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(November 18, 2009) - Inside one of the dance studios at the Peabody Institute, intrigued spectators take their seats to observe the progress of young dance students.
(November 16, 2009) - Undoubtedly a pioneer in Hip Hop, KRS ONE is solidifying his legacy with The Gospel of Hip Hop: First Instrument.
(November 12, 2009) - The love and positive energy that one new Washington, D.C. resident received when he first came to the nation’s capital motivated him to try his comedic hand one last time.
(November 9, 2009) - June 25, 2009, affected millions of people around the world when the music industry lost the “King of Pop,” Michael Jackson.
(November 9, 2009) - If you need a quick wakeup call that karma is real and can come back with vengeance then Before I Self Destruct, a movie written and directed by rapper 50 Cent, is definitely for you.
(November 4, 2009) - At first blush, it may seem a daunting task to bring a fresh take to 400- year-old material, but that didn’t stop director Timothy Douglas from trying.
By AFRO Staff (Courtesy Photo) (November 1, 2009) - The hardest working woman in gospel, Vickie Winans, has earned nine Stellar Award nominations for her latest hit CD How I Got Over (Destiny Joy Records).
(November 3, 2009) - Precious is finally arriving in theaters after being the beneficiary of practically a year’s worth of buzz since winning a trio of trophies at Sundance, including that prestigious film festival’s equivalent of Best Picture.
(October 29, 2009) - It seemed the audience had reached an orgasmic catharsis. Panties of all sizes sailed across the y-shaped stage illuminated by crimson stage lights and couples undulated their hips in a seductive exchange only soul music can induce.
(October, 29. 2009) - Taped during rehearsals for the late Michael Jackson’s London comeback tour which was not to be, {This Is It} is captures the essence of a Prince of Pop concert, only sans audience.
(October 29, 2009) - Internationally renowned for her work, Baltimore-born playwright, director and Pulitzer Prize-nominated Anna Deavere Smith has become a powerful force in the world of theater, carving a unique niche through her dynamic one-woman plays.
(October 28, 2009) - The last time Chris “Ludacris” Bridges was in Washington, D.C., he was performing for thousands of fans at a nightclub in Northeast. This time around, Bridges, the man behind the rapper, has a very different agenda.
(October 28, 2009) - Howard University’s homecoming often brings out the brightest of stars, so it wasn’t a surprise to catch Howard alumnus Taraji P. Henson in town taking part in the festivities.
(October 22, 2009) - 1st Mariner arena is known for hosting some of the biggest artist in popular music, which in the past have included Beyonce, Jay-Z, Mary J. Blige and Maxwell, just to name a few. However, on Saturday night Restoring Life Church of Reisterstown, Md., decided to do something different to celebrate their 18th anniversary.
(October 21, 2009) - Boris Kodjoe, along with his better half, Nicole Ari Parker, comprises one of the more striking and accomplished couples in showbiz.
(October 21, 2009) - Burglars Clarence James Darby (Christian Stolte) and Rupert Ames (Josh Stewart) both broke into the suburban Philadelphia home of Clyde Shelton (Gerard Butler) and forced him to sit and watch helplessly while they brutally murdered his wife (Brooke Mills) and daughter (Ksenia Hulayev).
(October 14, 2009) - Actress and comedian Sherri Shepherd’s debut sitcom on Lifetime is off to an impressive, record-breaking start, aolblackvoices.com reported.
(October 14, 2009) - Daytime TV talk show queen Oprah Winfrey recently sat down for a candid discussion with former boxer Mike Tyson about his love life, future plans and the tragic death of his young daughter, BlackAmericaWeb.com reported.
(October 14, 2009) - Tameka “Tiny” Cottle, former Xscape singer and rapper T.I.’s fiancé, accepted two BET awards in his absence during the annual “BET Hip-Hop Awards,” which was taped this weekend.
(October 14, 2009) - In recent years, some leading directors have seen fit to pay tribute to the Blaxploitation era of the 1970s, for instance, Malcolm Lee with Undercover Brother and Quentin Tarantino with Jackie Brown.
(October 14, 2009) - Obama’s first year as president has been one filled with hope and determination with an eye striving for progress and positive change.
(October 11, 2009) - Singer, actress and new mother Jennifer Hudson will return to her native town of Chicago to celebrate the holidays for an upcoming ABC Special, “Jennifer Hudson: I’ll Be Home for Christmas.”
(October 8, 2009) - Tionne “T-Boz” Watkins, the lead singer of popular R&B/hip-hop group TLC, recently disclosed she’s been battling a brain tumor since 2006.
