News & Gossip

Michael Jordan has filed court documents against Pamela Smith to petition a judge to keep the case she chose to dismiss, open. Jordan is seeking to file a counter-claim according to TMZ to pay for fees and other costs required at the discretion of a judge.   –Alexis Holliday

Singer Usher, has become known more and more for taking risks. Since he rose amongt the charts with album My Way in 1997. To his most recent and seventh album, Lookin’ for Myself, the singer has tried to grow in his music through changes in sound from Pop and EDM influences. However, went back to his R&B roots […]

India Arie’s new single “Cocoa Butter” has garnered a little more than just a curious ear. The singer who hasn’t released any music in almost four years plans to release her fifth album SongVersation in late June. The singer however did not expect any backlash when she released the first single of the album. The […]

Radio stations are beginning to take a stand against rappers whose controversial lyrics are taking things way too far. Lil Wayne and Rick Ross are the latest rappers whose songs have been pulled off the radio for this. The issue came to a head last month as a result of  Lil Wayne, who recently revealed […]

Patients of Dr. W. Scott Harrington, D.D.S. have been urged to seek medical screenings after one of his patients tested positive for both Hepatitis B and HIV. According to NBC News this morning, health officials will be urging those patients to be tested for the infections. The infected patient had no risk factors and officials […]

Brandy Norwood stopped by the Wendy Williams Show to discuss her new acting roles. Norwood plays Melinda in the new Tyler Perry film Temptation and revealed the character who she describes as being dark and troubled, has a really big secret. She went on to address the nervousness she felt when taking on the role. […]

National

Historic activist and politician, Nelson Mandela was admitted to an “undisclosed hospital” last night according to the Atlanta Black Star. The former and first black President of South Africa is currently being treated for a lung infection. Mandela has been in and out of the hospital dating back to 2011. Mandela, who is 94, contracted […]

Robert Zimmerman Jr., brother of George Zimmerman who was convicted in the shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin last February, apologized for his offensive tweets last night during an interview on CNN’s Piers Morgan Live. Zimmerman admits that sending the tweets, which have now been removed, was not the “right thing to do”, but insists […]

Don’t underestimate JT. Justin Timberlake who has put out his third album after taking a 7-year break is seeing record number sales. The 20/20 Experience, release March 15th, has sold a reported over 960,000 sales in its first week.  According to music related sales information tracking system Nielson SoundScan, it is only the 19th album […]

The latest update in the case against Kwame Kilpatrick, former mayor of Detroit is that he will not be allowed bond. U.S. District Judge Nancy Edmunds, the presiding judge over the case against the former mayor, sighted her denial of his request as being the result of Kilpatrick’s failure to establish his intent not to […]

Bravo has again received record ratings with yet another reality show. Its newest addition: Married to Medicine. Married to Medicine, set in Atlanta, follows the lives of two female black doctors and four wives of doctors. Although a reported 1.9 million viewers tuned into to watch the lives of the women, filled with luxury as […]

When is it time for your old school favorite artist to retire? Well Jodeci fans are asking just that. According to some fans in London, the time has come. The legendary 90s group was booed off stage during a “90s Reunion” performance at the Wembley Arena. The singers, according to fan tweets, seemed inebriated, showed up […]