Another Grammy win for Ziggy Marley

Ziggy Marley won the Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album for his live Ziggy Marley in Concert at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles, yesterday.   The 14-track set, produced by Tuff Gong Worldwide, features some of Marley's better known tunes including…

Court hears more voice notes from Kartel

More voice notes and images taken from a video were played and displayed in court during the Vybz Kartel murder trial Monday morning.   A voice note which was sent on the 16th of August 2011, and attributed to a phone being used by Vybz Kartel…

Daft Punk lead Grammy Award winners

French dance duo Daft Punk have taken top honours at the Grammy Awards, winning five prizes including album and record of the year.   Hip-hop duo Macklemore and Lewis picked up four awards - best new artist plus best rap album, song and……

2014 Oscars: The nominees’ list

Thor" star Chris Hemsworth joined Cheryl Boone Isaacs, president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, on Thursday to announce the nominees for the 2014 Academy Awards. The Academy Awards will air live on ABC on March 2, starting at 7…

Whiplash celebrates double win at Sundance

Drummer drama Whiplash has won the grand jury prize and the audience award at US film festival Sundance.   The opening night film, about an obsessive jazz drummer, has now been bought by Sony Picture Classics, which will bring it to a wider…

American Hustle cast tops SAG awards

The cast of 1970s crime caper American Hustle have taken the top prize at the Screen Actors Guild awards. Representing his co-stars, Robert De Niro, Jennifer Lawrence, Amy Adams and Christian Bale, actor Bradley Cooper praised film director David O…

Oscar Foreign Language Nod Especially Sweet for ‘Outsiders’

As Palestinian director Hany Abu-Assad reflected on his second Oscar nomination for best foreign language film while hiking in the hills near Los Angeles on Thursday, he evoked the special sweetness the distinction carries for filmmakers from small,…

Madonna apologises for using racial slur on Instagram

Pop star Madonna has apologised for using a racial slur to refer to her son on an Instagram post.  The singer uploaded a snapshot of 13-year-old Rocco Ritchie boxing on Friday night, with the offensive epithet used in a hashtag accompanying the…

Oscar nominees attend Critics’ Choice Awards

A host of Oscar nominees came together for the Critics' Choice Movie Awards in Los Angeles on Thursday, which saw Gravity win a record seven prizes.  The awards are a likely indicator of Oscar success and have predicted many of the winners in recent…

Superman v Batman delayed to 2016

Superman and Batman's big screen team-up has been delayed by almost a year, film studio Warner Bros has confirmed.  Originally scheduled for July 2015, the superhero set-to will now appear on 6 May, 2016. A sequel to 2013's Man of Steel, the…