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BIO-FLICK ON GRACE JONES FOR LATER 2017!

 Grace Jones (Photo: Antonio Graham) Grace Jones – The Musical of My Life, a biopic on the life on Jamaican-born supermodel, actress and singer is set to hit the screen later this year. This is the first feature film on the personal and professional life of Grace Jones. Commissioned by BBC Films, the biopic is being described as an observational portrait that will mix personal footage with staged musical sequences, to create a detailed look at the life of the 68-year-old, who was born in Spanish Town and migrated to the United States at age 13. British film-maker Sophie Fiennes, sister to actors Ralph and Joseph Fiennes, will serve as the director for the film which will be distributed throughout the UK in 2017 through Picturehouse Entertainment. “I am absolutely thrilled to be working … Read entire article »

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GRACE JONES, CHRIS BLACKWELL, REKINDLE 30-YEAR FRIENDSHIP!

 Grace Jones and Chris Blackwell share a friendship that spans over three decades. (PHOTOS: ANTONIO GRAHAM)— If you’re expecting Grace Jones to be a diva, she is; albeit in a beautiful, down-to-earth Jamaican way. She is, from our observation, a woman who was raised to understand the ‘look’… the ‘look’ peculiar to West Indian parents. One that stops both the room and you in your tracks and keeps you grounded, even when you feel tempted to inhale that rarified air. The look — eye contact, followed by an exaggerated roll of the eyes — is Miss Jones’s secret weapon, and it has worked for her. We experience the look as she makes her way into the Ian Fleming Villa. The camera is rolling and yes, there’s that moment where dreams are … Read entire article »

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GRACE JONES TO RELEASE HER AUTOBIOGRAPHY “I’LL NEVER WRITE MY MEMOIRS!”

 Grace Jones— Unlike contemporary divas Nicki Minaj, Rihanna and Kim Kardashian, Grace Jones never had to pick a fight or go half-naked on the red carpet to make headlines. She was the headline whether singing songs with ambiguous titles like Pull Up to The Bumper or stealing scenes from Eddie Murphy in the 1992 movie Boomerang. Jones, 67, is back in the news. Her highly-anticipated autobiography, I’ll Never Write My Memoirs, will be released tomorrow by Simon & Schuster, and already it is being touted as a best-seller. In it, the Spanish Town-born model/singer/actress speaks openly about life in the fast lane (group sex, drugs, multiple affairs with white men). But she is also typically frank about her Jamaican upbringing and Chris Stanley, the musician/producer she was reportedly married to. In an interview with Britain’s … Read entire article »

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TOM TAVARES-FINSON, THE JAMAICAN LAWYER OF THE STARS!

TOM TAVARES-FINSON, THE JAMAICAN LAWYER OF THE STARS!

  By Brian Bonitto—- Top (L-R) Grace Jones, Mavado and Bounty Killer– Bottom: Gregory Isaacs, Sean Paul– WHILE the court of public opinion may be split on the guilty verdict in the Vybz Kartel murder trial, the deejay’s lead attorney Thomas Tavares-Finson, is planning his next move. “I am beginning to assemble a team to review the documents because we will appeal,” he told the Jamaica Observer. Kartel (given name Adidja Palmer) was found guilty for the October 2011 death of … Read entire article »

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