photo credit: Kathy Hutchins // Shutterstock Grammy award winning singer and songwriter James Ingram has died after a batter with brain cancer. Sources close to James say he has been battling cancer for a long time. Ingram recorded several chart-toppers in the ’80s, including his #1 duet with Patti Austin, “Baby Come to Me” … as well…… read more »
photo credit: A woman in New York filed a criminal report against R. Kelly and sued him in May claiming he initiated “unwanted sexual contact” and had “abusive sex” with her in a Long Island hotel room after flying her to his concert in NY. R. Kelly will not face any charges in the case.…… read more »
photo credit: Jamie Lamor Thompson // Shutterstock This is America. Jussie Smollett, one of the star’s of FOX’s hit show “Empire”, was brutally attacked in Chicago around 2 a.m. Monday night. The actor was leaving Subway when someone yelled, “Aren’t you that f***ot ‘Empire’ n*****?” At this point, two white men wearing ski masks attacked Jussie, beating…… read more »
photo credit: Cornelius O’Donoghue // Shutterstock Roger Stone, a longtime adviser and confidant of President Donald Trump, has pleaded not guilty to charges in the Russia investigation. He faces charges that he lied to lawmakers, engaged in witness tampering and obstructed a congressional investigation into possible coordination between Russia and Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign. The indictment does…… read more »
photo credit: Sarunyu L // Shutterstock Marvel broke records with Black Panther in 2018, as the film became one of the biggest openings ever in movie history and earning $1.35 billion worldwide. In 2019, the celebrations continue for the film being that Black Panther gives Marvel their very first Oscar nomination, with the top award of the night, Best Picture…… read more »
photo credit: Vicki L. Miller //Shutterstock HBO’s new Michael Jackson documentary “Leaving Neverland” revisits the claims of him sexually abusing two boys over a period of several years when they were children. The film had a screening last week at the Sundance Film Fest, opening up the pedophile discussion once again surrounding MJ. The Jackson family released…… read more »
photo credit: Leonard Zhukovsky // Shutterstock Kevin Durant is giving back to his hometown of Prince George County, Maryland. On Wednesday, he has opened “The Durant Center,” a facility geared towards “helping low-income and underserved students enroll and graduate from college.” The center is an after-school facility as well as an academic, financial and social-emotional resource to…… read more »
photo credit: RomanR // Shutterstock The North Carolina Department of Revenue said it will open back up on Monday as we enter into the 2019 individual income tax season. The government shutdown is now on hold, so federal tax filing season is scheduled to start as well. Those who electronically filed state tax returns before Jan. 28 should start…… read more »
photo credit: Adam J. Sablich // Shutterstock A judge has thrown out Teairra Mari’s revenge porn case against her ex, Akbar Abdul-Ahad. The whole case was thrown out due to Teairra failing to appear in court for scheduled hearings earlier in the month, leading them to determine she has “failed to prosecute her case.” Teairra first filed the accusations…… read more »
photo credit: After 35 days, Donald Trump has announced that he will reopen the government for 3 weeks. He said a deal has been reached. A temporary fix that will allow federal employees to return to work but it does not include the $5.7 billion for his wall. The Democrats keep telling Trump in order…… read more »