(October 8, 2009) - Reigning daytime talk show queen Oprah Winfrey was so enthralled by Sapphire’s novel Push, she couldn’t put the stirring book down.
(October 8, 2009) - Several years ago, R&B singer R. Kelly revealed his struggle with illiteracy and said he would dictate song lyrics to others and have them write down the catchy, sometimes overtly sexual songs that fueled his career.
(October 7, 2009) - Twenty-one year-old Washingtonian David E. Beats is on his way to fame, thanks to a unique combination of rapping, producing and guitar playing.
(October 7, 2009) - Like a long-lost lover singer Maxwell courted the audience gathered at the Verizon Center last Friday night, slithering across the Y-shaped stage, gyrating against the microphone stand and crooning in that signature falsetto that has been the soundtrack for many a bedroom dance.
(October 02, 2009) - For the sassy, voluptuous “Queen of Comedy” Mo’Nique, success is a state of mind. Even before landing the memorable role as Nikki Parker in the now-defunct hit UPN series “The Parkers,” being the first female to host the infamous “Showtime at the Apollo,” penning a New York Time’s Best Seller Skinny Women Are Evil and garnering producer credits for America’s first full-figured beauty pageant and VH1’s reality show “Charm School", the Baltimore native says she was always successful. It is who she is and what she’s always been.
(September 29, 2009) - Local blogs and Web sites have been abuzz with talk of RAtheMC, a 23-year-old hip hop aficionado determined to be the District’s first female rap sensation.
(September 29, 2009) - It all started when Chris Rock's oldest daughter Lola asked him one day, "Daddy, how come I don't have good hair?" The question stunned and stung the comedian, making him determined to find why Black women were so attached to their hair.
(September 24, 2009) - The name Haki means "just" or "justice," and Madhubuti means "precise, accurate and dependable," in Swahili, so it is no surprise that Dr. Haki Madhubuti has long been a pivotal figure in the development of a strong Black literary tradition, emerging from the Civil Rights and Black Arts era of the 1960s and continuing to the present.
(September 24, 2009) - Beckoning the spirit of Trinidad and Tobago’s placid seashores and the jovial atmosphere of Carnival season, the East of the River Boys & Girls Steelband has brought a taste of the Caribbean to Washington, D.C., for 16 years.
(September 24, 2009) - Fresh on the heels of her steamy screen debut earlier this year in Notorious as Lil’ Kim, Naturi Naughton is back with Fame, a remake of the 1980 Academy Award winner for best score and best song.
(September 17, 2009) - "I went from jail to Yale," said Charles S. Dutton, the Baltimore native most recognized as the venerable garbage man Roc, in an interview with CBS News.
(September 16, 2009) - I Can Do Bad All by Myself is the sixth Tyler Perry play to be adapted to the big screen.
(September 16, 2009) - While promoting his latest film I Can Do Bad All By Myself, which took the top box office slot last weekend, Tyler Perry announced he will be writing, directing and producing a film version of Ntozake Shange’s award-winning 1975 play “For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf..”
(September 16, 2009) - James Todd Smith, better known as LL Cool J, is silencing his microphone ---at least for now--- and heading to the small screen as the star of “NCIS: Los Angeles”...
(September 16, 2009) - A published report says two Los Angeles police officers are on leave as part of a probe into who leaked a photo of pop singer Rihanna's battered face after she was assaulted by her former boyfriend Chris Brown, the Associated Press reports.
(September 16, 2009) - Kanye West used a Sept. 14 appearance on Jay Leno's prime-time debut to apologize again for marring 19-year-old country singer Taylor Swift's MTV Music Video Award speech.
(September 16, 2009) - "They keep saying whale but my name Wale!" That's one of the lyrics from the second verse of Wale's hit single, "Chillin."
(September 14, 2009) - Last night at the MTV Video Music Awards, Rapper Kanye West’s “big ego” gave him the nerve to interrupt -pop singer Taylor Swift’s acceptance speech for the Best Female Video award to say that Beyonce was more deserving.
(September 9, 2009) - It takes some people a lifetime to figure out what they are made to do. For Kwesi Boakye it only took a decade, as this 10-year-old actor is one of the breakout stars in Tyler Perry's latest film I Can Do Bad All By Myself.
(September 1, 2009) - According to blackvoices.com, Warner Bros. has hired Malcolm Spellman to craft a feature film based on the classic TV show “Soul Train.”
