Eight-time Emmy Award winner David Smyrl is best known for his role as Mr. Langston Handford on the hit children’s show, “Sesame Street.” David Smyrl is the second-highest Emmy award winner as an actor in children’s programming. From 1990 to 1998, Smyrl starred on the award-winning children’s show as the man who owned Mr. Hooper’s […]

Jimmy McKinney from Indianapolis, IN is today’s “Real Father, Real Men” winner. He was nominated by his wife, Faith. Dear Tom, My husband Jimmy works for a restaurant supply company and really knows how to cook. I’ve known him most of my life – he lived on my block and he even had a paper […]

NEW YORK (AP) — A man dressed as the Cookie Monster has been accused of shoving a 2-year-old in New York’s Times Square and has been charged with endangering the welfare of a child. Queens resident Osvaldo Quiroz-Lopez was arrested Sunday afternoon. He was arraigned Monday on charges including aggressive begging. He didn’t enter a […]

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Jay-Z is bringing the “Made in America” music festival back to Philadelphia. The rapper posted a teaser video on his “Life and Times” website Monday that showed footage from last year. It says this year’s festival will again take place on Labor Day weekend — Aug. 31 and Sept. 1. The lineup […]

VALLECITOS, N.M. (AP) — A school bus went off the road, rolled over and lodged in an embankment Monday morning and the driver died at the scene, investigators said. At least nine children were injured in the crash in a mountainous area of northern New Mexico. It was not clear if the driver, Pat Valdez, […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of pounds of frozen food recalled amid an E. coli scare may have been served in schools. That’s according to the company that manufactured the items. Rich Products Corp. recalled 10 million pounds of frozen food items over the past two weeks after 27 E. coli illnesses in 15 […]

SEATTLE (AP) — Seattle Police Chief John Diaz retired Monday as his department faces a court-overseen monitoring plan to address the use of force by officers. The announcement came after difficult negotiations led the Police Department to enter a court agreement with the U.S. Justice Department last summer to address concerns that officers were too […]

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — With perhaps billions of dollars at stake, a hearing Tuesday over concussion litigation filed against the NFL promises to be a contest between legal lions. About 4,200 former players have sued the league. Some suffer from dementia, depression, Alzheimer’s disease and other neurological problems. Others simply want their health monitored. And a […]

Rap godfather Snoop Dogg has been one of hip-hop’s biggest supporters when it comes to marriage equality in the country. However, just because he believes all Americans should have the right to marry whomever they choose, he doesn’t think homosexuality will ever be accepted in the world of hip-hop despite Frank Ocean coming out as bisexual. During […]

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Over the years, Steve Harvey’s empire has grown to include comedy, radio, movies, game show hosting and daytime TV. And as the comedian continues to make strides in his career, he says he doesn’t plan on let anything stop him — not even “racist Hollywood.” In a recent interview with the Hollywood Reporter, “The Steve Harvey Show” […]

Michael Jordan’s alleged baby mama Pamela Smith is vowing to re-file her paternity suit against the retired baller. Pamela Smith originally filed a paternity suit against his airness in early February, but requested the judge dismiss the case last month. According to TMZ: “…she did not drop the lawsuit because she’s waving the white flag — […]