News Source: San Jose Mercury News
| 18 days ago
05/03/2013 05:06:15 PM PDT Emmett Till's family rejected the apology of Lil Wayne for lyrics offensive to the civil rights martyr and demanded a meeting with him and representatives of PepsiCo, which has a partnership with the rapper.
News Source: Miami Herald
| 1 year ago
At the movies One of Tom Hiddleston's toughest challenges playing evil Loki in The Avengers, in theaters Friday, was using his imagination...Robert Downey Jr., extraordinary talent that he is, well, he can't fly through the air. So I had to respond
News Source: San Jose Mercury News
| 1 year ago
The Purchase, N.Y.-based company on Thursday announced a deal with Jackson's estate to use the late pop star's image for its new global marketing push. The promotion will include cans bearing Jackson's image, a TV ad in some markets and chances to
News Source: Taiwan News
| 1 year ago
April 29: Actress Celeste Holm is 95...Gospel/rhythm-and-blues singer Erica Campbell (Mary Mary) is 40...Rhythm-and-blues singer Chris "Choc" Dalyrimple (Soul For Real) is 41...Singer-musician Cole Deggs (Cole Deggs and the Lonesome) is 36.
News Source: The Huffington Post
| 1 year ago
The Tribeca Film Festival kicks off for the eleventh time starting Wednesday when "The Five-Year Engagement" premieres, and festival organizers have just announced the star-studded jury for this year's edition. Thirty-nine celebrities -- of various
News Source: Greensboro News and Records
| 1 year ago
She was a 26-year-old copy editor at The Sentinel, then the city's afternoon newspaper. She was on her way to work on the morning of Aug. 10, 1984, when she was raped and stabbed. That case, including the conviction and later acquittal of Darryl Hunt,
News Source: Greensboro News and Records
| over 1 year ago
John Mendez said Monday that someone put a snake in his mailbox, and that he and his family received death threats during the 19 years that he worked on Darryl Hunt's case. "This community knows how to put pressure on you when you stand up for
News Source: Greensboro News and Records
| over 1 year ago
The Republican-controlled state Senate voted Monday night to repeal a landmark 2009 state law that allows death row inmates to appeal their sentences by using statistical evidence to try and prove the taint of racial bias. Since the House had earlier