National News

ALLEN PARK, Mich. (AP) — Police say a 39-year-old man is the only suspect in the deaths of a Detroit-area couple whose dismembered bodies were found floating in the Detroit River. The man was arrested Thursday but has not been charged in the deaths of Chris Hall and Danielle Greenway. Allen Park Police Chief James […]

Gossip

TMZ is reporting that two of Rodney King’s close friends aren’t buying his fiancée’s story about what happened leading up to his death and have gone to the police. Cynthia Kelley, who was engaged to King, says she was awakened by the sound of him banging on the window of their home just after 5 […]

Entertainment News

Howard Rosenman, the producer-writer of the original 1976 “Sparkle” and executive producer of Sony’s 2012 remake starring Whitney Houston, tells The Hollywood Reporter that a novelization of the movie’s story was sold six weeks ago to Simon & Schuster. The book will be released Aug. 7th, 10 days before the film opens. The forthcoming “Sparkle” […]

Gossip

Bobby Brown's sister Leolah Brown is back at it again. Months after Whitney Houston's death, Leolah Brown, announced that she believed Houston was murdered after the legendary singer's death was ruled an accident. Brown has now resurfaced reiterating the claims of murder;however, this time for a small cost she can provide details that prove Houston […]

Music

When the “Queen of Disco” Donna Summer died Thursday, adoring fans and celebrities who had worked with her were stunned to find out she had been battling lung cancer for 10 months. Only a close circle of friends and family knew the singer was dealing with the illness. Her good friend Ceila Kasha said Summer’s […]

Music

The family of five-time Grammy winner and disco diva Donna Summer released a statement regarding her passing, as condolence messages from her colleagues in the entertainment industry continue to pour out. “Early this morning, we lost Donna Summer Sudano, a woman of many gifts, the greatest being her faith,” her family said Thursday. “While we […]

Guest Blog

This week, I’m going to talk about a subject most of us try to avoid: death. Now before everyone starts groaning, allow me to explain. There were two fascinating stories in the news this past week involving death that you may have heard about. First, there was the man in Luxor, Egypt pronounced dead at […]

Music

If by chance you run one of those media outlet that’s been sullying the name of Whitney Houston’s mysterious friend, Raffles van Exel, he wants you to know that he’s declaring war on you for running stories saying he supplied the late singer with drugs, reports TMZ: Van Exel tells us, he is “neither the […]

Music

A vigil was held on Chuck Brown Way in front of the legendary Howard Theatre Wednesday night to honor go-go legend Chuck Brown, who died at Johns Hopkins University Hospital earlier in the day after a battle with pneumonia. He was 75. As unconfirmed rumors started in the afternoon that Brown had died, an attempt […]

Little Known Black History Facts

Chuck Brown, who styled a unique mix of funk, soul and Latin party sounds to create go-go music in the nation’s capital, has died after suffering from pneumonia. He was 75. Brown, widely acclaimed as the “Godfather of go-go” for his pioneering sound, died Wednesday at Johns Hopkins University Hospital in Baltimore. Hospital spokesman Gary […]

National News

BEDFORD, N.Y. (AP) — Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s estranged wife, Mary Kennedy, who had fought drug and alcohol problems, was found dead in her home Wednesday. Attorney Kerry Lawrence, who had represented her in a drunken-driving case, said he didn’t know the cause of her death at age 52. Police confirmed a body was found […]

Top News

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A Philadelphia woman dubbed “the Black Madam” used silicone from Thailand and Krazy Glue to perform at-home cosmetic surgery that left an exotic dancer with a plump derriere — and potentially deadly complications, the dancer testified Wednesday. Padge Windslowe charged $1,000 to perform injections on a dining room table at “pumping parties,” […]