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By Ken MillerASSOCIATED PRESSAcademy Award-winning actor, singer and comedian Jamie Foxx said in an Instagram video that he is recovering from an undisclosed medical condition. “I went to hell and back, and my road to recovery has some potholes as well, but I’m coming back,” Foxx, appearing thin and wearing a dark pullover shirt, said…

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ASSOCIATED PRESSABOVE PHOTO: JOHN HOPE ELEMENTARY KINDERGARTNERS PERFORM AS SINGER, AND CIVIL RIGHTS WALK OF FAME INDUCTEE TONY BENNETT, center background, laughs seated next to inductee, Atlanta mayor, Shirley Franklin, back right, during an induction ceremony at The International Civil Rights Walk of Fame at the Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Site in Atlanta….

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By David BauderASSOCIATED PRESSABOVE PHOTO: Tony Bennett reacts after performing the song “I left My Heart in San Francisco” during his 80th birthday celebration at the Kodak Theater in Los Angeles, on Nov. 9, 2006. Bennett, the eminent and timeless stylist whose devotion to classic American songs and knack for creating new standards, graced a…

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ASSOCIATED PRESSEDGARTOWN, Mass. — Former President Barack Obama’s personal chef has drowned near the family’s home on Martha’s Vineyard. Massachusetts State Police confirmed that the paddleboarder whose body was recovered from Edgartown Great Pond on Monday was Tafari Campbell, 45, of Dumfries, Virginia. Campbell was employed by the Obamas and was visiting Martha’s Vineyard. The…

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — A California appeals court on Wednesday will consider reviving the dismissed lawsuits of two men who allege Michael Jackson sexually abused them as children for years, a move the court appears likely to make after a tentative decision that would order the cases back to a lower court for trial. The suits were…

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Singer, Philadelphia native Jazmine Sullivan, announced that her mother, Pam Joi Sullivan, passed away on Saturday Sullivan revealed the news on her Instagram page Monday morning that read, “I don’t have the words yet mommy. So for now I’ll say thank you thank you thank you. Rest now butterfly [blue butterfly emoji] 10/26/58- 07/22/23 [broken heart…

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On this episode of Sun Spotlight host Kharisma McIlwaine speaks with Dr. Nia Bailey, about her work as a radiation specialist, author of children’s book “Love Thy Neighbor: A Powerful Story Following a Young Girl’s Mission to Feed Clothe and Fellowship with the Homeless’ and her mission to spread awareness surrounding breast cancer in young…

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By Jonathan Landrum Jr.ASSOCIATED PRESSABOVE PHOTO: SEAN “DIDDY” COMBS at the Sean Diddy Combs Unforgivable Estee Lauder Fragrance Launch, Core Club, New York, NY, February 01, 2006. LOS ANGELES — Sean “Diddy” Combs wants to strengthen the Black dollar: The music mogul is spearheading a new online marketplace called Empower Global that will specifically feature…

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ASSOCIATED PRESSABOVE PHOTO: STRIKING WRITERS AND ACTORS CHANT AS THEY WALK A PICKET LINE, Monday, July 17, 2023, in New York. Three years after the pandemic brought Hollywood to a standstill, the film and TV industry has again ground to a halt. This time, though, the industry is engaged in a bitter battle over how…

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ASSOCIATED PRESS ABOVE PHOTO: WORLD RENOWNED CONCERT PIANIST ANDRE WATTS performs with the Kalamazoo (Mich.) Symphony Orchestra during the opening concert of the Irving S. Gilmore International Keyboard Festival at Miller Auditorium on the Kalamazoo (Mich.) campus of Western Michigan University, Saturday night, April 29, 2000. Watts died of prostate cancer at his home in…

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