February 2, 2014
Jamaican Deejay John Wayne is dead
Jamaican deejay John Wayne, who rose to prominence during the 1980s with the hit song Call the Police, died yesterday at the Kingston Public Hospital. His brother, deejay Patrick 'Penny Irie' Cephas, told Splash the cause of death was renal……
February 2, 2014
Actor Maximilian Schell Dies
Maximilian Schell, the Austrian-born actor who won an Academy Award for his performance in Judgment at Nuremberg, has died. Schell, who was 83, died Saturday in Innsbruck. The cast of Judgment at Nuremberg featured Spencer Tracy, Judy Garland,…
January 28, 2014
Quentin Tarantino sues Gawker over Hateful Eight script link
US director Quentin Tarantino has sued gossip website Gawker for contributory copyright infringement after it posted a link to a leaked screenplay. A link to The Hateful Eight script remained on Gawker's Defamer blog on Monday despite demands from…
January 28, 2014
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…
January 28, 2014
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…
January 27, 2014
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……
January 27, 2014
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…
January 27, 2014
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…
January 20, 2014
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…
January 20, 2014
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,…