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November 19, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
Following Barack Obama’s election as the first African-American president in U.S. history, 007 star Daniel Craig suggested it was time for the first black James Bond.
And as far as Jamie Foxx is concerned, he’s the right man for the job.
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November 18, 2008
LAS VEGAS, NV --
Mel B is heading to Las Vegas.
The former Spice Girl is just months away from starring in “PEEPSHOW,” an adult theatrical extravaganza at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino, beginning April 18, 2009.
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November 18, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
Sean “Diddy” Combs is becoming a prosecutor — at least on television.
CBS says the music mogul has agreed to a two-episode appearance on “CSI: Miami.”
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November 18, 2008
LAS VEGAS, Nevada --
The Clark County district attorney’s office in Nevada is seeking criminal charges against hip-hop mogul Marion “Suge” Knight.
A criminal complaint sent to the Las Vegas Justice Court on Monday charges Knight with two counts of felony drug possession and one count of misdemeanor battery.
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November 18, 2008
NEW YORK, New York --
A perfume company is claiming that Prince and his music publisher failed to honor a contract to help market a fragrance named for the album “3121.”
The breach-of-contract lawsuit was filed by Revelations Perfume and Cosmetics Inc. in New York. The company says it licensed Prince’s name, likeness and the album title “3121” to market its fragrance.
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November 18, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
It was nearly two years ago that Brandy was involved in a horrific car accident that claimed the life of another driver.
Now, for the first time, Brandy is opening up about that tragic day.
“It was a situation that changed my life forever,” Brandy told Access Hollywood. “I will never be the same.”
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November 17, 2008
NEW YORK, New York --
The campaign is over, but Barack Obama is still a TV hit.
CBS’ “60 Minutes” had its highest overnight ratings in nearly a decade with Sunday’s episode featuring Steve Kroft interviewing the president-elect and future first lady. Nielsen Media Research’s preliminary estimate the show was seen by 24.5 million people on Sunday.
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November 16, 2008
LONDON, U.K. --
Kanye West lashed out against the paparazzi on Saturday, taking to his blog to explain his arrest in London for a scuffle with a photographer after leaving a club earlier this week.
“I put my hand up to the camera in self defense!” he wrote. “I didn’t assault him but merely [put] my hand up to cover his lens. My security yelled, ‘Get the camera off him.’ I guess in all the commotion, the camera scraped his nose.”
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November 13, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
Jamie Foxx is the latest celebrity to stand up and celebrate, following Barack Obama’s victory in the presidential election.
“It was absolutely incredible,” Jamie told Access Hollywood’s Shaun Robinson in an exclusive interview. “I’m standing around all dudes and we are breaking out in tears.”
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November 14, 2008
GATESHEAD, U.K. --
Kanye West was arrested in the U.K. early Friday, according to reports by British media.
West was arrested at a hotel in Gateshead, England on Friday morning, after an alleged incident with a photographer outside a U.K. nightclub a few hours earlier.
Although the rapper was arrested, after a brief investigation, police said they would not charge West, according to the Press Association.
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November 14, 2008
BURBANK, Calif. --
On the next “TV One Access,” host Tatyana Ali takes viewers through an inside look at pop icon Beyonce’s rise to stardom. “Beyonce: It Girl To Icon” is an hour-long special produced by Access Hollywood’s longest running spin-off, monthly entertainment news program, TV One Access. The special premieres Sunday, November 16, 2008 (check local listings) on cable’s TV One.
Beyonce, whose new album entitled “I Am…Sasha Fierce” drops Tuesday, November 18th, sits down with Tatyana Ali to discuss life, love and her plans for the future.
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November 14, 2008
CHICAGO, Ill. --
Jennifer Hudson thanked her fans on Thursday for the support that she’s received since the tragic death of her mother, brother and nephew.
“Thank You All…I want to thank each and every one of you for your thoughts and prayers during this difficult time,” the 27-year-old Oscar winner wrote on her Celebrity MySpace. “My sister and I take great comfort and strength from your love and concern. jhud.”
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November 14, 2008
LONDON, U.K. --
Kanye West is to music what Michael Jordan was to basketball — at least that’s what West thinks, in his humble estimation.
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November 11, 2008
CHICAGO, Ill. --
In the wake of her family tragedy, Jennifer Hudson has received a helping hand from a very unlikely source – Donald Trump.
Jennifer and some of her family members have been staying at the Trump International Hotel & Tower in Chicago – and Trump has been picking up the tab.
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November 12, 2008
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. --
Michael Jackson has given up title to his Neverland ranch, transferring the deed to a company he partly controls.
The singer filed a grant deed on the ranch Monday that makes the new owner an entity called the Sycamore Valley Ranch Co. LLC, Tom Pearson of the Santa Barbara County clerk-recorder’s office said Wednesday.
