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DETROIT (AP) — A lawyer who represented Anita Baker against allegations that she failed to pay for work done on her Detroit-area home is suing the singer, saying she owes him money. Jamal Hamood filed a $150,000 lawsuit against Baker on Monday in Wayne County Circuit Court. It was Hamood who earlier this year said […]

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Oprah and Tyler Perry have settled a lawsuit against the entertianment duo — accusing them of stealing the idea for one of their OWN shows from another writer. The Jasmine BRAND got the exclusive and revealed the writer — who claimed they ripped off “The Have and Have Nots” — dismissed the case. Initially, Parables […]

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A choreographer is suing Cher for racial discrimination, claiming she kept him from casting a “minority female dancer” because she felt there were already too many black dancers on the tour. According to the lawsuit obtained by TMZ, Kevin Wilson tried to cast the dance for Cher’s Dressed 2 Kill tour, but the 68-year-old replied: […]

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HOUSTON (AP) — An attorney for an ex-West Point cadet told jurors Tuesday that veteran R&B singer Patti LaBelle ordered her bodyguard to beat up the cadet as he waited for a ride home outside a Houston airport terminal, resulting in a brain injury that forced him to drop out of the military academy. The […]

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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama defiantly dared congressional Republicans on Tuesday to try to block his efforts to act on his own and bypass a divided Congress that has thwarted his policy initiatives. “So sue me,” he taunted on a sweltering day, as he pushed lawmakers to pay for road and bridge repairs. “I’m […]