Entertainment
Film-making in Trinidad and Tobago
Sometimes as communications professionals we tend to think in a vacuum. When we think of media we think print as in newspapers (and sometimes magazines), radio (advertising, news, and talkshows), and television (as in news, talk shows and advertising). But what about film or full-fledged shows outside of the “talk” arena?
In Trinidad and Tobago, the […]
Heath Ledger connected
Heath Ledger in A Knight’s Tale
Heath Ledger’s death was a shocker. The news came to me via Facebook. I’d logged on, and the first thing I saw was my friend Tracy’s status in my sidebar saying, “Tracy is shocked”. Heath Ledger is dead”. Immediately, I pulled up Google and typed in the words, “Heath Ledger, […]
Using dancehall music in ads
Over the past few months, Sports and Games, a local sports gear merchant, started using popular dancehall songs for its ads. Rewording the lyrics of the song to highlight Sports and Games selling points, the songs maintain their same rhythm etc, and are performed by the dancehall artiste who sang the song in the first […]
Kanye West wins on Technorati
After all the hype, Kanye West has beat 50 Cent in first-week sales, by 2 to 1. I’ll admit I was supporting Kanye all the way because I think he’s a much better artist, and I can rock to his stuff. Apart from using record sales to gauge people’s interest, you can also take a […]
MACO starts blog on Caribbean architecture, cuisine and travel
Toute Bagai Publishing (TBP), one of the Caribbean’s most successful publishing houses, has just entered the blogosphere with the new blog, MACO Caribbean Living (http://www.macocaribbean.com), which bears the name of the company’s flagship magazine. The blog focuses on gems of Caribbean architecture, cuisine, travel, and vacation hotspots. It also links to several feature articles from […]
