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.
He was one of the most celebrated entertainers from Memphis to emerge from humble beginnings. But Isaac Hayes never forgot his roots–or his friends for that matter. From the cotton fields in Covington, Tenn., to his grandmother's home in North Memph
Bernie Mac was born to make others laugh. The stand-ups, the blockbuster movies, the successful television sit-com. That was how the world knew and experienced Bernie Mac. Funny. Hilarious. Gut-busting. The comedian’s sense of humor became not only
With its riveting orchestration, definitive guitar play and signature sensual baritone vocals, Isaac Hayes' theme song for the 1971 movie "Shaft" not only became one of pop music's iconic songs but also the defining work of Hayes' career. Yet the "Theme f
