Category: ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

In this Sat., Sept. 26, 2015 file photo, Snoop Dogg performs during the Life is Beautiful festival in Las Vegas. Mayor James Butts of the Los Angeles suburban city of Inglewood, Calif., tells KNBC-TV that the rapper helped deliver more than 1,500 turkeys to families in Inglewood Thursday, Nov. 19, 2015. This is the second […]

Style ambassador Tai Beauchamp (left), and Fashion & Beauty Columnist Andrea “Aunni” Young (right). Style ambassador Tai Beauchamp is a fashion and beauty expert, host for the TLC Cable Channel’s “Dare to Wear” TV show and a former beauty editor for O, Oprah Winfrey’s magazine. Tai loves to empower women through fashion and beauty, self-discovery […]

(Left) Jimmy Carlton Winfrey, man accused of shooting into Lil Wayne’s (right) tour buses MARIETTA, Ga. (AP) — A man accused of shooting into Lil Wayne’s tour buses on a Georgia highway has been sentenced to 10 years in prison. Cobb County District Attorney Vic Reynolds said in a news release that Jimmy Carlton Winfrey […]

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Vintage cars lined the Virginia drag racing track where men and women wearing high-waisted pants and long skirts waited eagerly for popcorn at the concession stand and children darted in and out of the crowd. But as soon as the movie director yelled “cut,” the actors relaxed, chatted and pulled on […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Dancer Misty Copeland is working on a health-and-fitness book. In this Nov. 9, 2015 file photo, Misty Copeland attends the 25th annual Glamour Women of the Year Awards in New York. Grand Central Life & Style, an imprint of Grand Central Publishing, announced Thursday, Nov. 19, that Copeland’s “Ballerina Body” is […]

Ta-Nehisi Coates NEW YORK (AP) — Ta-Nehisi Coates’ “Between the World and Me,” a brief, unflinching address to his teenage son on race and police violence that is well on its way to a lasting place in American letters, won the National Book Award for nonfiction Wednesday night. The fiction prize was given to Adam […]

Charles S. Dutton is one of the stars of ‘Carter High.’ (Courtesy Photo) Making good decisions and performing at an elite level helped Greg Ellis become an all pro defensive lineman during a 12 year NFL career.  As executive producer of the movie “Carter High,” Ellis is using his talent as a football player to […]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama State University officials say rapper Lil Wayne is not scheduled to perform at a homecoming concert and they’re investigating a fraudulent concert promoter that publicized the event. Lil Wayne performs inside the ring before a 152-pound title fight between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Canelo Alvarez, Saturday, Sept. 14, 2013, in […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jamie Foxx’s daughter is going to the Golden Globe Awards. Jamie Foxx, left, and Corinne Foxx attend the Miss Golden Globe InStyle Party held at Ysabel on Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2015, in West Hollywood, Calif. (Photo by John Salangsang/Invision/AP) The Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced Tuesday that Foxx’s daughter, Corinne, will […]

NEW YORK (AP) — R&B star Mary J. Blige is hoping she can offer love and support to those who “are sitting in their car in traffic about to jump out and kill somebody or kill themselves” with a positive and inspirational radio show. This Oct. 13, 2015 photo provided by Apple shows, Mary J. […]