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Sixteen competitors vying for the title of Guyana Chutney Monarch 2013 walked onto the stage of the National Cultural Centre on the night of January 5, but it was Roger Hinds who grabbed the winnings with his song “A Chutney for my Larki”; making history as the first local calypsonian ever to enter and win this competition.

(Reuters) – Ben Affleck’s Iran hostage drama Argo, Lincoln star Daniel Day-Lewis and Zero Dark Thirty‘s Jessica Chastain were among big winners at the Critics Choice Movie Awards on Thursday, taking honours for best picture, actor and actress, with Affleck nabbing the prize for best director.

(EUR) Beyonce has revealed that she has been working with crew of hip-hop heavyweights on her forthcoming new album.

Collage is Guyana’s newest band sensation, but don’t let the word ‘band’ fool you.

Ohhh… You’re broke? I know that feeling. Head hurts? Same here.

-Everything in moderation Hi Everyone, No food is bad or unhealthy.

LONDON (Reuters) – Three sisters from Los Angeles producing fun and infectious folk-pop could be the tonic that chart music needs to lift it from what some experts are calling a creative slump.

(Billboard) – After Beyoncé posted two photos of her hoop earrings — engraved with the word “Ratchet” — on Instagram at the end of December, rumours of an upcoming single started swirling.

(Billboard) – For the first time since Nielsen SoundScan began tracking music sales in 1991, the same album finishes as the United States’ best-seller for a second year.

The first time The Scene spoke with Lisa Punch was after she had won the Star Guyana competition; the second time was when she launched her professional singing career, but this young woman has grown a lot between now and then.

Hehehehe… well what do you know! We’re alive! No doomsday prophecy (I told ya!)

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Joel Ghansham recently announced on his television talk show that he is ready for adoption and will visit orphanages soon in the hope of eventually being able to take home a child he can call his own.

By Jairo Rodrigues From the beginning of his career on stage at Carifesta X to being awarded the 2012 Best Actor at the National Drama Festival, Mark Kazim has always been full of surprises and he is well on his way to etching his name in the annals of Guyana’s drama.

There is nothing better than the Holiday Season at home, why dream of a white Christmas when you can live happily in your green paradise?

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Come Christmas Day, the travelogue Island Xclusive will feature interviews with Guyanese fashion designer Sonia Noel; St Lucian Joyce Destang, owner and managing director of the Bay Gardens Beach Resort & Spa and Caribbean Nobel Prize winner Derek Walcott.