Photo by Bennett Raglin/Getty Images for ESSENCE Usher recently returned to Sin City for a different kind of residency. He has opened a skating rink residency titled Flipper’s World Roller Boogie Palace alongside friend Liberty Ross. “This is kind of a victory lap for Las Vegas,” he told PEOPLE at the spot’s grand opening, where he […]
Sam Costanza/New York Daily News/Tribune News Service via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A man accused of killing three people in an apparent unprovoked stabbing spree in Manhattan made his first appearance in court on Tuesday. Ramon Rivera, 51, was charged with three counts of first-degree murder, according to the New York Police Department. He confessed to the killings […]
KABC (LOS ANGELES, Calif.) — Police and relatives are pleading with the public to help find the driver who struck and killed a father of three in a hit-and-run in Los Angeles. Oscar Guardado was riding his bike home in south Los Angeles when he was hit by a car just before 10 p.m. on […]
RichLegg/Getty (PHOENIX, Ariz) — A deaf Black man with cerebral palsy who was violently arrested by two Phoenix police officers in August said he tried to alert the officers that he was deaf before they repeatedly punched and tasered him for an alleged crime he had been falsely accused of by another suspect. Records show […]
Photo by Paul Natkin/Getty Images The Luther Vandross documentary by Dawn Porter now has a release date. Luther: Never Too Much will debut on CNN New Year’s Day at 8 p.m. ET. The documentary will chronicle Vandross’ musical journey, from his years in an Apollo Theater house band to his “ascendance to become the indisputable master of […]
ABC Michelle Yeoh is opening up about her infertility journey. Yeoh appeared on the BBC’s Woman’s Hour podcast Monday, and discussed her desire to have children and how she learned to live with no regrets when children weren’t a possibility. “I always wanted to have children,” Yeoh said. “It didn’t happen, so I went and did fertility … I think that […]
Photo by Astrida Valigorsky/WireImage Nicki Minaj‘s 2012 hit single, “Starships,” has earned 10 million sales and has been certified Diamond by the Recording Industry Association of America. It’s her third Diamond song to date, following “Super Bass” from her debut album, Pink Friday, and her feature with Ariana Grande, “Bang Bang.” “That was my 2nd album. We’ve […]
TDE/Interscope Records ScHoolboy Q is going on tour in support of his latest album, Blue Lips. He’s scheduled a quick nine-date run starting Jan. 23 in Oakland’s Fox Theater. He’ll then make stops in LA, Las Vegas and Anaheim before going abroad to Berlin and Cologne, Germany; Paris; The Netherlands; and the U.K. The tour will […]
Photo by Cooper Neill/Getty Images NBA YoungBoy entered a guilty plea Monday, admitting to operating a prescription drug fraud ring out of his home in Huntsville, Utah, ABC 4 reports. Of the 46 charges against him, the rapper pleaded guilty to two counts of third-degree felony identity fraud, two counts of third-degree felony forgery and six counts of […]
Rep. Nancy Mace; Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Republican Rep. Nancy Mace said Tuesday that the bill she introduced to ban transgender women from using biological women’s restrooms at the U.S. Capitol was “absolutely” in response to Rep.-elect Sarah McBride’s entering Congress. “Yes, and absolutely. And then some,” Mace told reporters at […]