‘Music is the world to me’ says Calvin Burnett By Tiffiny Rhodius Music means the world to 20-year-old Calvin Burnett and by winning second place in the GT&T Jingle and Song Competition, he believes he has now boosted his standing from that of a small town singer to a Guyanese artist.
One of Guyana’s longest surviving record studios is set to observe its tenth anniversary come next year, but the company is not waiting that long to mark the occasion kicking off the celebrations last evening.
By Nicosia Smith City cosmetologists, through a Guyana Responsible Parenthood Association (GRPA) and United Nation Population Fund (UNFPA) sponsored programme, are forging a path toward behavioural change through their service as they learn about gender violence and its causes.
Guyana Fashion Weekend is importing a sizzling Trinidad contingent for its month-end extravaganza, delivering what it calls a blend of “local and Trini catwalk teasers”.
From this afternoon children will be treated to children’s films originating from the Caribbean when the Sidewalk Cafe and the Cuban Embassy in Guyana join hands to screen the second Travelling Caribbean Film Showcase.
Local Beverage gain Ansa McAl recently launched the Smalta Kids promotion giving those 17 years and under a chance to win a Xbox game and other prizes.
(Reuters) – Ethiopia’s most popular singer, Teddy Afro, was freed early from prison on Thursday after serving 18 months of a two-year sentence for hit-and-run manslaughter.
(Reuters) – Legendary guitarist and inventor Les Paul, who pioneered the design of solid body Gibson electric guitars that bore his name, died Thursday at a New York hospital of complications from pneumonia.
LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK (Billboard) – The Black Eyed Peas’ “Boom Boom Pow” led Billboard’s Hot 100 singles chart for a second week on Thursday, while box office champ “Hannah Montana: The Movie” accounted for six tunes on the tally.
(Reuters) Oscar winner Denzel Washington might be making a foray into series television.
The underdog syndrome took effect last Sunday at the GT&T Cellink Jingle and Song Competition showdown when it was narrowed to three finalists: Michael Thompson, Carlvin Burnett and Malika Boyd.
Culture Box Whatever happened to the war on bad manners? Lost after the first skirmish?
Tastes Like home Hi Everyone, Beyond the shores of the Caribbean, when the term “Caribbean cuisine” is used it is often used to refer to the slices of mangoes adorning a plate, or a wedge of pineapple on the rim of a cocktail glass.
Most people probably know the words and may have done the actions to the “Hokey Pokey”: You put your right hand in//You put your right hand out//You put your right hand in//And you shake it all about//You do the hokey pokey//and you turn yourself around//That what it’s all about.
GEMS Theatre Productions will serve up yet another gem when it hosts Ken Corsbie’s ‘This Mango Sweet’ from August 21 – 23 at the Theatre Guild in Georgetown and then at Linden and in Berbice.
Sonia Noel is calling it “the most ambitious” fashion weekend yet, a blend of the arts and business as the premier event expands beyond the glitzy catwalk and projects a sense of commercial viability in the industry and by extension the country.
Power Raffle, a television game show touted as setting the standard for game show entertainment, has been launched.
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – R&B stars Rihanna, Kanye West and Jay-Z will perform on the premiere of Jay Leno’s comedy and chat show in September, in a apparent bid to grab hip, young viewers to NBC’s new primetime experiment.
If Tevera Franklin has her way in the next few years she might well be found strumming a guitar or plucking a harp By Tiffny Rhodius A “normal teenager” who is “funny, outgoing and down to earth” is how Tevera Franklin, a soft-spoken 14-year-old Bishops High student describes herself.
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