UK FILM : BELLE – STARRING GUGU MBATHA-RAW (TRAILER)

January 5, 2014

The illegitimate, mixed-race daughter of a Captain in the Royal Navy finds her unique social standing become instrumental in the campaign to end slavery in England after meeting an idealistic young vicar’s son.  Belle is inspired by the true story of Dido Elizebeth Belle (Gugu Mbatha-Raw), the illegitimate mixed race daughter of a Royal Navy Admiral. Raised by her aristocratic great-uncle Lord Mansfield (Tom Wilkinson) and his wife (Emily Watson), Belle’s lineage affords her certain privileges, yet the color of her skin […]

ALICIA KEYS LOSES HER “JOB” AT BLACKBERRY

January 2, 2014

Singer Alicia Keys has lost her job at Blackberry. The struggling smart phone giant announced in January 2013 that they had appointed the singing superstar as the company’s new ‘Global Creative Director’ and hoped that her appointment to the post would help “inspire the future” of the company. Well as expected it didn’t! Keys will depart her role as ‘global creative director’ as of January 30th, CTV News reports. The decision to appoint Alicia as ‘global creative director’ still baffles me. Did they really believe that she […]

FRESH PRINCE STAR JAMES AVERY DIES

January 1, 2014

Actor James Avery who played Phillip Banks (‘uncle Phil’) in the hit sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bell Air has died. He was 65 years old. Avery’s publicist told Sky News he died from complications following open-heart surgery in Glendale, California, on Tuesday afternoon. He is survived by his wife of 26 years, Barbara, his mother, Florence Avery, and his step-son, Kevin Waters. Rest In Peace James Avery.

UK NEWS: JAMAICAN-BORN SCIENTIST TO BE KNIGHTED BY THE QUEEN

January 1, 2014

The Voice reports that Scotland’s first black university professor, Geoffrey Palmer  will be knighted for services to human rights, science and charity. Jamaican-born Palmer is a professor emeritus at Edinburgh’s of Heriot-Watt University and specialises in cereal and grain science. He told the newspaper: “I got a letter a few weeks ago and when I opened it and read it, it said the prime minister had recommended me for a knighthood and I immediately thought of my mother. “She left Jamaica in 1948 on her own […]

JAMAICAN ANIMATION COMPANY TO PRODUCE DISNEY, NICKELODEON CARTOON

December 30, 2013

The Jamaica Gleaner reports that  Reel Rock GSW Animation Limited, a Jamaican animation company, has announced that it will be co-producing a cartoon series aired on the Disney Channel and Nickelodeon in Europe, Asia, South America and Australia. Reel Rock has secured a contract with Imira Entertainment of Spain to co-produce 52 episodes for the second season of Lucky Fred. The cartoon series is currently distributed to more than 160 territories around the world, according to a news release. Reel Rock is part […]

FORMER EASTENDERS STAR CHUCKY VENN WORKING ON NEW UK WEB DRAMA ‘THE METHOD OF LOVE’

December 29, 2013

Former Eastenders star Chucky Venn will produce and star in a new web drama titled ‘The Method of Love’. Series synopses: On the surface, Chris Nduka is the picture perfect man; charming and attractive. Women are enamoured and captivated by him, but with his obsessive desire and preference for sex over love, committing to just one woman is as remote to him as taking a sabbatical to Tibet to be an understudy of the Dalai Lama. In direct contrast, his newly wed […]