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November 12, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
This year’s American Music Awards will be diva-heavy, with Beyonce topping the list.
The singer is to perform at the Nov. 23 ceremony in Los Angeles, which will air 8 p.m. EST live on ABC.
The show will include many of pop’s top female singers. Also part of the performing lineup: Christina Aguilera, Mariah Carey, Alicia Keys, Taylor Swift and Rihanna.
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November 10, 2008
CHICAGO, Ill. --
William Balfour will remain in custody in connection to the Hudson family murders, according to the Chicago Tribune.
The Illinois Prisoner Review Board ruled on Monday that there was reason to believe Balfour had, in fact, violated his parole and as a result, would be kept in custody.
Had the review board not found evidence the 27-year-old had violated his parole, he was scheduled to be released on Monday.
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November 10, 2008
NEW YORK, New York --
Beyonce insists she would have never considered selling photos of her hush-hush wedding to Jay-Z to a glossy celebrity magazine.
Still, the singer acknowledges that she was amazed at the amount of money that was offered.
“Now, they offer crazy money that’s just ridiculous,” she said in a recent interview, laughing. “But in the end, absolutely not. It’s so not worth it. If anything, if you wanna put something out,then put it out, not for (money).”
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November 10, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
Who better to give us expert makeup secrets than the ageless Iman, who as a model, learned every insider trick in the book and even created her own cosmetics line.
The model offers tips for women of all ages inside!
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November 10, 2008
CHICAGO, Ill. --
William Balfour, the only individual to be identified as a “person of interest” in the shootings of Jennifer Hudson’s mother and brother, allegedly told his girlfriend he was involved in the murders, sources told the Chicago Tribune.
However, Balfour’s girlfriend reportedly told police that he was not involved in the death of Hudson’s 7-year-old nephew, Julian King. Julian, the son of Jennifer’s sister (and Balfour’s estranged wife) Julia, went missing around the time of the shootings. His body was later discovered in an SUV on the South Side of Chicago.
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November 7, 2008
CHICAGO, Ill. --
It appears the end of Oprah Winfrey’s syndicated network talk show may be in sight, according to one TV executive.
Discovery Communications, which is teaming up with Oprah for her new OWN cable network, expects the TV talk queen to stop doing her syndicated program in September 2011, according to a report by TV Week.
However, a rep for Oprah said the star had yet to make a final decision.
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November 7, 2008
CHICAGO, Ill. --
Becoming an instant election celebrity can be a burden — just ask Joe the Plumber — but “Mr. Man” is apparently ready to shoulder it.
The man whose shoulder Oprah Winfrey cried on during an Election Day rally in Chicago will appear with Winfrey Friday on a live episode of “The Oprah Winfrey Show,” Chicago-based Harpo Productions said.
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November 8, 2008
LONDON, U.K. --
Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon waited until their wedding to take their relationship to the next level, the superstar singer revealed to the Daily Mirror on Friday.
“It’s not that we had no intimacy, we just didn’t have complete intimacy,” she told the U.K. newspaper. “It’s just me, and my feelings. I definitely don’t want to push it on anybody else. But we both have similar beliefs, and I just thought that it would be so much more special if we waited until after we were married. And it was, and it still is.”
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November 7, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
Beyonce wants to be a superhero.
The pop star, whose new album, “I Am… Sasha Fierce,” is due Nov. 18, has told the Los Angeles Times that she wants to play Wonder Woman on the big screen.
“I want to do a superhero movie and what would be better than Wonder Woman?” she asked the newspaper. “It would be great. And it would be a very bold choice. A black Wonder Woman would be a powerful thing. It’s time for that, right?”
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November 5, 2008
CHICAGO, IL --
She’s rarely at a loss for words on her television show, but just moments before Barack Obama was declared the President-Elect, Oprah Winfrey was almost speechless.
“There are not even words to talk about what this night means,” an elated Oprah told Access Hollywood’s Maria Menounos in an exclusive interview set to air on Access on Wednesday.
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November 5, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
Barack Obama was elected the nation’s first black president Tuesday night in a historic triumph that overcame racial barriers as old as America itself.
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November 4, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
Janet Jackson will not reschedule the concert dates she canceled earlier this summer due to illness.
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November 5, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
Usher has become one of the first celebrities to join with the millions celebrating Barack Obama’s election as the 44th President of the United States.
“Isn’t this incredible news? Isn’t this incredible news Billy?” a slightly speechless Usher told Access Hollywood’s Billy Bush for “The Billy Bush” show on Tuesday night. “Man, this is incredible. It’s so incredible to see that this historical thing has happened.”
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November 4, 2008
NEW YORK, NY --
Will.i.am felt so confident about Barack Obama winning the presidency, he’s created a new song and video — much like his viral hit “Yes We Can” — to celebrate.
