Farida Fasasi Honor Her Late Husband Sound Sultan On 12th-anniversary Marriage
Farida Fasasi wife to the late Nigerian musician Olanrewaju Fasasi, often known as Sound Sultan, celebrated their 12th wedding anniversary with a beautiful message relishing their time together. On Friday, the mother-of-three released a video of their marital journey on her Instagram page. Even though they are separated by death, she wrote in her post […]
Judge Suspends Britney Spears’ Father From Conservatorship
A judge on Wednesday suspended Britney Spears’ father from the conservatorship that has controlled the singer’s life and money for 13 years, saying the arrangement “reflects a toxic environment.” Superior Court Judge Brenda Penny agreed with a petition from Spears and her attorney, Mathew Rosengart, that James Spears needs to give up his role as […]
Britney Spears Hearing May Mean Freedom From Court Or Father
Judge Brenda Penny has been the calm eye of the storm surrounding Britney Spears and the conservatorship that controls her life. Now all eyes are on her. The Los Angeles Superior Court Judge has thus far been able to act more as a caretaker than a dictator in the case, but at a potentially pivotal […]
R&B Superstar R. Kelly Found Guilty On All Counts In Sex Trafficking Trial In NYC
R. Kelly, the R&B superstar known for his anthem “I Believe I Can Fly,” was convicted Monday in a sex trafficking trial after decades of avoiding criminal responsibility for numerous allegations of misconduct with young women and children. A jury of seven men and five women found Kelly, 54, guilty of all nine counts, including […]
Mural Depicting Michael K. Williams Overlooks Brooklyn Subway Entrance
It’s a larger-than-life mural for a larger-than-life actor. A painting depicting a laughing Michael K. Williams, who died earlier this month, now overlooks a subway entrance in his home borough of Brooklyn. The mural is on the brick wall of Moe’s Bar and Lounge near the Fulton Street stop in Fort Greene. It is accompanied […]
Ohio Haunted House Actor Stabs Boy, 11, While Trying To Scare Him
Things got a little spooky after a haunted house actor stabbed an 11-year-old boy in the foot at a fairground in Ohio in an incident the business says was an accident. The child was about to begin walking through 7 Floors of Hell — a popular horror attraction in Berea — when a worker holding […]
59th New York Film Festival Gets Underway In NYC
The 59th New York Film Festival officially got underway Friday evening, and the opening has a significance well beyond show business. Taken together with the re-opening of Broadway, this is one more milestone on the road to getting New York City back to normal. Denzel Washington was there for the premiere of his new movie, […]
Melvin Van Peebles, Godfather Of Black Cinema, Dies At 89
Melvin Van Peebles, the groundbreaking playwright, musician and movie director whose work ushered in the “Blaxploitation” wave of the 1970s and influenced filmmakers long after, has died. He was 89. His family said in a statement that Van Peebles, father of the actor-director Mario Van Peebles, died Tuesday evening at his home in Manhattan. “Dad […]
Willie Garson, Known For ‘Sex and the City,’ ‘White Collar,’ Dies At 57
Willie Garson, the versatile character actor known for “Sex and the City” and “White Collar” among hundreds of TV and film roles, has died at age 57. A family member confirmed Garson’s death to Variety. Garson was a familiar face to television viewers, but was perhaps best known as Stanford Blatch, the talent agent and friend […]
Iconic ‘SNL’ Comedian Norm Macdonald Dies At 61
Norm Macdonald, the iconic “Saturday Night Live” cast member and comedian known for his unorthodox, often crude humor, has died, his management team Brillstein Entertainment confirmed Tuesday. He was 61. Macdonald was diagnosed with cancer and battled the disease privately for nine years, according to Deadline. Starting out as a comedian in his native Canada, Macdonald […]
