Beyonce Knowles' mom -- the original costume designer for Destiny's Child -- has filed for divorce from her husband Mathew Knowles.
Tina Knowles filed divorce papers in Harris County, Texas last month, in an attempt to end their 29-year marriage.
Back in October, Mathew was hit with a paternity lawsuit from a woman who's not his wife -- no word if that affected Tina's decision to pull the plug.
Two 10-year-old boys have been charged with the rape of an eight-year-old girl in London.
The duo, among the youngest in England to be charged with rape, appeared in an Uxbridge court on Thursday, London’s Times newspaper reports.
The alleged sex attack occurred in October - during UK school holidays - while detectives say the kids were unsupervised.
The victim reportedly followed the boys to a park near the Uxbridge College… Continue
Ashanti's mom first tried to ignore the "disgusting messages" on her phone and then she told the caller off, but the X-rated voice mails and photos kept pouring in.
"I would never, ever pick the phone up," Tina Douglas, who manages her stunning daughter's singing career, testified Thursday as the trial of Devar Hurd got under way. She said she could tell it was Hurd by the telltale 312 Chicago area code.
Three men from the same family were shot to death Thursday in an upper West Side apartment - and the suspected killer jumped to his death trying to escape, police said.
A woman, identified by relatives as Gisela Rodriguez, and her daughter walked in on the bloodbath.
The elder woman was pistol-whipped by the killer, but managed to escape the apartment at 492 Amsterdam Ave. alive, police said.
Gucci Mane spoke to MTV News from jail on Wednesday and, despite his location, was in good spirits and excited about the release of his new LP, The State vs. Radric Davis. The album made it into the Billboard top 10, and Gucc wanted to thank all the fans for their support and also apologize for not being on the outside to perform for them.
Gucci also revealed that he already has his next album done and as soon as his jail term is over, he's going… Continue
Raekwon had an emotional moment last night during his Only Built for Cuban Linx 2 concert at New York's Irving Plaza. The Chef was rolling his classic tunes such as "C.R.E.A.M." (he performed both his and Inspectah Deck's verses) and "Ice Cream" (Cappadonna came out as a surprise guest) when he took time to acknowledge the presence of an extra-special VIP. He announced to the crowd that Ol' Dirty Bastard's mother, Cherry Jones, was in the building and that she braved the cold… Continue
Queen Latifah and Mary J. Blige will be among 4 esteemed honorees next March at Essence’s third annual Black Women in Hollywood Luncheon.
The event recognizes women of color who’ve made strong impacts in the entertainment industry.
Next year, the award luncheon will also commemorate Essence’s 40th anniversary. Latifah is being honored with the “Power Award” for her numerous milestones in… Continue
John Edwards has never admitted to fathering a love child with a one-time staffer, but new legal documents suggest the failed presidential hopeful is the baby's daddy - and may soon have to pay up big-time.
The new documents detail an ongoing money battle between Edwards and Rielle Hunter, 45, whom Edwards has admitted bedding even as his wife, Elizabeth, discovered she had cancer.
Edwards has never copped to fathering little Frances… Continue
Mexico's vicious "Boss of Bosses" and three members of his drug cartel were killed in a two-hour gunbattle with a navy assault team, authorities reported Thursday.
The killing of Arturo Beltran Leyva - notorious for numerous murders and beheadings - marks one of the biggest victories in President Filipe Calderon's drug war.
The shootout Wednesday in Cuernavaca came after months of killings and violence in the region.
Hip-Hop mogul Sean Diddy Combs became the latest Hip-Hop artist to have his image and likeness immortalized in wax at Madame Tussaud's world famous wax museum.
Combs unveiled his new waxed figure on Tuesday (December 15th) in New York City.
Designers from Madame Tussaud’s spent hours with Combs, going over a pictures and photographs, to create a detailed wax figure of the rapper/mogul, right down to skin tone and eye… Continue
Surgeons in Brazil are attempting to save a two-year-old human "voodoo doll."
Doctors in Barreiras hope to remove 42 metal sewing needles -- some as long as two inches -- that were inserted into the boy's body, possibly as part of a black magic ritual.
An official said Thursday that the boy is being airlifted to a hospital in northeastern Brazil because two of the needles are close to his heart, the Associated Press… Continue
Man's best friend apparently isn't averse to making a meal out of a man.
Two pugs feasted on the flesh of their owner for two weeks after he died, cops in Papillion, Nebraska told the Associated Press. An autopsy determined the man died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
A Human Society spokesman, Mark Langan, told the AP that feeding on the corpse would be normal behavior for dogs left without food or water for such a long time, but… Continue
Lady Gaga is a pro at going down. For the second time in her Monster Ball tour, Gaga landed flat on her ass during a performance of "Bad Romance" Friday night in… Continue
Talented but troubled Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Chris Henry died Thursday from injuries suffered when he was thrown from the back of a moving pickup truck during a fight with his fiancee.
Henry, 26, was injured a day earlier in Charlotte, N.C.
He was pronounced dead at 6:36 a.m. at a North Carolina hospital, police said.
After Henry and fiancee Loleini Tonga began… Continue
Brown's third album "Graffiti" sold 102,000 copies, well below the 150,000-175,000 units he was expected to sell. His last set, "Exclusive," debuted at No. 4 in 2007 with 294,000.
The R&B star, looking to get his career back on track after he was convicted of beating up then-girlfriend Rihanna in February, took to his Twitter account during the weekend to accuse retailers of "blackballing" his album -- a charge that anecdotal evidence… Continue
While most of Lil Wayne's fans will have to wait until at least February for the rapper's often-promised and often-delayed album, about 500 Amazon customers who pre-ordered "Rebirth" are enjoying the record already, thanks to a shipping mishap.
According to sources and an e-mail to Billboard from an Amazon customer, the online merchant sent copies of the album to some customers who pre-ordered "Rebirth." The album began arriving in mailboxes on… Continue
Chris Henry -- a wide receiver on the Cincinnati Bengals -- is fighting for his life after falling out of the back of a moving pick-up truck earlier today.
Police tell TMZ Henry had been involved in a "domestic situation" with his fiancee, Loleini Tonga, in North Carolina, when she tried to leave her home in a pick-up truck. Cops say that's when Chris ran after the yellow truck and hopped into the bed.
Kid Cudi -- the guy who sings that "Day 'N Nite" song -- has been officially dropped from the Lady Gaga tour in the wake of a brutal fan-punching incident.
Sources at Interscope Records confirm the rapper is "no longer" with the tour -- but wouldn't say if the decision had anything to do with YouTube footage showing Cudi punching fans in the front row of a concert in Vancouver this past weekend.
They botched my butt!
A Queens woman is suing a Flushing spa, complaining she suffered disabling injuries during a procedure to augment her unflattering buttocks in June 2007.
Tania Solis has accused the Bell Stetika Spa in Elmhurst of medical malpractice.
The suit in Queens Supreme Court left spa owner Alejandro Moreno scratching his ... head.
"This is crazy," Moreno said, explaining that his workers don't do… Continue