Category: ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Injured rapper Fetty Wap performs on a throne during the Power 105.1’s Powerhouse 2015 concert at Barclays Center on Thursday, Oct. 22, 2015, in New York. (Photo by Scott Roth/Invision/AP) BROOKLYN, N.Y. (AP) — “Trap Queen” rapper Fetty Wap was a bit of a trapped king at a concert Thursday night: The performer, who is […]

Russell Simmons (Photo by Alexandra Wyman/Invision/AP Images) NEW YORK (AP) — The pre-paid debit card company that cut off thousands of its customers from their money for more than a week said the problems are now mostly fixed and that it would soon offer help to those impacted by the technology fiasco. RushCard, a pre-paid […]

Legendary jazz vocalist Mark Murphy . (Courtesy of YouTube) ENGLEWOOD, N.J. (AP) — Legendary jazz vocalist Mark Murphy has died in New Jersey after a lengthy illness that kept him from performing since 2012. He was 83. Manager Jean-Pierre Leduc says Murphy died Thursday at the Lillian Booth Actors Home in Englewood. Murphy was raised […]

Vocalist Merry Clayton (left) and saxophonist Sonny Rollins (right) were honered a an All-Star Gathering at the Apollo Theater. (Courtesy Photo) NEW YORK (AP) — From Keith Richards saluting vocalist Merry Clayton of “Gimme Shelter” fame to an all-star gathering of jazz musicians paying tribute to saxophonist Sonny Rollins, the stage of the Apollo Theater […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Chris Rock is coming back to host the Oscars for a second time. In this Feb. 27, 2005 file photo, Chris Rock hosts the 77th Academy Awards telecast in Los Angeles. Rock will return to host the Oscars for a second time. The show’s producers say the prolific comedian-filmmaker will be […]

Saeed “Shariff” Torres was a counterterrorism informant for more than two decades. (Courtesy Photo) It’s no surprise that government surveillance of Muslims has intensified since 9/11. That scrutiny has paid off, as it seems like once a month or so, we hear about how another terrorist plot has been thwarted by authorities just before it […]

In this April 19, 2011, file photo, Los Angeles Lakers’ Lamar Odom and his wife, Khloe Kardashian, pose with his trophy as the winner of the 2010-2011 NBA Sixth Man Award, as the basketball league’s top reserve, at a news conference in Los Angeles. Odom, the former NBA star and reality TV personality embraced by […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Thousands of customers of pre-paid debit cards backed by hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons remain without access to their money more than a week after technical problems first began plaguing the cards. In this May 21, 2015 file photo, Russell Simmons arrives at The17th Annual CAST From Slavery to Freedom Gala in […]

Lupita Nyong’o attends the opening night celebration of “Eclipsed” at The Public Theater on Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2015, in New York. (Photo by Greg Allen/Invision/AP) NEW YORK (AP) — Oscar-winner Lupita Nyong’o will make the leap to Broadway this winter, bringing the harrowing play “Eclipsed” to the Great White Way. The play by Danai Gurira […]

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Lamar Odom left a Las Vegas hospital and is now in the Los Angeles area to continue his recovery a week after being found unconscious at a Nevada brothel, a family representative said Tuesday. FILE – In this April 24, 2007, file photo, Los Angeles Lakers’ Lamar Odom sits on the […]

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Lamar Odom has regained consciousness, speaking and even offering a thumbs-up from his hospital bed, just days after being found in extremely critical condition at a Nevada brothel. Alvina Alston, publicist for JaNean Mercer, Odom’s maternal aunt and godmother, said that Odom spoke a greeting and gave a thumbs-up Friday morning, […]

Entertainer Flavor Flav, left, standing with attorney Todd Greenberg, speaks with reporters after pleading guilty to one count of aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2015, in Mineola, N.Y. Flav, whose real name is William Drayton, Jr., was arrested in January, 2014 while racing to his mother’s funeral on Long Island. […]