(September 1, 2009) - Beat Ya Feet Kings, the District’s own dance team popular for their mastery of the city’s homespun craze “beating your feet,” were booted from “America’s Best Dance Crew” this week and sent home to lick their wounds this week.
(September 1, 2009) - Still armed with a voice powerful enough to topple buildings, soulful songstress Whitney Houston released her seventh studio album I Look to You on Sept. 1, after a six-year hiatus.
(September 1, 2009) - Singer, songwriter and rookie actress LeToya Luckett, formerly of bestselling girl group Destiny's Child, recently stopped by retailer DTLR in the Mall at Prince George’s to promote the release of her sophomore album Lady Love.
(August 26, 2009) - Singer Kelis, known for her in-your-face lyrics and ever-changing colorful hair styles, is requesting more child support from her estranged husband, chart-topping rapper Nas.
(August 26, 2009) - The author of a book, Pretty for a Black Girl, is calling out Usher’s ex-wife Tameka Foster, saying the clothing designer and mother of five plagiarized her recent Huffington Post essay, “She’s Pretty for a Dark Skinned Girl.”
(August 26, 2009) - Antwon Tanner of the hit show “One Tree Hill” has pled guilty to illegally selling Social Security numbers for $10,000 and faces up to 10 years in prison.
(August 18, 2009) - Actress, author, comedienne and mother of six Irene Stokes is quickly becoming the “Mama Chef” in the kitchen with her new Web series, “Irene Cooking with the Stars.”
(August 11, 2009) - TV One has provided details of its new reality show following LisaRaye McCoy, who came to Los Angeles from her native Chicago more than a decade ago and launched her career in Ice Cube's underground hit film The Players Club.
(August 11, 2009) - The woman suing Oscar-winning actor Morgan Freeman over a 2008 car wreck gets her day in court next year, BlackAmericaWeb.com reports.
(August 11, 2009) - Recently, buzz started brewing that popular R&B crooner Teddy Pendergrass was on his deathbed.
(August 11, 2009) - Chewing gum maker Wrigley announced last week it had ended an endorsement deal with pop singer Chris Brown, due to his guilty plea on charges of assaulting former girlfriend and pop star Rihanna, aolblackvoices.com reported.
(August 5, 2009) - A 25-year-old buyer for a health company in Maryland is bringing some of the hottest poets, rappers and singers into the District.
(July 29, 2009) - Stained and deteriorated paper would typically qualify as an artistic atrocity to the average artist, But Maryland-based Maya Freelon Asante is a far cry from a typical artist.
(July 29, 2009) - Niecy Nash was born Carol Denise Ensley in Palmdale, California on February 23, 1970.
(July 29, 2009) - Tashica Morgan is like many strong African-American women in the area, multi-talented.
(July 21, 2009) - Teedra Moses, the 32-year-old songbird who has penned hits for artists like Mary J. Blige, Macy Gray, Raphael Saadiq and Christina Milian, is headed to one of her favorite places - Washington, D.C.
(July 21, 2009) - If you’re tuning in to CNN’s “Black in America 2” expecting a complete history of the African-American experience in the United States, don’t.
(July 21, 2009) - Singer Chris Brown publicly apologized for assaulting his pop star girlfriend, Rihanna, in a video statement posted on his personal Web site Monday, CNN.com reports.
(July 16, 2009) - Raven Symone was a household name at an age when her peers couldn’t be trusted to take out the trash.
(July 15, 2009) - Native New Yorker Tracy Morgan was born in Brooklyn on November 10, 1968 and raised in the Bronx where he attended De Witt Clinton High School. He started doing standup as a teenager and was discovered in 1984 at the Apollo Theater on Amateur Night which kickstarted his showbiz career on the comedy circuit.
(July 14, 2009) - Raven-Symone, the former “Cosby Show” kid and star of “That’s So Raven,” is the latest entertainer combating false Internet reports.
(July 14, 2009) - Tony Award winning actress, Anika Noni Rose, has taken on the role of being the host for the new season of “AfroPoP: The Ultimate Cultural Exchange.”
(July 14, 2009) - R&B legend Jody Watley will perform at the Birchmere in Alexandria, Va. July 30.
(July 14, 2009) - Oprah Winfrey and the casting crew of “The Color Purple” could not have picked a better Celie with a magnifying glass, as “American Idol” superstar Fantasia breathes life into her character and the musical.
(July 9, 2009) - Alicia Keys’ appearance on the 2009 BET Awards raised over $130,000 from more than 26,000 mobile donors who texted their donations to the Keep A Child Alive organization, aolblackvoices.com reports.