“It’s A New Day” was to debut Wednesday on the Web site dipdive.com.
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November 4, 2008
NEW YORK, New York --
New York is a deep blue state, and was almost assured to go the way of Barack Obama on Election Day. Still, as Diddy cast his ballot for the Democratic presidential candidateTuesday, he couldn’t help but feel that he had made a difference.
“I felt like my vote was the vote that put him into office. It was down to one vote, and that was going to be my vote. And that may not be true, but that’s how much power it felt like I had,“the hip-hop mogul said.
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November 4, 2008
CHICAGO, Ill. --
Oprah Winfrey has been a longtime supporter of Barack Obama and the talk show host is so sure the Illinois senator will win the election that she has a dress already picked out for his inauguration.
Oprah called into Power 105.1’s Ed Lover Morning Show in New York on Tuesday and said she’s been imagining a win by Obama since February with the help of three powerful democratic women and a “vision board.”
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November 3, 2008
ATLANTA, Georgia --
The executive who succeeded Jay-Z as the head of hip-hop music label Def Jam Recordings died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound near Atlanta, police said Sunday.
Executive vice president Shakir Stewart, 34, died on Saturday, his New York-based label said in a statement.
Stewart was found Saturday afternoon in the bathroom of his home in the Atlanta suburb of Marietta, Cobb County police spokeswoman Cassie Reece said Sunday. He was pronounced dead at a nearby hospital.
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November 4, 2008
CHICAGO, Ill. --
Barack Obama brought his two young daughters to the ballot box Tuesday as he cast a vote in the election he hopes will make them the first black family to occupy the White House.
The Democratic presidential nominee and his wife, Michelle, were among the first to vote after polls opened Tuesday at Chicago’s Beulah Shoesmith Elementary School. They cast paper ballots in side-by-side booths with 10-year-old Malia and 7-year-old Sasha looking on.
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CHICAGO, Ill. --
Friends and relatives of Jennifer Hudson listened to spiritual songs and reminisced about her late mother, brother and nephew at a memorial service Sunday at the childhood church of the singer and Oscar-winning actress.
Many of those songs featured Hudson, who did not attend the memorial service for Darnell Donerson, 57, Jason Hudson, 29, and Julian King, 7. The three were fatally shot late last month. Jennifer Hudson’s sister, Julia, also did not attend.
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October 31, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
Less than a week after losing her mother, brother and nephew, Jennifer Hudson and her family have set up a new foundation for families who have lost someone due to violent crime.
Named in honor of her mother, Darnell Hudson Donerson, brother Jason Hudson and her nephew, Julian King, the Hudson-King Foundation for Families of Slain Victims will help support families who have been victimized.
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October 30, 2008
CHICAGO, Ill. --
Detectives believe the 7-year-old nephew of Jennifer Hudson was probably shot in the sport-utility vehicle where his body was later found, a police official said Thursday.
Officials think Julian King was alive when he left the house where his uncle and grandmother were killed last week, said the official, who was not authorized to discuss the case publicly andspoke on condition of anonymity.
The official would not elaborate on when detectives think the boy died.
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November 1, 2008
CHICAGO, Ill. --
Darnell Donerson, Jason Hudson and Julian King – the slain mother, brother and nephew of Jennifer Hudson – will be remembered at a public memorial celebration on Sunday in Chicago, Access Hollywood has learned.
“The Hudson family welcomes anyone who wishes to attend and pay their respects to these three beloved members of the Chicago community,” a rep for the star said in a statement to Access.
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October 30, 2008
CHICAGO, Ill. --
The convicted felon suspected in the slayings of actress-singer Jennifer Hudson’s mother, brother and nephew told police he is innocent but balked at taking a lie-detector test, a police official said.
William Balfour, the 27-year-old stepfather of Hudson’s nephew and estranged husband of her sister, told detectives he had a good relationship with the Hudson family, the police official said Wednesday, speaking on condition of anonymity because the official was not authorized to discuss the case publicly.
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October 27, 2008
CHICAGO, Ill. --
The body of a 7-year-old boy found in an SUV on the South Side of Chicago Monday morning has been identified as Julian King – the nephew of Jennifer Hudson and son of her sister, Julia, Chicago police officials announced on Monday afternoon.
Access Hollywood’s Tony Potts, who is on the scene in Chicago, reported it was Jennifer who identified the boy’s body.
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October 27, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
In another setback on her “Rock Witchu” tour, Janet Jackson has lost her opening act: LL Cool J.
The rapper’s publicity firm announced Monday that he has dropped out as the headliner for Jackson because of unnamed scheduling conflicts. It’s the latest problem on Jackson’s tour, her first North American outing in seven years.
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October 31, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
Beyonce told Access Hollywood in 2006 that before she turned 30, there were three things she wanted to do: marry, have kids and win an Oscar. In a new interview, Beyonce told Access that with just three years to go, she isn’t sure she will complete her list.
