October 26, 2017
Suge Knight drops Chris Brown lawsuit following legal threat
Suge Knight has reportedly dropped his lawsuit against Chris Brown, stemming from a 2014 shooting in Los Angeles. Knight was shot seven times in the incident at the 1OAK nightclub, where Breezy was performing at a pre-MTV Video Music Awards party.…
October 25, 2017
Rock and roll pioneer Fats Domino, dead at 89
Fats Domino, whose piano-driven R&B hits more than 60 years ago helped define rock and roll, has died in New Orleans. He was 89. Domino died Wednesday morning, surrounded by family and friends, according to his daughter. Born Antoine Domino,…
October 24, 2017
Emmy-winning Benson star Robert Guillaume, dead at 89
Robert Guillaume [gee-OHM, "gee" as in "ski"], who won Emmys for playing the dry-witted butler Benson Du Bois on the TV shows Soap and Benson, has died due to complications from prostate cancer. He was 89. In a statement provided to ABC News, his…
October 24, 2017
Kelly Clarkson denies she “contemplated suicide” because she was forced to be thin
Kelly Clarkson is denying that she felt suicidal because she was forced to be skinny. In the British magazine Attitude, Kelly was quoted as saying, "When I was really skinny, I wanted to kill myself. I was miserable, like inside and out, for four…
October 23, 2017
Janet Jackson not “banned” from NFL halftime show, but NFL won’t speculate on “potential guests”
Calm down, Twitterverse. Janet Jackson is not "banned for life" from the Super Bowl halftime show. Following the news that Justin Timberlake would be headlining the 2018 halftime show, Janet Jackson fans took to Twitter to decry the fact that JT…
October 23, 2017
JAY-Z all-star Tidal X concert raised $3.7 million for disaster relief
JAY-Z's star-studded Tidal X: Brooklyn charity concert raised nearly four million dollars to assist victims of the recent natural disasters. The third annual show, held on October 17 at Barclays Center in New York City, featured over 40 performers,…
October 23, 2017
Boo 2! A Madea Halloween scares off Geostorm and The Snowman with $21.65 million debut
Boo 2! A Madea Halloween topped the weekend box office, easily crushing this weekend's other big releases, Geostorm and The Snowman, with an estimated $21.65 million haul. It becomes the eighth film in Tyler Perry's Madea series to top the $20…
October 20, 2017
The Avengers assemble to save Puerto Rico
ABC Radio has learned that Scarlett Johansson will assemble her Avengers teammates Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, and Mark Ruffalo to help save Puerto Rico, in the wake of Hurricane Maria. The actors, along with some of Scarlett's other famous…
October 20, 2017
Blac Chyna’s mother sues Wendy Williams for $1 million
Blac Chyna's mother, Tokyo Toni, is suing Wendy Williams for $1 million, saying the talk show host slandered her name. According to court documents obtained by The Blast, Toni, whose real name is Shalana Jones-Hunter, filed a hand-written defamation…
October 20, 2017
112 releases new single “Both of Us” featuring Jagged Edge
112 is showing Atlanta unity with their new single featuring another male vocal group from the A-T-L. The Grammy Award winning group is teaming with Jagged Edge for their brand new single, “Both Of Us.” The mid tempo track is from their first new…