi, the New Zealand film-makerof Jojo Rabbit and Thor: Ragnarok , will direct a new Star Wars film. Waititi had for months ...
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Actor Boy Awards set for May 9
Entertainment, Movies
Actor Boy Awards set for May 9
BY RICHARD JOHNSON Observer senior reporter johnsonr@jamaicaobserver.com 
May 2, 2020
The Actor Boy Awards, which recognises excellence in local theatre, will be handed out this Saturday, May 9. The event, which has been postponed due t...
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‘I feel like I’ve already won’
Entertainment, Movies
‘I feel like I’ve already won’
BY RICHARD JOHNSON Observer senior reporter johnsonr@jamaicaobserver.com 
April 25, 2020
Heap pleased with Commonwealth writers nomination FOR local dramaturge Dr Brian Heap, just being among the final 20 writers shortlisted for this year'...
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Let them smell their ‘flowers’
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Public health dept wants more garbage trucks for Portland
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