Hip-Hop icon MC Hammer (pictured) was arrested and booked into a Dublin jail on Thursday after allegedly “obstructing an officer in the performance of their duties,” reports KTVU.com. The “You Can’t Touch This” rapper was at Hacienda Crossings Shopping Center when he was stopped by an officer, who he claims asked him, “Are you on […]
Donald Jung (pictured), 59, a minister in the Chicago suburb of La Grange, has been charged with sexually assaulting a minor under the age of 13, reports the Chicago Tribune. Jung allegedly drove to Milwaukee and picked up three females from a home, one being a 9-year-old girl, and returned with them to his […]
Pioneering film-maker Ava Duvernay (pictured) has won an Independent Spirit Awards for her poignant and powerful drama Middle of Nowhere. The film took home the John Cassavetes Award for Under $500,000. As previously reported by NewsOne, Nowhere is a compelling drama that chronicles a woman’s (Emayatzy Corinealdi, Young & The Restless) separation from her incarcerated […]
A firestorm of criticism has erupted involving Cardinal Peter Turkson (pictured), who could be next in line to succeed Pope Benedict XVI, all because he has publicly suggested that gay priests are in part to blame for the child sexual abuse scandals within the Catholic Church that have broken and rippled worldwide. Turkson, who spoke to […]
