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ACTOR BOY AWARDS honors Jamaica’s first lady of the stage, Leonie Forbes for her lasting legacy to the world of theatre with a special Actor Boy Award at the Little Theatre last week. The Jamaican theatre gala event recognizes the previous year’s outstanding works and individual performances in a number of categories, such as, The Jamaica Musical Theatre Company (JMTC) production, The Wiz, which dominated the awards by winning seven statuettes of its ten nominations, Technical, Best Set Design, Lighting and Special Effects topping the list as Best Production, Musical, Choreography and Costuming. Other multiple nominees included Karl Williams The Black That I Am, garnering four awards including Best Drama and Best New Jamaican Play and Aston Cooke's Jamaica 2 Rahtid which won Best Revue, Best Comedy, Original Song (Jamaica 2 Rahtid) and Original Score. After the Actor Boy Gala, everyone headed to the Barn Theater for ‘One Rahtid Party’, as the cast and production personnel of Jamaica 2 Rahtid celebrated their 150th performance and success with members of the theatre fraternity. Congratulations “2 Rahtid”!!!
************************* HIP HOP power couple Russell Simmons and Kimora Lee Simmons, Baby Phat’s CEO, have separated after seven years of marriage! "Kimora and I will remain committed parents and caring friends with great love and admiration for each other," Simmons, 48, said in a statement issued by his agent. Apparently they had been separated for some time, although they had continued living under the same roof. Simmons, the founder of Def Jam Records, which produced many of the top names in hip hop, married Kimora Lee in 1998 after meeting her when she was modeling at New York Fashion Week. Considered a hip-hop pioneer, he started Def Jam with Rick Rubin in Rubin's dorm room at New York University in 1984. Def Jam was the original home to some of the first mainstream rap stars: Run-DMC, the Beastie Boys and Public Enemy. ****************************** {jospagebreak}
We've got a Miss Universe, Miss World, Miss Global beauty contest, it's time for a Mr. Jamaica counterpart. So what are we waiting for? Announcing the 2006 Mr. Jamaica Galaxy Contest! It won't be called a beauty contest, although to the Greeks the male physique was admired for its beauty. No, it’s a combination of the good looks of Denzel Washington, the personality of Bill Cosby, and a body that will draw "oohs" and "aahs" from the ladies in the audience. Sponsors who attempt to spark controversy with names that could be misconstrued like Front-End Lifter, Cock Soup, Heavy Duty Tools, Big Willy, or even AB Dick (a legitimate office equipment brand) will not be approached. So, ladies I can’t wait for this one!! AMERICAN IDOL exposure sends Daniel Powter to the top of the Billboard charts! Canadian-born singer Daniel Powter has the number one song in the U.S. this week, as Bad Day overtakes Sean Paul's Temperature at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart!
REGGAE GONE classical, when the first Jamaican classical pianist, Orrett Rhoden, played at Carnegie Hall last week, not only classical songs, but reggae hits as well. BEYONCE’S WIG woes!! BEYONCÉ KNOWLES had to delayed shooting on her new film since objects kept getting things stuck in her hair. An insider whispered that: "During a dance routine, a fake nail kept getting caught in it”. Meanwhile, Beyoncé is being paid a whopping £2.6 million by L'Oreal to keep her real hair in great condition. VP RECORDS, the leading independent reggae label, has joined forces with Digicel, the Caribbean's largest communications provider, to promote Caribbean music. The two have just recently sealed the deal. That’s all for now, walk good til nex time! |
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