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By Monica Joseph-McIntyre Pride Contributing Writer Some audiences at the Toronto International Film Festival last month got an advance look at “Enough Said,” which opened in theatres last week. Directed by Nicole Holofcener (“Friends With Money” and “Please Give”) it ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana CMC – Two leading agricultural organizations have launched a book on agriculture in a climate-change Caribbean environment, as a leading agriculturalist warned that global climate change is one of the most serious threats to sustainable development in the ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica CMC – The murder trial of Dancehall singer “Ninja Man” and his son has been postponed to April 7 next year because his attorney, Valrie Nieta Robinson, is engaged in another matter in the Gun Court. The trial ...

Promoted as Jamaica’s longest running play, distinguished playwright Paul O. Beale’s comedic play, Court House Drama — which was launched in October, 2012 and stars Andrea Wright in its lead role — will celebrate its first anniversary in the Greater ...

By Monica Joseph-McIntyre Pride Contributing Writer In the film “1982,” director Tommy Oliver tackles the crack-cocaine epidemic in the U.S. in the early 1980s. The film is not so much about substance abuse, but about how one person’s drug abuse ...

By Monica Joseph-McIntyre Pride Contributing Writer “All Is By My Side,” which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) earlier this month, focuses on a year in the life of Jimi Hendrix just before he became a rock guitar ...

By Monica Joseph-McIntyre Pride Contributing Writer “Belle,” which also played at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), tells the true story of Dido Elizabeth Belle (played by Gugu Mbata-Raw), the illegitimate, biracial daughter of a Royal Navy admiral and a ...

NEW YORK, New York CMC – The family of Slinger Francisco, widely regarded as the “Calypso King of the World”, says the “Mighty Sparrow” is responding very well to treatment. Sparrow, who was admitted to a New York hospital two ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica CMC – Vybz Kartel, the incarcerated dancehall performer, is reportedly in more trouble with the law. On Wednesday, the police reported back-to-back seizures of several contraband items from the cell occupied by Kartel, whose given name is Adidja Palmer. The ...

Ajax, ON – Ajax resident, Simone Shanks, has been selected by the Face of the Globe organization to represent Canada in their annual beauty pageant being held in London, England and Disneyland Paris this Fall. Twelve-year-old Simone will compete with ...