ATLANTA — This was supposed to be Gucci Mane's time to finally gain mainstream appeal, as he collaborated with Mariah Carey, Mario and Usher while churning out street anthems like "Wasted" and "Go Head," featuring Man Bre-Z.

When Anika Noni Rose met with Disney years ago, she never thought she’d be approached about a history-making role. Yet, she was.

LOS ANGELES - Even in death, Michael Jackson is breaking records.

LOS ANGELES - Mo’Nique became the fifth Black woman to win an acting Oscar, 70 years after Hattie McDaniel won the same honor for “Gone With the Wind” - the first Academy Award ever given to a Black performer.

PHILADELPHIA – A federal judge says Oprah Winfrey must defend a defamation suit filed by the former headmistress of her girls’ school in South Africa.

The Black Ensemble Theater, 4520 N. Beacon St., presents the World Premiere of the Nicholas Brothers in My Brother’s Keeper with previews continuing until the production’s opening Sunday at 3 p.m. Fayard and Harold Nicholas were significant tap dancers.

FIRST CHURCH OF DELIVERANCE, 4315 S. Wabash Ave., will host the 84th birthday celebration for The Barrett Sisters’ Delois Barrett Campbell Sunday at 3 p.m. Bishop Otto T. Houston is pastor. Other vocalists performing on the program with Delois Barrett Campbell include Angel Hunt of Spokane, Washington; Katy Taylor of Houaron, Texas; Rev. Reginald Finley of Omaha, Nebraska; Herbert Maddox of Charlotte, S.C.; and Rev. David Foreman & Company of Hartford, Conn.

“He wants inner peace to be found in your life so that your life can be a masterpiece as you listen to his MasterPeace,” Cornell West, Ph.D. says on the interlude to Raheem DeVaughn’s latest album The Love & War MasterPeace.

Wesley Snipes stars in film directed by Antoine Fuqua

Trumpet virtuoso Wynton Marsalis and Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra return to Orchestra Hall for a flaming jazz session at Symphony Center, 220 S. Michigan Ave., March 19 at 8 p.m. VELVET LOUNGE, 67 E. Cermak, (312) 791-9050, will host soprano and tenor saxes Juli Wood, with Harrison Bankhead on bass and Robert Barry on drums Thursday at 8 p.m.; and Friday and Saturday at 9:30 p.m.

LOS ANGELES – Michael Jackson’s father can receive some medical records related to his superstar son’s death, a judge ruled Friday.

NEW YORK — A Florida woman has sued rapper 50 Cent in New York City, claiming he unlawfully distributed her homemade sex video over the Internet after editing himself into it as a wig-wearing narrator.

ATLANTA — It's a ritual that seems to play out at least once a year in the rap community: A top star faces a criminal charge, and more often than not, is locked up at the height of his or her wealth and fame.

PHILADELPHIA — A man rescued from a fire at a renowned R&B record company had been using a lighter to see inside the building, which he entered while possibly intoxicated, police said Wednesday in charging him with arson.

LOS ANGELES - A judge is praising Chris Brown’s progress on his probation for the beating of ex-girlfriend Rihanna.

The Museum of Science and Industry, 57th Street and South Lake Shore Dr. continues “Black Creativity 2010” consisting of visual and performing artist through Sunday.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Tennessee's Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal of a lower court ruling that a New Mexico museum has no rights to an art collection at Fisk University in Nashville.

PHILADELPHIA – A federal appeals court will re-examine the FCC fine it threw out against CBS over Janet Jackson’s “wardrobe malfunction” during the 2004 Super Bowl halftime show.

LOS ANGELES – The revamped We Are the World made its world premiere Friday during coverage of the opening ceremonies of the Winter Olympics in Vancouver, and a simultaneous worldwide screening of the full, seven-minute version of the music video was the next day.

Jaheim is the ultimate R&B crooner on Another Round, serving up - as he has on his previous four discs - the usual selection of songs about romance.

Beverly Art Center’s, 2407 W. 111th St., exhibit of The Lost People of Mathare in Africa by Elaine Novak Bonsai will climax February 28. The exhibit is free, however all proceeds from any sale of works will be donated to Hope Missions International and Catholic Relief services to aid people of Mathare and victims of the Haiti disaster.

LOS ANGELES — Oscar-winning actor Louis Gossett Jr. says he is being treated for prostate cancer.

After 10-year hiatus, Sade is back and her new 'Soldier of Love' album is a solid effort.