Despite ending the year with the lowest approval ratings of his presidency, Barack Obama was named the world’s most admired living man of 2013. According…

HONOLULU (AP) — President Barack Obama and wife Michelle Obama are wishing former first lady Barbara Bush a “speedy recovery” after she was hospitalized with a respiratory-related issue. In a written statement Wednesday, the president says the thoughts and prayers of all Americans are with Mrs. Bush. Obama says she is blessed to have a […]

NEW YORK (AP) — James Avery, the bulky character actor who laid down the law at home and on the job as the Honorable Philip Banks in “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air,” has died. Avery’s publicist, Cynthia Snyder, told The Associated Press that Avery died Tuesday in Glendale, Calif., following complications from open heart surgery. […]

James Avery, well-known for his role on the “Fresh Prince of Bel Air” has died at age 65. Avery passed away in a Los Angeles hospital last night after complications from a recent undergoing open heart surgery. According to TMZ, Avery’s wife had been by his side the whole time before briefly stepping out for food. […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Target is getting hit with another lump of coal this holiday season. The nation’s second-largest discount retailer said Tuesday that an unidentified number of gift cards sold over the holidays were not properly activated. The Minneapolis chain says the number of cards affected was less than 0.1 percent of the total […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Five men heading to a party were shot and a woman apparently was pistol-whipped, police and a community advocate said Tuesday, marking a year-end outburst of violence in a Brooklyn neighborhood that has struggled with crime even as it hit record lows. Police were looking for a suspect or suspects in […]

Rapper Eve is about to be a married woman. The rapper’s boyfriend, designer and Gumball 3000 founder Maximillion Cooper, proposed to her on Christmas Day, her rep confirmed to E! News. Eve – born Eve Jihan Jeffers – first hinted at an engagement after posting the below picture on Instagram of herself with her family […]

Leave it to TMZ  to dig up the dirt. They may not have gotten the scoop on the birth of Dwyane Wade‘s newborn son, but they found out WHO the baby mama is … and the baby’s name! The news/gossip site got a copy of the birth certificate for Wade’s brand new son shows his […]

It seems Dwyane Wade isn’t the only celeb to find himself a baby daddy outside of his relationship. He’s got company in the form of Ludacris, who also supposedly took a break from his main squeeze, Eudoxie , and ended up like Wade. According to TMZ, Luda hooked up with the woman and got her […]

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — NASA officials say the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster “should never be trivialized” in response to a new song from Beyonce that features an audio sample recorded just after the craft exploded on takeoff in 1986, killing all seven crewmembers. The space agency issued the statement late Tuesday after the pop star […]

NEW YORK (AP) — “Duck Dynasty” star Willie Robertson chose not to quack back. In one of his first chances to comment on the dust-up surrounding his outspoken father and co-star Phil Robertson, the younger Robertson had only kind words for the A&E network and New Year’s wishes for the nation in an appearance Tuesday […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Twelve years ago, Bill de Blasio attended New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s inauguration as a newly-minted city councilman, unknown to most outside his Brooklyn district and a small circle of political operatives. He is now Bloomberg’s successor, elected by a record margin, supported by a former — and perhaps a […]