Brace yourself, again. As bolts out of the blue go this one has come at Richter scale level. American music legend Whitney Houston has died. She was 48. This tragic news is still so fresh that exact details are still filtering through. Reliable news sources report that she was found unconscious in her room at [...]
It sweet you that Colonel Gadaffi is dead, right? Better be careful because it might soon sour you.
On stage British comedian Rudi Lickwood is as charmingly outspoken and in your face as you can get. What's he like up close and really personal?
When Toots Hibbert, the man widely acclaimed to have coined the word "reggae", rolls into town missing him is not an option.
Singer Diana King is happier if you simply try not to fence her in behind some border, which also works for her style of music.
Rising singer/actress and former model Zenesha Riley is a discovery at the dock of the entertainment bay.
Fela!, the musical about Nigerian Afrobeat pioneer Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, produced by entertainers Jay-Z, Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith which premiered in 2009, stretches its legs to London at the Sadler's Wells.
We still may not know his name but the one thing we do know is that the young man who demanded answers from his city's mayor has football-sized balls.
Artist manager, producer and arts agent Eddie Lock turns off the street culture superhighway onto the arts hard shoulder but is the pace of living same style, different fashion?
Generally, sisters are doing it for themselves. But, here's one sister who is also doing it for othrs too.
12 February 2012
Jamaica’s gorgeous looking Youth and Culture Minister Lisa Hanna was present to celebrate the commemoration of reggae legend Marley’s 67th birthday at the Bob Marley Museum on February 6, Marley’s birthday. There to welcome the Culture Minister were Rita Marley, widow of Bob Marley; Donisha Prendergast, Bob Marley’s granddaughter, and Paula Pinnock-MacLeod, sports sponsorships manager [...]
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18 December 2011
The Entertainment Reports Advisory contain brief news, a newsletter, highlights and links to stuff currently floating around in ER.
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12 September 2011
The Nine Eleven Media Message Memory, panticularly the way it is being depicted in the media.
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11 September 2011
After 10 years the conspiracy theories around the 9/11 tragedy shows no sign of letting up. There is no smoke without fire so shouldn't we be looking to fry someone (or two) for genocide?
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31 August 2011
A have-a-go hero, right, tries to trip up a knifeman fleeing the scene of a stabbing, under the noses of the police.
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27 August 2011
The Times Higher Education Supplement yesterday published an open letter signed by 100 British academics questioning the BBC's decision to feature David Starkey as a historian on Newsnight to speak as a commentator on an issue other than his field of expertise. Starkey sparked dismay with his inflammatory comments where he suggested the UK riots were caused by the popularisation of black culture. Here is a list of the 100+ academics.
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26 August 2011
The Times Higher Education Supplement yesterday published an open letter signed by 100 British academics questioning the BBC's decision to feature David Starkey as a historian on Newsnight to speak as a commentator on an issue other than his field of expertise. Starkey sparked dismay with his inflammatory comments where he suggested the UK riots were caused by the popularisation of black culture. This is the full transcript of the academics' open letter.
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24 August 2011
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“This is Dad talking to you,” says Cedella Marley about Listen to Bob Marley: The Man, the Music, the Revolution, an inspiring collection of her father’s poems, meditations, and lyrics. One of the world’s most revered and well-known musical legends, Bob Marley is celebrated for his songs and messages of peace and unity, which have touched millions of lives. In this new video, watch Cedella Marley and Chris Blackwell, founder of Island Records