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Former boxing champion Mike Tyson is using his comedic talents again in a new skit from the website, Funny Or Die. The skit features Tyson parodying GOP presidential candidate, Herman Cain, saying that “The Tea Party loves crazy more than they hate Black.” See Also: Stars Without Makeup See Also: Black Travel: Visit Chicago, Illinois

LOS ANGELES  — It’s another boy for Nia Long. A representative for the 41-year-old actress says Long gave birth Monday to son, Kez Sunday Udoka. See also: Carrie Fisher Condemns Dr. Conrad Murray In Michael Jackson Case Spokeswoman Priscilla Moralez says “both mother and child are healthy and happy to be home.” Kez is the […]

LOS ANGELES — Academy Award winner Morgan Freeman is taking home a new prize — a lifetime-achievement honor at the Golden Globes. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced Wednesday that Freeman will receive the group’s Cecil B. DeMille Award at the 69th annual Globes ceremony on Jan. 15. The 74-year-old Freeman is a five-time Oscar […]

LOS ANGELES  — Eddie Murphy has bowed out of his gig as host of the Academy Awards, following pal Brett Ratner’s decision to leave the show as producer because of an uproar over a gay slur. The news of Murphy’s departure came Wednesday, a day after Ratner quit as producer of the Feb. 26 show. […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — After Michael Jackson’s death on June 25, 2009, the gated mansion at 100 North Carolwood Drive where the pop star lived with his three children while preparing for his comeback concerts became part media camp, part Jackson tribute ground. See also: Carrie Fisher Condemns Dr. Conrad Murray In Michael Jackson Case […]

NEW YORK — 1520 Sedgwick Avenue, the building credited as the birthplace of hip-hop has been given a new lease on life after Workforce Housing Advisors, a company dedicated to working class housing, bought it. The building, where Kool DJ Herc held parties that would help create hip hop culture, had fell into disrepair after […]

LOS ANGELES– Heavy D, the self-proclaimed “overweight lover” of hip-hop who became one of rap’s top hit-makers with wit, humor and a positive vibe, has died. He was 44. Lt. Mark Rosen of the Beverly Hills police said Heavy D died in a Los Angeles hospital Tuesday after collapsing at his condominium building. Rosen said […]

Kevin Clash’s journey from Baltimore to voicing one of the most popular characters on television is documented in the new documentary, “Being Elmo.” Clash has been the voice and puppeteer for Elmo for over 17 years, but was not the original voice for Elmo who originally talked like a cave man. See also: Keystone Pipeline Infographic: […]

LOS ANGELES — Jomo Adoula Zambia who rapped under the name, “RoseMo,” was killed in Los Angeles, California while driving his car. Zambia crashed his car into a police car after being shot in Inglewood and died shortly after. See also: Herman Cain Campaigns As Sexual Harassment Allegations Build See also: Breast Cancer Awareness – […]

A Dallas rapper is following in the footstep of artists like Prince, blending gender lines by wearing lipstick and flower print tights all the while contending that he is not gay. See also: Jamaica rapper Vybz Kartel denied bail See also: 48 Hours: Dallas Has the Best of Everything Rapper Dphillgood is spearheading what he calls the […]

KINGSTON, Jamaica— A judge in Jamaica has refused bail for a popular rapper facing two murder charges. The ruling Wednesday rejects a bail application by 35-year-old Vybz Kartel (VIBES KAR-tel) in the slaying of a 27-year-old music promoter who was gunned down on a street corner in July. Resident Magistrate Opal Smith has not given […]

Soledad O’Brien will be the face of CNN mornings starting in 2012. CNN will launch a new format of news and conversation in the morning, including a 7-9am ET show anchored by the award-winning journalist. O’Brien will anchor a new conversational ensemble program that explores top issues of the day while opening the conversation to […]