NEW YORK (AP) — Comedian Dave Chappelle is headed back to TV with his first concert specials in a dozen years — a trio of specials to be released on Netflix simultaneously in 2017. FILE – In this July 18, 2015 file photo, comedian Dave Chappelle speaks at the RUSH Philanthropic Arts Foundation’s Art for […]
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Jury Orders The Game to Pay Sex Battery Accuser $7.1M
CHICAGO (AP) — A federal jury has ordered rapper The Game to pay $7.1 million in a sexual battery lawsuit brought by a former cast member of his reality dating show. FILE – In this Aug. 20, 2016, file photo, The Game reacts during a preseason NFL football game, between the Los Angeles Rams and […]
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Kanye West Cancels Remaining Dates on Saint Pablo Tour
Kanye West has abruptly pulled the plug on his Saint Pablo Tour a few days after making statements onstage about how he “would have voted for Donald Trump” and after a stormy weekend in which he abruptly canceled a show after four songs. A representative for the rapper said Monday the remaining 21 dates of […]
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New York Street Corner Named after Late Rapper Phife Dawg
NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City street corner is now named the Malik “Phife Dawg” Taylor Way. In this Nov. 12, 2015 file photo, Malik Isaac Taylor aka Phife Dawg, of A Tribe Called Quest, poses for a portrait at Sirius XM studios in New York. Phife Dawg, a masterful lyricist whose witty […]
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First Lady Michelle Obama & Thousands Gather to Celebrate Life of Journalist Gwen Ifill
WASHINGTON (AP) — Thousands of mourners — including first lady Michelle Obama — remembered and celebrated veteran Washington journalist Gwen Ifill on Saturday, recalling her as a standard bearer, cherished friend, devoted mentor and woman of abiding faith. Michelle Obama as she greets the family of Gwen Ifill at funeral services held at the historic […]
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Ford, UAW-Ford Donate $6 Million to Motown Museum Expansion
DETROIT (AP) — Ford Motor Co. and UAW-Ford are investing $6 million in the $50 million expansion of the Motown Museum in Detroit. The investment by the automaker and its collaboration with United Auto Workers members will fund a state-of-the-art performance center and other programming. An artist rendering of the planned Motown Museum expansion shows […]
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Wake Forest University Naming Dorm for Poet Maya Angelou
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — Wake Forest University is naming a new residence hall in honor of famous former faculty member Maya Angelou. Wake Forest University is naming a new residence hall in honor of famous former faculty member Maya Angelou. (AP Photo/Nell Redmond, File) The private university in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, said Friday the five-story […]
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TV Academy Gets First Black CEO in its 70-Year History
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A veteran producer is the newly elected chief executive of the Television Academy and the first African-American to hold the post in the organization’s 70 years. This undated photo provided by courtesy of the Television Academy shows Hayma “Screech” Washington. The veteran producer is the newly elected chief executive of the […]
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Smokey Robinson Receives Prestigious Gershwin Prize Award, Nods to Detroit
DETROIT (AP) — Motown star Smokey Robinson has reflected on his humble Detroit roots while accepting a prestigious lifetime contributions award in Washington, D.C. Robinson received the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song amid multiple standing ovations from an audience filled with political dignitaries at DAR Constitution Hall, the Detroit Free Press (http://on.freep.com/2f4QBD2) reported. Gershwin Prize recipient […]
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Judge Awards Damages of $36M in Bobbi Kristina Death Case
ATLANTA (AP) — A judge in Atlanta on Thursday ordered Bobbi Kristina Brown’s partner, Nick Gordon, to pay $36 million in a wrongful death case, her estate’s lawyers said. This Oct. 12, 2012 file photo shows Nick Gordon and Bobbi Kristina Brown attending the premiere party for “The Houstons On Our Own” at the Tribeca […]
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Prince’s Estate Sues Jay Z’s Roc Nation over Tidal Streaming
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Prince’s record company is suing Jay Z’s company for copyright infringement, saying it streamed Prince’s songs on the Tidal music service without permission after his death. Prince (left) performs at the Billboard Music Awards at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File); Jay-Z (right) performs during […]
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Colson Whitehead’s “The Underground Railroad”, Rep. John Lewis Win National Book Awards
NEW YORK (AP) — On a night of nervous laughter and cathartic tears and applause, Colson Whitehead’s “The Underground Railroad” won the National Book Award for fiction and Democratic U.S. Rep. John Lewis, of Georgia, shared the prize for young people’s literature for a graphic novel about his civil rights activism. In this Sept. 19, […]