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Entertainment

A ‘Legend’-ary day at Audenreid

March 7, 2015

ABOVE PHOTO:  Businessman and Audenreid High founder Kenneth Gamble and Darryl McDaniels of Run DMC talk  about success to their young audience.  (Photo Bill Z. Foster) By Kharisma McIlwaine What do you get when you put Philadelphia International founder Kenneth Gamble and Darryl ‘DMC’ McDaniels of Run DMC in the same room? The answer is…

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Brownstone singer Maxee Maxwell dies in freak accident

March 7, 2015

ABOVE PHOTO:  Maxee Maxwell associated press LOS ANGELES — Maxee Maxwell, a member of the 1990s girl group Brownstone, died in a freak accident over the weekend. She was 46 years old. Her representative say she was at her home in Los Angeles Friday when she fell backward at the doorway between the house and…

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The Talented Mr. Ridley

March 1, 2015

ABOVE PHOTO:  John Ridley  (Helga Esteb / Shutterstock.com) By Patty Gopez You may know John Ridley best for his work on 12 Years a Slave, which won the Oscar last year for Best Writing for an Adapted Screenplay. However, being an Oscar winner is just icing on the cake for the accomplished writer. Ridley also…

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Legendary jazz musician Clark Terry dead at 94

March 1, 2015

ABOVE PHOTO:  Clark Terry (AP Photo) By Charles J. Gans Associated Press NEW YORK–Legendary jazz trumpeter Clark Terry, who mentored Miles Davis and Quincy Jones and played in the orchestras of both Count Basie and Duke Ellington and on “The Tonight Show,’’ has died. He was 94. Terry’s wife announced his death on his website…

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Fashion Police’s Rancic apologizes for ‘weed’ jab at Zendaya’s dreadlocks

March 1, 2015

ABOVE PHOTO:  Zendaya arrives at the Oscars on Sunday, Feb. 22, 2015, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP) Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Giuliana Rancic apologized to Zendaya and others offended by Rancic’s “Fashion Police” jab at the actress-singer’s Oscar-night dreadlocks. On “E! News” Tuesday, Rancic said the reaction to…

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