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Iggy Azalea and Lorde were the most-Googled musical artists of the year, according to figures the search engine released on Tuesday.

They edged out newcomers Sam Smith and Meghan Trainor, as well as Solange Knowles, who rounded out the Top 5 -- thanks in large…

Kathie Lee Gifford says she hopes the rape accusations against Bill Cosby aren't true and she's not rushing to judgement, but the stories many of his accusers are telling have made her think a lot about her own encounters with the comedy legend.

This morning on…

JB Smoove (comedian/actor)- 50 years old

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A Hungarian singer has filed a civil lawsuit claiming her vocals were mixed into the hit Beyonce song “Drunk In Love.” The suit says, “Mitsou’s voice was sampled and digitally manipulated without her permission.”

Mitsou is the stage moniker for a singer with a difficult to pronounce name, Monika Miczura…

Bill Cosby recently suggested in an interview that he's only being treated fairly by the black media, a claim that is now being blasted by the black media.  Bob Butler, who is the president of the National Association of Black Journalists, says Cosby is wrong for thinking that race has played a role in the coverage of his rape accusations and says all reports…

Move over, Michael Jordan -- Kobe Bryant is now the NBA's number-three all-time scorer.

Kobe passed MJ Sunday evening with two free throws during the second quarter of the L.A. Lakers' game against the Minnesota Timberwolves. He…

Beanie Sigel is still in intensive care but is showing signs of improvement.

It's been a week since he was shot in the stomach after dropping his kids off at school in Pleasantville, New Jersey. The former Roc-a-Fella rapper is still unable to talk but…

In a brief phone interview with the New York Post on Friday, the comedian urged the media to remain "neutral" while covering his sexual assault scandal. He said, "Let me say this. I only expect the black media to uphold the standards of excellence in journalism and when you do that you have to go in with a neutral mind."…

Former Vice President Dick Cheney, who is widely believed to have been the driving force behind the CIA "enhanced interrogation techniques" now described as torture in the controversial Senate report, reiterated his belief today (Sunday) that whatever the Bush administration did to protect America was both…

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Reginald Hudlin - 53 years old

The producer, director and screenwriter (House Party, Boomerang, The Great White Hype) served as president of entertainment at BET from 2005-'08. In 2013, he was…

This kindhearted officer's unique approach to enforcing the law meant helping someone who needed it most.

Helen Johnson, of Tarrant, Alabama, went to a grocery store last Saturday to buy eggs. The 47-year-old had been in a tough financial spot and found that she was 50 cents short of being able to afford the carton of eggs. Johnson says she was…

Mark Wahlberg was on the Today show this morning to talk about his new movie The Gambler, but also to clear up some rumors.

The Massachusetts native has petitioned the state's parole board to have his 1988 assault conviction pardoned. He served time in jail and…

According to a new study, there are nearly 270,000 tons of plastic is floating in the world's oceans. That's enough to fill more than 38,500 garbage trucks.

And, researchers say the plastic is broken up into more than five trillion pieces.…

The Sony Pictures cyber attack has claimed more victims. Most recently, a young studio executive was caught in an email calling comic Kevin Hart a “whore.”

At issue was Hart's contract for a Sony movie. He was getting paid 3 million dollars, but was asking for…

Angelina Jolie came face-to-face with Sony Pictures co-chairwoman Amy Pascal in an extremely awkward conversation. Pascal never expected to see Jolie, who made a surprise appearance at the Women in Entertainment Power Breakfast.

Pascal effusively apologized for…

In perhaps the most damaging accusation against Bill Cosby yet, '70s supermodel Beverly Johnson has come forward and claimed that the TV star drugged her in his home in the 1980s.

In a first-person essay in Vanity Fair, Johnson, the first African-American model…

Young Jeezy lucked out today (Thursday) in Orange County, California when a felony weapon charge against him was dropped due to lack of evidence. 

Back in August, Jeezy, whose real name is Jay Wayne Jenkins, and five other individuals were…

Bob Baker- 91 years old

Mayim Bialik (actress Blossom-The Big Bang Theory)- 39 years old

Regina Hall (actress) – 44 years old…