Category: Entertainment

The Martin Luther King Jr. 50th Anniversary Concert Symphony of Brotherhood at the downtown Colburn School’s Zipper Hall on Sunday was just that—a symphony of brotherhood.

Cedar Anthony Walton Jr., a Jazz pianist and leading exponent of the style known as “hard bop”—who came to prominence as a member of drummer Art Blakey’s band before establishing a long career as a bandleader and composer—has died. He was 79.

Investigators have failed to find a motive for the suicide of 29-year-old “Rizzoli & Isles” cast member Lee Thompson Young, according to published reports.

City prosecutors declined to immediately file any charges against Los Angeles Clippers forward Lamar Odom over an alleged run-in with a paparazzo, but he still faces a hearing on the case in the City Attorney’s Office, a spokesman for the office said today.

Rapper DMX had another run-in with police in South Carolina this week, ending with a citation for marijuana possession.

Coroner’s officials confirmed today that 29-year-old actor Lee Thompson Young — best known for his starring role on Disney Channel’s “The Famous Jett Jackson” — committed suicide by shooting himself inside his North Hollywood apartment.

Chris Brown once put out an album named “Graffiti.” Now, he could find himself removing it. That’s one of the tasks that the singer will have to do — with others including beach cleanup or work for Caltrans, the California agency responsible for highway, bridge and rail construction and maintenance — per a judge’s order Friday.

It’s been a summer where you could not escape the matter of race if you tried. From the verdict in the shooting death of unarmed teen Trayvon Martin, to lifestyle maven Paula Deen being accused of using the “N word” and the Supreme Court’s overturning a portion of the Voting Rights Act, conversations about race have dominated the headlines.

Forget Rick James. He’s Prince, bi – uh, baby. (Sorry, this is a family website.) Dave Chappelle, who’s suddenly everywhere again (and welcome back, sir!), is on the cover of the latest Prince single, “Breakfast Can Wait.”

Actor Lee Thompson Young was found dead in his Los Angeles apartment Monday morning, police said.