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Star is officially a wrap. After weeks of attempts to land a new home for the recently canceled Fox musical drama, Lee Daniels shared the news that those talks have proved unsuccessful. https://www.instagram.com/p/ByGv4RIl8eq/?utm_source=ig_embed Various outlets reported that BET, OWN and Amazon had been approached for interest to pick up the show for its fourth season. […]

CHICAGO (AP) — Prosecutors charged R&B singer R. Kelly on Thursday with 11 new sex-related counts involving one of the women who accused him of sexually abusing her when she was underage, including counts that carry a maximum sentence of 30 years in prison, making them the most serious he faces. Cook County prosecutors charged […]

Frederick Branch became the first commissioned officer in the U.S. Marine Corps on November 10, 1945. The Kappa man was born May 31, 1922 in Hamlet, N.C. Branch attended high school in New York and attended college at Johnson C. Smith University in Charlotte, N.C. before transferring to Temple University, where he eventually earned a […]

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A new lawsuit by three African American residents of Mississippi seeks to block what it calls the state’s racist method of electing the governor and other statewide officials. The federal lawsuit being filed Thursday takes aim at Mississippi’s unique requirement that candidates for statewide office must win both a majority of […]

There has been a lot said and implied about Tanisha Foster ever since rapper Nipsey Hussle passed away.

According to reports, an adult filmmaker has offered Willow Smith the opportunity to direct some pornography. Willow, Jada Pinkett Smith and Adrienne Banfield discussed the dangers of porn on a recent episode of their Facebook Series, Red Table Talk. Within that conversation, Willow freely spoke on the topic along with her mother and her grandmother, […]

Moving is a lot of work and can be stressful, especially if you’re moving far away. Gary Owen and his family recently moved from Cincinnati, where he is from, to The Bay area, where his wife’s from. He says her family stops by every day, but it’s okay because “she has a successful family,” and […]

Unfortunately we have so not-so-good news about iconic actress Nichelle Nichols of “Star Trek” fame. She was caught on tape  screaming hysterically for her life. Her fragile emotional state is most likely connected with a battle she having with her son over her estate. The actress, who is 86, is said to be suffering from dementia, can […]

Tiffany Haddish chops it up with David Letterman for his Netflix series “My Next Guest Needs No Introduction,” and the “Girls Trip” star recounted her abusive childhood with a mother who pretty must lost her marbles following a near-fatal car accident. “I didn’t want to be with my mom no more,” the comedian/actress says in the […]

CHICAGO (AP) — A makeshift cross now marks the spot where Zachary Stoner’s bullet-riddled SUV crashed into a lamppost one year ago in downtown Chicago — with the street reporter left clinging to life with a gunshot wound to the head. A note scratched on the cross reads, “Zack: Chicago legend,” alluding to his fame […]

SAN DIEGO (AP) — When she was born, the baby girl weighed about the same as an apple. A San Diego hospital on Wednesday revealed the birth of the girl and said she is believed to be the world’s tiniest surviving micro-preemie, who weighed just 8.6 ounces (245 grams) when she was born in December. […]

Kym and Sherri threw a huge Memorial Day party, and as the hosts, they had responsibilities. Somehow Sherri, who has been off of sugar for 7,000 days, was in charge of the dessert table. Instead of a taste test, she did a “smell test” to make sure everything was good. She stayed strong and didn’t […]