Vanessa Marie Garrett-Rogers, 28, plead guilty to running over her ex-boyfriend with an SUV and will spend 12 years of a 30-year sentence behind bars,…

(Photo: EURWeb) A Kansas man took Tyler Perry’s Madea tactics and Black Friday way too far. Marvin Webb dressed up as the film and stage character and robbed the First Security Bank in Robinsonville, Kansas the day after Thanksgiving. Surveillance video showed the 45-year-old adorned with a scarf, sunglasses and a coat while carrying a […]

The Apollo audience is notoriously hard on amateurs, as anyone who’s watched all the televised versions of Amateur Night knows very well. Fortunately, veteran comedian Sinbad is far from an amateur.  His successful three-decade career has crossed genres from TV to film to the standup stage. Best known to many for his role as Coach […]

See “Whitney Houston’s Life in Pictures” photo gallery below. The darndest thing about true icons is that they don’t try to garner such title and praise. They simply exist and excel within their own paradigm. Perhaps, it’s that level of ease and comfort in their innate abilities that makes their journeys, spirits and talents endear […]

See “Whitney Houston’s Life in Pictures” photo gallery below. The darndest thing about true icons is that they don’t try to garner such title and praise. They simply exist and excel within their own paradigm. Perhaps, it’s that level of ease and comfort in their innate abilities that makes their journeys, spirits and talents endear […]

The nation’s corporate hotel industry is woefully failing to hire African American managers and minority-owned companies in a fast-growing, overwhelmingly white trade, according to a new report released by the NAACP. The NAACP’s Report Card graded the five largest hotels –Marriott, Wyndam, Hyatt, Starwood and Hilton — for ethnic diversity and racial inclusion. While Marriott […]

The nation’s corporate hotel industry is woefully failing to hire African American managers and minority-owned companies in a fast-growing, overwhelmingly white trade, according to a new report released by the NAACP. The NAACP’s Report Card graded the five largest hotels –Marriott, Wyndam, Hyatt, Starwood and Hilton — for ethnic diversity and racial inclusion. While Marriott […]

Coleman Young was the first black mayor of Detroit. Young served the city of Detroit for 20 years. The Tuscaloosa, Alabama native was born in 1918, moving to Detroit’s Black Bottom ghetto in the 1920’s. He served as a Tuskegee Airman in WWII before becoming an activist with the United Auto Workers. Active in politics, […]

(Photo: AP) Mike Tyson recently admitted that he was high cocaine when filming his scenes in the “The Hangover.” The heavyweight champ revealed in an interview on “In Depth with Graham Bensinger,” that he agreed to do the movie only to fund his addiction to cocaine. “They had to know I was messed up. I […]

(Photo: AP) Nick Cannon may be sleeping on the couch after he made fun of his wife’s diva behavior at home. During an interview on “Anderson Live”, Cannon opened up about his home life with wife Mariah Carey and their 19-month old twins Morocco and Monroe. “The kids run the house. My wife is being […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Bob Costas’ “Sunday Night Football” halftime commentary supporting gun control sparked a Fox News Channel debate Monday on whether NBC should fire him and a Twitter storm involving Ted Nugent, Rosie O’Donnell, Herman Cain and many more. The NBC sportscaster, who frequently delivers commentary at halftime of the weekly NFL showcase, […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Flu season is off to its earliest start in nearly 10 years — and it could be a bad one. Health officials on Monday said suspected flu cases have jumped in five southern states, and the primary strain circulating is one that tends to make people sicker, especially the elderly. “It […]