[Guardian] Veteran movie critic Roger Ebert has announced that he is scaling back his workload to deal with a recurrence of cancer. Ebert, 70, wrote on his Chicago Sun-Times blog that...
[Reuters] – Jury selection began on Tuesday in a Los Angeles civil trial that will revisit the checkered life and sudden death of superstar Michael Jackson...
Reality TV personality Omarosa Manigault has been fired from the business-themed competition show “All-Star Celebrity Apprentice” in New York. Divided into two teams, the competitors were...
Two lawsuits are in the works over music by the late R&B singer Aaliyah. According to TMZ, publishing company Reservoir Media Management is suing independent record...
Former NFL star Kordell Stewart has filed for divorce against Real Housewives of Atlanta co-star Porsha Stewart. TMZ.com reports Kordell filed for divorce March 22 in Fulton County Superior Court in Georgia,...
There’s a fistful of male guest-stars on Rihanna‘s Unapologetic LP — from Future oozing Auto-Tuned game on “Loveeeeeee Song” to Eminem spitting Novocaine-fueled non sequiturs on “Numb” —...
It took a minute to grow on me, but Fantasia’s new song “Lose to Win” is actually one of my favorite songs out right...
Halle Berry gets Meaty Role in ‘The Call’ (***) By Dwight Brown NNPA Film Critic “911. What’s your emergency?” Call center operators are the unsung...
[TMZ] Rapper Too Short has just been arrested for DUI … after allegedly attempting to run from police, TMZ has learned. Law enforcement sources tell TMZ, Short —...
Composer and producer Ray Chew, also an accomplished keyboardist, is in his third season as musical director of “American Idol.” — SUBMITTED PHOTO Having put his...
With the proliferation of Black TV networks — partly as a result of Com-cast/NBC Universal’s backing a number of minority start ups following diversity pressure from...
Lenny Kravitz is out – and Jesse L. Martin is in to portray iconic soul singer Marvin Gaye in the Julien Temple produced, “Sexual Healing.” According...
Suge Knight recently appeared on the Howard Stern show and he had some really crazy things to say about Dr. Dre, as he accuses the good...
You could feel it coming. It’s like when you know the rain is coming and you can feel it in your bones. It’s about to be...
Rachel Mwanza as a child solider in War Witch. By Dwight Brown NNPA Film Critic “You will come out of my belly one day. I don’t...
Special to the NNPA from the St. Louis American Last week Fantasia Barrino raised a stink after Jet Magazine chose to use a 10 year old picture...
by Alexis Taylor Special to the NNPA from the Afro-American Newspaper Proving their actions can be just rank as their name, The Onion, an online news source...
by Alexis Taylor Special to the NNPA from the Afro-American Newspaper Suggesting that he has what it takes to hold his own outside of the...
For many African-American musicians, performing on the legendary Apollo stage is a rite of passage. The Apollo Theatre is where jazz artist Ella Fitzgerald made her...
Michael Jackson’s son, Prince Michael, stepped into a world his late father knew well, becoming a special correspondent for Entertainment Tonight. Mentored by the show’s Brooke...
Jermaine Dupri didn’t become the award-winning, veteran multi-million-dollar-making music producer he is without making some pivotal mistakes. As the president and CEO of So So Def...
Lil Wayne has set social media ablaze once again. But this time, he’s done more than insult the morality police who often take him to task for...
by Akeya Dickson NNPA Washington Correspondent So far this year, there have been 263 murders in Chicago, a 39 percent increase over last year’s 189 homicides....
by Akeya Dickson NNPA Washington Correspondent ATLANTA (NNPA) – When the lights darken, the curtains draw open and a story unfolds on stage, the energy of...
