Category: ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Tavis Smiley presents the founders award at the 33rd annual ASCAP Pop Music Awards at the Dolby Ballroom on Wednesday, April 27, 2016, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Rich Fury/Invision/AP) Journalist and activist Tavis Smiley has established a $50,000 scholarship fund at his alma mater, Indiana University’s School of Public and Environmental Affairs, to aid […]

Afeni Shakur at the premiere of “Tupac Resurrection” in Hollywood, California in November 2011. (Tim Goodwin / Star Max via AP Images) SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Afeni Shakur, the political activist mother of slain rap icon Tupac Shakur who inspired her son’s work and strived to keep his legacy alive, has died. She was 69. The Marin County, […]

This image made from a video, former Prince bassist Larry Graham talks about Prince in an Associated Press interview on Monday, May 2, 2016. Graham, a famous bassist and longtime friend of pop megastar Prince says the artist found “real happiness” in his faith and could stay up all night talking about the Bible. Graham […]

CHASKA, Minn. (AP) — Prince’s death at age 57 stands to make instant millionaires out of six surviving siblings if no will is ever found. So who are they? Two sought to follow in their brother’s musical footsteps. One is a militaryveteran. Most have kept low public profiles. Two other siblings who sued the superstar […]

Iggy Azalea (left) and Beyoncé (right). (AP Photos) It took just eight words for Beyoncé to unleash a tornado of controversy that has swept up all of pop culture since her surprise album “Lemonade” debuted April 23. The HBO premiere of Beyoncé’s visual album “Lemonade” has drawn gushing acclaim and slack-jawed awe from critics and […]

In this March 26, 1999 file photo, singer Whitney Houston performs at the 13th annual Soul Train Music Awards in Los Angeles. An official Whitney Houston documentary is in the works from Oscar-winning filmmaker Kevin Macdonald. It will be the first documentary to be authorized by the late pop star’s estate since her death in […]

In this Jan. 10, 2016 file photo, Jada Pinkett Smith, left, and Will Smith arrive at the 73rd annual Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif. Smith and Pinkett-Smith are adding their star power to President Barack Obama’s initiative to boost opportunities for vulnerable young Americans. The Will & Jada […]

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — What a California lawmaker intended as a benign resolution honoring a late, world-renowned movie icon exploded into an emotional debate over decades-old racist comments Thursday. This 1978 file photo shows actor-director John Wayne. California lawmakers have defeated a resolution intended to honor Wayne after opponents challenged what they say are racist […]

In this May 19, 2013, file photo, Prince performs at the Billboard Music Awards at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Tickets for what turned out to be Prince’s last concert, in Atlanta, went on sale just eight days before he was scheduled to play and sold out almost instantly. (Photo by Chris […]

Artist Rock Martinez continues work on a mural he is painting of musician Prince in Minneapolis, Saturday, April 23, 2016. The pop superstar died Thursday at the age of 57. (Jim Gehrz /Star Tribune via AP) MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Some core members of Prince’s 1990s band the New Power Generation plan tribute concerts in Minneapolis […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Former “Scandal” actor Columbus Short has tested positive for cocaine and marijuana use and is facing a probation violation in a felony assault case, court records show. In this Feb. 22, 2014, file photo, Columbus Short arrives at the 45th NAACP Image Awards at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in Pasadena, Calif. […]