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Tyler Perry, Venus and Serena Williams and LL Cool J are among dozens of celebrities and athletes who have signed up as investors in UFC, the mixed martial arts organization recently acquired by WME/IMG for $4 billion. WME/IMG also announced Friday that Ben Affleck, Jimmy Kimmel, Conan O’Brien, Sylvester Stallone, Mark Wahlberg, Michael Bay, Trey […]

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Before the Black Panther documentary airs on PBS Tuesday at 9 p.m., a new episode of Finding Your Roots featuring Sean “Diddy” Combs and LL Cool J premieres at 8, with both rappers discovering they have ancestors who were living in the U.S. before the Emancipation Proclamation — but were not enslaved. Dr. Henry Louis Gates talks about […]

  Two-time Grammy Award Winner LL Cool J returns as host of the 58th annual Grammy Awards for the fifth year. Slated as music’s biggest night (Kendrick Lamar leads with 11 nominations) with memorable tributes and exciting performances, LL talks to the Tom Joyner Morning Show about what to expect and his plans for Valentine’s Day. “Lady Gaga is […]

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After its little Ben Affleck hiccup, the PBS series Finding Your Roots is back in January with an all new third season of celebs tracing their family trees, aided by host Henry Louis Gates Jr. The series had to take a time out after Season 2, when news broke that Affleck tried to keep producers from revealing the discovery of his […]

Hip-hop’s next generation is making the new this week and it’s not all good. Hip-hop pioneer and current star of CBS ‘s NCIS: Los Angeles and Spike’s Lip Sync Battle, LL Cool J may have to face some investigation in real life. His 26-year-old son, Najee Smith, (pictured, with his mother, Simone) a 2014 college graduate, was […]

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NEW YORK (AP) — The Television Academy is revealing its first group of presenters for this year’s Emmy broadcast. They include Golden Globe winner and past Emmy nominee Maggie Gyllenhaal, and ABC late-night host Jimmy Kimmel. The academy announced Tuesday that actress-comedian-producer Amy Poehler and artist-actor LL Cool J will also be handing out Emmy […]

We can’t say this isn’t well deserved! Actor-comedians Tracy Morgan and Kevin Hart, and rapper-actor LL Cool J will each receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of…

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Kevin Hart’s star continues to rise – and will soon become set in stone. The comedian joins Tracy Morgan and LL Cool J among the next round of inductees that will receive stars next year on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The Class of 2016 also includes Bradley Cooper, Quentin Tarantino, Michael Keaton, Steve Carell […]

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On this week’s episode of “Lip Sync Battle,” Queen Latifah took the bold step of choosing a signature song from the show’s host LL Cool J. The star of HBO’s “Bessie” donned a red tracksuit and black hat to perform “Rock the Bells,” the third single from LL’s 1985 album “Radio.” Queen Latifah vs. Marlon […]