Category: ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Former rap mogul Marion “Suge” Knight’s access to visitors and phone calls have been completely cut off at the request of sheriff’s investigators, court records shows. In this April 30, 2015 file photo, Marion “Suge” Knight is escorted into court for his arraignment on murder charges in Los Angeles. Court records […]

A judge refused to throw out the sexual assault case against Bill Cosby on Feb. 3, sweeping aside claims that a previous district attorney had granted the comedian immunity from prosecution a decade ago. Actor and comedian Bill Cosby, center, waves to shouting fans as he arrives for a court appearance Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2016, […]

Kool & the Gang make the case for why they should be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. (Courtesy Photo) More than 4,000 hardcore RnB fans filled the RamsHead Theater at the Maryland Live Casino in suburban Baltimore recently to witness the legendary sounds of Kool & The Gang. With more than 80-million […]

Debbie Allen, and Tracee Ellis Ross. (Paul A. Hebert and John Salangsang/Invision/AP) LOS ANGELES (AP) — Debbie Allen, “black-ish” star Tracee Ellis Ross and entertainment attorney Nina Shaw will be honored by Essence magazine at its pre-Oscars luncheon later this month. The magazine announced Tuesday that it will honor the three women at its Black […]

In this Dec. 16, 2015, file photo, actor Will Smith attends a special screening of “Concussion” at the AMC Loews Lincoln Square in New York. Smith doesn’t plan to be at the Academy Awards, but he’s scheduled to attend the NAACP Image Awards. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People says the “Concussion” […]

Angela Renee White is shown in an undated photo provided by the Austin Police Department. Austin police say 27-year-old Angela Renee White, a model known as Blac Chyna, was arrested Friday night, Jan. 29, 2016, at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport in Austin, Texas, after allegedly being intoxicated and causing a disturbance on a plane. Travis County […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Nate Parker continued his victory lap around the 2016 Sundance Film Festival on Saturday night when “The Birth of a Nation” took both the U.S. drama grand jury prize and the Audience Award. Nate Parker, the star, director and producer of “The Birth of a Nation,” holds aloft the U.S. Dramatic […]

Actress Kerry Washington, Harvard University’s Hasty Pudding Theatricals’ Woman of the Year, does “the wave” with actors in drag Robert Fitzpatrick, left, and David Sheynberg, right, as she is paraded through the streets of Harvard Square, Thursday, Jan. 28, 2016, in Cambridge, Mass. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola) CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — “Scandal” actress Kerry Washington took […]

In this Friday, Oct. 2, 2015, file photo, singer Rihanna poses before Christian Dior’s Spring-Summer 2016 ready-to-wear fashion collection to be presented during the Paris Fashion Week, in Paris. Rihanna has released her much anticipated new album through Jay Z’s Tidal streaming service, which she co-owns. Rihanna released “ANTI” on Thursday, Jan. 28, 2016, on […]

McKinley Belcher plays Samuel Diggs on the PBS drama ‘Mercy Street.’ (Courtesy image) Period sagas are the next big thing.  As if yearning for some wistful bits of the past, public television docu-series like “Finding Your Roots” and “Who Do You Think You Are,” gave way to cable productions like the celebrated “Boardwalk Empire,” “Hell […]