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If Barack Obama's ascension to the White House means change has come to America, isn't it only fitting that change come to the art of skewering the news? Comedians David Alan Grier and D.L. Hughley would like ...

At 77, Norman Francis speaks of the indignities without a trace of bitterness. In 1952, as one of two black students integrating Jesuit-run Loyola University's law school in New Orleans, he couldn't stay at a ...

Kanye West delivers emotionally charged performances of 'Diamonds' and 'Gold Digger' from his sophomore effort, Late Registration, stunning versions of 'Jesus Walks' and 'All Falls Down'.... Kanye West - Play ...

Two notes of interest have appeared today in the media regarding the Hollywood remake of Oldboy, and both are managing to keep me in a state of shock and confusion.

Rapper 50 Cent is facing a challenge to his street cred _ from Taco Bell.

Lawyers for the fast-food chain are calling the rapper's federal lawsuit filed in Manhattan against Taco Bell just another attempt to 'burnish his gangsta rapper persona by distorting beyond all recognition a ... good faith offer.'

The squabble is over a fake letter sent out by the company asking 50 Cent _ aka Curtis Jackson _ to change his name to '79 Cent,' '89 Cent' or 99 Cent' for one day to help publicize its value menu.

THEY'VE already got six kids but now BRAD PITT has joined wife ANGELINA JOLIE in saying they plan to add to their brood.

In the 1960s, the old blues men - Muddy Waters, Fred McDowell - stopped being regular working musicians in the eyes of the public.

PUCKER UP: Australian actress Natalie Imbruglia was spotted kissing will.i.am in a London nightclub over the weekend.

With a new album and two movies on the horizon, it appears the Season of Beyonce has begun.

Nothing brings people together like $584 million in worldwide revenue. In a potential high-profile star-writer reunion, "I Am Legend" co-scribe Mark Protosevich is in early talks to pen the remake of "Old Boy," ...

You may not have picked up on it yet, but the current economic climate in the United States and around the world has caused some changes within the strategies for many of the major Hollywood studios.

Singer Prince performs onstage during the 2007 NCLR ALMA Awards held at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium on June 1, 2007 in Pasadena, California.

Drummer/leader ?uestlove says group will always perform live, but might abandon large-scale touring.

A couple of months ago, we filled you in on the first transgendered contestant on "America's Next Top Model." Well, Isis King is now back in the spotlight, because Tyra Banks is making Isis' transformation ...

Caption: Prince Coachella Music Festival 2008 - Day 2 Indio, California .... Click for the PRINCE Gallery Soul superstar PRINCE is facing legal action from a perfume company after allegedly failing to fulfil ...

Caption: Kanye West , Perez Hilton and Estelle Perez Hilton's One Night In Liverpool at Carling Academy - Inside Liverpool, England .... A representative for KANYE WEST has blasted DAMON DASH's allegations the ...

Bill Cosby is scheduled to speak Thursday at Wesley United Methodist Church in Greenwood to highlight a community event.

Eva Mendes says her butt wins people Oscars. The 28-year old actress has joked her shapely rear was behind Denzel Washington winning an Academy Award for 'Training Day', and thinks she should get credit if her ...

Writing on his blog, the US rapper calls for the act of taking photographs without permission to be outlawed, citing the death of Princess Diana as justification Guardian.co.uk/music disclaimer ... no paps were ...

Beyonce, "I AM ... SASHA FIERCE" On Beyonce's new album, the 27-year-old singer-diva-icon gives her on-stage, bump-n-grind alter-ego Sasha Fierce co-billing. "I AM ... SASHA FIERCE" is her attempt at a concept ...