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ATLANTA — The late soul legend James Brown has been inducted into the Georgia Radio Hall of Fame.

SEATTLE — Fabio Heuring was standing outside a Seattle nightclub with a friend on a Saturday night, smoking cigarettes, when a man bolting from a bouncer ran into them. Enraged, the man ripped off his shirt in the middle of the street and prepared to give Heuring’s buddy a beating.

Hackers broke into children’s show, Sesame Street’s YouTube channel and put up pornographic videos and images. Under Sesame Street, on the channels page, hackers wrote I’TS WHERE PORN LIVES.” There are reports that a pornographic video was viewable for upwards of 20 minutes. Sesame Street Announces Ernie And Bert Are Not Gay Fox Attacks “Elmo” […]

LOS ANGELES — The trial of Michael Jackson’s personal physician will enter a new phase this week, with the doctor’s attorneys trying to counter three weeks of damaging testimony and attempting to show that the singer somehow caused his own death.

American Black Film Festival founder Jeff Friday has declared October to be Black Movie Month. At the last ABFF, Robert Townsend and Keenen Ivory Wayans talked about the legacy of their 1987 classic, “Hollywood Shuffle.” Hollywood Shuffle inspired a generation of filmmakers both through its use of satire and message and also by its do […]

Rapper Rick Ross lost consciousness after boarding a plane in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, today, and is being administered CPR from paramedics, according to TMZ.com. EMT workers are attempting to resuscitate the rapper, as his entourage standby and watch. UPDATE: Rick Ross exited the airplane in a wheelchair, and is now conscious. Celebrities contact Rick Ross […]

LOS ANGELES — A UCLA sleep expert described Dr. Conrad Murray’s use of a cocktail of drugs on Michael Jackson as “unethical, disturbing and beyond comprehension.”

MIAMI – Grammy-winning OutKast rapper Big Boi has reached a deal on Florida drug charges that allows him to avoid jail time. Big Boi appeared in a Miami courtroom Thursday as prosecutors outlined the deal that includes three months of drug testing, community service and $2,000 in donations to charities. The 36-year-old rapper’s real name […]

MONTVERDE, Florida — Court records show comedian Chris Tucker is facing foreclosure on his multimillion-dollar mansion in central Florida. Records show SunTrust Bank filed papers against the California resident with Lake County courts earlier this week. According to documents, Tucker bought the 10,000-square-foot (3,050-meter) lakefront home for $6 million in 2007 — before the housing […]

LOS ANGELES  — A UCLA sleep expert described Dr. Conrad Murray’s use of a cocktail of drugs on Michael Jackson as “unethical, disturbing and beyond comprehension.” The combination of drugs used as Jackson struggled to fall asleep on the day he died was a “recipe for disaster” and ultimately caused his death, Dr. Nader Kamangar […]

Rapper Nicki Minaj appeared on the Ellen Degeneres show yesterday to meet 8-year-old Sophia Grace Brownlee, an overnight sensation whose cover of Minaj’s “Super Bass” went viral on the Internet last week. Minaj surprised Brownlee and her family, who flew in from Essex, England, to deliver her praise and a positive message: “Put your book […]

Kanye along with Jay-Z, rightfully received public criticism from elder hip-hip statesman Chuck D for their usual wealth flaunting on their collaboration album Watch The Throne’s first single “Otis.” Also read: Occupy Wall Street Is About African-Americans, Too Also read: Kanye West, Russell Simmons Visit Occupy Wall Street Protestors