(July 9, 2009) - Pepa, formerly of hip-hop duo Salt N’ Pepa, will return to VH1 without her comrade to star in a new reality show.
(July 9, 2009) - The website allhiphop.com reported Friday that in an exclusive statement "BET has expressed remorse over a performance by Lil Wayne, Drake and Young Money Records that involved underage girls during [the] songs 'Best I Ever Had' and 'Every Girl.'"
(July 9, 2009) - Larry Lancaster never thought he would become a professional comic. Sure, he was funny and was the center of attention when slinging lighthearted quips among his friends. But growing up in one of East Baltimore’s most underserved communities, he never imagined making people laugh for a living.
(July 1, 2009) - What was supposed to be a night of tribute turned into a night of chaos. The 2009 BET Awards was like jambalaya, chock-full of some amazingly delicious ingredients and some that just left a horrible after taste.
(July 1, 2009) - Wendy Williams is back. On July 13, the boisterous radio-turned-talk-show host is returning to daytime television on the My24 Network.
(July 1, 2009) - The multi-platinum, multi-talented and multi-award winning diva herself, Beyonce, just kicked-off the U.S. leg of her I Am…Sasha Fierce world tour at Madison Square Garden in New York and recently made a stop right here in the District.
(June 17, 2009) - Maryland native Jada Pinkett Smith studied dance and acting at the Baltimore School for the Arts and the North Carolina School of the Arts before getting her big break when she landed a role on the long-running NBC-series, “A Different World.” The multi-talented actress, producer, director and philanthropist continually challenges herself in a variety of ways.
(June 11, 2009) - After nine years as one of the most beloved radio personalities in Baltimore, Marc Clarke is returning to the media spotlight as the headliner of his own hour-long morning variety show.
(June 10, 2009)- Celebrating a Jazz Master: Ellis Marsalis featuring Ellis Marsalis, Branford, Wynton, Delfeayo and Jason Marsalis, Harry Connick Jr., Dr. Billy Taylor, Herlin Riley and Eric Revis at The John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts.
(June 10, 2009)- An Arizona judge sentenced troubled rapper DMX to probation for allegedly throwing a food tray at a detention officer during his recent stay at a Phoenix jail, EURWeb.com reports.
It’s OK to call it a comeback. After a seven year hiatus, Whitney Houston will drop a new album on Sept. 1, according to the Los Angeles Times.
The who’s who of the writing world met to discuss censorship with writer and Noble laureate Toni Morrison leading the discussion on June 3, BlackAmericaWeb.com reports.
The Television Critics Association has nominated “No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency” for best new program, BlackAmericaWeb.com reports.
(June 10, 2009)- Nicole Ari Parker is the better half of Boris Kodjoe, the hunky star of such films as Brown Sugar and Madea’s Family Reunion. Married in May of 2005, the attractive power couple have two children, Nicholas, 2, and Sophie, 4, who was born with spina bifada, a birth defect involving an incomplete spinal cord.
(June 4, 2009) - Blues legend Koko Taylor has died at a Chicago hospital after undergoing surgery two weeks ago for a gastrointestinal bleed. She was 80.
(June 2, 2009) - Rihanna and Chris Brown are scheduled to share a courtroom on June 22 during a preliminary hearing in his assault case.
(June 2, 2009) - Former fashion model and reality TV star Kimora Lee Simmons and two-time Oscar nominee Djimon Hounsou welcomed a new son over the weekend.
(June 2, 2009) - Tameka “Tiny” Cottle, mother of superstar rapper T.I.’s children, will star in a new reality TV series with Antonia “Toya” Johnson-Carter, rapper Lil’ Wayne’s ex-wife, named “Tiny and Toya.”
(June 2, 2009) - Last week BET Networks revealed a new, reinvigorated direction for the company in a special presentation to members of Congress, leaders of major national organizations and local elected officials at the District’s Newseum.
(June 2, 2009) - According to BlackAmericaWeb.com, actress Gabrielle Union is fed up with gossip blogs circulating stories about her alleged affairs with married men.
(June 2, 2009) - The District is preparing for the fifth annual Duke Ellington Jazz Festival, one to the area’s largest music events with over 100 programs and almost 50 venues.
(May 26, 2009) - Aubry Berry, the man suspected in the shooting death of up-and-coming rapper Dolla in a Los Angeles mall, has pleaded not guilty, according to the Associated Press.
(May 26, 2009) - Sony Music has announced Sade, the mellow-voiced R&B/jazz singer, will release a new album this fall.
