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Leroy “Sugarfoot” Bonner, the colorful and flamboyant lead singer for the Ohio Players, died yesterday at the age of 70. No other details are currently available, but it has been confirmed through a close contact to the singer. UPDATE: In an official family statement released by Scott Hanover the family said, “Yesterday, Leroy ‘Sugarfoot’ Bonner passed away […]
90’s Divas Chante Moore and Kelly Price are said to be joining the cast of the new R&B Divas spin-off R&B Divas LA next season on TV-One. Also Jay Z’s Ex Blu Cantrell may be signing on as well. Read more
Five people were gunned down in Chicago yesterday, which included a man who was the son to a local woman who already lost 3 of her kids to gun violence. The 34-year-old son, the youngest of Shirley Chamber’s children, was shot in the head while sitting in his car on the West Side of Chicago. […]
Alicia Keys has spoken out in support of Beyoncé, who, it has been claimed, may have lip-synched at President Obama’s inauguration on Monday. Keys told MTV “The one thing that you cannot doubt is that she can sing. She absolutely can sing. All the rest of the ‘whys’ or ‘whatever’, we know that she can […]
Set your DVR’s! Lifetime’s original movie “Betty & Coretta” starring Mary J. Blige and Angela Bassett debuts Saturday, February 2nd. The movie will follow Mary and Angela in the roles of Dr. Betty Shabazz and Coretta Scott King as they continue their lives as single mothers after their husband’s Malcolm X and Martin Luther King […]
Oprah Winfrey will sit down with Cissy Houston in her New Jersey home for her first in-depth interview since the death of her daughter Whitney Houston in February. Oprah talks to Cissy about when and what she knew about Whitney’s drug use, how she really felt about her daughter’s marriage to R&B singer Bobby Brown […]
New York’s Niskayuna Central School District is severing ties with the National School Lunch program, tossing out its adherence to federal regulations for more fruits and vegetables on lunch trays. The Niskayuna Board of Education unanimously voted to terminate participation in the program, effective April 1, after a semester-long stint has resulted in a net […]
Robin Roberts returned to the “Good Morning America” studios on Thursday for the first time since her bone marrow transplant in September. Roberts is undergoing a delicate process of re-entry into her normal routine, to see how her fragile immune system reacts. She recently announced that she will be returning to her regular co-hosting role in February. Before that, […]
A little over 20 million people watched President Obama’s second inauguration on television, Nielsen reported Wednesday afternoon. The ratings agency counted up the viewers across 18 different networks. It said that 20.552 million people watched coverage airing from 10 AM to 4:30 PM on Monday. (CNN was the top-rated cable news network, and NBC the top-rated broadcast […]
A few months ago, “American Idol” made national headlines when leaked video footage showed what appeared to be a massive fight between new judges Nicki Minaj and Mariah Carey. Well, that moment arrived during this Wednesday night’s Charlotte auditions. And while the specific footage leaked — which included Nicki cursing out Mariah — was not […]
Beyonce has become a full-fledged blogger!! She has launched a new lifestle blog and newsletter, BeyHive, it features Pinterest-style mood boards, artwork by fans and fashion finds curated by Bey herself. But don’t expect anything too personal here — she’s clearly saving that stuff for herupcoming documentary film — just a collection of music, movies and books […]
Aretha Franklin got a good laugh from Beyonce’s inauguration performance controversy, saying that she thought the singer did a “beautiful job with the pre-record.” Beyonce took to the stage at President Barack Obama’s second inauguration ceremony to sing the National Anthem, “The Star-Spangled Banner.” Quickly after she finished, the Beyhive buzzed with rumors that Queen Bey […]