New Caribbean-Canadian comedy web series, Garvey’s Ghost, released

him around the world He is well known as half of the Bello and Blakka comedy duo One of his best-known works is The Gateman

In Garvey’s Ghost, young Denham Jolly arrives in Toronto in 1955 and rents a room in Miss Violet Williams’ boarding house As the “Lady President” of the Universal Negro Improvement Association, Violet struggles to keep the organization afloat, ably assisted by the ghost of her mentor, the famed Black leader, Hon Marcus Mosiah Garvey

The six-part series is supported by the Bell Fund, Ontario Creates, and the Canada Media Fund

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(CTMG) has announced its new comedy web series, Garvey’s Ghost, the creation of showrunner and award-winning Director, FrancesAnne Solomon

The series features Canadian icon and national treasure, Mary Walsh, as the evil, but loveable white woman, Mrs. Murphy

Actor, writer, comedian, director, activist, and mother, Walsh is best known for creating the role of Marg Delahunty, a housewife who became famous for buttonholing politicians and submitting them to satirical interviews intended to humiliate them by providing criticism and grandmotherly advice Sometimes Marg appeared as Marg, Princess Warrior

“I am excited to represent the whole of white supremacy and colonialism in this show,” said Walsh “It’s a huge responsibility, but I’ll try my hardest to do it justice ”

Degrassi’s Richard Walters will play Young Denham Jolly and The Wire’s Melanie Nicholls-King as Miss Violet Williams

The star-studded cast also includes Peter Williams as famed Black activist Harry Gairey; actor and critically acclaimed filmmaker, Valerie Buhagiar as the troublesome neighbor Maria; and Jamaican King of Comedy, Owen “Blakka” Ellis, as Marcus Garvey

The multi-talented artist known as “Blakka” is a writer, educator, director, and comedian whose legendary career has taken

It is one of two CTMG projects going to camera this year that are inspired by the 2017 Toronto Book Award-winning memoir of Denham Jolly, one of Canada’s most respected entrepreneurs, activists, and philanthropists

The second is the feature film IN THE BLACK, which tells the story of Jolly’s incredible twelve-year struggle to create Canada’s first Black radio station, Flow 93 5 FM

CTMG Productions has made its name in Canada and abroad as a producer of highquality and entertaining film and television content for, by and about, Blacks and People of Colour These include the sitcom Lord Have Mercy (2004), feature films A Winter Tale (2008), Kingston Paradise (2013), HERO: The Extraordinary Life of Mr Ulric Cross (2019), and the documentary series Heartbeat and Literature Alive (2006-2012)

Jamaican dancehall artiste Spice shocks fans with ‘baby bump’ photo on social media

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Popular Jamaican dancehall artiste Spice, who lives in Atlanta, Georgia, surprised her fans on Tuesday after posting a photo of what appeared to be a baby bump

The mother of two received several congratulatory messages from her followers in reaction to the post

The photo captures the artiste decked in her signature blue with the photo captioned: “God has been so good to me ”

This shocking news comes after rumors began about why she was inactive on social media late last year There were many theories, however, Spice broke the silence and shared that she experienced a health scare, explaining that she had developed sepsis after a damaged hernia

“Thank you, Jesus, for saving my life Hey, besties I’m in a better space today to properly update you on my current health situation I suffered a damage hernia a few days ago that sent my body into sepsis, as a result, I was rushed to the hospital for immediate surgery,” she posted Spice, whose real name is Grace Hamilton, had shared that she was taking a break from social media