Music

Janet Jackson and long-time boyfriend Wissam Al Mana, jetted out to Paris for a romantic birthday celebration! Jackson–who turned 46 today–posted the photo to her Facebook page with the caption “Spending my bday w/my baby!”

Music

If by chance you run one of those media outlet that’s been sullying the name of Whitney Houston’s mysterious friend, Raffles van Exel, he wants you to know that he’s declaring war on you for running stories saying he supplied the late singer with drugs, reports TMZ: Van Exel tells us, he is “neither the […]

Music

A vigil was held on Chuck Brown Way in front of the legendary Howard Theatre Wednesday night to honor go-go legend Chuck Brown, who died at Johns Hopkins University Hospital earlier in the day after a battle with pneumonia. He was 75. As unconfirmed rumors started in the afternoon that Brown had died, an attempt […]

Music

If you’re old enough to remember when the Jacksons last went on tour in 1984, then you remember what a fantastic tour it was. So it’s exciting news that the Jacksons will tour again with Jermaine, Jackie, Tito, Randy and Marlon all on board. Though they will obviously be without their brother Michael, the tour […]

TV & Film

NEW YORK (AP) — The game is over for Tia Mowry: The star of the hit BET series “The Game” won’t appear in the show’s sixth season. Mowry’s representative confirmed the news Wednesday. No details were provided. Season five of “The Game” is currently airing on BET. Mowry stars as Melanie Barnett-Davis, a medical school […]

Entertainment

A year ago, Ted Williams became an overnight sensation. The feel-good story of 2011, Williams was discovered on an Ohio highway when a videographer recorded the former radio personality who had succumbed to alcoholism and become homeless. Within a matter of two weeks, Williams was cleaned up, had secured jobs and was on seemingly every […]

Little Known Black History Facts

Chuck Brown, who styled a unique mix of funk, soul and Latin party sounds to create go-go music in the nation’s capital, has died after suffering from pneumonia. He was 75. Brown, widely acclaimed as the “Godfather of go-go” for his pioneering sound, died Wednesday at Johns Hopkins University Hospital in Baltimore. Hospital spokesman Gary […]

Michael Cottman

President Barack Obama ordered a 12-inch hoagie and met with several business owners inside a trendy café in Washington, D.C. Wednesday to solicit support for his congressional “To-Do” list designed, in part, to help grow the economy in urban areas. “You’ve got three small businesses who are outstanding examples of American entrepreneurship, whether it’s food […]

National News

Despite stern and unrelenting protest from parents, educators and even Occupy Department of Education demonstrators, nearly 50 New York City public schools are slated for shutdown this summer, increasing the overall total of such targeted institutions well into triple-digits over the last decade and charting the course for what community activists are terming a “take-no-prisoners, […]

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BEDFORD, N.Y. (AP) — Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s estranged wife, Mary Kennedy, who had fought drug and alcohol problems, was found dead in her home Wednesday. Attorney Kerry Lawrence, who had represented her in a drunken-driving case, said he didn’t know the cause of her death at age 52. Police confirmed a body was found […]

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HOUSTON (AP) — A former Houston police officer was found not guilty Wednesday of official oppression in the videotaped beating of a 15-year-old burglary suspect, prompting an outraged response from black community leaders who called the verdict an injustice. Andrew Blomberg, 29, was the first of four fired police officers to stand trial for their […]

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Although mirror-checking is not an uncommon behavior in women, a new London study found that it is happening more than expected. The study in Britain’s Daily Mail, surveying 2,000 women, found that women check themselves in the mirror at least eight times a day. Researchers discovered that at least half of these women would not […]