Source: Tambay A. Obenson / IndieWire In its second season finale, ABC’s red-hot Scandal delivered the series most-watched telecast ever (up for the 3rd week in a row) and tied a series high in Adults 18-49 for the 2nd week running. The show also achieved new all-time highs across all key Women (W18-34/W18-49/W25-54). Scandal dominated [...]
Source: Hamil R. Harris and J. Freedom du Lac / The Washington Post His fans lost a cultural icon. His family lost a husband, a dad, a provider. A year later, one group is getting on better than the other. “Everybody who connected with Chuck misses him,” said Darryl Brooks, a concert promoter who was [...]
Source: AP / The Washington Post NEW YORK — Aretha Franklin has canceled appearances in Chicago and Connecticut later this month under a doctor’s recommendation. A Monday news release says Franklin will need treatment during the time period shows were scheduled with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra on May 20 and at Foxwoods Resort & Casino [...]
Barbara Walters announced her retirement on ‘The View’ Monday morning. Walters said her television career will come to an end in the summer of 2014. (May 13)
Source: AP / The Huffington Post ATLANTA — Mourners are set to gather for the funeral of former Kris Kross rapper Chris Kelly in Atlanta. Kelly’s funeral will be held Thursday afternoon at Jackson Memorial Baptist Church. The 34-year-old was found dead May 1 of a suspected drug overdose. Kriss Kross was introduced to the [...]
Source: ABC News In an interview with ABC News’ Amy Robach on the London leg of her tour, Beyonce talked about her latest role, married life and how shocked she was at the outcry over her recent trip to Cuba. She and her husband, rapper/music mogul Jay-Z, went to the communist Caribbean nation for their fifth [...]
Source: AP / USA Today NEWARK, N.J. — Grammy-winning singer Lauryn Hill has been sentenced to three months in prison for failing to pay taxes on about $1 million in earnings. She was also sentenced Monday in Newark to three additional months of home confinement. The 37-year-old South Orange resident pleaded guilty last year in [...]
Source: AP / ABC News Grammy-winning singer Lauryn Hill is facing sentencing Monday in New Jersey on federal tax charges. Hill pleaded guilty last year to not paying federal taxes on $1.8 million earned from 2005 to 2007. A judge two weeks ago said Hill had paid only about $50,000 of more than $500,000 she [...]
Many who come across the concrete wall in Detroit’s northwest side are unaware of its history and significance. The wall that once divided whites and blacks in 1940s now spurs art, jobs and discussion. (May 1)
Source: Jeff Gottlieb and Corina Knoll / Los Angeles Times The Los Angeles paramedic who answered the emergency call to the Holmby Hills mansion where Michael Jackson lived said that the condition of the singer resembled that of a cancer patient who had come home to die. Richard Senneff testified Tuesday that Jackson’s body was pale and so [...]
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