“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.
In what is arguably the most anticipated event of the summer, more than 50,000 Democrats will converge on Denver’s Pepsi Center Aug. 25-28 for the Democratic National Convention. While this gathering will be glutted with the who’s who of polit
The judge overseeing the criminal cases for the remaining Jena 6 defendants has been removed against his will for making questionable remarks about the teenagers. The Associated Press said Judge J.P. Mauffray Jr. had acknowledged calling the teens “
WASHINGTON Hillary Rodham Clinton's name will be placed in nomination along with nominee-in-waiting Barack Obama at the Democratic convention in Denver, an emblematic move intended to unite the party after a divisive primary fight.
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
WILMINGTON, N.C.–Two weeks before his momentous Democratic National Convention appearance in Denver, presumptive presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama knows he is in the fight of his life with GOP rival, Sen. John McCain, in their intense battle fo
ATLANTA–Thousands of shoppers have been flocking to malls in more than a dozen states for back-toschool sales tax holidays, buying millions of dollars worth of clothes and school supplies — and depriving states of much-needed revenue.
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
