Oprah sat down recently  with Oscar and Grammy winning actress/singer Jennifer Hudson for a heart to heart conversation in Chicago at Hudson’s home. The show will air Sunday, September 9th on “Oprah’s Next Chapter” on OWN, but you can see a sneak preview  below.

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Police in Tampa stopped a dozen anti-war protesters from entering an event attended by former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice after the group said it intended to arrest her for war crimes. The protesters from Code Pink carried handcuffs Tuesday and tried to enter a performing arts center. Rice was attending […]

The cute, big and tall couple have broken up for real this time. Hoopz confirmed the news with "The Boston Globe". Supposedly they split up over her dream to become an Olympic gold medal gymnast. She was serious about her new goal and even visited the Orlando Metro Gymnastics facility to speak with a coach […]

Claressa Shields just became the first U.S. fighter, and African-American fighter to win an Olympic gold medal in women’s boxing. It was America’s first women’s Olympic boxing event. At sixteen years old, Shields held a 19-0 record. Nicknamed the “16-year old sensation,” Shields, who is now 17, has been compared to Muhammad Ali for her […]

GARY, Ind. (AP) — Michael Jackson's son and daughter visited their father's hometown of Gary on what would have been the pop star's 54th birthday. The children, 14-year-old Paris and 15-year-old Prince, were given T-shirts by Gary Mayor Karen Freeman-Wilson as they posed for pictures Wednesday at a casino overlooking Lake Michigan. Nothing was said […]

EL PASO, Texas (AP) — The embalmed body of actor Sherman Hemsley, who became famous for his role as television's George Jefferson, will be kept in refrigeration at an El Paso funeral home until a local court rules on the validity of his will. In the will Hemsley signed six weeks before dying of lung […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A 100-year-old man backed his car on to a sidewalk and hit 11 people, including nine children, across from an elementary school in South Los Angeles just after classes had ended Wednesday, authorities said. Four of the children were in critical condition when firefighters arrived but they were stabilized and were […]

Two people attending the Republican National Convention were tossed out of the venue after allegedly throwing peanuts at a black CNN camerawoman. After throwing the peanuts, the attendees hurled an insult at her, shouting, "This is how we feed the animals." According to CNN, there were many witnesses who confirmed the incident and pointed out […]

Click here to listen to pastor Corey Brooks full interview with TJMS Chicago pastor Corey Brooks is serious about stopping violence in Chicago, which is quickly approaching a record number of homicides for the year. Just this past weekend, nine people were killed and 37 wounded in gun violence. It seems like every big city […]

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP)– The so-called "president" of the band bus on which a Florida A&M University band member was fatally beaten now faces a felony hazing charge. The Orlando Sentinel cites recently revised court documents that now list 25-year-old Dante Martin as one of 12 felony defendants in the death of 26-year-old drum major Robert […]

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The grizzly bear stares at the camera with a look that appears ominous in the last photograph snapped by Richard White just before the animal mauled him to death in Alaska's Denali National Park. The photo is among 26 snapshots of the male bear taken in an eight-minute time frame by […]

D. L. Hughley is always on the run. If you want to catch up to the comedian/actor/author you’d better find him on the road. In between his TV hosting gigs and radio guest spots, including here on the Tom Joyner Morning Show, the married father of three heads out on a standup tour this fall.  […]