The Bahamas International Film Festival (BIFF) has announced that actress Sydney Tamiia Poitier, daughter of legendary Oscar-winning actor Sidney Poitier and actress Joanna Shimkus, will be honoured with BIFF’s signature Shining Star Tribute.

To celebrate Thanksgiving and the arrival of its newest cruise ship, Carnival Breeze, to Miami, Carnival Cruise Lines is donating 137,500 meals to the Feeding South Florida charity and erecting a 50-foot-tall inflatable turkey atop the ship. Carnival has three ports of call in The Bahamas and another within the archipelago at Grand Turk, Turks & Caicos. Happy Thanksgiving.