Caribbeaan Fashion Awards are coming up April 11th 2009 in Barbados. In the mean time click here to vote nominate your favorite designer, model, magazine, photographer, show, week etc...

And for the latest in Caribbean check out L.M. N Harris' blog Au Courant In The Caribbean. Aight!!!

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Check out the new track from Barbados beauty Tarah Holdipp. "Love de Carnival" Enjoy!

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Pleasant Bridgewater being escorted to her arraingment on Wednesday Jan. 27th

A former Bahamas senator has been granted bail on charges she conspired to help extort $25 million from actor John Travolta after his son died from a seizure at a family vacation home.
Pleasant Bridgewater is accused of plotting with an ambulance driver to demand the money in exchange for suppressing a document related to the treatment of the celebrity's son. She was not required to enter a plea at the arraignment Wednesday.
The document would have released emergency responders from liability if the family refused an ambulance, but it did not come into play in 16-year-old Jett Travolta's case, according to Senior Assistant Police Commissioner Marvin Dames.
Celebrity news Web site TMZ.com has reported that Travolta, an avid pilot, considered flying his chronically ill son to Florida before he was driven to the hospital on Grand Bahama island.
It is unclear why the pair allegedly believed the Travoltas would pay to keep the document from being released.
Bail was set at $50,000 for Bridgewater, an attorney from Grand Bahama who resigned her Senate seat following her arrest last week on charges of abetment to extort and conspiracy to extort. Her next court date was set for Feb. 11.
The other suspect, paramedic Tarino Lightbourne, was among those who tried to revive Jett after he collapsed Jan. 2. He has pleaded not guilty to charges of attempting to extort and conspiracy to extort from the movie star.
The actor and his wife, Kelly Preston, returned home to Florida with the ashes of their son shortly after his death.

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We all know Estelle's hot track with Kanye West "American Boy" which is even hotter after Sean Paul lick it wit some fire. Well I guess life is imitating art cause she recently told a British magazine that she has found her an American Boy. The 28 year old 2009 Grammy nominee said:

I’m still single, but I’m dating heavily,” she laughs. “I travel to many cities and I know people in many cities. I have friends who understand my work - one in particular. So I am sort of dating him, but I’m not totally committed.

“It’s fun. He lives in New York, but it’s not that serious. I will never say I am committed to somebody unless I’m serious about that person.

Well have your fun girl. You work hard enough.

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Here's R&B/Pop singer Keisha Chante.....
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She is to play Aaliyah in the upcoming Bill Condon directed Aaliyah.


Aaliyah Dana Haughton was born Jan. 16 1979 in Brooklyn NY. She was known for her street but sweet look. She was a protege of R.. Kelly and mentored by Missy Elliott and Timberand as well. Some of my favorite Aaliyah songs include, "Age Ain't Nothing But A Number," "Back and Forth," "At Your Best," "If Your Girl Only Knew," "One In A Million" ( love the dance scene at the end) "4 Page Letter" "The One I Gave My Heart To", "Rock The Boat" We Need A Resolution"....basically all her hits....Love you girl!

she died on August 25th 2001 in a plane crash on Marsh Harbor, Abaco Island in the Bahamas. She had just wrapped up filiming the video for rock the boat. Check it out below:


My favorite Aaliya video when it came to dance is "Are You that Somebody" of course I like the baby effect in the chorous too.

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Amy Winehouse,in St. Lucia detox....ummm relaxing and ting, became a robbery victim on Thursday. A set of valuable guitars and recording equipment were taken from her north London apartment.
According to Bossip.com

The door of the singer’s home was smashed in, and robbers made off with the belongings early Thursday, her rep confirms – adding that it appears a neighbor disturbed the burglars, who then escaped before the police could arrive. “Amy is upset, of course. But everything can be replaced,” her rep, Chris Goodman, tells PEOPLE. “From her point of view, her favorite guitar is with her in St. Lucia. It was a special present, given her by [record label] Universal for winning the Grammy awards last year.” A spokesman for the Metropolitan Police would not discuss what was stolen, but confirms, “We are investigating a burglary at an address in Camden at around 4 a.m. on Thursday. Inquiries are continuing.”