(May 26, 2009) - Actor and comedian John Witherspoon was the guest of honor at TV One’s “Roast and Toast,” which premiered May 25 on the station, according to EURWeb.com.
(May 26, 2009) - Actress/comedienne Sherri Shepherd, known for her role on “The View” will star in a new sitcom loosely based on her experience as a single mom, actress and paralegal, EURweb.com reports.
(May 26, 2009) - According to a EURweb.com report, sultry singer Beyonce will release a new DVD/CD remix package titled Above and Beyonce Video Collection and Dance Mixes on June 16 available exclusively at Walmart stores.
(May 23, 2009) - Just hours after receiving a new kidney Tuesday that will aid her battle against Hepatitis C, rhythm and blues singer Natalie Cole learned that her sister Carol “Cookie” Cole had lost her own short fight with cancer.
(May 20, 2009) - Atlanta-based rapper Dolla, an up-and-coming protégée of singer Akon, was fatally shot at the Beverly Center in Los Angles on Monday afternoon, allegedly over a dispute about an unnamed female.
(May 20, 2009) - Oscar-nominated Samuel L Jackson's Uppity Films has secured rights to the real-life story of Andrew Mwangura, a Kenyan pirate negotiator. Head of the East African Seafarers' Assistance Program for over 12 years, Mwangura, 47, works without pay to track down missing ships, investigate deaths at sea and negotiate the release of hostages.
(May 20, 2009) - A bogus story about Jamie Foxx in the running to portray Frank Sinatra in Martin Scorsese's planned biopic of the crooner caught on like wildfire yesterday and was reported as an actual "rumor" among the British tabloids, BlackAmericaWeb.com reports.
(May 20, 2009) - Cassi Davis, known to most as Ella Payne on "Tyler Perry’s House of Payne," graduated last weekend from Spelman College after being a senior for 21 years.
(May 20, 2009) - Rapper/producer Swizz Beats and R&B crooner Alicia Keys have gone public with their relationship, much to the shock of fans who heard of Swizz Beat’s crumbling marriage to singer Mashonda.
(May 18, 2009) - In 2000, the Wayans Brothers made a big splash with Scary Movie, a hilarious spoof of horror flicks.
(May 18, 2009) - Tyler Perry has got it. The new media mogul has a host of successful plays, which he seems to always turn into box office smashes like Diary of a Mad Black Woman, Madea’s Family Reunion, and Why Did I Get Married.
(May 13, 2009) - Known for its strong hold in government, progressive strides in higher education and expansive real estate markets, the District is a city bustling with economic growth and promise.
(May 13, 2009) - Actor and comedian Nick Cannon is fed up with White rapper Eminem, calling him a “natural born racist in disguise” on a recent blog.
(May 13, 2009) - Maya Rudolph, the former face and voice behind many of “Saturday Night Live’s” funniest skits, recently announced that she and her partner, Paul Thomas Anderson, are expecting their second child, aolblackvoices.com reports.
(May 13, 2009) - The White House announced its displeasure this week with comedian Wanda Sykes’ suggestion that radio host Rush Limbaugh was a Sept. 11 hijacker, the Associated Press
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(May 13, 2009) - Oprah Winfrey’s in-house medical and health expert is leaving his recurring spot on the famed “Oprah Winfrey Show” to star in his own syndicated program, the Associated Press reports.
(May 13, 2009) - President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama hosted the first ever White House poetry night on Tuesday.
(May 12, 2009) - Indiana native Mike Epps is one of the funniest entertainers around. Dividing his time between stand-up and film, the scene-stealing comedian has dominated the screen in everything from Next Friday to Friday After Next to The Honeymooners to All About the Benjamins.
(May 5, 2009) - After auditioning thousands of hopefuls from around the country and narrowing down the top 20, BET’s gospel reality competition “Sunday Best” is close to naming this year’s winner.
(May 5, 2009) - Given Zoë Saldaña’s meteoric rise, it only makes sense that the flick that finally rockets her to the heights of superstardom would be an intergalactic adventure like Star Trek.
(May 5, 2009) - William James Adams, aka Will.i.Am, was born on March 15, 1975 in the City of Los Angeles where he attended the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising.
(April 21, 2009) - Two sources have confirmed with Essence magazine that award-winning singer/actress Jennifer Hudson is pregnant with her first child. For weeks, the blogosphere has been abuzz with rumors that Hudson, 27, and her fiance’, reality TV show contestant and Harvard Law graduate David Otunga, were expecting.
