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Grammy-winning singer Anita Pointer dies aged 74
Anita Pointer, from the Grammy-winning Pointer Sisters, has died aged 74, her publicist has announced. She died surrounded by her family at her Beverley Hills home in California. Her family said they were deeply saddened by her passing. “Heaven is a more loving beautiful place with Anita there,” they said in a statement. The second…
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Regional Female Calypso Show is Back at Montserrat Carnival 2022
The region’s top female calypsonians are preparing to descend on Montserrat Carnival 2022 for the Queen of Queens Regional Female Calypso Competition slated for Friday, December 30 at Festival Village, Little Bay. There will be 10 women in the competition representing nine nations. Defending champion, Karene Asche of Trinidad & Tobago will have to battle…
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Rihanna’s baby boy revealed in TikTok video
Bajan music icon Rihanna, 34, shared the first official look at her baby boy, whom she welcomed with boyfriend ASAP Rocky in May 2022, on TikTok Saturday. In the sweet video, the couple’s son can be seen cooing and smiling at his mother, who is heard in the background recording him. “You tryna get Mommy’s phone?” Rihanna asks her little guy. Later in…
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Keri Hilson claps back at hater while enjoying vacation in Antigua
American R&B singer, songwriter and actress, Keri Hilson, had to check a hater on social media while giving her fans some insight into her luxury birthday getaway in Antigua and Barbuda. Hilson, who celebrated her milestone 40th birthday last week, posted a cute video of herself lounging in a hot pink bikini over the clear-blue…
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Renowned Producer to Evaluate Entertainment Investment Opportunities in Antigua and Barbuda, region
Entertainment industry mogul and multinational business entrepreneur Andrea Iervolino has been tasked with evaluating entertainment investment opportunities in the in the West Indies, with a focus on enriching Antigua and Barbuda with opportunities involving film and TV productions, strategic partnerships, and cooperations bridging the countries with Europe and North America where Iervolino runs several successful…
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33 competing in Montserrat’s 2022 Calypso Eliminations
Montserrat’s Carnival 2022 season kicks off with the much-anticipated Calypso Eliminations on Saturday, December 3 at Festival Village. Head of the calypso committee Theodore Phillip said a total of 33 people are currently rehearsing with the Black Rhythms Band, which is led by former calypso monarch and songwriter Cecil “Cepeke” Lake (1987, 1990, 1999), for…
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Rihanna’s Comeback To The Stage Chronicled Via Apple TV+ Documentary
The superstar singer reportedly landed a multimillion-dollar deal with the streaming platform. Perhaps one of the most talked about and viral Super Bowl halftime announcements ever was the revelation that Rihanna would take the stage during the NFL’s biggest game. Now, the journey leading up to the huge moment will be available for her fans…
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Reality TV stars Todd and Julie Chrisley sentenced to federal prison in tax evasion case
Chrisley Knows Best stars Todd and Julie Chrisley are headed to prison. On Monday, U.S. District Judge Eleanor L. Ross sentenced Todd Chrisley, 54, to 12 years in federal prison for bank and tax fraud offenses and Julie Chrisley, 49, to seven years, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office. The husband-and-wife…
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Musk restores Trump’s Twitter account after online poll
Elon Musk reinstated Donald Trump’s account on Twitter on Saturday, reversing a ban that has kept the former president off the social media site since a pro-Trump mob attacked the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, as Congress was poised to certify Joe Biden’s election victory. Musk made the announcement in the evening after holding…
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British Actor Tom Pritchard Coming to Montserrat’s AFW LitFest Screening of Deep Blue
British actor Tom Pritchard who plays a ruthless businessman in HAMAFilms Antigua’s Deep Blue, will be appearing at the film’s advanced screening this Thursday, November 17, at the Montserrat Cultural Centre. Deep Blue is the feature film for the Alliouagana Festival of the Word’s (AFW LitFest) Movie Night, which kicks off the three-day literary event.…
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‘Homosexual’ in Bible by mistake? Filmmaker ripped for controversial claim
Hell hath no fury like TikTokers scorned. A filmmaker says she’s been subjected to a vicious smear campaign on social media ahead of the release of her new documentary, which alleges that the word “homosexual” was accidentally inserted into the Bible back in 1946. Sharon “Rocky” Roggio is the director of “1946: The Mistranslation That…