Dee Lawrence Downs, who is married to Will Smith’s younger sister Ellen, was arrested on federal drug charges. According to the Huffington Post, Downs was arrested on Jan. 17 and charged with attempted possession with intent to distribute 5 kilograms or more of cocaine.  He attempted to buy 2 kilogramos of cocaine from an undercover officer. Downs was indicted […]

Beyoncé gave everyone a sneak peek at her latest Pepsi ad after she posted the pop-art style image on her Facebook page early this afternoon. In the Andy Warhol-esque image, Beyonce strikes a couple of poses including the ever-popular kissy face, a smile shot and one with a little attitude. But it’s not the poses […]

ATLANTA (AP) — A federal grand jury indicted four former employees of a peanut company linked to a 2009 salmonella outbreak that killed nine people and sickened hundreds, leading to one of the largest recalls in history. The 76-count indictment was unsealed Wednesday in federal court in Georgia. It charged the former employees of Virginia-based […]

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Las Vegas Strip became a scene of deadly violence early Thursday when someone in a Range Rover opened fire on a Maserati at a stoplight, sending it crashing into a taxi that went up in flames, leaving three people dead and at least six injured. Police were checking with nearby […]

Somebody once said you never realize you have a drinking problem until you run out of wine. Take that alcohol away and that seemingly docile, agreeable individual might show you a surly, aggressive side that you didn’t know existed. I think a lot of people who never thought of themselves as racist felt that way […]

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Platinum-selling rapper Ja Rule left an upstate New York prison Thursday morning after serving most of his two-year sentence for illegal gun possession and headed straight into federal custody in a tax case. U.S. Marshals escorted the 36-year-old musician out of Mid-State Correctional Facility at 9:30 a.m. He was being held […]

Jersey City Assemblyman Charles Mainor is getting some serious backlash over his FaceBook “like” pages: “Big Booty Freaks” and “You Got Knocked the F**k Out,” a page that features vicious fights caught on an amateur camera. At first Mainor tried to deny ever liking the pages saying, “I doubt very strongly that I would do […]

TOWSON, Md. (AP) – A former Johns Hopkins Hospital gynecologist suspected of secretly recording patients has been found dead at his Towson home. Police say 54-year-old Dr. Nikita Levy is believed to have committed suicide. Johns Hopkins officials said in a statement that they began investigating Levy earlier this month after an employee reported that […]

Are LeBron James and the mother of his two children, Savannah Brinson, on the outs with each other? Could be. Observers are watching and here’s the latest. Brinson, 26, who’s been in a relationship with James since high school, has not been seen with him in weeks. Specifically, she missed his two of his important, […]

By now the world knows very well how Lil Wayne feels about the Miami Heat, it’s stars Lebron James and Dwyane Wade and Adrienne Bosh. Yes, we’re referring to the diminutive rapper’s well documented,take no prisoners rant last (NBA All-Star) weekend in Houston when he said on stage, “F**k the Heat, f**k Lebron, f**k shewayde, […]

Atlanta megachurch pastor Bishop Eddie Long is facing a lawsuit from former parishioners who say he encouraged them to invest in a company that was operating an alleged Ponzi scheme. A dozen former members of New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Lithonia, Ga., filed suit in DeKalb County court in late January. The suit says […]

Tony Rock reminisces about his family road trips growing up, including one trip he’ll never forget to Amish country.