Emily Langer, THE WASHINGTON POST (The Washington Post) — The tempo marking for “We Shall Overcome” reads “moderately slow with determination.” Slowly but with determination...
Merrill Barr, Forbes (Forbes.com) — Two years ago, NBC released the first trailer for The Blacklist to enormous fan fair mostly fueled by the gravitas...
James Hibberd, ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY (EW.com) — Uncle Buck is officially coming to TV. ABC has greenlit to series a reboot of the 1989 John Candy...
Daniel Kreps, ROLLING STONE (Rolling Stone) — Prince will perform at his special Rally 4 Peace event Sunday night in Baltimore, and before he takes the stage,...
(USA Today) – ABC is adding six new dramas next season, including projects from Shonda Rhimes, a Biblical epic and a thriller about the mysterious reappearance of...
MARK KENNEDY, AP Drama Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Starring on Broadway in “Chicago” has turned into a fountain of youth for Brandy Norwood. “I have...
ENGLEWOOD, N.J. (AP) — More than 600 people filled a church in northern New Jersey to pay final respects and celebrate the life of singer Ben...
KEN RITTER, Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Noted blues man B.B. King — his health failing at age 89 — is in the middle of...
KIMBERLY PIERCEALL, Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — It only took Mariah Carey placing her hand to one ear for everyone inside The Colosseum at Caesars...
PAUL J. WEBER, Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas’ chief law enforcement official called Snoop Dogg a “dope smoking cop hater” before reprimanding a state...
(E! Online) – Orange Is the New Black star Samira Wiley hopes Bruce Jenner will inspire more LGBT celebrities to come out. “I think people are so afraid to do...
(Reuters) – Hot Chocolate lead singer Errol Brown has died at the age of 71 after suffering from liver cancer, his manager said on Wednesday....
(Time) – He’s expected to play “Baltimore,” the as-yet-unreleased song he wrote about the unrest in the city The Purple One is coming to Baltimore to keep...
(E! Online) – Attention Khloé Kardashian, here you go, girl. Beyoncé became a number of women’s fitspiration after she (really) flaunted her nearly naked and absolutely amazing bod...
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Authorities are dropping the Las Vegas battery case against singer Chris Brown. Las Vegas police said Tuesday that the man who claimed...
(BBC) – Jamie Foxx has admitted his US national anthem performance at Mayweather v Pacquiao was “a little off” and blamed his earpiece falling out....
(Billboard) – Songwriting credits for “Uptown Funk!” went to four people initially: Mark Ronson, Bruno Mars, Phillip Martin Lawrence and Jeffrey Bhasker. However, before the song was even...
SALLY HO, Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Singer Chris Brown faces another battery accusation just days after he performed at an after-party to the weekend’s...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Lauryn Hill is canceling a planned performance in Tel Aviv because she wasn’t able to also schedule a concert in the nearby...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — An actress who accused Los Angeles police of racial profiling when they investigated a report she was having sex with her...
(The Washington Post) – For the past decade, sculptor Preston Jackson has aimed to erect a nine-foot-tall bronze statue of comedic legend Richard Pryor in the...
(TMZ) – Blues legend B.B. King’s daughter believes he is being abused… and called police Thursday to settle a dispute over whether he needed to be hospitalized....
By Marquesa LaDawn NNPA Columnist Before I discuss Part I of the big RHOA reunion , I need to talk about how they looked: •...
Nate Jones, VULTURE (VULTURE.com) — Vanity Fair sent its finest protocol droid, AN-E L3-B0-V1TZ, to the U.K. set of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, and...
Dominic Patten, DEADLINE (Deadline.com) — Well, David Ayer didn’t wait long to give the world another look at the upcoming Suicide Squad today. After posting...