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Michael Jackson’s estate has acknowledged it has limited some relatives’ access to the home shared by the singer’s mother and children in the wake of a family feud that turned into a driveway argument last week. The estate’s statement released Monday afternoon does not specify which members…

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Snoop Dogg has decided to finally evolve, but into the unexpected type of artist. The Long Beach native is turning in his gun slinging lyrics to embrace the love and harmony of reggae. At a news conference in New York, he said he was “born again” during a visit to Jamaica earlier this year…

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Man, the public is harsh. Despite three years passing and Rihanna forgiving her former flame, Chris Brown remains a constant target for media, blogosphere criticism. He performed in February on the Grammy Awards stage, receiving scathing remarks for his long past actions.

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Turmoil in Michael Jackson’s family continued as a family feud that has engulfed the singer’s mother and children continued to play out in online posts, on cable television and in a videotaped driveway confrontation that authorities continue to investigate.

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George Jefferson was a bigot. A loudmouth. Rude. Obsessed with money. Arrogant. And yet he was one of the most enjoyable, beloved characters in television history. Much of that credit belongs to Sherman Hemsley, the gifted actor who gave life to the blustering black Harlem businessman on “The Jeffersons,…”

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The man convicted of gunning down the mother, brother and 7-year-old nephew of Academy Award-winning actress Jennifer Hudson was sentenced to life in prison Tuesday. Hudson, who attended every day of William Balfour’s trial earlier this year, sat next to her sister at the hearing.

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Fox says Mariah Carey is joining “American Idol” as a new judge. Fox entertainment chief Kevin Reilly announced her signing to a meeting of the Television Critics Association on Monday, and then put Carey on speakerphone to confirm the deal.

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One of the most prodigious pugilists of all time, Sugar Ray Leonard was born in Rocky Mount, North Carolina on May 17, 1956 to Cicero and Getha Leonard. The fifth of seven kids, his family moved to Washington, DC in 1959 before settling down seven years later in Palmer Park, Maryland…

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Philly was front and center at this year’s Coca-Cola Presents Essence Music Festival. Hot super star comedian Kevin Hart was the only comedian to command the attention of thousands on the main stage of the New Orleans Mercedes Benz Super Dome…

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Willis Edwards, a civil rights and political activist in Los Angeles’ African American community and the former leader of the Beverly Hills-Hollywood branch of the NAACP who was a controversial force behind its entertainment industry Image Awards, has died of cancer. He was 66.

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