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Superstar Janet Jackson is now engaged to her Qatari billionaire boyfriend Wissam Al Mana, UsWeekly reports. Al Mana is a 37-year-old luxury-brand mogul, and the magazine reports the couple will wed in the spring. Jackson, 46, has been married twice before, to dancer/songwriter Rene Elizondo and James DeBarge. Rumor is she wants a child, be […]

Tate Stevens, the 37-year-old country crooner from Raymore, MO is “X Factor”s Season 2 champ. His mentor L.A. Reid said, “You know I cried tonight. I was in tears. I don’t have a happy dance, but it’s happening in my head, along with this  big collage of emotions that are going on. This is L.A. Reid […]

BET cable network announced today that Halle Berry and Chaka Khan will be recognized at the next “BET Honors” January 12 in Washington D.C. hosted by Gabrielle  Union. BET Honors is scheduled to air Feb. 11, 2013 at 9 p.m. during Black History  Month. The annual ceremony recognizes distinguished African Americans performing at high levels in music, […]

Newark Mayor Cory Booker (D) called Democratic party leaders this morning to inform them of his plans to a run for a senate seat in 2014. Booker wrote in his op-ed: “These are the hard won lessons I have learned in Newark: if you can bring people together around common ideals, if you can  inspire people […]

Sigh. Another day, another Katt Williams story. Katt Williams infamously slapped a Target worker weeks ago and is now blaming the attack on employee, claiming…

Ladies our blue-eyed hottie is officially off the market! Michael Ealy quietly put a ring on the finger of his longtime girlfriend back in October…

President  Barack Obama is Time magazine’s  “Person of the Year” . Time  Editor Rick Stengel told NBC’s “Today” show on  Wednesday, “We are in the midst of historic cultural and demographic changes, and Obama  is both the symbol and in some ways the architect of this new America.” President Obama also received the honor in […]

President Barack Obama this afternoon confirmed that Vice President Joe  Biden will lead a panel to combat gun violence in the aftermath of Friday’s mass shooting in Newtown, Conn. He wants a proposals no later than January. President Obama said, “The fact that this problem is complex can no longer be an excuse for doing  nothing. […]

The Recording Academy and Clive Davis has announced that Epic Records chairman L.A. Reid will be honored at next year’s annual pre-Grammy gala to be held on the eve of the Grammys, Saturday, Feb. 9, at the  Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif. According to a press release, Reid will get the President’s Merit Award […]

The No. 10 jersey of Robert Griffin III, the very popular Washington Washington Football Team rookie quarterback jersey has sold more than any other player’s in a single season since the NFL started keeping track six years ago. RG3’s #10 is #1. The NFL said Griffin moved into the top spot by overtaking Brett Favre, who previously held the  […]