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If you follow Nick Cannon on social media, you may want to send him some encouraging messages. Cannon is spending the holidays in a California hospital after a lupus flareup. People.com reports: “For all who have been trying to contact me the last few days this is where I’ve been,” he wrote to his fans. […]
DETROIT (AP) — A Detroit roadway has been renamed for Motown legend Stevie Wonder. The award-winning singer and songwriter attended a Wednesday ceremony to honor him, alongside hundreds of people including Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan and U.S. Rep. John Conyers. Applause broke out when the sign for “Stevie Wonder Ave” was unveiled along Milwaukee Avenue, […]
While promoting her new film “Hidden Figures” on “The Tonight Show” Tuesday, Janelle Monae took us back to the days before she became a successful entertainer. She once had a job “pushing ink” at Office Depot, but was eventually let go after using a store computer to respond to a fan who saw her sing […]
Valerie Fairman, a former cast member on MTV’s hit reality series “16 and Pregnant,” has died, according to TMZ. She was 23. Her family says the cause of death appears to be an overdose, the website reports. Fairman leaves behind seven-year-old daughter, Nevaeh. Fairman’s mother tells TMZ she was at a friend’s home in Coatesville, […]
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The family of “The Voice” singer Christina Grimmie is suing the promotional company and the Orlando venue where she was fatally shot while signing autographs. The Orlando Sentinel reports that Grimmie’s family filed suit Tuesday against AEG Live and the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra Plaza Foundation, which owns the venue, accusing them […]
12/22/16- Comedian Dick Gregory performs at the Arlington Improv this weekend but before he takes the stage he talks to the Tom Joyner Morning Show about Joe Morton’s portrayal of him on Broadway, Trump and much more. Watch the entire interview above. Like BlackAmericaWeb.com on Facebook. Follow us on Twitter.
Well isn’t she beautiful? Yes she is. And who is she? Why it’s none other than the latest addition to the Kobe Bryant family. Via Instagram, Vanessa Bryant just posted the very first pic of her new baby daughter Bianka Bryant who came into the world on December 5. “Kobe and I are beyond excited […]
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A judge has ordered Prince’s divorce file opened next month over the objections of ex-wife Manuela Testolini. According to the Minneapolis Star Tribune (http://strib.mn/2hIMr8R ), Wednesday’s order says the records from Prince’s 2006 divorce will be made public Jan. 13. The judge denied Testolini’s request to stay his order pending appeal. The […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Alan Thicke died after his aorta artery tore then ruptured last week, according to his death certificate released Wednesday. The details emerged after the “Growing Pains” star died Dec. 13 at 69. He was buried Monday in Santa Barbara, California. The Canadian actor had enjoyed a lengthy career on both sides […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Winning a Pulitzer Prize and a clutch of Tony Awards in a single one year would be enough for anyone. Not Lin-Manuel Miranda. Not in 2016. The “Hamilton” writer-composer picked up those honors and also earned a Golden Globe nomination, won the Edward M. Kennedy Prize for Drama Inspired by […]
The blue music of “Fences” sings with a ferocious beauty in Denzel Washington’s long-in-coming adaptation of August Wilson’s masterpiece of African-American survival and sorrow. Transfers from stage to screen often serve up only a pale reflection of the electric, live-wire theater experience. But Washington, in his good sense, has neither strained to make August’s Pulitzer […]
If you were logged in to social media today, you likely saw that Delta Airlines and Adam Saleh were trending all day and continue to trend into the evening hours. It all started when popular YouTuber star Adam Saleh and a friend were on a Delta flight that was set to takeoff, when Saleh said […]
