The Scene

(Jamaica Observer) – Reggae singers Julian Marley and Buju Banton are at odds over whether the world’s fixation on Bob Marley is hurting the growth of reggae music.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Amy Adams is best known for her squeaky-clean persona in roles like the fairytale princess in Enchanted, her Oscar-nominated turn as a naive nun in Doubt and a young, pregnant woman in Junebug.

Ten films will be screened at the “European Film Festival 2009,” which begins on Monday at the Theatre Guild Playhouse, in Kingston.

A description of Gem Rohlehr-Vogt as a person passionate about life is an apt one.

Culture Box We have no problem shopping at Bourda or at any market for that matter.

Tastes Like Home Hi Everyone, Do you taste when you eat?

“Classic El Dorado – Art in Motion” has had a successful showing in Jamaica, the Shape Custom Creations family has reported.

The National Park was transformed in a ‘daggerin’ zone’ last Saturday when Jamaican Dancehall group RDX visited Guyana compliments of King Scorpion and Guinness promotions.

The culmination of Linden Town Week on Sunday will include the presence of two Jamaican DJ/singers, Tony Matterhorn and Fire Links, as they are both set to perform at the Mackenzie Sports Club ground.

The 18th annual Mother and Daughter Pageant takes to the stage of the National Cultural Centre next Saturday night under the theme ’18 Love Roses… Coming of Age’.

The successful staging of the Guyana Music Festival (GMF) last week was a welcome reminder that the arts are still alive in Guyana; the scores of youthful performers giving hope that this will continue in the future.

Culture Box Why oh why? Recently, for a while at least, the daily commute had become a little more bearable; notwithstanding the ‘four-in-a-row’, the jet-like speeds, the sudden stops and close encounters with those who think that a bath once a week is quite fine.

Tastes Like Home Hi Everyone, Breakfast we can forego, mid-morning snack, tea and dinner we can miss or have something light, but not lunch.

“A labour of love for arts,” is how the producers of the well known annual Nrityageet aptly describe the production which will celebrate 30 years when its dancers take to the National Cultural Centre stage on May 2 and 3 in commemoration of Arrival Day.

Stepping in where others fear to tread, Gem Madhoo-Nascimento will produce and direct For the Love of Aidana Soraya, a play which probes the realms of interreligious marriage, at the National Cultural Centre next month.

It will be a trip down memory lane when a group of men, members of a band in Guyana some 35 years ago, come together for just one night in Toronto, Canada to give patrons a taste of what they dished out musically in their young days.

The 13 professional women vying for the fifth Ms Renaissance title on October 24 will be revealed tomorrow at the Umana Yana.

KINGSTON (Reuters) – Reggae legend Bob Marley’s “One Love” topped a list of Jamaica’s 100 best songs over 50 years that was unveiled on Tuesday by a panel of musicians and cultural officials associated with the University of the West Indies.