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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Michael Jackson’s daughter Paris was “really confused” by having to wear a veil or a mask when she was a young girl in public with the late pop star, but says she now understands why her father insisted on the disguise.

(EUR) A year after the Grammy Awards dropped 31 categories (from 109 to 78), sparking protests and a lawsuit by Latin jazz musicians, the music organization has switched things up again by adding three awards, including the reinstatement of best Latin jazz album.

By Jairo Rodrigues Big is definitely beautiful and Michon Sukhoo-Pertab, the first ever Ms Plus-Size Queen is the perfect model.

As promised, this week’s critical review will focus on what the judges told the defeated contestants before they were cut from the GT&T Feel the Beat competition; why they were sent home and what the audience thought of their eliminations.

The 12 contestants of the 2012 Ms Guyana Renaissance pageant were sashed during a simple launching ceremony on Sunday last.

Early in April, veteran Guyanese designer Pamela Fox launched her ‘Hummingbird Collection’ in Tortola, British Virgin Islands and is heading to the US Virgin Islands in July with her new ‘Resort Collection’.

Families of Bush Lot Village, West Coast Berbice do not always get an opportunity to indulge in recreational activities and were elated when the owners of Jumbo Jet Auto Sales gave them an Independence Day treat.

The Guyana Music Teachers’ Association annual concert and awards ceremony Musicians on Stage will be held at the National Cultural Centre on June 10 from 3 pm.

For 60 years, the Woodside Choir, said to be the oldest secular choir in Guyana and the Caribbean, has been constantly and consistently providing high quality of several genres of singing, including classical, folk, light classical, pop songs, songs of American and English composers, music from shows, hymns and national songs, in a variety of environments.

(Billboard) John Mayer’s ‘Born and Raised’ album debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart with 219,000 copies sold in its first week, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

“Keep your day job is advice we refuse to take, we would rather not keep our jobs.

GT&T really outdid itself in terms of coordination and presentation for the finals of the Feel the Beat competition, but the contest isn’t over yet.

Hi Everyone, Happy Independence to brilliant, beautiful, bountiful Guyana! Five years ago, I wrote about an ‘Independence food dream’ I had – one in which there was a table with a veritable feast of the foods of my country.

Outrageous is the name Classique Dance Company gave to its collaboration with the Keen Dance Theater, which was held at the National Cultural Centre last Saturday, but the show only managed to outrage the Classique fans audience, who had been expecting much more.

(Billboard) –  Less than a year ago, Omarion’s music career was at a stand-still.

By Jairo Rodrigues “Welcome to Guyana”, is a new Hip Hop single by US-based Guyanese songwriter and artiste ‘Phed X’, who was born Churaman Sukhram.

The final of the first season of the GT&T Feel the Beat Competition is just a day away. 

Holly Fraser-Persaud and her daughter Aleka, Natasha James and Nkasi and Donnett La Rose and Shonnett are the mothers and daughters who took the crowns in the junior, middle and senior category respectively at the annual mother and daughter pageant held at the National Cultural Centre last Saturday under the theme, ‘Love Out Of This World’.