ATLANTA – Grammy-winning singer Estelle remembered when she used to strut in the living room when she was younger, singing many of soul legend Otis Redding's classic songs like "Sittin' On The Dock of the Bay."
On Thursday night, she had a bigger audience as she and others paid homage to the soul singer in a two-hour performance at the Woodruff Arts Center in Atlanta.
"I'm just trying to do his song justice," said Estelle, who sang… Continue
NEW YORK – Rihanna on Friday described the horror she felt as her ex-boyfriend Chris Brown was biting and punching her during a violent argument in February, saying she saw "no soul in his eyes."
"There was no person when I looked at him," the 21-year-old singer recalled during the second installment of an interview airing on ABC's "Good Morning America." "He had no soul in his eyes. Just blank."
Serena Williams is comfortable in her own skin — and isn't afraid to show it.
The tennis star appears in the buff in the new issue of Glamour to celebrate her title as one of the Women of the Year — and admits that although winning Wimbledom three times is nice, it's not everything.
"I use my trophies as punch bowls," Williams laughs.
Meanwhile, fellow Glamour honoree Amy Poehler is getting plenty of applause for her role in… Continue
An Army Major who treated soldiers for combat stress went on a bloody rampage at the sprawling Fort Hood Army Base in Texas on Thursday, killing 12 people and wounding 31, officials said.
The gunman, identified as Maj. Malik Nadal Hasan, was killed by police.
A psychiatrist assigned to the Medical Corps, he was upset about being redeployed to Iraq, said Texas Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchinson.
Singers Toni Braxton (L) and Trey Songz perform during the taping of 2009 Soul Train Award in Atlanta, Georgia, November 3, 2009. The 2009 Soul Train Awards will be telecast simultaneously on Centric and BET television networks November 29, 2009
Comedian Tommy Davidson reacts as he walks down the red carpet during the 2009 Soul Train Awards taping at the Georgia World Congress Center, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009, in Atlanta
Performer Chaka Khan (2nd L) performs during her tribute along with Erykah Badu, Angie Stone and Fantasia (L-R) during the Soul Train Awards in Atlanta, Georgia November 3, 2009.
CHIPLEY, Fla. – A mother who reported her infant daughter missing had secretly turned her over to her baby sitter, who hid her in a box under a bed, authorities said Thursday.
Chrystina Lynn Mercer gave 7-month-old Shannon Dedrick to Susan Elizabeth Baker early Saturday, about 10 hours before she was reported missing, Washington County Sheriff Bobby Haddock said Thursday.
The report led to a five-day search in and around this rural… Continue
Mariah Carey has long talked about her struggle for acceptance as a child of a mixed-race couple. But on Wednesday, Carey revealed that in addition to that burden, she has also once been the victim of emotional and mental abuse, revealing that she felt trapped in a relationship in which she felt no means of escape. "Abuse has several categories, emotionally, mentally, in other ways," Carey told CNN's "Larry King Live" on Wednesday night. "I just think… Continue
While the unemployed are scrambling to find a job in the recessionary market, one man is going to great lengths to play hooky -- stabbing himself in the leg to avoid work.
Aaron Siebers, 29, admitted he knifed himself in the leg because he didn’t want to go to work his shift at a Blockbuster Video Store in the Colorado town of Edgewater, reported the Denver Post.
Siebers showed up at Blockbuster Monday night with a deep leg wound and… Continue
A woman suing her Nigerian husband for millions started screaming and ripping off her clothes before her arraignment on Wednesday on charges of threatening to kill a Brooklyn judge.
Cheryl Uzamere, 50, known around courthouse circles for her anti-Semitic screeds against judges and others, was declared mentally unfit and taken to Bellevue Hospital for observation.
"You're going to pay for taking food out of my daughter's mouth," said a… Continue
As groundskeepers cleaned the Yankee Stadium field in preparation for Game 6 of the World Series, just 10 blocks away investigators were cleaning two housing projects of two violent South Bronx drug gangs.
Federal agents and police arrested 37 drug dealers named in six federal indictments that brought down two major gangs that openly sold drugs in the Melrose Houses, Jackson Houses and the surrounding Morrisania neighborhood, investigators said.… Continue
Chris Brown seems to be competing with Rihanna for attention, and will even air his dirty laundry the same day she’s set to open up about being assaulted by him.
Brown has taped a segment for MTV about the incident that’s set to air this Friday – the same day Rihanna appears on “20/20” to publicly speak on what happened for the first time. (The first part of the interview will air Thursday on “Good Morning America.”)
Looks like Chris Brown's past might haunt him "Forever."
The scorned singer is attempting a comeback with his "Fan Appreciation" tour, which kicks off next week, but he hasn't had much luck filling even the small venues he's set to perform in.
The gigs - which start at the House of Blues in Houston on Nov. 14 and end in the Big Apple's Nokia Theater on Dec. 15 - aren't even close to sold out. In fact, anyone who's interested can still… Continue
FRESNO, Calif. - A 14-year-old with a baby face told investigators he drowned his 4-year-old neighbor in a bathtub then hid the body in a dryer because the child was going to reveal the teen molested him, according to an affidavit released when he appeared in court Wednesday.
Raul Renato Castro, dressed in a purple T-shirt issued at the juvenile jail, appeared emotionless while staring at his hands in Fresno County Superior Court.
Bernard Kerik pleaded guilty Thursday to lying to the White House, becoming the first NYPD Commissioner in city history to admit he's a felon.
Kerik stood with head bowed in White Plains federal court, working his way through admitting to eight charges that will also include theft of honest services and tax evasion.
With his corruption trial set to begin next week, Kerik worked out a last-minute plea deal in which prosecutors dropped… Continue
The Yankees had won the World Series again, and they all came running for Mo Rivera and this was all the Yankee Stadium night you could ask for now. Any Stadium. Rivera had gotten the last out of another Series, and now players from one of the great Yankee teams, which is exactly what this one became in the end, seemed to come running from everywhere, maybe even from across the street, on the night when the Yankees were finally back to being the… Continue