Caving in to public pressure, MTV finally decides to cash in on hip-hop culture with two hours each afternoon of “Yo! MTV Raps.” The series was hosted by radio personalities Dr. Dre, Ed Lover and graffiti artist and rapper Fab Five Freddy. It ran from August 1988 to August 1995 through its original Yo! MTV […]
R&B singer D’Angelo is calling off a string of concerts due to a “medical emergency.” According to the “Chicago Tribune,” D’Angelo has canceled his upcoming concerts in Chicago and San Diego. Concert promoter Live Nation says D’Angelo “expresses his sincere regret due to this unfortunate circumstance.” While the nature of D’Angelo’s “medical emergency” has not […]
People in Seattle may no longer hear the words “citizen” or “brown bag” from their city officials. According to MyNorthwest.com, Elliott Bronstein from the Office for Civil Rights deemed the terms offensive, and sent out a memo advising other government officials to avoid using them. Bronstein explained to KIRO Radio’s Dori Monson that “brown bag” […]
Bringing Jennifer Lopez back might not be a bad move for “American Idol.” More than 60-percent of the respondents in an AccessHollywood.com poll say they’d like to see the singer on the Fox reality show’s 13th season. Just 39-percent would rather “Idol” put somebody else behind the judges’ table. Lopez served as an “Idol” judge […]
Transit officials in Montreal said they were looking into a $219 fine levied on a woman kicked off a bus along with her son for not having exact change. Pauline Tantost, 24, filed a complaint with the STM last week over the incident, which she said began when she pulled out a $5 bill to […]
A Florida woman said a raccoon tried to run off with her wallet while she was visiting the beach with her two daughters. Danielle Araica said she and her daughters were visiting Bunche Beach in Fort Myers to see a Kemp’s Ridley sea turtle named Tampa Red make her expected return home Monday and they […]
Denzel Washington is to play Walter Lee Younger in the Broadway revival of Lorraine Hansberry’s drama “A Raisin in the Sun,” producers announced Thursday. Kenny Leon is to direct the play, which will co-star Diahann Carroll as Lena Younger in her first Broadway role in more than 30 years. Washington won a Tony Award for […]
U.S. President Barack Obama has been booked as a guest on “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” next week, NBC announced Wednesday. The commander in chief is to appear on Tuesday’s edition of the program “to discuss his second term concentrating on his jobs initiatives and the economy,” the network said in a news release. […]
Most Americans agree that technology is great – when it works. According to an online survey conducted by Crucial.com, 36 percent of respondents admitted to being so frustrated with slow, or underperforming, computers that they’ve resorted to yelling at their device. Almost 40 percent of younger adults age 18 to 34 said they’ve directed profanity […]