Lebron James hosted a celebrity basketball game over at the Hollywood & Highland Courtyard in LA.  on Saturday (9/26).  Nike sponsored the event and attendees included Chris Brown, Chris Rock and many others to support the Lebron’s documentary “More Than A Game”.  View the photos from the event:

The outlook for the leader in black-owned publishing companies, Johnson Publishing, appears to be bleak. Speculation began earlier this year that the company behind Ebony and Jet magazines was on the ropes. Then came the news came earlier this month that the Ebony Fashion Fair traveling fashion show — a flamboyant staple of black [...]

Whitney Houston’s mom, Cissy Houston,  believes she was “summoned” by God to save her struggling daughter. “It was very difficult to show tough love,” Cissy Houston tells JET in this week’s issue.
According to Cissy, it took just about all she had to intervene, bringing sheriffs and a court injunction to her daughter’s residence, while demanding [...]

Gospel singer CeCe Winans’ Calvin Klein black satin high-heeled formals with rhinestone buckles have been added to the inventory for charity shoe auctions set for Oct. 9-10 at Victory Church. The live and silent auctions will be held in conjunction with the church’s 2009 Beautiful Women’s Conference at 4300 N MacArthur., Oklahoma City, OK 73122.

After a five-year run, Sean “Diddy” Combs confirmed to Billboard that he is exiting his exclusive deal with Warner Music Group/Atlantic Records at the end of September.
A new, not yet officially announced deal is in place. “Now that the term of the Warner deal has ended, I have elected to accept an opportunity to move [...]

Common gave a benefit concert for his Common Ground Foundation at the Hollywood Palladium on Saturday night (9/26). The concert had performances from The Roots, De La Soul, Ludacris, Nas and appearances from Queen Latifah, Mos Def, Talib Kweli, and Heavy D.  A surprise appearance by Kanye West was welcomed with open arms. The crowd [...]

Platinum-selling singer/songwriter Lyfe Jennings is prepping for his new album “Sooner or Later” with every intention of retiring sooner rather than later. “This is my last album,” Lyfe told Lee Bailey. “I have three children and they’re at an age where they really need me there. I just can’t be on the road seven, eight [...]

It might be hard to believe but, it has been 30 years since Gloria Gaynor first belted the hit “I Will Survive”.
Celebrating the anniversary of a song that is still played in regular rotation world wide, Gloria Gaynor says “After 30 years of telling people I will survive, it’s time to tell them how.” On [...]

Rapper Jay-Z appeared on Oprah yesterday and gave a great interview. The two had already had a chance to talk when Oprah accompanied Jay-Z on a return to his roots, his childhood home in Brooklyn’s tough Marcy Housing Projects, for the Oprah Magazine.
Oprah asked the hip-hop mogul about his drug dealing past, his difficult relationship [...]

Will Smith is an all around nice guy and friend-in-my-head. I met Will years ago, back-in-the-day on the Fresh Prince of Bel Air set and he was cordial dude, he even shook my hand.  A real down to earth personality.  So everybody say it with me…..”Happy Birthday Will”!!!
Also, Will has reportedly been confirmed [...]

Leanna Archer,14, is the teen CEO of Leanna’s Inc., a hair and body care business that she started when she was just nine years old. In June 2005, Leanna officially launched her business out of people’s admiration for her long, dark mane:
“Since a young age, my mom put a hair pomade that my great grandmother [...]

Nick Cannon becomes the Chairman of TeenNick, formerly The N. His most recent gig was hosting the last season of the hit NBC show, America’s Got Talent, is coming back to the network where he started.
Nick’s first television gig was on the Nickelodeon variety show All That. His career really took off as he [...]

Quincy Jones was among the honorees last night that received the Clinton Global Citizen Awards, recognizing his efforts in famine relief and children’s health. Alicia Keys and Usher were on hand to present the award to Quincy.
The Clinton Global Initiative is a program to help our world move beyond the current state of globalization to [...]

The Disney animated film, The Princess and the Frog, which will feature the first African-American princess is a musical set in the legendary birthplace of jazz — New Orleans — The Princess and the Frog will introduce the newest Disney princess, Tiana (voiced by Anika Noni Rose), a young African-American girl living amid the charming [...]

Def Jam executive Shawn Pecas celebrate his birthday at Pink Elephant in New York City last night with several celebrity guest.   Check the pictures below:

Hip-hop royalty was under one roof as VH1 commemorated the 25th anniversary of Def Jam at VH1 Hip Hop Honors 2009 on Wednesday (Sept. 23). Old school met new school at the 6th annual celebration held at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. VH1 Hip Hop Honors airs Tuesday, October 13, at 9 p.m. EST/PST.  [...]

I want to give a shout-out to my girl Macy Gray!!! Ballroom dancing is not her calling — but she did her thing on Dancing With The Stars.  After becoming the first contestant to be eliminated on this season of Dancing With The Stars, it’s been reported that Macy checked out. Macy was so distraught [...]

On September 28, 2009, amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research, will present amfAR Milano, the Foundation’s inaugural benefit for AIDS research held in conjunction with Milan Fashion Week. Janet Jackson, fashion icon and multi Grammy award winner, will chair the event along with Asia Argento, Roberto Bolle, Dr. Hermann Bühlbecker, Andrea Castronovo, Dean and Dan [...]

Legendary songstress Natalie Cole is back on the music scene after receiving life-saving kidney transplant surgery in May 2009. In a highly emotional and wide-ranging interview, she spoke exclusively to AARP The Magazine about the night she left her dying sister’s bedside to face her own health crisis in a dramatic race against the [...]

Gospel artist Kirk Franklin and his band encountered rioting crowds in Kampala, the capital of Uganda, in Africa two weeks ago. The riot reportedly arose from rumors that a political figure had been arrested.
Coming from a lunch event at the home of the country’s vice president, Gilbert Bukenya, Kirk could see the “energy” in the [...]