Category: ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Bill and Camille Cosby . (Photo: Jacquelyn Martin, AP) SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) — Lawyers for Bill Cosby’s wife are challenging a judge’s decision allowing her to be questioned under oath in a Massachusetts defamation lawsuit filed by seven women who allege Cosby sexually abused them decades ago. Last month, Magistrate Judge David Hennessy refused to […]

LeBron James at the premier of “Survivor’s Remorse” (Photo: Matt Sayles, Invision for Starz Entertainment) CLEVELAND (AP) — LeBron James will co-produce and appear in a reality TV series called “Cleveland Hustles.” James and his close friend and business partner, Maverick Carter, are producing the series that will debut this summer on CNBC. James also […]

Actor-Rapper Drake (Evan Agostini/Invision/AP) and Actor-Comedian Kevin Hart (Scott Roth/Invision/AP) LOS ANGELES (AP) — Drake is facing off against Kevin Hart on the court. The Canadian actor-rapper and the American actor-comedian will serve as the coaches for the Canada and USA teams at the NBA All-Star Celebrity Game. The “Best I Ever Had”” singer’s team […]

This photo provided by Twentieth Century Fox shows Tom Hardy in a scene from the film, “The Revenant.” Hardy was nominated for an Oscar for best supporting actor on Thursday, Jan. 14, 2016, for his role in the film. The 88th annual Academy Awards will take place on Sunday, Feb. 28, at the Dolby Theatre […]

LONDON (AP) — British actor Alan Rickman, a classically-trained stage star and sensual screen villain in the “Harry Potter” saga and other films, has died. He was 69. In this Wednesday, June 17, 2015 file photo, actor Alan Rickman attends the premiere of “A Little Chaos” at the Museum of Modern Art, in New York. […]

Bill Cosby’s lawyers lost a motion to keep out of the public eye materials gathered as part of a defamation lawsuit filed by several women who claim he sexually assaulted them decades ago. Now that he’s facing criminal charges, Bill Cosby is not expected to be deposed next month in a lawsuit accusing him of […]

‘Sweaty Betty’ is about life in the inner city. There is also a pig. (Courtesy photo) In 1965, the federal government issued the historic Moynihan Report chronicling the collapse of “The Negro Family” which it blamed on a host of social woes afflicting inner-city Black communities. A half-century later, Blacks and Whites still remain substantially […]

Baltimore native Keith LeRoyal (right) with actor Mitchell Hébert in ‘Under the Skin.’ When actress Alice Gatling first read the script for “Under the Skin,” the play starting at Everyman Theatre January 20, she says she threw it across the room. Gatling was part of the original cast of the play, written by Michael Hollinger, […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sylvester Stallone has taken to social media to officially thank “Creed” director Ryan Coogler and star Michael B. Jordan days after winning the Golden Globe for best supporting actor in the film. Sylvester Stallone poses in the press room with the award for best performance by an actor in a supporting […]

In this Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2015 photo Bill Cosby, center, accompanied by his attorneys Monique Pressley, left, and Brian McMonagle, right, arrives at court to face a felony charge of aggravated indecent assault, in Elkins Park, Pa. (AP Photo/Mel Evans) PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Bill Cosby’s lawyers attacked the criminal charges lodged against him as “illegal,” […]