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Phylicia Rashad has broken her silence on the sexual abuse allegations against her longtime co-star Bill Cosby. The Tony-winning actress, who starred opposite Cosby for 10 seasons as Clair Huxtable on NBC’s “The Cosby Show,” defended the embattled comedian while speaking to Showbiz 411 at an event for the film “Selma.” After first prefacing her […]
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Boxing great Muhammad Ali has won his bout with a severe urinary tract infection. The three-time world heavyweight champion was released from an undisclosed hospital Tuesday night, family spokesman Bob Gunnell said Wednesday. Ali is back home and looking forward to celebrating his 73rd birthday on Jan. 17 with his family […]
After Taraji P. Henson’s Twitter response to 50 Cent’s comments about her new show “Empire,” the G-Unit general has added another layer to their back and forth with his own reply on social media. “I’m at CES 2015 working #SMSAUDIO [Taraji P. Henson] don’t be mad at me.lol. I love your work girl.#FRIGO#EFFENVODKA #POWERTV” 50 […]
LEASANTVILLE, N.J. (AP) — Nearly a month after he was shot outside his brother-in-law’s southern New Jersey home, rapper Beanie Sigel has been released from a hospital. Pleasantville police say the 40-year-old musician, whose real name is Dwight Grant, left the AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center in Atlantic City last weekend. Sigel was shot in the […]
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — Colleagues and friends of Whitney Houston gathered Tuesday night to screen “Whitney,” a new telefilm about the beloved entertainer’s triumphant career, often troubled life and tragic death. But Houston’s family was conspicuously absent from the premiere, which took place at the Paley Center for Media, located just blocks away from […]
TORONTO (AP) — A scandal-plagued Bill Cosby returns to the stage Wednesday night for the first time since November and his reception is certain to be mixed, with some planning protests, others vowing not to show up and still others saying they will heckle the comedian. The three performances in Canada follow sexual assault allegations […]
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Rapper Dr. Dre and record producer Jimmy Iovine are being vilified as scam artists in a lawsuit that alleges the duo duped one of their former partners in Beat Electronics before selling the trendy headphone maker to Apple for $3 billion last year. The complaint filed Tuesday in San Mateo Superior […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — “American Idol” is practicing addition and subtraction in its 14th season. Longtime judge, short-time mentor Randy Jackson is gone. Music executive Scott Borchetta, whose impressive credentials include acting as mentor to Taylor Swift, will play that role for contestants and the winner will be signed to Borchetta’s Big Machine Records. There’s […]
Things are becoming financially difficult for Toni Braxton’s ex-husband Keri Lewis. So much so that theJasmineBRAND.com reports that he has auctioned off royalties to nearly 80 of the songs he wrote in hopes of using the money to get a lawsuit filed against him for back child support dismissed. The site added that Lewis recently held […]
Roland Martin, host of “NewsOne Now” talked with Carmen Ejogo about her role as Coretta Scott King in the Martin Luther King, Jr. biopic, “Selma” during…
Janet Jackson’s not the only celeb that knows how to get married in secret. A few days after the New Year, rapper/actor Ludacris announced via Instagram that he married longtime girlfriend Eudoxie in their Atlanta home. There was a airborne marriage proposal and a couple’s trip that we saw on social media, but according to […]
Is ‘Selma‘ facing an unprecedented backlash? Over the weekend, there was a barrage of criticism directed at the Ava DuVernay film, Selma. Every publication from Entertainment Weekly…
