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• Macy Gray will headline an environmental consciousness-raising concert in New York City on April 19th. The show, sponsored by Origins cosmetics, is free of charge to anyone who brings an empty cosmetic container for…

Nate Dogg remains unable to speak following the two massive strokes he suffered back in 2008, but longtime collaborator Damion "Damizza" Young tells…

Add Toni Braxton's name to the IRS's celebrity hit list. The Detroit News reports that Braxton and estranged hubby Keri Lewis have been slapped with a tax lien totaling nearly $400,000. She may be able to pay part of that off if her upcoming Pulse…

Dr. Dre officially confirmed the buzz on Sunday night, announcing that he and Jay-Z have wrapped up work on a collaboration titled "Under Pressure." Dre made the announcement at Fenway Park, where he was on hand for opening day for the Boston Red Sox -- for whom he's created a customized line of his Beats by…

JETPACKS FOR EVERYONE!

We've spent a good chunk of our lives waiting for the arrival of personal jetpacks, which nearly every futurist and science fiction writer since the 1950s has predicted we'd get.

The future might be now.

The company Martin Jetpack is putting 500 jetpacks into production, and you can be the first one on…

I know I'm Old School, but am I wrong for thinking this is just wrong and some teacher need an Ass Whooping for even allowing this to…

Here's a chapter in the culture wars that no one saw coming: Sarah Palin and…

According to historian Jane Peyton, men owe women for "creating beer," claiming that beer never would have existed without the entrepreneurial skills of women.

Despite the fact that beer is now almost exclusively marketed to men, for thousands of years, only women were allowed to operate breweries and drink beer.

It was only 200 years ago that men began drinking it and it became what…

Janet Jackson has been confirmed as a headliner for this year's Essence Music Festival, which is set for Fourth of July weekend in New Orleans. Janet's show, which is scheduled…

It appears that rapper Fabolous is engaged.

For months I've been hearing reports that Fabolous and his longtime girlfriend, a woman named Saniyyah, have been getting serious.

And over the weekend, Saniyyah came out with Fab -- and this time she was…

There's a new Beyonce doll hitting the shelves, but this one isn't for kids . . .I just learned that a new company is selling a Beyonce love doll. And it's . . . uhhh . . . anatomically correct.

According to the company, the doll, which is supposed to resemble Beyonce, is inflatable and very lifelike.

And they even…

A group of black farmers is blaming the Obama administration for the loss of a billion-dollar deal to settle decades-old discrimination lawsuits. One of the largest civil rights settlements in history, the deal was to compensate black farmers left out of federal farm loan and assistance programs. But it was contingent on Congress approving funding by March 31st, and lawmakers failed to do so before leaving for a two-week break.…

A Nashville teacher and his 10-year-old daughter were rammed off the road by another driver who was apparently enraged by the Obama bumper sticker on their car.

Mark Duren had just picked his daughter up from school on Thursday afternoon when he noticed the driver of the SUV behind his car honking and gesturing angrily at the Obama sticker on the right bumper ofhis car. Duren shrugged and moved through the intersection, but spotted the SUV…

An unidentified woman could face charges for biting a man who broke into her room to have sex with her. The woman told Orlando police she was asleep in her locked bedroom when 44 year old Steven Brown (pictured) came in and tried to have sex with her. Brown owns the home where the woman was sleeping.



According to the police report, the woman did not want to have sex with Brown and told him to leave. She says this is…

Congress is considering the Democracy Restoration Act, which would restore federal voting rights to felons upon release.

• The bill would also require states to notify individuals of their right to vote as soon as…

The New York Housing Authority received dozens of complaints this week about a public playground for kids in Tompkins Houses, a city housing project in Brooklyn that features a "jail."

• The park was designed by a company called Landscape…