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ABOVE PHOTO:  Joe Jackson  (Jaguar PS / Shutterstock.com) associated press RIO DE JANEIRO — Joe Jackson, the father of the late Michael Jackson and patriarch of the musical family, suffered a stroke while visiting Brazil and was hospitalized in the intensive care unit of a Sao Paulo hospital, the facility said Monday. The Albert Einstein…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Lil Wayne  (photosthatrock / Shutterstock.com) associated press MARIETTA, Ga. — A man charged with shooting into Lil Wayne’s tour buses on a Georgia highway called cellphones linked to rappers Young Thug and Birdman before and after the gunfire, according to an indictment in the case. A grand jury indicted Jimmy Carlton Winfrey on…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Bill Cosby  (Randy Miramontez / shutterstock.com) By Maryclaire Dale associated press A lawyer for Bill Cosby’s first accuser on Tuesday questioned his self-described ability to “read” people’s sexual cues given that her client is gay. Andrea Constand, employed by the Temple University women’s basketball team when she met Cosby in the early 2000s,…

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associated press A historically black college is discontinuing its endowed professorship with Bill Cosby after recent details emerged of his testimony in a sexual-assault lawsuit. Spelman told The Associated Press in a statement Friday that the college has parted ways with the 78-year-old actor and comedian. A deposition released this month shows the married father…

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associated press A Philadelphia mural featuring Bill Cosby has been painted over as new details emerge of his testimony in a sexual-assault lawsuit. The city’s Mural Arts Program says the fatherhood-themed mural in North Philadelphia was deteriorating and already scheduled for removal. But spokeswoman Cari Feiler Bender says the date was moved up amid renewed…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Rachel Adams and Jake Gyllenhaal in Southpaw.   Review by Kam Williams Billy Hope (Jake Gyllenhaal) surmounted incredible odds en route to becoming the World Light Heavyweight Boxing Champ. After all, his prospects weren’t exactly brilliant, given how he’d been abandoned by his mother at birth. But he was lucky enough to meet…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Antoine Fuqua   (Photo: Featureflash / shutterstock) By Lindsey Bahr associated press LOS ANGELES — Director Antoine Fuqua got a distressing call early in pre-production for the boxing drama Southpaw. It was Terry Claybon, a boxing expert who’s trained Fuqua for years. He’d just met with Jake Gyllenhaal to see if the actor…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Sandra Barnett  (Photo: NBC 11 News video grab) By Kate Bruback associated press ATLANTA — A former NFL player’s mistress, apparently jealous that he was taking his wife on a trip to Las Vegas, drove to his home near Atlanta, kidnapped her romantic rival and led officers on a chase into Alabama before…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Members of the Black Stuntmen’s Association with actor Elliott Gould (far right, front row)  (Photo: BSA website)   DEADLINE A Deadline magazine exclusive announced Bill Cosby has been cut from an upcoming documentary about black stuntmen. The film, Painted Down, explores the age-old practice of applying blackface to white stuntmen so they can…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson  (Electrolysis / Shutterstock.com) By Jake Pearson Associated Press NEW YORK — Rapper 50 Cent, ranked by Forbes as one of hip-hop’s five richest artists, downplayed his wealth on Tuesday as he testified in court about his finances, business deals and the media attention surrounding his recent bankruptcy filing. The…

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