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Tracy Morgan feeling better after brief hospitalization for flu symptoms
9:06 AM on 05/08/2012
30 Rock star Tracy Morgan is feeling better after a brief hospitalization in Denver over the weekend...
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Will Smith supports Obama's call for higher taxes
8:55 AM on 05/08/2012
LOS ANGELES (AP) - One of Hollywood's biggest and best-paid stars is supporting President Barack Obama's call for higher taxes on the country's top earners...
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Toni Morrison's new novel 'Home' is where her heart is
8:48 AM on 05/08/2012
REVIEW - With 'Home', Morrison continues to beg the reader to reflect critically on notions of identity, race, gender and class, and, perhaps most importantly, to examine what me mean when we talk about freedom...
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Beastie Boys sued over tracks on 'Licensed To Ill' and 'Paul's Boutique'
8:36 AM on 05/08/2012
Tuf America claims the rap trio illegally sampled two of Trouble Funk's songs, and used portions of them to compose four songs, two on their debut album Licensed To Ill, and two on Paul's Boutique...
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'Girls' creator Lena Dunham addresses show's lack of diversity on NPR
5:53 PM on 05/07/2012
'Girls' creator and executive producer Lena Dunham, who's hit HBO show has received backlash for its lack of diversity (the four main characters are white), recently addressed...
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2 women battle over Gary Coleman estate
5:46 PM on 05/07/2012
PROVO, Utah (AP) - Gary Coleman's ex-wife is asking a judge to award her the child TV star's estate...
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Vivica Fox joins the cast of 'Mr. Box Office'
4:48 PM on 05/07/2012
Vivica Fox will return to a regularly scheduled television show this year, playing a role on "Mr. Box Office," according to HumorMillMag.com...
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Damon Dash OK after his Rolls-Royce was hit by a NYC taxi
3:55 PM on 05/07/2012
Hip-Hop producer Damon Dash is fine after his Rolls-Royce was hit by a taxi in NYC on Thursday...
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Kanye West tackles fashion in latest Twitter rant
3:44 PM on 05/07/2012
SLIDESHOW - In his latest rant, Kanye West used Twitter as a platform to air his grievances with several men's fashion trends...
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Rihanna's 'Where Have You Been' breaks VEVO record (VIDEO)
11:54 AM on 05/07/2012
Within 24 hours of its debut, RIhanna's video for her song "Where Have You Been" racked up 4.9 million views through VEVO...
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Oprah's OWN network loses near $330 million
11:37 AM on 05/07/2012
The Huffington Post reported that Oprah Winfrey's OWN network may have lost nearly $330 Million in the media mogul's struggle to build the fledgling brand...
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Will Smith says he's teaching son Jaden to be a star
11:33 AM on 05/07/2012
Will Smith is doing everything he can to help his son become a major star just like himself...
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Jay-Z on Blue Ivy: 'She'll probably be the worst, spoiled little child ever'
10:25 AM on 05/07/2012
It comes as no surprise that Blue Ivy, the super star child of Beyonce and Jay-Z would have the best of the best even as a new-born...
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Pepsi releases new Nicki Minaj ad (VIDEO)
10:22 AM on 05/07/2012
Nicki Minaj rapped about her Pepsi endorsement on her 'Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded' album...
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R&B singer Houston arrested for DUI
9:28 AM on 05/07/2012
R&B singer Houston was arrested in Los Angeles this past week for driving under influence...
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Toni Morrison reflects on her life, new book
8:51 AM on 05/07/2012
GRAND VIEW-ON-HUDSON, New York (AP) -- The Hudson River extends like the sun from the back of Toni Morrison's house, illuminated and infinite, undimmed by an unseasonably drab afternoon.
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Madonna: Beastie Boys' Yauch was one of a kind
1:55 PM on 05/06/2012
NEW YORK (AP) - Madonna says Adam Yauch, the Beastie Boys rapper who died Friday, was one of a kind and that the group was important to her musical history...
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Fox changes name of 'Neighborhood Watch' film
10:38 AM on 05/06/2012
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Fox said Friday that the name of the film starring Ben Stiller and Vince Vaughn as suburban neighborhood watch volunteers who uncover an extraterrestrial plot was changed in light of the shooting of an unarmed black teenager in Florida...
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Rap Genius: The top 5 rap lyrics of the week -- Kanye reminds us of best hip-hop urban legends
2:09 AM on 05/05/2012
RAP GENIUS - Kool Keith gets poetic, Diamond D throws some internal rhymes at us, Freeway gives us dieting tips, and Kanye reminds us of one of the best urban legends in hip-hop...
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The new black Hollywood elite takes center stage with success of 'Think Like a Man'
12:08 AM on 05/05/2012
theGRIO REPORT - Blacks in Hollywood are coming into a spectacular period of prominence, led by a vanguard group of African-Americans taking Tinseltown by storm such as Will Packer...
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