In this special edition of the NewsOne Top 5 we take a look at the top stories in culture, media and entertainment during a summer that gave us plenty to talk about and debate.

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Supermodel Beverly Johnson recently recounted her run-in with the high-profile Cosby Show actor via her memoir.

Comedian Damon Wayans has been defending controversial comments he made during a Breakfast Club interview on New York’s 105.1 FM regarding the women who accused Bill Cosby of sexual misconduct. Since the interview, which has struck a nerve with many who are against the degradation of rape victims and victim blaming, Wayans took to Twitter to provide the […]

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Comedian Damon Wayans dismissed dozens of rape allegations against Bill Cosby, calling the alleged victims “unrape-able” during an appearance on 105.1’s The Breakfast Club Friday morning. Wayans discussed several topics, including his firing from Saturday Night Live, before the conversation turned to Cosby, with Wayans joking that he should just divorce Camille Cosby and give […]

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16-year-old Amandla Stenberg is launching a new comic book series called "NIOBE: She is Life;" a coming of age narrative about a woman of color.

Lisa Bonet's daughter Zoe Kravitz has shared her mother's thoughts on the sexual allegations against her TV father Bill Cosby.

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The list of women who have accused comedian Bill Cosby of sexual assault is continuing to grow. Two more women have come forward to share their stories. Both said Cosby invited them out for drinks on two separate occasions, and what started off as something innocent took a left turn. “He made me kneel down,” a […]

Three more women came forward during a press conference to assert that they too were sexually assaulted by famed comedian Bill Cosby.

Nearly ten years after Bill Cosby spoke about his extramarital affairs and the reports against him for sexual assault, the comedian will again be deposed this fall for accusations he molested a 15-year-old at the Playboy Mansion in 1974. Cosby was ordered by a Los Angeles superior court judge Tuesday to answer questions about Judy Huth, who accused the […]

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Bill Cosby continues to be at the center of the news, with more than thirty women accusing him of sexual assault over the last four decades. The latest bombshell came from New York Magazine – whose July 26 cover story featured 35 women alleging Cosby assaulted them — a story that has seemingly become the final nail […]

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Just days after Spelman College cut ties with Bill Cosby amid rising allegations of rape and sexual assault, 35 accusers of the fallen entertainer are featured in a powerful New York Magazine cover story that was unveiled Sunday night on Twitter. Since then, the magazine’s online site was hacked by a man who claims to […]

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One of the most high-profile philanthropic love affairs in modern history has come to an end. In the wake of mounting rape and sexual assault allegations, Spelman College has severed ties with Bill Cosby. RELATED: NBC Severs Ties With Bill Cosby According to the Times, the illustrious HBCU has discontinued its William and Camille Olivia Hanks Cosby Endowed Professorship and returned […]