"Precious" director Lee Daniels made a big blunder this weekend when accepting Best Film honors at the NAACP awards ceremony in Los Angeles, and it didn't go unnoticed by the crowd - or the star, Gabourey Sidibe.
"No one in Hollywood told me they wanted to see a movie about a 350-pound black girl who had HIV," Daniels blurted out during his acceptance speech, before realizing that he'd… Continue
Rapper Guru, who is the founding member of legendary rap group Gangstarr, is reportedly in a critical condition. Word is that he slipped into a comatose state after suffering a sudden and massive heart attack.
Guru’s sister Trecia contacted the press yesterday and confirmed that the hip hop legend is in BAD SHAPE. According to her, Guru (gov’t name Keith Elam), is in a New York hospital and will undergo surgery today.
Bow Wow and Forest Whitaker have both said they're upset about the way the straight-to-DVD film, "Hurricane Season," also featuring Lil Wayne, was handled.
Shot in New Orleans in 2008, the movie focused on a local high school basketball team shortly after Hurricane Katrina. The picture, also featuring Isaiah Washington, Taraji P. Henson, Courtney B. Vance and Jackie Long, had a strong initial buzz, and the song Lil Wayne performed at the… Continue
NEW YORK — According to Ludacris, there's just too much testosterone in hip-hop.
So with his forthcoming Battle of the Sexes album, the Atlanta rapper decided to inject what he felt was a much-needed dose of femininity into the discussion.
"It's such a male-dominated industry that I feel like females need more of a voice, so we wanted to hear more of what the hell they had to say," Luda told MTV News about the album concept. "With… Continue
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NEW YORK — Lil Wayne is having a tough time with Twitter.
The rapper recently joined the social networking service to much fanfare, quickly amassing more than 172,000 followers.
The prolific MC, however, hasn't exactly tweeted with the same fury with which he released countless mixtapes. But his sparse messages have been… Continue
The 18-year-old son of singer Marie Osmond leapt to his death Friday night from his Los Angeles apartment, the entertainer said last night.
Osmond said her family is devastated by the "tragic loss" of Michael Blosil, according to a statement released by her publicist.
"My family and I are devastated and in deep shock by the tragic loss of our dear Michael and ask that everyone respect our privacy during this difficult time,"… Continue
Mayor Bloomberg's money was able to buy more than just consultants, polls and advertising in his reelection campaign last year: It was able to buy silence.
The mysterious $750,000 shell company that ran his Election Day poll-watching operation was paid by the state Independence Party, using $1.2 million Bloomberg gave from his own pocket.
Not a penny of it was disclosed until January. All the headlines about how operative John… Continue
Barry Bonds' wife, Liz, can't seem to make up her mind.
After withdrawing a petition for separation from the ex-Giants player last year, she filed new documents Thursday to end their marriage, TMZ reports.
Liz Bonds cites "irreconcilable differences" in papers filed in L.A. County Superior Court and requests join custody of the couple's daughter, Aisha Lynn.
According to court documents, the couple, whose relationship… Continue
A huge 8.8 magnitude earthquake struck Chile early Saturday, causing homes, hospitals and offices to collapse and triggering a tsunami headed for the Pacific island of Hawaii.
At least 120 people were believed to be killed in the South American nation, although the death toll was likely to rise as more news filtered out of the devastated region and telephone and power lines were restored, officials said.
The quake struck at a 3:34 a.m. local time,… Continue