Disco Queen Donna Summer dies at 63
(AP) — Like the King of Pop or the Queen of Soul, Donna Summer was bestowed a title fitting of musical royalty – the Queen of Disco. Yet unlike Michael Jackson or Aretha Franklin, it was a designation she wasn’t…
Errol Grant (Skanky) loses battle with cancer
I have known Errol, better known as Skanky, for many, many years. I travelled with him on a number of tourism initiatives over the USA and he set alight every room he entered. He had the most bewitching smile and…
Caymanian Roy Bodden’s massive country music collection in Tampa
Now living in Tampa, Florida, Caymanian Roy Bodden’s sounds of time gone by — classic country music echoes through his home. Along with his wife, he has just about any album you can imagine. Roy has been collecting them since…
Williams, Spencer, Plummer earn acting Globes
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — Michelle Williams has earned the Golden Globe for actress in a musical or comedy as Marilyn Monroe in “My Week with Marilyn,” 52 years after Monroe’s win for the same prize at the Globes. The…
Pinoy Idol
More than 600 people came out on Boxing day to see the 10 contestants in the Grand Finals Pinoy Idol – the annual singing competition with a strong focus on the Philippines. Filipino songbird Cindy Bueno won the first place,…
Singer Charlotte Church: Press destroyed my career
LONDON (AP) — She was just 13 when Rupert Murdoch asked her to sing at his wedding. Charlotte Church was given a choice: a 100,000 pound fee, or a chance to generate good will with the media magnate by performing…
Duppies demonise The Playhouse
It was a fun evening last Tuesday (15) at the Prospect Playhouse when the premier of the Indie film “Duppies” was shown. Phil Eckstein, an award winning screenplay writer, was on hand to greet the fifty plus enthusiastic audience members…
Latest ‘Call of Duty’ game breaks sales record
NEW YORK (AP) — By the third time around, it really shouldn’t be a surprise. The latest “Call of Duty” video game set a first-day sales record this week, generating $400 million in sales in its first 24 hours in…
Duppies – Cayman’s next scary movie
Duppies (“Ghosts”) is the name of a new scary movie, shot in the Cayman Islands using local actors. It is the very first movie that Phil Eckstein, who wrote, directed, and produced the movie, has ever made. Although he has…
Marching Band wins Cayman’s Got Talent
The Mary Miller Hall was filled with hundreds of excited supporters as the final of this year’s Cayman’s Got Talent got underway Despite great performances from all the other fourteen ‘stars’ who had been selected from all Cayman’s districts during…
