North Carolina’s unemployment rate held steady for a third consecutive month as the state reversed a disturbing decline in the number of jobs. The N.C. Division of Employment Security reported Friday that the unemployment rate remained unchanged at 9.4 percent in June — and well above the national unemployment rate of 8.2 percent. The state […]
A masked gunman shot dead 12 people and wounded dozens more at a screening of new Batman movie The Dark Knight Rises in Aurora, Colo., police said Friday morning. A police representative said in a press conference picked up by various news networks that around 50 were at local hospitals with injuries. Reuters, citing local […]
President Obama has reacted to the terrible shooting tragedy at a Colorado screening of “The Dark Knight Rises.” The president said Friday that he was “shocked and saddened” by the deadly shooting and urged the nation to “come together as one American family” in the aftermath of the tragedy. In a statement the president said […]
Former Cash Money rapper B.G. was sentenced to 14 years in prison earlier today, for possessing a firearm, conspiring to obstruct justice and several other charges. The “Bling Bling” rapper, born Christopher Dorsey, received his sentencing in a New Orleans court by U.S. District Judge Helen Berrigan, after pleading guilty to the crimes to the […]
It seems congratulations are in order for Pharrell Williams, who is apparently engaged to model and designer Helen Lasichanh, his longtime girlfriend and the mother of his son Rocket. Various websites have reported the news, since Lasichanh rocked a diamond ring to Monday’s (July 16) “Dark Knight Rises” premiere in New York City. However, there […]
Drake has a new Club Paradise in the form of a $7.7 million mansion he bought in Los Angeles. TooFab.com reports the Toronto native got the sprawling pad at an amazing deal. Once listed in the real estate market at $27 million just three years ago, he now owns the home for a nearly $20 […]
(Via LA Times) – Looks like Morgan Freeman has a new million-dollar baby. The Oscar-winning actor contributed $1 million last month to Priorities USA Action, the “super PAC” backing President Obama, helping lift the group to its best fundraising month yet. In all, Priorities USA Action pulled in $6 million in June. Its biggest donation […]
(Via Fox News) – George Zimmerman, in an interview Wednesday with Fox News’ Sean Hannity, called the shooting death of unarmed teen Trayvon Martin a “tragic situation” and “the most difficult thing I’ll ever go through in my life.” But Zimmerman, a volunteer neighborhood watch leader, also spoke in detail about what happened that fateful […]
Puerto Rican reality star Joseline Hernandez is becoming the pity of “Love and Hip Hop: Atlanta.” But don’t be so quick to pass judgment. The girl comes from a troubled past and has some issues. A former stripper with low self esteem, Joseline helped us all understand who she is a little better. Let’s start […]
Jeremy Lin is leaving New York and taking Linsanity to Houston. The New York Knicks announced Tuesday night that they will not match the Houston Rockets’ three-year, $25 million offer for Lin, a restricted free-agent. New York officially had until 11:59 EDT to decide whether to re-sign Lin, who became an international phenomenon in the […]
Pentecostal televangelist Juanita Bynum was plugging her new stage play during a radio interview last week when she admitted to having had sexual relations with women. “I’ve been there and I’ve done it all. I did the drugs, I’ve been with men, I’ve been with women. All of it,” she said July 13 on the […]
In a scathing five-page letter, Michael Jackson’s family has accused the executors of his estate, John Branca and John McClain, of forging his will and have called for their immediate resignation. In the letter, obtained by Celebuzz.com, the late King of Pop’s siblings, Janet, Rebbie, Tito, Randy and Jermaine Jackson write, ”At the time we […]