*New York Jets star wide receiver Braylon Edwards pleaded guilty Friday in his drunken driving case, saying he wanted to resolve it as a possible end to the NFL players’ lockout neared. “I feel good. I feel like it came to a fair conclusion,” Edwards said as a he left a Manhattan court after pleading […]
*Magic Johnson is getting back to his business and has decided to be a part of a Detroit joint venture company alongside Quicken Loans founder and chairman Dan Gilbert. The collaboration officially called Detroit Venture Partners will be targeting start up and growing businesses. The former basketball player said he’ll be writing a healthy check […]
Legendary guy group, Boyz II Men is celebrating 20 years with their latest album, “Twenty.” It’s a double CD project with 10 brand new songs plus 10 updated versions of classic Boyz II Men songs. “We started with a pure love for music, so to be here twenty years later still doing what we love […]
Lenny Kravitz has been hired to lend his interior design expertise to a top new hotel in Miami. According to WENN, the singer founded Kravitz Design Inc. in 2003 and visionaries at his firm have now been recruited to create the look of luxury in the bungalow and penthouse suites of the SLS Hotel, which […]
*Actress Maya Rudolph has just announced the birth of her third. The 38-year-old “Bridesmaids” actress and her hubby, director Paul Thomas Anderson, welcomed son Jack on July 3, her rep tells Us Weekly. This is the third child for the couple, who joins older sisters Pearl, 5, and Lucille, 20 months. “I make big babies,” […]
*M.C. Hammer seemingly got a new lease on life and is giving his time back to the community. He’s decided to take part in a new mentoring program for minority-led start-up businesses. As part of the New Media Entrepreneurship accelerator program in Silicon Valley, Hammer, whose real name is Stanley Burrell, will be advising seven […]
In the midst of Unsung’s highest-rated season to date, TV One has announced plans to extend the run of the NAACP Image Award-winning series Monday nights at 10 p.m. ET throughout the summer, including three additional premiere episodes. The popular series of one-hour biographies celebrates the lives and careers of successful artists or groups who, […]
*Chris Tucker is on the scene y’all and has announced his return to stand-up comedy. He’s scheduled an 18-date tour that will begin August 19 in Long Beach, Calif. It’s been a while since the comedian has made fans laugh via on-stage comedy. After his co-staring role in the hit “Rush Hour” movie franchise, the […]
The Bar-Kays are in the midst of bringing funk to U.S. troops in Iraq for a third time. Lead singer Larry Dodson and the band arrived during the Fourth of July weekend and are due to return on July 15, having played four concerts on the base, and one gig in Kuwait. Now that U.S. […]
Halle Berry called police twice over the weekend after spotting a intruders on her property in separate instances, according to TMZ. The actress called 911 on Saturday (July 9) after spying an intruder lurking in the front yard of her Hollywood estate, the website reports. The man reportedly fled before cops arrived. Then on Sunday […]
Via Eurweb.com: After two years of keeping a low profile, singer Joe is ready to release his ninth studio album called “The Good, The Bad, The Sexy.” “This is a great album, more mainstream,” Joe tells Singersroom. “Different from ‘Signature’ completely. It’s really more mainstream, and still a mix between mainstream and that classic Joe.” […]
Now that “The Oprah Winfrey Show” will no longer occupy her time this fall, Popeater is reporting that the legendary talk show host will be returning to her South Africa school in September to teach a class called “It’s Life 101” about the things she wished someone had told her about how the world really […]