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Performing at Maracas in NYC.....
It's, it's it's Serani


working the fans dem


With PR staff fromFox Inc. (Michelle Naraine and Shelly Dookhie) . thanks for the pics!


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Christina Milian and music producer/singer The Dream (Terius Nash) Wednesday at his Love vs. Money listening party in New York City.

Though rumoured to be a couple she is known to be dating Dre (from producing group Cool & Dre).


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Rihanna at the Ford Ampitheatre in Tampa FL for the VH1 Pepsi Smash concert, part of Super Bow 43 activities.

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Here she is on stage....


Wayne Brady and his daughter Maile Masaka spotted in L.A

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Cute!

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Rihanna PDA pics at Pepsi Smash

Posted by Ayeola | 1/31/2009 10:07:00 PM

Rihanna performed on Thursday at Pepsi Smash, one of several Super Bowl 43 activities taking place in Tampa, Fl. She was really feeling her performance boy, displaying some PDA (Public Display of Affection) Self-affection that is....


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yeah, well can you blame the girl??????

I guess she has to take advantage of any opportunity she has to feel up herself. After all she cyan do that in Malaysia. So take your foot eh. So what else can she not do in Malaysia???

How about this.....

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Or this.....

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Watch out now girl...doh hurt yuhself!

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Well, well DFC Chairman Val Cuffy has to eat his words. Apparently, "Negatiations" fell through. Well if you still "negotiating" why would you tell the country's oldest paper that the show is "confirmed" and you already paid your deposit???????????

Now CBreezy is being replace by Wayne Marshall.

Kind of ironic cause Mr. Cuffy told the same paper that Dominica is getting big acts such as Chirs Brown in part because we have seen all the Jamaican acts already...If it was me I would go out of my way to get a non-Jamaican eh.......at least based on that comment.

I'm still gonna be in the park...with de rag and de rose.....


Maybe he'll be in Malaysia with his RiRi .......BTW she willl be performing tonite on VH1 at 8PM ET and just confirmed to perform at the Grammys Feb.8th on CBS

I hope you get de deposit back...now you can really spend some on the carnival queens!!!! No excuse!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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I am so feelin his new song "Dope" go to the show and get a live taste!!!

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Island Couture a series of fashion shows organized by Jamaica Fashion and Apparel Cluster and the Jamaica Hilton Kingston will take place this Saturday Jan. 30th.

Designers include Barry Moncrieffe, Yaad Tredz, Blaazin Designs, and Reve Jewellery.

Tessane Chin will be the musical guest!

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60 year-old Icon Grace Jones is featured on the cover of the latest V magazine. Oh yeah, you read it 60 baby....ssssiiixxxxxttyyy.......Damn it man (Reggie r u reading?)


Below is a collage of shots of the famous model over her extensive career!!!!
see more pics HERE

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Skunk Cannabis
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UK Cannabis users face a major crackdown after the drug was upgraded to Class B today.

More arrests and bigger fines are to be dished out by police over the next few weeks to mark the re-classification from low-risk Category C. (It was downgraded to Class C in 2004) A Government-backed ad campaign will also highlight the dangers of using high-strength skunk.The blitz comes as ministers and senior police officers grow increasingly worried about dope use.

They are particularly concerned about skunk, which makes up 80 per cent of cannabis available on the streets and is linked to severe mental illness.

Adding to their fears, research has shown the average age youngsters first try smoking a spliff is 13.


I have seen young kids in Dominica smoking marijuana and it is a very disturbing trend. No nine year old need to be ingesting weed in any form. Their bodies cannot handle it, plus they not in a place to choose whether or not smoking weed is right for them. I know it has been suggested that the Classification should be changed in the region as well.. What's your take?

