*Two half brothers, mentally disabled, have regained their freedom after spending 30-years in prison for a crime they never committed. In 1983, they were named as participants in the gruesome rape and murder of an 11-year-old North Carolina girl, based on no evidence, other than a finger pointed at them by a local teen. Now […]
*A memorial for actress and civil rights activist Ruby Dee will feature music by Alicia Keys and Audra McDonald, reflections by former Mayor David Dinkins and poet Sonia Sanchez, and a eulogy by Harry Belafonte, reports the AP. The celebration of Lee’s life will be held at the Riverside Church in New York on Sept. […]
*Ja Rule is the latest rapper to land his own reality show. Queen Latifah and rap mogul Irv Gotti are producing “Follow the Rules,” which will star the hip-hop artist, real name Jeffrey Atkins, his wife Aisha, their sons and college-age daughter as well as his mother and mother-in-law. MTV picked up the series and […]
*Before Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella ends its Broadway run in January, the role of wicked stepmother Madame will be played by both Sherri Shepherd, beginning Sept. 9; and the newly-cast NeNe Leakes of “The Real Housewives of Atlanta,” who will take over the part on Nov. 25, producers announced Wednesday. Cinderella opened at the Broadway […]
*An anti-gay group is planning to protest the Dallas Cowboys after the team signed openly gay football star Michael Sam onto its practice squad. Jack Burkman, a conservative lobbyist, says “thousands” of right-wing Christians will protest Sunday in Arlington, Texas, where the Cowboys will play their season opener against the San Francisco 49ers. Burkman heads […]
*Joan Rivers, a pioneering female stand-up comic and the queen of “Can We Talk?” gossip, has died, according to her daughter Melissa. She was 81. “It is with great sadness that I announce the death of my mother, Joan Rivers,” Melissa Rivers said in a prepared statement. “She passed peacefully at 1:17 p.m. surrounded by […]
*The New York state health department is investigating the circumstances surrounding Joan Rivers’ cardiac arrest during an outpatient procedure. Spokesman James O’Hare said Thursday the department is looking into “the whole matter,” declining to discuss specifics, reports the Associated Press. The 81-year-old comic was hospitalized last week after going into cardiac arrest at a doctor’s […]
The man who may be responsible for hacking and leaking nude photos of scores of A-list female entertainers, athletes and musicians — including those of Academy…
