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The man found guilty of killing Academy Award-winning actress Jennifer Hudson’s mom, brother and 7-year-old nephew claimed he is innocent more than seven years after the slayings and said his conviction was the result of a grand police-concocted “conspiracy.”

“I didn't have nothing to do with her family being killed. Period,” Hudson’s former brother-in-law William…

This year's Oscars telecast might be the most diverse in the 88-year history of the Hollywood institution — right up until they start giving out the actual awards.

Academy Award-winning actor Morgan Freeman and R&B crooner John Legend are among the latest batch of presenters announced by the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences.

As outrage mounts…

Shaken by Kanye West's reckless tweets about sister-in-law Kylie Jenner's Puma deal, brands are introducing a so-called "Kanye Clause" into big-money agreements with the Kardashian family.

Confidenti@l is told execs are insisting the famous family promise to dissuade the rapper from mentioning their products in his bonkers online rants.

"(Kanye's antics…

The godfather of rap is still D.R.E.

It's hard to believe Dr. Dre, the Grammy-winning rapper/record producer/CEO and founder of Aftermath Entertainment and "Beats Electronics" is only 51-years-old today, considering the number of successful endeavors he's got under his belt.

Born Andre Romelle Young, the self-proclaimed "First billionaire in hip-hop," Dr.…

Rick Ross is scheduled to perform in the Caribbean in a couple months, but will definitely be a no-show ... unless he can convince a judge he's not a flight risk.

Ross' attorney Steven Sadow tells TMZ he's laid out their case for why Ross should be allowed to leave for his April gigs on the island of St. Martin, and possibly Europe.…

Early in his career, 50 Cent made a smart move when he immediately gave his G-Unit rappers an imprint. On the heels of his success, 50 Cent helped Lloyd Banks become a big name. Many of his big name features, 50 Cent shared with G-Unit.

Lloyd Banks reaped the benefits, big time, and was one of 2004’s biggest breakout artists. Ultimately, Kanye West ended up being the…

Larger-than-life reality TV star Angela ‘Big Ang’ Raiola died Thursday morning after a year-long battle with stage 4 brain and lung cancer.

Family and friends of the 55-year-old “Mob Wives” matriarch streamed into a local hospital to be by the Brooklyn-born bar owner’s side after she stopped receiving cancer treatments. A source said she was suffering from…

British superstar Adele was rolling in the deep — depression, that is — after her botched performance at the Grammys.

The singer said she "cried pretty much all day" after technical problems undermined her otherwise dazzling rendition of "All I Ask" on music's biggest stage and left her award-winning voice sounding out of tune.

"I kept like spontaneously…

Sage the Gemini wants the spark back in his life.

The determined rapper, who recently split from Jordan Sparks, desperately took to Instagram on Tuesday night to beg the singer to stop ignoring him and give him a ring.

“Please call me back I just want like a hug and a kiss or something,” the rapper captioned a cuddly photo of the two.

The rapper, whose…

A brutal bout with bronchitis may not have been the reason Rihanna bailed on her Grammys performance, after all.

The "Rude Boy" singer went on a "hysterical" outburst after experiencing great displeasure with her pre-show rehearsal, sources told TMZ.

It's unclear what exactly triggered the apparent incident, but the gossip site reports Rihanna was very upset…

The show didn't go on for Rihanna.

The singer pulled out of her scheduled performance at Monday’s Grammy awards due to bronchitis.

"So sorry I couldn't be there...Thanks Grammys and CBS for your support tonight," the singer tweeted to her 56.1 million followers.

RiRi showed up to the Staple’s Center in Los Angeles for rehearsals, but did not walk…

Vanity, a protege of Prince who briefly achieved stardom as the lead singer of the all-girl group Vanity 6, died Monday in a California hospital, the gossip site TMZ reported.

She was 57.

The Canadian-born pop singer and actress had been battling inflammation of her small intestines, the latest in a string of health problems.…

50 Cent is lashing out at some of the creditors in his bankruptcy case, telling the judge they are trying to set the clock more than 150 years and gunning to make him their slave.

Three of 50's biggest creditors -- Sleek Audio, SunTrust Bank and Lastonia Leviston -- have come up with a payback plan and are asking the judge's approval.

50 has just responded,…

A Kenyan couple had an unhappy Valentine’s Day weekend after Duncan Moseti attacked his wife’s breasts and then cut off his own penis.

The 24-year-old Thika resident became convinced his wife was cheating and thought the best solution was to cut off his manhood.

"He said he had reliable information that I was having an affair with his brother,” wife Margaret…

“I’m on cloud nine,” said Rihanna, the pop star turned brand ambassador and women’s creative director of Puma, after her first fashion show for the label. An hour earlier, her first full collection, a street-inspired, Japanophile departure from Puma’s usual sport-ready performance wear, had come down an L.E.D. runway to a crowd that included Naomi Campbell, Chris Rock,…

Wyclef Jean has always been proud of his Hatian roots. Sometimes a little too proud. However, all that was called into question four years back when he was accused of being fraudulent with the Yele Haiti Foundation he set up to help the people of Haiti following the 2010 earthquake. Though the heat has died down in the public eye, for the most part, it was brought…

Russell Simmons is planning a new awards show that will be staged days before the Oscars.

In what is billed as the first-ever All Def Movie Awards, the mogul said Thursday in a statement that the honors "are not the Black Oscars, but they could be. This will be a fun, entertaining and hopefully thought provoking celebration of the uncelebrated.”

Continued…

Kanye West is one of the most successful people in the world of music -- has been for a long time -- which makes it especially confounding he confessed to being $53 million in debt.

Kanye tweeted Saturday night, "I write this to you my brothers while still $53 million dollars in personal debt," adding "Please pray we overcome."

All the estimates you read about…

It appears the 58th Annual Grammy Awards may have had some trouble recruiting talent for this year’s performances, as yet another artist has announced they will not be performing for the show following Drake’s announcement. Nicki Minaj took to her social media today [Saturday, February 13] to announce she would not be one of the performers, despite the organization…