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ST. LOUIS (AP) — Fontella Bass, a St. Louis-born soul singer who hit the top of the R&B charts with “Rescue Me” in 1965, has died. She was 72. Bass died Wednesday night at a St. Louis hospice of complications from a heart attack suffered three weeks ago, her daughter, Neuka Mitchell, said. Bass had […]
2012 was certainly a mixed bag. The year that was included some untimely deaths and some disappointing trends including the dominance of increasingly sensational reality TV. But there were some bright moments and those are the ones we’d like to celebrate here. Here, in our humble opinion, are some of the best entertainment moments of […]
The new year is just around the corner and this weekend is packed with events for you to go out with a bang! And if you aren’t the partying type, we have plenty of other great options for you like comedy shows, concerts, movies, and TV shows that can keep you entertained as well. If […]
Terry Glover, the managing editor at EBONY Magazine passed away on December 24, 2012. Glover had been working at EBONY since 2006, when she became the senior editor for Ebony. com. She became managing editor in 2009. Linda Johnson Rice, Chairman of the Johnson Publishing Company and the daughter of EBONY founder Eunice W. Johnson, […]
Drake coined the term/catchphrase “YOLO” back in 2011 and now everyone is saying it and some are using it … for profit. It’s on t-shirts, posted on Twitter, and in text messages. So the rapper is thinking about making money from the phrase while major distributors like Macy’s and Walgreens are making a whole lotta […]
Sadly, many of this year’s entertainment stories dealt with loss. From the very beginning of the year, death would set the tone for 2012. In this year we lost some legends. There was one definite high note for the year, though, in President Obama’s reelection. Here were some of the most talked about entertainment stories […]
Rihanna is giving back this holiday season in the name of her grandmother. The singer donated about $1.75 million to the radiotherapy department of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Barbados over the weekend to honor her late grandmother, Clara “Dolly” Braithwaite. E! News reports that she gave the gift via the Clara Lionel foundation. “This […]
Are you annoyed by the arrests, constant bed hopping or random offensive tweets of your “once” favorite celebrities? You are not alone. A new survey finds that several Americans have had enough of their favorite celebrities’ shenanigans and are ready to write them off before the New Year. The online survey conducted by Harris Interactive […]
After dating for two years, R&B diva Janet Jackson (pictured) is finally getting hitched again and this time it’s to a man who is loaded.…
Actor Terrance Howard is probably best known for his piercing hazel eyes, his roles in classic movies like “Crash” and “Lackawanna Blues” and now most recently his legal issues. The 43-year-old actor is possibly due back in court again and this time it’s over some overdue credit card bills. According to TMZ, Howard owes American […]
Actor Terrance Howard is probably best known for his piercing hazel eyes, his roles in classic movies like “Crash” and “Lackawanna Blues” and now most recently his legal issues. The 43-year-old actor is possibly due back in court again and this time it’s over some overdue credit card bills. According to TMZ, Howard owes American […]
Marva Whitney, a fiery voiced funk singer who toured and collaborated with James Brown — along the way earning the nickname “Soul Sister #1″ — died on Saturday at age 68, according to a Facebook page dedicated to her. “She left us with a legacy that will shine forever,” the message reads. A cause of […]
