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Today many are celebrating the life and remembering the death of Michael Jackson. We lost Jackson two years ago today at age 50 from a prescription drug overdose with the legal blame still yet to be decided. At the time of his death, Michael Jackson was preparing for what would have been a historic 50-show […]
Michael Jackson left behind an incredible amount of music, a lot of it not really known by the masses. Here are some of our favorite…
Gospel Recording Artist James Fortune Celebrates 10 Years of Marriage! On Thursday, June 23, 2011, James and Cheryl Fortune celebrated 10 years of Marriage! Fortune says, “I thank God for my wife. She is truly a gift from God and means so much to me!”
Actress, Danielle Spencer is 46 (What’s Happening’s Dee Thomas)
Angela Bassett will star alongside Samuel L. Jackson in the Broadway play The Mountaintop, which dramatizes the final days in the life of Martin Luther King Junior. More details are coming soon! Source: The Complete Sheet
The newest member of the “Basketball Wives” clan, Meeka Claxton – better known as “So, I met up with [insert anyone of VH1’s “Basketball Wives” ladies yesterday] and she told me….” – was recently interviewed by TT Torrez and she opened up about everything from having grease in her family to E-thugs taking shots at […]
A new high-definition channel dedicated to African Americans is launching early next year called Legacy TV. The brainchild of television producer Byron Allen, Legacy TV will aim to show positive, celebratory images of Black people across the world. “The mission of Legacy.TV is to celebrate African-American excellence everywhere,” said Allen, the former comedian who heads […]
NEW YORK — La Toya Jackson writes in her new book “Starting Over” that the first question that ran through her mind after she learned of her brother’s death was, “Who killed Michael?” The book is scheduled to go on sale next week, two years after the pop star’s death of a sedative overdose. Dr. […]
Will Smith’s oldest son, Trey, has graduated from high-school. It seems like just yesterday the 18-year-old was a baby! Trey received his diploma from Oaks Christian high school in Westlake Village, California. Congrats Trey! Source: www.eurweb.com
Fantasia will be singing and acting her way all the way to the bank in her new role of Mahalia Jackson in the upcoming film “Mahalia” based on Jules Schwerin’s 1993 book, “Got to Tell It: Mahalia Jackson, Queen of Gospel.” Jackson is known as one of the most influential Gospel singers in the world, […]
Altovise Collier, a 25-year-old beautician from New York, is claiming that the spa she was employed by, “Completely Bare,” discriminated against her by verbally harassing her, paying her less than her white co-workers, and firing her because she was Black.
After only a little over two years, Laurence Fishburne says, “Goodbye” to “CSI!” Fishburne’s contract expired after the Season 11 finale in May and he’s ready to move on to other things! We wish him the best!