January 4, 2013
Skyfall up for Producers Guild of America Awards
Skyfall has become the first James Bond film to be nominated for the top prize at the Producers Guild of America Awards. Star-studded musical Les Miserables and Steven Spielberg's Lincoln are also on the list of 10 shortlisted films. The Producers…
January 4, 2013
HBO sued over cancelled show Luck
US TV network HBO is being sued by a woman who claims she was unfairly dismissed from horseracing drama Luck. The show, which starred Dustin Hoffman, was axed after several animals died. Barbara Casey, ex-director of the American Humane Association…
January 4, 2013
Bruce Springsteen to be honoured at Grammy charity gig
Sir Elton John, Sting and Neil Young are among the stars who will appear at a concert to salute Bruce Springsteen before this year's Grammy Awards. Springsteen has been named the MusiCares Person of the Year by the Recording Academy, which organises…
January 4, 2013
Simon Cowell parties with ex-fiancé Mezhgan Hussainy in Barbados
Simon Cowell and ex-fiancé Mezhgan Hussainy show that they still get along as they escaped the hustle of the entertainment industry by fleeing to Barbados.Hussainy, who works as a makeup artist for “American Idol,” still has the looks that attracted…
January 4, 2013
St.Vincent: baby found dead
In news just coming to hand, police in St.Vincent will now have to search for clues as to who left a baby wrapped in a blanket and placed in a plastic bag on the streets of Kingstown.Reports are that the discovery was made a short while ago in the…
January 4, 2013
Antiguan ex-cops get bail on money laundering charges
The ex-police officers facing 15 money-laundering and drug trafficking offences linked to a double murder in Cedar Valley are out on bail. Arleigh Byer and Cosbert Sergeant spent Christmas with their families after meeting their bail conditions on…
January 4, 2013
Jamaica authorities smash multi million dollar fraud ring
Detectives from the Organized Crime Investigation Division (OCID) have smashed a major fraud ring that fleeced J$85 million (US$920 thousand) from a prominent financial institution in western Jamaica. The police report that Rohan Ennis, a…
January 4, 2013
Haiti embraces leadership of CARICOM
Incoming chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Michel Martelly, president of Haiti, has called on member states to consolidate efforts in order to achieve the “necessary structural changes to increase the well-being of our peoples.” In a…
January 4, 2013
Cohorts in money laundering scam including a Bermuda national jailed
A Montana judge has jailed two California residents for their roles in a Ponzi scheme involving Bermudian Andre Curtis, once the election campaign manager for former Premier Dr Ewart Brown. According to local media reports, Shanna Raymond of…
January 4, 2013
Transocean agrees to pay $1.4bn oil spill fine
Transocean, which owned the Deepwater Horizon oil rig, has agreed to a settlement with the US government. The Swiss-based company will pay $400m (£248m) in criminal penalties and a $1bn civil fine after pleading guilty to violating the Clean Water…