LOS ANGELES (AP) — Herb Jeffries, the jazz singer and actor who performed with Duke Ellington and was known as the “Bronze Buckaroo” in a series of all-Black 1930s Westerns, died of heart failure Sunday morning at a Los Angeles hospital. He was 100. His death was confirmed by Raymond Strait, who worked with Jeffries […]
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Globes: “12 Years a Slave” Wins Top Honor But Nothing Else
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — The Golden Globes are typically Hollywood’s bawdiest awards show — “a wonderful mess,” said co-host Tina Fey of this year’s bash. But in the end, after all the boozy banter — some of it bleeped for broadcast — the 1970s corruption tale “American Hustle” got a very serious push toward […]
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Hudson: The Emotional Highlight at People’s Choice Awards
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jennifer Hudson held back tears when she accepted the favorite humanitarian award at the 2014 People’s Choice Awards. Accompanied on stage Wednesday night by her sister, Julia Hudson, the Oscar-winning actress became choked up as she said: “My mother always taught us without family you have nothing. Whether you know it […]
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Diahann Carroll & Cheryl Boone Isaacs Honored at High Powered Hollywood Celebrity Dinner
LOS ANGELES (AP) — At 78-years-old Diahann Carroll keeps a sense of humor. “I don’t think I realize what the passage of time really means until people talk about things that I did in the ’50s and I wonder ‘Who the hell are they talking about?,’” the actress, singer and Golden Globe-winner said while being […]
