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From MSNBC: Hurricane Katrina was a devastating, depressing debacle whose ramifications are still felt today. Lives were lost, homes were destroyed. You’d think “Treme,” a new HBO series that takes place in New Orleans in the months after Katrina, would be a downer, that viewers would be treated to a humbling, depressing television experience. You’d […]
From the Fayetteville Observer: LUMBERTON – The mother of late rapper Tupac Shakur was arrested earlier this month by state alcohol agents.
From the NY Times: When Denzel Washington talks about challenging death to a wrestling match, you suddenly sense that everything’s going to be all right. Not for Troy Maxson, the character portrayed by Mr. Washington in the vibrantly acted Broadway revival of August Wilson’s “Fences,” which opened on Monday night at the Cort Theater; Troy […]
As I happened to be visiting the state of Georgia this week, I became aware of a controversy involving the rapper T.I. (a.k.a. Clifford Harris) and whether or not he should be allowed to visit with local school children. T.I., one of the top selling artists in America, does regular visits to schools to discourage […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Michael Jackson’s fedora, Ella Fitzgerald’s yellow dress and Louis Armstrong’s trumpet are together in a Smithsonian exhibit celebrating the famed Apollo Theater that helped these stars to shine.
From WashingtonPost.com: Here’s proof that hip-hop is still America’s most potent and controversial pop form: Barack Obama — a leader some have dubbed the hip-hop president — has yet to have a rapper perform in the East Room.
From HuffingtonPost.com: Oprah dismissed Kitty Kelley’s controversial book about her at a luncheon Monday afternoon in New York.
CHICAGO — The brother of Oscar winner Mo’Nique said Monday on Oprah Winfrey’s talk show that he molested the actress when they were children and he wants to apologize to her. Gerald Imes said on “The Oprah Winfrey Show” that the molestation continued for a year or two, starting when he was 13 and Mo’Nique […]
From TheGuardian.co.uk: A judge in the US has finally dismissed a lawsuit against the city of Los Angeles from the mother of late rapper Notorious BIG.
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — It’s not just cyberbullets that are exchanged during firefights on the XBox Live version of “Call of Duty.”
NEW YORK — HBO says its new drama “Treme” (truh-MAY’) has been picked up for a second season just days after its series premiere.