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Entertainment

Russell Simmons hosts soiree for Soledad O’Brien

November 21, 2010

Over the weekend, hip-hop entrepreneur-turned-philanthropist Russell Simmons opened up his home to host a star-studded party for Soledad O’Brien in his lavish two-story penthouse located in lower Manhattan . The occasion marked the release of Soledad ‘s autobiography, “The Next Big Story.”

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Rapper Shyne resurrects his career in Holy Land

November 21, 2010

The rapper Shyne is singing a new tune: After serving eight years in prison for a nightclub shooting, the former protégé of Sean “P. Diddy” Combs has converted to Orthodox Judaism, come to Jerusalem, and is devoting his days to the study of Torah while plotting a musical comeback.

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Thandie Newton–A Body in Motion

November 15, 2010

Here, she talks about playing Tangie in Tyler Perry’s screen adaptation of Ntozake Shange’s For Colored Girls, an ensemble drama co-starring Kerry Washington, Janet Jackson, Kimberly Elise, Loretta Devine and Phylicia Rashad.

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Opera singer Shirley Verrett dies at 79 in Mich.

November 15, 2010

Shirley Verrett, an acclaimed American mezzo-soprano and soprano praised for her blazing intensity during a career that spanned four decades, died Friday in Ann Arbor, Mich. She was 79. Verrett, one of the top opera singers of the 1970s and 1980s, had been suffering from heart trouble.

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Ready… Set… Action! Ms. Jackson

November 8, 2010

Global icon, trendsetter, businesswoman, and multi-talented entertainer, Janet Damita Jo Jackson is a woman who needs no introduction. Her resume reveals an impressive combination of professional achievements and philanthropic endeavors, and she is currently…

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‘Lion King’ actress dies from leukemia

November 8, 2010

Shannon died Monday afternoon at Cohen Children’s Medical Center in New Hyde Park, on Long Island, of acute myelogenous leukemia, a common type of leukemia among adults, but rare among children.

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