Among the legends of innovative jazz artists scheduled to participate in the 2008-2009 Jazz at Symphony Center series is a quartet of female artists that includes vocalist and guitarist Cassandra Wilson–scheduled to premiere the season September 26
Grammy Award winning R&B songstress Toni Braxton is set to perform as a celebrity contestant on ABC’s Dancing With the Stars. The Broadway actress will partner with the show’s Alec Mazo, marking her return to the spotlight after a six-month he
LOS ANGELES–Sean Combs says a Los Angeles sheriff’s deputy pulled over members of his entourage and briefly drew his weapon–but was professional and respectful during a weekend traffic stop. A spokesman for Combs says the deputy never po
After a three-year pause, R&B songstress Syleena Johnson is ready to dominate the music scene with her fourth album under a new label–her own. After being signed with several labels, the south suburban Harvey native said it was time to take things i
They are the same age, grew up in neighboring towns and are complete opposites. But in the recently released movie, The Longshots, Keke Palmer and Jasmine Plummer are the same. Palmer plays the real life Plummer, a then-11-year-old girl from south suburba
BALTIMORE An actress who appeared on the HBO series "The Wire" has been arrested on minor drug charges. Court records show Felicia "Snoop" Pearson, who played a killer of the same name on the television series, was charged after police went to her home
“He’s still the hottest ticket in town,” fellow ‘King,’ Cedric the Entertainer, told a legion of fans, friends and relatives of Bernard Jeffery McCullough–Bernie Mac–Saturday during a public memorial service at a
MEMPHIS – Ministers, politicians, actors, rappers, Stax legends, former school mates and several of Isaac Hayes’ fellow Scientologists were among about 2,500 who paid tribute to the legendary entertainer during a memorial service on Monday.
LOS ANGELES-What would it sound like if 15 of the hottest female singers joined voices? The answer will be revealed Sept. 2. That’s when Just Stand Up hits airwaves and iTunes.
