Armed with scores of endorsements from powerful elected officials, key law enforcement organizations and deeply entrenched labor unions, veteran prosecutor Jackie Lacey is poised to become Los Angeles County's first African-American district attorney. With slightly less than 10 million residents spread over 4,057 square miles, Los Angeles County is the nation's largest and claims more […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — On a last dash for cash in the celebrity scene of California, President Barack Obama on Sunday took a good-natured shot as his own underwhelming debate performance, marveling at how his friends in the entertainment business could turn in flawless showings every time. "I can't always say the same," Obama told […]

Until 1964, the South Carolina State Fair was a ‘whites only’ event. As a result, the black community took part in the South Carolina Colored State Fair one week later. The ‘colored’ event was sponsored by the Colored State Fair Association.The segregated fair was in existence from 1908 to 1964, which marked the legal ban […]

Dominique jokes with the crew about the Washington Football Team' loss,

ST. PETERSBURG (AP)— Authorities in Florida say a man flashed a fake gun and badge and demanded free fast food at a McDonald's drive-thru. Pinellas County Sheriff's deputies say Joseph Pineda told employees Friday that he deserved free food, had just come from a sting and didn't have his wallet. Workers called the police. Pineda […]

Alicia Keys performs "New York State of Mind" and " Not Even a King" on the TJMS.

Stacey Dash has her opinion and she’s entitled to it. The “Clueless” actress announced via Twitter, yesterday, her support for Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney. “Vote for Romney. The only choice for your future,” tweeted Dash. She later retweeted this message from Romney’s account: “Women have had enough of @BarackObama’s disappointment. We need new leadership […]

Funeral homes across the country are seeing more obituaries prepared before death. Rick Waites, the director of Palm Beach National Chapel said that more people are turning to “pre-need” funeral planning by writing their own obituaries. "Sometimes it's handwritten, typed, or they will bring a printout from a computer. The only thing missing is the […]

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A lawsuit reported that a bachelor party mishap at a Philadelphia strip club landed the groom-to-be in a hospital with a ruptured bladder. The Philadelphia Daily News reported Friday that Patrick Gallagher had been invited to lie on the stage at the Penthouse Club as a dancer slid down a pole. The […]

A new national poll suggests that President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney are tied. The new Gallup poll showed that the president only holds a slight lead over his Republican opponent with 49 percent to 46 percent among registered voters. The seven-day tracking poll surveyed over 1,000 registered voters by phone and contained a sampling […]

Huggy jokes about Robert Griffin's concussion, joking the team knew he was concussed after telling them he dated black women; plus much more on the TJMS.

Actor/director/producer/writer Tyler Perry is in all measurable ways a success. The Atlanta-based Perry went from homeless to Hollywood with his gospel-influenced stage plays and then moved into movies and TV. But, like many successful people, he has critics. Industry veterans like Spike Lee and increasingly, some viewers, find his work stereotypical and his shows banal. […]