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25th Annual Soul Train Awards Brings Love Peace and Soul to Sin City Nov. 8-10

   

*LAS VEGAS -The Soul Train Awards will move into its new home at PH Live inside the Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino Las Vegas, November 8-10, 2012.

On November 8, Centric will commemorate the Soul Train Awards’ Silver Anniversary in the…

Tyra Banks, Nick Cannon to Honor Teen Volunteers

Model Tyra Banks attends the Marchesa spring 2013 fashion show during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week at Vanderbilt Hall at Grand Central Terminal on September 12, 2012 in New York City

*Tyra Banks will join a host of celebs giving props to teenagers who give back to their communities.

The…

Creflo Dollar Appeals to Parishioners to Pay Bills of Slain Church Employee

   

*In the wake of last week’s shooting that killed an employee of World Changers Church International, on Sunday the Rev. Creflo Dollar asked parishioners to pay the bills of the family of Greg McDowell.

“In my book, he’s a hero,” Dollar said of McDowell, who was…

Sugar Ray Leonard Tells of His Sexual Abuse at Penn State Univ. Conference

   

*Earlier today, Sugar Ray Leonard spoke about his personal experiences of abuse at the Child Sexual Abuse Conference in State College, Pa.

The retired boxing champion said he cried for Jerry Sandusky’s accusers after hearing of the former Penn State assistant…

Cissy Houston Releases the $20 Million Inheritance to Bobbi Kristina

 

   

*Bobbi Kristina is nearly home free to play with her $20 million inheritance.

Grandmother Cissy Houston has backed off her stronghold of Whitney Houston’s money and giving the singer’s only child what she wants.

After the singer passed, Cissy and Pat Houston filed…

Toni Braxton on ‘Behind the Music’: ‘Oprah was Mean to Me’

*Toni Braxton is next up on VH1’s “Behind the Music” special.

While a world of fans are awaiting its premiere, a few details were thrown out there, including one where the singer says Oprah was mean to her.

In a preview clip of the show, Toni says, “She was so frickin’…

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Madonna Booed in New Orleans for Endorsing Obama

   

*Madonna’s own fans turned on her in New Orleans over the weekend when she told the crowd at her concert to vote for Barack Obama.

“I don’t care who you vote for as long as you vote for Obama,” she said, before a chorus of boos rang out amid…

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Billboard in Texas Claims Martin Luther King was a Republican

   

*A Texas group has made billboards saying Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was a Republican, and that minority voters should vote Republican too.

The man behind the billboards in Texas, Claver Kamau-Imani, said his group…

As we reported earlier, Gabrielle Union celebrated her 40th birthday over the weekend in Miami.

Among the celebs in the hose to help Gabby celebrate was the Fresh Prince himself, Will Smith.

Also on hand to make the party even better was the human beat box, Dougie Fresh, who supplied the beat for Will to spit his freestyle rhymes to. And by the way, Will’s Rhymes were kind of edgy, too.…

Colin Powell recently revealed that he endorses Barack Obama over his Republican party candidate. Of course, most folks are saying it’s “just because they are both black,” but here is the real reason on why Powell chooses President Barack Obama again over Mitt.

Colin Powell, retired general and veteran of combat and Republican…

Former NFL star Chad Johnson may once again be able to communicate with his ex-wife Evelyn Lozada after allegedly head-butting her because Evelyn plans to let the no-contact order against him expire.

Sources close to the ex-couple tell TMZ, Chad’s on track to finish his batterer’s intervention program in the next couple months at which point Chad will…

People never learn. If they did, they wouldn’t use the same weak passwords over and over and over again.

That’s the finding of SplashData, which has just released its annual "25 Worst Passwords of the Year” list. Compiled from files filled with millions of stolen passwords that hackers posted online, the usual suspects retained the top three spots on the list:…

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Natina Reed's death crushed fans of the 1990s girl group, Blaque, who learned that the singer had been killed in a car accident in Georgia on Friday night. Reed is being remembered by those closest to her, including her former fiance and father of her son, rapper Kurupt.

"Myself and Tren, Natina's son, would like to thank everyone for their love and support…

Will Smith made a rare appearance on the mic at Gabrielle Union's 40th birthday party in Miami over the weekend. Joined by Doug E. Fresh, Smith ran down several of his Fresh Prince classics, including "Summertime" and the theme to Fresh Prince of Bel Air.

Smith even gave partygoers a freestyle, rhyming, "I’m thinking about taking the H and O out of Hollywood/ Putting a…

Nobody, but nobody, on the East Coast is downplaying the seriousness of Hurricane Sandy, which is expected to make landfall later Monday.

Late last week, people were still jokingly calling Sandy “Frankenstorm” because it was coinciding with a cold front from the West and arctic air from the North that would add to the hurricane's power, initially anticipated…

The Jackson Five cartoon series will be out on DVD early next year. BroadwayWorld.com says all 23 episodes -- each with two original songs  -- will be released by Classic Media in mid-January 2013. Co-produced by Rankin/Bass and Motown, the series debuted on ABC's Saturday morning schedule September 11th, 1971. For trivia buffs, actor Don Fullilove, who played mayor Goldie…

Vanessa Bryant has become the Holy Grail for “Basketball Wives” producers … and TMZ has learned, the people behind the VH1 show are prepping to make her an offer she can’t refuse.

Multiple sources close to the production tell us, producers are putting together “an extremely lucrative pitch for Vanessa” … for her to become a recurring…

Arnold said he'd be back, but it turns out that his comeback will come not as the Terminator, but as Conan the Barbarian.



Deadline Hollywood broke the news Thursday that Arnold will star for Universal Pictures' The Legend Of Conan, a reboot of the film that launched Schwarzenegger's film career back in 1982. An attempted reboot with a different actor flopped at the…