“You know, I still would love to win an Oscar,” she said. “The kids, I don’t know… In three years, maybe.”
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October 27, 2008
CHICAGO, Ill. --
Presidential-hopeful Barack Obama and Queen Latifah have joined the ranks of supporters who have reached out with messages of prayers for Jennifer Hudson, following the loss of her mother and brother.
Stars, friends and fans reached out to the Oscar winner, after her brother, Jason, and mother Darnell Donerson, were found dead on Friday of gunshot wounds. Her 7-year-old nephew, Julian King, is currently missing.
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October 30, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
He was the family man, the solutions-driven politician, the gifted orator. But for those who still harbor doubts about his candidacy, Barack Obama sought to present a special image — a man ready to sit in the Oval Office.
Amid a pastiche of American stories, the Democratic presidential nominee spent 30-minutes and more than $4 million of prepaid television time Wednesday delivering his final introduction to the
public.
October 27, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
Fans tuning in to the high-rated daytime roundtable “The View” may be looking for feuds, but co-host Sherri Shepherd said the show is meant to be educational.
“There a lot of women that watch our show who don’t know a lot about the issues and we bring that to them in a very simplistic, kind of basic way,” Sherri told Access Hollywood on Sunday as she promoted “Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa,” an animated film in which she voices Alex the lion’s mother. “I think we ask a lot of questions that a lot of the journalists can’t really ask — a journalist can’t look at somebody and go, ‘I think you’re lying,’ like Joy does.”
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October 28, 2008
CHICAGO, Ill. --
The convicted felon suspected in the Chicago slayings of Oscar-winner Jennifer Hudson’s mother, brother and nephew was arrested on a drug charge in June, but authorities declined to return him to prison on a parole violation, internal parole records show.
Corrections Department spokesman Derek Schnapp said officials who reviewed the cocaine-possession case against William Balfour determined “the evidence that was presented during that time wouldn’t have necessarily warranted a violation.”
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October 26, 2008
CHICAGO, Ill. --
The Hudson family is offering a $100,000 reward for the return of Julian King, the missing son of Julia Hudson and nephew of Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson, a spokesperson for the star said in a statement issued on Sunday.
“Jennifer Hudson and her family are offering a reward of $100,000 for the safe return of her nephew Julian King who has been missing since Friday, October 24th,” the spokesperson said in the statement. “Jennifer and her family appreciate the enormous amount of love, support and prayers they have received while she and her family try to cope with this tragedy and continue the search for Julian.”
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October 26, 2008
CHICAGO, Ill. --
Jennifer Hudson has made her first statement following the tragic shootings on Friday of her mother, Darnell Donerson, and brother, Jason Hudson.
“Thank you all for your prayers and your calls,” she wrote in a letter signed by the Hudson family on her MySpace Celebrity Blog on Sunday. “Please keep praying for our family and that we get Julian King back home safely.”
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October 26, 2008
CHICAGO, Ill. --
Chicago authorities are intensifying efforts to find the 7-year-old nephew of Oscar-winning actress Jennifer Hudson while investigating the shooting deaths of Hudson’s brother and mother.
An Amber Alert is still in effect for Julian King, who went missing from his South Side neighborhood home on Friday.
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October 25, 2008
CHICAGO, Ill. --
William Balfour, a suspect in the murders of Jennifer Hudson’s mother, Darnell Donerson, and brother, Jason Hudson, was taken into police custody on Friday, according to the Chicago Sun-Times.
Balfour, said to be the estranged husband of Jennifer’s sister, Julia, reportedly remains in custody today. Missing child Julian King, his step-son and Jennifer’s nephew, was not found with the suspect.
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October 29, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
“The third time is the charm.”
So says Rapper Eve, who is relaunching her Fetish clothing line. She originally debuted the line in 2003, but it was canceled after various production problems and disagreements over the design direction.
Eve didn’t like the line and she didn’t want to wear it. Now she’s back with an upgraded line she describes as “fun and funky.”
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October 29, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
“The third time is the charm.”
So says Rapper Eve, who is relaunching her Fetish clothing line. She originally debuted the line in 2003, but it was canceled after various production problems and disagreements over the design direction.
Eve didn’t like the line and she didn’t want to wear it. Now she’s back with an upgraded line she describes as “fun and funky.”
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October 26, 2008
NEW YORK, NY --
Jennifer Hudson’s former “American Idol” Season 3 finalists have offered their support and prayers for the Oscar-winner, following news that her mother, Darnell Donerson, and brother Jason Hudson, were shot and killed at the family’s Chicago home.
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October 25, 2008
CHICAGO, Illinois --
Authorities are investigating the death of Jennifer Hudson’s mother and brother, after the two were found shot and killed in the family’s home in Chicago’s South Side, Friday.
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