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Leona Lewis' latest video 'I Will Be' premiered yesterday. The track will serve as the next release from her 'Spirit: The Deluxe Edition' LP (due for a US release February 3rd). The video stars Gossip Girl's Chace Crawford as her love interest.

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LisaRaye is in the latest Essence Magazine issue. Remember her? Diamond from Playas Club...first lady of Turks and Caicos, Neesee James on All of Us. Three images that though seemingly contradictory are probably all sides of the coin that is Lisa Raye. It's unfortunate that the time of her life that should be filled with joy has come to such an end. Of course The Lime brought you all the latest updates in her tumultuous relationship with husband Michael Misick Premier of Turks and Caicos Islands. Here are excerpts from her latest interview with Essence Magazine.

ESSENCE.COM: Many balked at your whirlwind romance and marriage and accused you of being an opportunist. How do you feel about that assessment of your character?
LISARAYE: First of all, I'm a fan of love and partnership. I would say this to my critics: If a man comes to you there obviously has to be a connection. I had a man who's smart and powerful and who I fell in love with. He's embracing my family. Add the fact that I have an opportunity to bring tourism to his country and be involved in something historical. Who in the hell would say no? But what scared me was the idea of being First Lady?
ESSENCE.COM: What frightened you about assuming that role?

LISARAYE: I knew nothing about being a First Lady or politics. I'm thinking, What am I going to have to change? I'm on a successful sitcom, my daughter is in high school and I'm the breadwinner. What am I going to do? Then Prince Charming comes my way and I'm saying, "God, did You send this man to me to take me away like Calgon?"

ESSENCE.COM: Was it difficult making the transition from Hollywood to a small island?
LISARAYE: I have a responsibility to LisaRaye the actress, the host, the motivating speaker, the mother, the model. That woman is still me. However, I understood that I had taken on this other responsibility to the countrymen and women of Turks and Caicos. I stepped into this position as the country's First Lady, and I will admit I was scared, because I'm an American girl, a city girl who is used to the lights, camera, and action. I knew nothing about being a politician's wife or First Lady. In Hollywood, we don't sell sugar and coffee; we sell the sand, the sea and the stars. Everything in Turks and Caicos is different—culturally, geographically and even the style of dress. It wasn't easy leaving my family and friends behind to come to a country where I know no one except my husband. There was no protocol person or committee to teach me what my role should be nor did anyone tell me, "This is what we expect of you."

Read the entire interview HERE

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Check out Beyonce's House of Dereon's Spring/Summer promo shot in Bermuda where she performed at the Bermuda Music Festival last October.

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Amy Winehouse looks ummm healthy, or at least on her way there

... I guess she is working on keeping fit ( I doh even mind de likkle belly-that mean she's eating) cause she allegedly has a fitness instructor. Moreover, they may be an item.

She was seen on the island with actor Josh Bowman but he has since left and Andrew (the fitness instructor) is the man on the scene. Or maybe not so much. Seems 25 year old Winehouse wants to protect her privacy and moved to a secluded villa on the island.

Her estranged husband Blake Fielder-Civil filed for divorce earlier this month from prison.


Remember this??? They gave each other those bruises!!!!!!! Their relationship was diabolical to say the least.
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About the fight Amy says:

"Blake is the best man in the world. We would never ever harm each other... I was cutting myself after he found me in our room about to do drugs with a call girl and rightly said I wasn't good enough for him. I lost it and he saved my life."
St Lucia is doing a much better job I'd say. When he gets out of jail maybe he should take a trip to St. Lucia. I'm sure the Tourism Minister would welcome the visit.

