BOSTON (AP) — Loved ones knew it was her at the hospital when they saw her teeth. Carmen Blandin Tarleton‘s face was unrecognizable after the lye attack, burned away in the frenzy of an estranged husband’s rage. Nearly six years later, the Vermont nurse is celebrating a gift that has given her a new image […]

An apology? AN APOLOGY?! An apology doesn’t even begin to atone for the slight that 9-year-old actress and Oscar-nominee Quvenzhane Wallis had to endure the night of the Academy Awards Ceremony. But apparently Steve Hannah, the CEO of the so-called satirical publication, The Onion, thinks it does. Here’s what happened. During the ceremony, about 10 […]

If you’re tuning in regularly to watch your favorite black voices on CNN, they won’t be on the air much longer. CNN is parting ways with long-established voices of Soledad O’Brien and Roland Martin and the network may also be planning to say goodbye to Donna Brazile, a Democratic strategist and CNN’s only African American […]

Lance Gross, who just picked up an NAACP Image Award for his role in “Tyler Perry’s House Of Payne,” has booked the lead in NBC’s untitled drama pilot from writer-executive producer Rand Ravich, reports Deadline.com. Described as an emotionally charged action thriller set in and around the world of Washington DC, the pilot follows Marcus […]

Disgraced former Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr., who pleaded guilty last week to misusing $750,000-plus in campaign money, is writing a memoir in an effort to “clear up his legacy,” two sources familiar with the project told the Chicago Tribune. Jackson, 47, will be sentenced June 28 after a seven-year spree in which he used the […]

Sybil Wilkes interviews romance novelist Brenda Jackson, best-selling author of the book “Bachelor Unclaimed”. The author has been writing romance novels for 18 years and has been married for 40+ years. Click on the button above and listen as Jackson gives advice to those looking for love.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A 22-year-old Miami woman with a history of prostitution arrests was identified Tuesday as a person of interest in a Las Vegas Strip shooting that triggered a spectacular fiery crash and left three people dead. Police said Tineesha Lashun Howard was in a black SUV with Ammar Harris last week when […]

Omarosa Manigault is getting back to life after the tragic, unexpected passing of long time love, Michael Clarke Duncan. She’ll be back to reality on the new season of “All-Star Celebrity Apprentice,” but fans will see a softer side of the stone cold businesswoman. In an interview with ESSENCE.com, she chatted about her return to […]

NBC’s untitled Craig Robinson pilot has added two more cast members. As previously reported, the regular on NBC’s “The Office,” which ends its 9-season run this year, has lined up his own comedy series, playing a talented musician who adjusts to his new life as a middle-school music teacher, where he maneuvers precocious kids, teacher […]

Anthony Darnell Liddell (pictured), 19, a student at Coastal Carolina University in Conway, South Carolina, was pronounced dead at Grand Strand Regional Medical Center after being shot to death outside of a campus residence hall, reports CCU’s website, Coastal News. The gunman is still at large. According to the school, there were approximately 4 or 5 shots […]

Since debuting in 2001, Alicia Keys has been put through the rumor wringer. When “Fallin” first dropped, everyone speculated whether or not Keys was into women or men. Now, that she’s a married mother of one, people try to tarnish her love with producer Swizz Beatz by calling her a home wrecker. Alicia Keys couldn’t care less about the […]

According to several sources, “Jet Magazine” has treated Fantasia Barrino like a runway within the last week: they landed jokes all over her! “Jet” used an old image of her to put on their cover instead of the one that Barrino’s camp provided. The R&B Songstress took to social media to vent her frustrations: ‘This saddens Me!!! It is clear that […]