Dr. Conrad Murray‘s lawyers wanted the outtakes to prove Jackson was very ill in the days before his death. The argument goes — he was already dying, so Dr. Murray can’t be held responsible for his death. But Judge Michael Pastor ruled … the outtakes were valuable to Sony Pictures — which objected to turning […]
Investigators may not know what killed singer Amy Winehouse until they get results from lab tests on her blood and tissue, due in about two to four weeks, according to Scotland Yard Monday. An autopsy was completed at St. Pancras Mortuary Monday afternoon, two days after the singer died in her London apartment. “It did […]
OSLO, Norway — Anders Behring Breivik, the Norwegian alleged mass murderer and terrorist ranted against Hip-Hop music and culture in his manifesto. One of his rants was targeted at early 80’s Philadelphia gangsta rapper, Schooly D. The Philadelphia City Paper reports: I personally know of more than 50 individuals who started with hashish and marijuana […]
Drake will be in town to help Cleveland celebrate it’s 215th birthday at the Ohio Homecoming this Saturday. It seems that he’ll also be throwing the ceremonial first pitch at Progressive Field Friday, July 22nd when the Indians take on the Chicago White Sox.
Kelly Rowland went topless and naked for her new photo shoot for her upcoming “Here I Am” album which is scheduled to out next Tuesday. We just have to ask, why does Kelly feel the need to bare all? Is it because her music sucks? Is it because sex sells? Why Kelly why??? We can’t […]
In the midst of Rep. Allen West’s verbal tit-for-tat with Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, politicians on both sides are lining up in support of their perspective party member. As each side amasses, many are questioning whether a double standard exists against West and other Black Republicans when they attack liberals. The Grio explores this asking: […]
The world is definitely flipping upside down and inside out with the constant insanity we hear daily going on in ordinary people’s lives. It seems that killing your parents is becoming a trend amongst disturbed teenagers. Some of them have gone as far as to take out their whole family. But, on Sunday in Port St. Lucie, […]
The Mississippi Delta is the kind of place where everyone shows up for a funeral. It was on such a day in 1997 that Lucas McCarty and his grandfather had come to pay their respects to a young man who’d been killed in a car crash. John Woods was there to bury his son. Lucas […]
Tyrese is back on the music scene after taking time off to further his acting career with blockbuster movies like Transformers and Legion. Tyrese collaborated with R.Kelly and Rick Ross on “I Gotta Chick that Love Me” a mid-tempo love song. “I’m going to go on record and say I felt like a mad scientist […]
So many of us out there thought the Schwarzenegger/Shriver divorce would be an open and shut case. We thought that she would get the house, the car, the money, the whatever she wanted. But, some people are made of dirt and don’t mind letting you in on how grimy they can get. Arnold Schwarzenegger is making matters […]
Singer Lauryn Hill welcomed a baby boy on Saturday and both mother and son are said to be healthy despite a little scare during the birth. A source close to Lauryn confirmed the news reportedly told told BlackCelebKids.com: “Mother and baby are fine,” but that they “had a little scare because the baby came out […]
To better understand the needs of women, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services asked for the Institute of Medicine (IOM) to conduct a report and come up with health recommendations. The most discussed recommendation is the elimination of co-payments for birth control, and possibly make it free for patients. The IOM projects that […]