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Natalie Cole: Diagnosed with Hepatitis

As she readies the release of her latest music project, Grammy Award-winning diva Natalie Cole announced that she has been diagnosed with hepatitis C today.
“I’ve been so fortunate to have learned so much from my past experiences,” the ‘This Will Be’ singer said in a statement.
“I am embraced by the love and support of my [...]

Reunion Time for Morris Day And the Fellas

Inside a red brick Hollywood rehearsal studio, The Time keep on ticking.
The seven-man funk band from Minneapolis has reunited once again, 18 years after their last studio album, and sound crisp as can be as they jam through “Cool” from their 1981 debut album.
“I’m so cool! Ain’t nobody bad like me!” Morris Day calls [...]

Wonder Talks About Tour, Inspirations, Obama

Stevie Wonder is fidgeting with his camera phone, embarrassed because he can’t get it to work right.
But wait, it’s not what you think.
Wonder is trying to show a reporter how the device helps him “see” written documents; moments later, the blind superstar reveals how the camera takes photos of text, converts it to audio [...]

‘American Idol’ Winner Ruben Studdard Weds in Ala.

Former “American Idol” Ruben Studdard has married Surata Zuri McCants at a church in a suburb of Birmingham, Alabama. But there was no singing during the 30-minute ceremony — just an exchange of vows, prayers and music provided by a string ensemble. A reporter from The Birmingham News attended the ceremony.
The groom, nicknamed the [...]

India.Arie Is Set to Aake Her Broadway Debut

India.Arie on Broadway — produced by Whoopi Goldberg. The Grammy-winning singer will make her Broadway debut in a revival of Ntozake Shange’s “For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf.”
She will open in the play Sept. 8 at Circle in the Square.
Preview performances begin Aug. 19 in what will be [...]

Janet Jackson’s Baby Plans Catch Her By Surprise

Janet Jackson is so busy prepping for her upcoming Rock With U World Tour, she must have forgotten her plan to have a baby with longtime boyfriend Jermaine Dupri following said tour. Or maybe she was never clued in to the pregnancy plot?
“So, Jermaine…said that you guys may be ready for baby. Is that [...]

Rihanna: Chris’ Mom Approves!

Rihanna’s got mom’s seal of approval.
The hitmaking beauty made a trip to GBK Productions’ Fire & Ice gifting lounge for the BET Awards over the weekend with her boyfriend, fellow music hotshot Chris Brown and his mom, Joyce Hawkins.
Hawkins, according to a source, was overheard cooing, “Rihanna is the sexiest and sweetest girl Chris [...]

T-Pain, Keys Rock BET Awards; West Among Winners

T-Pain transformed the BET Awards into a circus Tuesday with a multi-artist medley that showed the rapper and singer’s wide-ranging influence on urban music, while best-selling rapper Lil Wayne and songstress Alicia Keys gave rousing performances of their own.
Wearing a spangled top hat, T-Pain — nominated for a leading five BET Awards — shared [...]

Former ‘American Idol’ Champ to Wed

He won the affection of millions of people on “American Idol,” but this weekend, Ruben Studdard is giving his heart to one woman.
A representative for the former “Idol” confirmed to The Associated Press on Tuesday that Studdard, 29, plans a Saturday wedding. He and Surata Zuri McCants, 30, took out a marriage license on [...]

R. Kelly Defense Rests Its Case

Defense attorneys have rested their case in the child pornography trial of R&B singer R. Kelly in Chicago.
The singer looked relaxed as defense attorney Ed Genson rested the case without calling any witnesses for the day.
Jurors sat in court for just several minutes before Judge Vincent Gaughan (GAWN) sent them home for the day. [...]

R. Kelly Defense Expert: Mark in Video Not a Mole

A forensic expert testified Thursday at R. Kelly’s child pornography trial that a fingernail-sized mark seen on the lower back of the man in the sex tape at the center of the case was not a mole but video distortion.
Video analysis expert Charles Palm testified for the defense that the black mark appears — [...]

Bobby Brown: The Truth About Usher

“I’ve always considered myself ‘The King of Stage.’ To this very day, I still don’t think anyone can get with me on the stage. I own the stage,” Bobby Brown confidently proclaims in his new autobiography, ‘Being Bobby Brown: The Truth and Nothing But …’
As previously reported, BlackVoices.com has exclusively obtained an advance copy of [...]

Reporter Won’t Answer Questions At R. Kelly Trial

A Chicago Sun-Times reporter isn’t going to answer questions at R. Kelly’s child pornography trial.
Jim DeRogatis (day-roh-GAH’-tus) cited an Illinois law that governs reporters’ rights and the First and Fifth Amendments of the U.S. Constitution in refusing to answer questions Wednesday.
DeRogatis read the statement more than a dozen times in response to questions, including [...]

Anita Baker To Start Summer Tour This Month

Anita Baker has booked several live shows across the U.S. this summer, bringing her distinctive voice to fans in Colorado, Nevada, Michigan, Florida, Maryland, Virginia, California and Rama, Ontario.

The outing is set to begin June 13 in Vienna, VA. Details are listed below.
After a 10-year hiatus, Baker returned to the music scene in 2004 with [...]

Woman Claims Tryst With R. Kelly, Alleged Victim

Prosecutors rested their case in R. Kelly’s child pornography trial after a day of sensational testimony about alleged trysts, extortion plots and a duffel bag full of sex tapes.
Star prosecution witness Lisa Van Allen cried on the witness stand, pausing to regain her composure, as she described several alleged three-way sexual encounters with the R&B [...]