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‘Bachelorette’ Show Wraps Bermuda Shoot
Did “Bachelorette” contestant Emily Maynard feel any love in Bermuda? Or are the reality TV star’s suitors on the island headed to elimination by way of the rose ceremony? Fans of the top-rated ABC reality show will find out soon enough as Ms Maynard [pictured] and the cast of the top-rated ABC show wrapped their Bermuda shoot yesterday... Read more of this article
Reality Show Crew Scouting In Bermuda
Unofficial reports indicate that the crew of the popular reality show “The Bachelorette” are presently in Bermuda scouting locations for a possible upcoming shoot on the island. Unofficial suggestions are that the TV show is considering having the “Rose Ceremony” take place at a Tucker’s Town location. The Bachelorette... Read more of this article
BDOT Statement On Limbaugh Ads
An American watchdog organisation today [Mar. 14] apologised to the local company Media House — owners of the “Bermuda Sun” and the Bermuda.com website — after inadvertently including the firm in a list of sponsors of controversial US talk show host Rush Limbaugh [pictured]. Washington DC-based Media Matters mistakenly claimed... Read more of this article
Old ‘Sea Venture’ Sold For Scrap
Things have ended in heartbreak for the “Pacific Princess” cruise ship featured in the hit 1970s and ’80s television programme “Love Boat” and which earlier sailed to Bermuda as the “Sea Venture” [pictured] Named after Sir George Somers’ flagship which led to the accidental settlement of Bermuda in 1609,... Read more of this article
Special Tribute To Whitney Houston
The Bermuda Department of Tourism’s [BDOT] Feel the Love Month wraps up today [Mar.2], and will feature a special tribute to the late Whitney Houston. The six weeks of activities and programmes hosted on-Island for visitors and residents to enjoy will wrap-up with a Feel the Love Friday final performance of the season with Sia Spence and Da Business... Read more of this article
Shine’s Honours Whitney Houston
Bermudian jazz legend Shine Hayward will be turning the microphone over to local fans who want to honour superstar Whitney Houston at his Hamilton club tomorrow [Feb. 16]. The club’s regular Karaoke session will be a tribute to the singer who died in Los Angeles on February 11 at the age of 48. The New Jersey-born recording artist and actress... Read more of this article
’60s Star For College Weeks Reunion
British rock and roll singer Billy J. Kramer will offer Bermuda College Weeks alumni some blasts from the musical their past when he appears on the island next month. The veteran entertainer is appearing as the featured performer during Bermuda’s first-ever College Weeks Reunion taking place from March 15-18. The three-day Bermuda Department of Tourism-sponsored... Read more of this article
‘The Holiday’s’ Bermuda Holiday
Fans of TV’s “Jersey Shore” will soon get the opportunity to go on a Bermuda holiday with “The Holiday” when cast member Deena Nicole Cortese [pictured] hosts a cruise to Bermuda. Reality TV show personality Ms Cortese will host a round trip from Cape Liberty to New York to Bermuda on Royal Caribbean’s “Explorer... Read more of this article
Lennon Tribute: Maxi Priest To Perform
British reggae star Maxi Priest isn’t just cutting a track for the upcoming John Lennon tribute CD being produced to salute the former Beatle’s time in Bermuda — he will perform it live at the Botanical Gardens on June 21. The Ride The Wave charitable organisation is spearheading the CD — featuring Bermudian artists and top-rank... Read more of this article
Photos: Ultimate Bermuda Experience
Bermuda played host to eight lucky people who took part in the first annual Ultimate Bermuda Experience yesterday [Jan.17]. The eight were winners of an online sweepstakes held earlier by Now Energy Bars. Inspired by Phil Keogan, producer and host of CBS’s The Amazing Race, the Ultimate Bermuda Experience took the group on a tour of different spots... Read more of this article
Race Gala Raises $24,000 For MS
The Ultimate Bermuda Experience – the adventure race “Amazing Race” host Phil Keoghan is participating in — announced it raised $24,280 at a spectacular fundraising gala held on Sunday [Jan. 15] at The Queen’s Exhibition Hall in The Keep at Dockyard. The funds raised are to benefit the MS Society of Bermuda and were collected... Read more of this article
Celebrities Arrive In Bermuda For Gala
The stars came out at L.F. Wade International Airport last night [Jan. 13] when celebrities including Danny Glover, Star Jones and Lance Gross arrived in Bermuda to take part in the Syncairly Yours Foundation Gala at Newstead. The “Diamonds & Caviar Event” is a $1,000-a-plate event to raise money and awareness for the Foundation, a charity that... Read more of this article
Mark Twain’s Christmas Eve Heartbreak
On Christmas Eve, 1909 a heartbroken Mark Twain — who had returned to his Connecticut home from Bermuda just four days earlier — put pen to paper to eulogise his youngest daughter who had died just hours earlier. Jean Clemens [1880–1909] was the youngest of the three daughters of Samuel Langhorne Clemens — better known by his pen... Read more of this article
Videos: Humperdinck’s ’74 Bermuda Show
Superstar Englebert Humperdinck swapped the glittery showrooms of Las Vegas for some quainter Bermuda settings in a 1974 TV special which featured Canadian songbird Ann Murray and local acts Hubert Smith & The Coral Islanders and the Clayhouse Inn Steel Band. Featuring the singer duetting with Ms Murray in the back of a horse-drawn carriage, sitting... Read more of this article
Bermuda-Raised Embroidery Queen Dies
Erica Wilson, the needlework instructor who spent the early years of her life in Bermuda and went on to become known as the Julia Child of embroidery, has died in New York at the age of 83. Ms Wilson’s 1962 book “Crewel Embroidery” is credited with reviving the craft and launching a publishing category, transforming her into “America’s... Read more of this article
Bieber Has A Rankin-Bass Christmas
Superstar Justin Bieber is coming to town in a new Christmas video in the guise of one of the Animagic puppets from a TV special made by Bermuda’s Arthur Rankin Jr. The Canadian pop singer brings his perky persona to the puppet party as he joins young Kris Kringle and his pal Topper the Penguin — the stars of Mr. Rankin’s animated... Read more of this article
