The Scene

Local punk rock band, Keep Your Day Job! (KYDJ) is fresh off its first tour in the Dutch South American nation.

Mark Holder is definitely something of value, especially when it comes to the Guyanese music industry.

Singer Melissa Roberts better known as ‘Vanilla’ has launched a business, which is geared to helping women achieve their fitness goals.

(Billboard) R&B singer Miguel lands himself another No. 1 on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs song as “Adorn,” the Greatest Gainer/Airplay recipient, tip-toes up 2-1 (up 29% in audience impressions according to Nielsen BDS).

(Billboard) Britney Spears got down to business in her “X Factor” debut Wednesday night, dispensing blunt-but-fair rulings on some singers, cheery encouragement to others and even weathering a sad encounter with an old duet partner who was clearly past his prime.

By Jairo Rodrigues Theatre Guild diehards will remember his memorable performances as Moustique in the Dereck Walcott play Dream on Monkey Mountain and as Brother Jero in The Jero Plays by Wole Soyinka, but Guyanese Eugene Williams, current Director of the Jamaica School of Drama has, for a number of years, been directing and teaching rather than acting.

The above headline is the theme for this year’s Amerindian Heritage Month and there are three things in September that fit this theme well.

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The annual Guyana Folk Festival in New York had the added boost of upscale fashion on Sunday last, when Sonia Noel, along with the three winners of Designers’ Portfolio 2012 – Andy Cummings, Shameeza Subrattie and Mwanza Glenn—presented their designs at the event.

US Olympic gymnast Gabrielle (Gabby) Douglas arrives for the 2012 MTV Video Music Awards in Los Angeles, September 6, 2012.

Singer Rihanna poses as she arrives for the 2012 MTV Video Music Awards in Los Angeles, September 6, 2012.

(EUR) Poor Kim Kardashian, oh wait, hold up, bad choice of words; the LAST thing this woman is, is “poor.”Anyway,

Miley Cyrus arrives for the 2012 MTV Video Music Awards in Los Angeles, September 6, 2012. 

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – British boy band One Direction were the big winners at the MTV Video Music Awards on Thursday, edging out Rihanna and taking home three prizes to crown their arrival on the US pop scene just six months ago.

Singer Nicki Minaj arrives for the 2012 MTV Video Music Awards in Los Angeles, September 6, 2012.

Following on the heels of the Sonu Nigam concert and Naya Zamana 17, the Guyana Hindu Dharmic Sabha brings to Guyana, famous Indian playback singer Shreya Ghoshal and troupe.

By Jairo Rodrigues Not all rappers do it for fame and the cash, some rap the stories of their lives, some fall in love with the poetic art and others, like Blaze Anthonio, strive to live their dreams.

Memes and Trolling have stormed the internet like wildfire; they are indeed the viral sensations that mastered the recent web age.

Hi Everyone, My mom makes a mean (really good) shrimp cake.