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The more I hear Queen Ifrica, the more I love her music, the more I love her vibe. And I am really feeling her videos. The last one "Daddy" man that was so simple yet so stirring. Well she has a new video out. It still has the same simplicity with a beauty and strength that is still revealed throughout. The video is for her song "Far Away" (sidenote: totally different meaning to Tarus Riley's song of the same name) off her second album Montego Bay. It's directed by Wayne Benjamine (Fabrikated Projex). The song itself was produced by Rickman Warren (Jamlified Records) on the Movements Riddim



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According to an exclusive interview with UK's Mirror mag,The mother of X Factor winner Alexandra Burke is being investigated as a suspected benefits cheat. The claim states that 44 year old Melissa Bell, mother of four ( including 20 year-old Alexandra) and former singer in UK band Soul II Soul, had been getting paid as a singer while claiming benefits worth £17,344 a year. Every venue she has performed at in the last year has been contacted by investigators. The interview states that she first heard of the investigation when she was contacted by The Mirror who sites the impetus for the probe: "bosses at Islington council in North London decided to launch an investigation after Alexandra and her mum are said to have discussed singing publicly together."

Alexandra, 20, clinched the £1million a year X Factor winner’s contract and had a Christmas No 1. Now it is alleged her mother should no longer be claiming full benefits. Melissa, who has severe diabetes, gets a monthly £258 disability living allowance and £124 per week in income support. Her weekly £150 rent and council tax fees are covered by housing benefit.

She vehemently denies the allegations, stating that she is mindful of the rules and when ever she has performed the money has gone to charity. She thinks that these claims are coming about because of her daughter's new found wealth. She says "They think that Alex is supporting me."

If found guilty of the most serious offences, Melissa faces up to seven years in prison or an unlimited fine.

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Check out a snippet of Charlie Baltimore's interview with All Hip-Hop.com concerning the Notorious movie as well as her relationship with Biggie.

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AllHipHop.com: First off, have you seen Notorious?

Charli Baltimore: No, and I don’t really want to see it either. I feel as though it’s not—it wasn’t portrayed realistically.

AllHipHop.com: People have been questioning why you were left out of the film.

Charli Baltimore: From what I’m understanding, the one particular scene which I guess bothered me more than anything was that me and B.I.G. were in a really, really, traumatic car accident. I almost died in that car accident and for them to downplay it—and again I didn’t see the movie so I don’t know how much it’s downplayed or not—but for them to downplay it the way that it was, the way that it occurred…it bothered me. That’s what probably bothers me more so than anything. I don’t usually do too many interviews regarding Big.

AllHipHop.com: The scene is where they show the car accident, there is a girl in the backseat who I assume is you and then the accident just kind of happens…

Charli Baltimore: I went through the windshield. I was in the backseat, that’s true. Cease lost all of his teeth… every last one of his teeth got knocked out. He was the driver. From what I understand it’s portrayed in the movie like it was really lightweight, and it had a lot of bearing on Big’s album. And again, everybody in that car almost lost their life. So I don’t play that, it’s not cool at all.

To read the rest go to All Hip-Hop.com

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Rihanna has been given the green light to take her Good Girl Gone Bad tour to Kaula Lumpur on Feb 13th . But as to how bad she’s gonna be that’s the question. Many Muslims in Malaysia have protested the Bajan-born singer's show due to her sexy outfits and dance routines. The conservative Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) suggested that concertgoers would contribute to an outflow of local currency to the US. Ministry of Culture officials though, see no reason to not go ahead with the concert, that is as long as she conforms to strict guidelines. According to Islamic rule performers (such as Rihanna) must be covered from top of their chest to their knees, she must do no jumping or throwing kisses to the public. What a drag.


How about this for an outfit. Seems to fit all the rules. Don't it??????

On top of that her BoBo C-Breezy will be in Dominica on Valentine's Day. No way she's gonna see him on the day for couples. Well honey I will be in the park with my rag and my rose eh. Who vex loss.

So far, 2009 haven't really had that great of a start...wait there's more!

Last week Washington post totally dis her performance at RIAA Inaugural Ball. Read HERE.

And this week another reporter is on her case.

