NEW YORK (AP) — Bobby Brown says it took him a long time to come out with a new album because he’s spent so much time trying to get his life on track. Now on tour with bandmates New Edition, Brown says he’s ready to return to his solo career with the album “Masterpiece,” due […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Michael Jackson’s glittery gloves, spangled jackets, stage-worn costumes and personal fashion effects are going on a world tour. Celebrity auctioneer Darren Julien says clothing created by Jackson’s longtime costume designers will be exhibited in South America, Europe and Asia before being sold to the highest bidder in December. The exhibit opens […]
Unfortunately, tragedy continues to strike the cast of the celebrated 90s sitcom, Moesha. Already the Brandy-starring comedy series has seen the lost of Merlin Santana and Lamont Bentley to murder and a fatal car accident, respectively. Now comes word that another key actor – Yvette Wilson – is suffering from cancer and in need of […]
Parental neglect led to the dismemberment and death of a 2-month old infant by a dog as the boy’s father slept nearby, a South Carolina coroner ruled Monday. Aiden McGrew’s death was ruled a homicide and the infant died from blood loss after being mauled last week, Dorchester County Coroner Chris Nesbit said. Sheriff L.C. […]
NEW YORK (AP) — A once-rising rapper was convicted Tuesday of a 1993 killing after recently telling police he’d shot someone while trying to rob him years ago. G. Dep hugged his lawyer after hearing the jury’s verdict in an unusual trial that came about only because of his confession, which he didn’t deny making […]
Reaction to the death Wednesday of entertainment icon Dick Clark: ___ “Michelle and I are saddened to hear about the passing of Dick Clark. With ‘American Bandstand,’ he introduced decades’ worth of viewers to the music of our times. He reshaped the television landscape forever as a creative and innovative producer. And, of course, for […]
There have been numerous reports over the last 30 years about something called autoerotic asphyxiation–the sexual practice of choking your partner while having sex with them until they pass out–which is supposed to cause a euphoric sexual experience. Oprah was the first to bring mass attention to this act on her show during the late […]
Roland Martin talks with Mayo Bartlett the attorney representing Kenneth Chamberlain’s parents. Kenneth Chamberlain, a retired marine, was shot and killed by police in New York.
Fire tore through a row house early Monday, killing two young children and two adults in the city’s third fatal blaze in a week. The blaze broke out at the two-story home in west Philadelphia shortly before 4:45 a.m., Executive Chief Richard Davison said. A 23-year-old woman was pronounced dead at the scene, and a […]
A Los Angeles based male porn performer passed away on Saturday, just five days after an altercation with LAPD. According to reports, the actor was shot with a Taser gun. Marland Anderson, who was suffering from depression, attempted suicide last Sunday. Police responded and found the actor with his girlfriend. He had suffered an anxiety […]
A judge entered not guilty pleas Monday for two Oklahoma men accused of going on a racially-motivated shooting spree in a predominantly black section of Tulsa this month, killing three people and wounding two others. Jake England and Alvin Watts appeared in Tulsa County District Court via closed-circuit television from jail, where they have been […]
As people across the country continue calling for justice in the death of an unarmed Florida teen, residents in the Alabama town of Headland will march in a call for justice for an unarmed man who was killed there by police in January. Patrick Humphrey, 33, was shot by police, after his mother called emergency […]