(April 21, 2009) - Remember the myth that the reason why most office secretaries were young, perky and amazingly attractive was because they were usually having an affair with the boss?
(April 15, 2009) - Pint-sized rapper Lil’ Kim has been a fan favorite on this season’s “Dancing with the Star.” But the New York-bred entertainer may have to calm the frenetic dance movements due to an injury she acquired last week during rehearsal, according to the boombox.com.
(April 15, 2009) - Dr. Jan Adams, the plastic surgeon who operated on rapper/producer Kanye West’s mother a day before her death, surrendered his medical license last week, according to music Web site theboombox.com.
(April 15, 2009) - According to a report by entertainment blogger Jawn Murray, BET has canceled a short-lived, gospel-themed music video and interview series “106 & Gospel.”
(April 15, 2009) - Randy Cain, a founding member of the 1970s soul group The Delfonics, died at his New Jersey home on April 9, the Associated Press reports. He was 63.
(April 15, 2009) - Chloé and Maud Arnold, are two Washingtonians who were raised to love the art of dance. The two sisters have been motivated to come back to their hometown and show the youth of the city why tap dance is so amazing with The First Annual DC Tap Festival.
(April 15, 2009) - “While practicing the art of performance, one must always have style, grace and class,” opera singer Harolyn Blackwell expressed to the 10 DC-Capital contestants at the John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts last Monday night.
(April 15, 2009) - Best known for her co-starring role in the hit comedy Guess Who alongside Bernie Mac and Ashton Kutcher, actress Kellee Stewart is branding herself as the next big thing in Black Hollywood.
(March 28, 2009) - Grammy-award winning rapper T.I. was sentenced Friday by an Atlanta judge to one year and a day behind bars for federal weapons charges.
(April 2, 2009) - Last week, Chicagoans tuning in to WVAZ-FM (102.7) were greeted with a new voice. For 13 years, host Tom Joyner has been the voice of the Windy City during weekday mornings. But station executives replaced the longstanding host with comedian and author Steve Harvey.
(April 8, 2009) - Dr. Michael Eric Dyson, a critically acclaimed author and scholar at the forefront of sociopolitical and racial matters, made his radio debut this week with a news talk show, “The Michael Eric Dyson Show.”
(April 8, 2009) - Nicole White is a busy 20-year-old college student, involved not only in her sorority, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, but also Miriam's Kitchen, a homeless shelter where she volunteers, offering help in professional development.
(March 24, 2009) - Air America Media has signed a multi-year deal with talk show host, author, entrepreneur and humanitarian Montel Williams to host “Montel Across America,” debuting April 6.
(March 24, 2009) - Neo-soul artist Erykah Badu’s performance at the South by Southwest festival was delayed on Saturday after police arrested an alleged female stalker who barricaded the singer inside her Dallas, Texas home, contactmusic.com reports.
(March 24, 2009) - The alleged beating of Rihanna has inspired a public service announcement about dating violence, the Associated Press reports.
(March 17, 2009) - Producer and former model Tyra Banks said she’s “concerned” about a melee that erupted during an “America’s Next Top Model” audition last week. A bomb scare sparked mass chaos at the show’s New York audition, injuring six women and sending two to a local hospital.
(March 11, 2009) - Celebrated actor Denzel Washington, known for his roles in Malcolm X and Devil in a Blue Dress, stars as New York City subway dispatcher Walter Garber in a remake of Taking of Pelham 123.
(March 11, 2009) - According to The Daily Pennsylvanian newspaper, Grammy-winning R&B singer John Legend will speak at a graduation ceremony at his alma mater, the University of Pennsylvania,...
(March 11, 2009) - In a recent interview with Vanity Fair, Oscar-nominated actress Taraji P. Henson spoke about her career goals, ambitions and desire to play legendary singer Dianna Ross in a biopic.
(March 11, 2009) - Former “Cosby Show” actress Phylicia Rashad has been tapped to star in the critically acclaimed drama “August: Osage County,”...
(March 1, 2009) -- In an exclusive report, People magazine says it has learned that Rihanna and Chris Brown are back together.
(February 25, 2009) - Simon Cowell's latest protégé Alexandra Burke, the winner of the U.K. reality television competition “The X Factor,” has reportedly inked a U.S. record deal with Sony's Epic Records,...
(February 25, 2009) - Socialite Nicole Richie, daughter of popular R&B singer Lionel Richie, is expecting a second child, according to an announcement made on her boyfriend Joe Madden’s Web site this weekend.
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