American rapper Eminem was a big winner at tonight's (November 7th) European Music Awards, which took place in Madrid, Spain. Eminem was crowned best Hip-Hop Act during the evening, which also included performances by B.O.B., Dizzee Rascal, Kid Rock, Rihanna, Katy Perry, Shakira, Bon Jovi and others.
Eminem, whose hit album Recovery topped the charts for several weeks in the United Kingdom, beat out Lil Wayne, T.I., Snoop Dogg and Kanye… Continue
A Florida grandmother tried to sell her baby grandson for $75,000 - but agreed to take less than half that after some haggling, officials said. Patty Bigbee, 45, was hauled off to jail Friday after handing the 9-week-old infant to a stranger for cash in a parking lot in Daytona Beach.
Bigbee's partner in the cruel game of let's make a deal was her boyfriend, Lawrence Works, 42, cops said. Both were charged with illegal sale or surrender of… Continue
From hotly anticipated comebacks (Ne-Yo and Nelly) to long-awaited debuts (can you believe Nicki Minaj's album is still forthcoming?) to hipster favorites like Kid Cudi and N.E.R.D., club-friendly acts (Akon and Flo Rida) and even a greatest-hits collection from Jay-Z, November is so full of releases, your iPod may not be able to contain it all.
There is something eerily futuristic about the Kinect.
Microsoft's new motion controller addition to the Xbox 360 is ambitious and risky and you'll realize both those things as soon as you unpack it. You'll realize that you're about to embark on a unique gaming journey as soon as you calmly talk to your TV to change the menus, as soon as you gesture, "Minority Report" style, to sift through… Continue
Harlem-based hip-hop artist Ryan Leslie is desperate to get his stolen laptop back - so he's offering a $1 million reward for it.
Leslie was touring in Cologne, Germany, when his laptop was stolen from inside a black Mercedes on Oct. 23.
The "Diamond Girl" singer was initially offering $20,000 for the return of his laptop and hard drive, which contains his music.
But Saturday, he tweeted and released a YouTube video… Continue
Lil Wayne is not allowed to consume one single drop of alcohol for the next three years of his life -- this according to probation documents obtained by TMZ.
The documents -- which became effective today -- clearly state that Wayne "may not consume or drink any substance containing alcohol" as long as he's on probation ... for the next 36 months.
Wayne is also prohibited from knowingly associating with any person engaged in criminal… Continue
Legendary soul singer Aretha Franklin has been ordered by her physicians to cancel all concerts and appearances for six months following a recent hospitalization.
Franklin, 68, was released Saturday after being hospitalized for several days at Detroit’s Sinai-Grace Hospital with an undisclosed medical condition, the Detroit Free Press reported Thursday.
“Doctors' orders have required her to cancel all concert and personal appearances… Continue
Willie D, a rap icon from The Geto Boys, has been sentenced to one year and a day in federal prison after he was convicted on wire fraud charges stemming from the false sale of Apple iPhones.
Willie D, real name William Dennis, was caught in a sting operation in May 2009 after fronting a company called Texas One Wireless and selling purported iPhones, but never sending the product to customers, according to an FBI report.
It's gold, it's glittery and it's the hot dress of the holiday season.
A shimmering Balmain dress with puffy 1980's inspired sleeves and a plunging neckline has appeared on the cover of six magazine covers this season.
Models including Cindy Crawford, Natalia Vodianova and Claudia Schiffer wear the dress for Vogue India, Harpers Bazaar and the German magazine Zeit.
FORREST CITY, Ark. -- The rapper T.I. has reported for a second time to a federal prison to serve time for a weapons violation. The 30-year-old T.I., whose real name is Clifford Harris, showed up shortly at the gates of the Forrest City low-security prison, traveling in an entourage of two black Chevrolet suburbans.
Harris served about seven months in the Arkansas prison in 2009 before he was released last December on probation. Last… Continue
HERE IS A LETTER FROM CHUCK PHILLIPS SENT TO INMATES ASKING THEM TO SNITCH ON JIMMY HENCHMAN:
In September, the New York Daily News ran a story that would indicate that notorious music executive Jimmy "Henchman" Rosemond was a federal informant, or as hip-hop fans would put it: a snitch." In the report, the paper claimed that sealed court documents they obtained proved that… Continue
Lil Wayne is writing furiously in anticipation of his post-prison return to Hip-Hop, family and the free world.
“He hasn’t written out rhymes since the Hot Boys,” Birdman told Rolling Stone in the November edition of the magazine. “There’s a different swagger coming from Wayne, different things to talk about.”
Lil Wayne has served eight months in Rikers Island in New York on weapons charges. The rapper recently was banished to solitary… Continue
A woman dressed as a red devil was shot to death and her ex-con boyfriend critically wounded when the couple was ambushed in Brooklyn after returning from a Halloween party.
Ciera Glenn, 25, was shot several times in the chest early Saturday, while her companion Tyree Shelton was blasted in the face, witnesses said. Both collapsed in pools of blood in the lobby of a building at the Sheepshead Bay Houses.
Rihanna having a fashion misstep is like a blue moon sighting: it's rare.
But the Barbados-born R&B star had a slip-up Wednesday when she attended her own book signing in a ghastly floral frock.
At a Manhattan Barnes & Noble to promote her self-titled coffee table book, which hit shelves earlier this month, Rihanna donned a button-up, nearly full-length dress that had a pink, white and blue flower print mixed with green… Continue
A city lawyer is suing two Manhattan tots for negligence after they knocked down his 87-year-old mother while riding their bikes on the sidewalk.
The East Side kids, Juliet Breitman and Jacob Kohn, were just 4 years old when they hit Claire Menagh as they raced their bikes - equipped with training wheels - outside her E. 52nd St. home, the suit says.
Menagh suffered a broken hip in the April 2009 mishap, which was "caused by the… Continue
OMG! Looks like non-Beliebers tuning in for the World Series will be put to the test when their shouts at the TV screen are drowned out by screaming tweens this Saturday.
The World Series will be getting a healthy dose of Bieber fever at Saturday's Game 3 between the San Francisco Giants and Texas Rangers, with the Canadian teeny-popper invading America's favorite pastime. Justin Bieber will release a world premiere music video for the acoustic… Continue
A frantic international search for suspicious packages netted two potentially deadly explosive devices bound for Chicago synagogues - and prompted terror scares in Brooklyn and at area airports.
President Obama deemed the packages a "credible terrorist threat against our country" and vowed the enemies of the United States would not prevail.
"Counterterrorism professionals are taking this threat very seriously and are taking all… Continue