Though he praised her beauty, Eamon Holmes told Star magazine that if Rihanna were “your daughter, you’d give her a slap and tell her to wise up. She is surrounded by people who treat her like a little flower.” He was referring to stars and their entourages which he calls “pathetic”. source

And on top of all that Kate Perry was mistakenly presented with the International Song Of The Year award for "I Kissed a Girl" at the NRJ music awards in France when it was actually won by Rihanna for "Disturbia". Oh dear

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68 year old McArtha Sandy Lewis better known as Calypso Rose’s latest album Calypso Rose will debut in Europe next month, followed by a US release in May. The album was originally released in France last October on the Maturity Music Label. It introduces a whole to crop of fans aswell as stalwarts to several traditional calypso and soca classics

Log on to Trinidadtunes.com where all 12 tracks are available for download and for a limited time and the single “Israel By bus” can be Photo source downloaded for free

Calypso Rose made history in 1977 as the first female to win Carnival's Road March title with "Tempo," and since 1978 she remains the only female to have captured Carnival's three top musical honors -- Road March, National Calypso Queen and Calypso Monarch -- in one year. By the way she won the Calpso title five years in a row '73,'74,'75,'76,'77 despite not being able to perform with the men.

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Performing at Nelson Madela's 90th birthday celebrations
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Eddy Grant will next month perform in South Africa for the first time; all part of his promotional tour for his new album Road to Reparation. One of his popular songs is "Gimme Hope J’oanna" (Johannesburg) which has become an anti-apartheid anthem. Last year he performed at Nelson Mandela’s 90th birthday concert in London’s Hyde Park with the band that backed the late Lucky Dube (god rest his soul). They will back him up at his performance in Cape Town next month.

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Well thank God this one is just for show. I'm even tired of seeing her in court. Homegirl needs a break. She along with Linda Evangelista are in the new Dsquared2 Spring/Summer 2009 Campaign.


The idea for the campaign came from identical twins Dean and Dan Caten who design the brand. They wanted to portray the Dsquared women as angels of war. Beautiful yet strong and powerful.

Though they are pretty covered up, these pics are sexy! Dsquared2 have not been known to shy away from sex appeal BTW. In 2003 Christina Aguilera performed a striptease on the catwalk with the help of some accommodating male models.

Visit their SITE where their latest collection has a heavy 1930's influence.

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Lending his recognizable vocals and unique musical stylings to the Len “Boogsie” Sharpe composition “Magic Drum” is none other than Machel Montano. Boogsie created and arranged the song for 2008 Trinidad and Tobago Panorama Champions Phase II Pan Groove. For more pan info log on to www.panonthenet.com




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Another carnival chune from Farmer Nappy. But dis is a Groovy soca.. You "brave" enough to handle it??????? Is go brave or leave de fete eh!

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New Music: Ky-Enie "Lambsbread"

Posted by Ayeola | 1/25/2009 06:44:00 PM

New track out on the Prison Oval Rock Riddim. Check it out!

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So Mr. Slaughter (formerly known as Dawg-E-Slaughter) came to Dominica in Christmas for Bouyon Slam and look rain. It just rained and rained all night. And the next evening weather nice. Sweet breeze flowing, temperature just right. That's Dominica for you. Anyways the show got cancelled. He did show up on the Canefield playing field the day after Bouyon Slam was to take place and did a likkle ting. MFR and Triple Kay were jamming that day. And here is a pic of me and Mr. Slaughter after his performance.


He's coming back Dominica. Friday Jan. 30th is the big day. So make sure you are there at the Crazy Banana (formely Green Grasshopper)

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New Music: Mr. Vegas "Dope"

Posted by Ayeola | 1/25/2009 06:02:00 PM

check out the latest from Mr. Vegas It's called "Dope". De girls say me dope....Jacket and tie "dope."...they way de riddim gwan "dope"..... Gucci bag it "dope"....Jimmy Chooos dem "dope".....looking so "dope"..... hey....luuuve itt!!!!!!!!
Hey is a carnival chune tooo eh listen for de bottle and spoon in de background...tang ka tang ka tang.....Dope!

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Big up to my boy Skinman and his Fiya-Wuk band. They got South Florida on lock!!!! "Is Fiya, is Fiya, is Fiya!"

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