China takes first crown - Caribbean contestant among top beauties
BEIJING (Reuters): China gave a cheer to its first Miss World on Sunday, with Internet chat rooms filled with praise for the 23-year-old beauty queen.Miss Jamaica Yendi Phillipps finished in the top 16. Zhang Zi Lin, a Beijing secretary who was born in the gritty...
Generous 'Brawta' from JAFA
Before 'Brawta' really began at the Stella Maris Hall, Shortwood Road, St. Andrew, on Friday evening, MC Norma Brown-Bell explained the name of the event, put on by the Jamaica America Friendship Association (JAFA). She said "the first event was at Devon House East Lawn and it was wet...
Reggae star Taylor dies at 50
TYRONE TAYLOR, the reggae singer whose 1983 song Cottage in Negril is considered a classic, died on Saturday. Norman 'Bull Puss' Bryan, a close friend of Taylor's, said Taylor died from prostate cancer in Kingston. The St.Elizabeth-born Taylor, who was 50 years old...
Moviegoers not too 'Enchanted' this weekend
LOS ANGELES (Reuters):The Walt Disney family fantasy Enchanted enjoyed another fairy-tale weekend at the North American box office yesterday, butoverall sales succumbed to the traditional post-Thanksgiving blues. Enchanted, starring Amy Adams as a cartoon princess...
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