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From CNN: Tyler Perry has done it yet again. His latest opus to the melodrama of marriage, “Why Did I Get Married Too,” landed at No. 2 at the box office last weekend, with a gross of $29 million.
LOS ANGELES – On her new VH1 reality dating show, Rozonda Thomas — better known as Chilli from the groundbreaking hip-hop group TLC — doesn’t lounge in bubble baths or hand out fake bling to her suitors. Instead, the 39-year-old singer and mother meets bachelors at black-tie affairs and confers with a dating expert, as […]
From Philly.com: NOT EVERYBODY knows what it’s like to be roasted by Bill Cosby, but Pamela Browner-White does.
From CNN: Los Angeles, California — The appointment of a new judge to preside over the criminal trial of Dr. Conrad Murray delayed for two months a decision on if Michael Jackson’s last doctor can keep his California medical license.
LOS ANGELES — Dozens of Michael Jackson fans are rallying outside a Los Angeles courthouse where the pop star’s doctor has a hearing in his involuntary manslaughter case.
Since “Precious” hit theaters last fall and met with critical and commercial success, there’s been a lot of discussion surrounding the future of the film’s star.
From the LA Times: Tyler Perry is doing just fine without 3-D, thank you.
From TMZ.com: TMZ has learned Dr. Conrad Murray’s legal defense is that Michael Jackson gave himself the fatal dose of Propofol.
DALLAS — Neosoul singer Erykah Badu faces a disorderly conduct charge for her nude music video shoot in downtown Dallas’ Dealey Plaza.
From ForeignPolicy.com: Update: Argh…It seems this may have been a very well-executed April Fools joke by the Moscow Times. I could say that I knew that and was just playing along but I doubt anyone would believe me. Well played guys. The Chavez thing is real though. Vladimir Putin’s political party United Russia is known […]
NEW ORLEANS — An HBO spokesman says David Mills, a veteran television writer who worked on “ER” and “The Wire,” has died in New Orleans.