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The Pentagon may be planning to tap into $1 billion in leftover funds from military pay and pension accounts to help Trump cover the costs for his controversial border wall. Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin told the Associated Press, “It’s coming out of military pay and pensions. $1 billion. That’s the …

28-year-old Ricardo Esquilin faces sexual assault by custodian charges for his relationship with a female student. The South Broward High School’s former band director began a sexual relationship with a student after she began confiding in him during a breakup with another teenager. Esquilin started as a band teacher at …

It looks like R. Kelly has some serious guardian angels.  The embattled singer has just paid the more than $160,000 in back child support that was required to be released from Cook County Jail.  According to the Cook County Sheriff’s Office, the money was posted shortly after 11:00 a.m. and …

Emotions continued to run high in the full version of Gayle King’s explosive interview with embattled singer R. Kelly, in an interview that is already being described as the ‘biggest interview of the year.’ As R. Kelly’s saga continues, he was arrested the day after he sat for his interview …

In her 2016 memoir, “Around the Way Girl” actress Taraji P. Henson shared a story about losing out on a huge opportunity. A role the actress claims was written specifically for her was given to another actress simply because “the powers that be” couldn’t envision a black woman in the …

Power 106’s “LA Leakers” got the scoop from 2 Chainz, himself, on why he left a possible basketball career in the dust. The rapper’s latest album “Rap or Go to the League” shows the self-explanatory options Chainz had to prosper in life. What’s even more obvious is the choice he …

Last week, 21 Savage’s felony theft charges were dropped after prosecutors refused to move forward with the case against him. The charges, which resulted in a warrant for his arrest, stemmed from a failed concert booking from 2016. In the incident, a club promoter said he coughed up $17,000 for …

A Cook County grand jury has charged actor Jussie Smollett in a 16-count indictment that alleges he fabricated the January hate crime attack that garnered worldwide attention. Chicago police worked diligently on the case for three weeks to investigate the alleged hate crime of an openly gay black man, who …

J.Cole and Bryson Tiller are the latest artists to be slapped with lawsuits for copyright infringement. In court documents obtained by The Blast, music producer Gary Frisby, better known as G-Money, accused the two artists of jacking his 2013 song, “Shawty So Cold,” for their own songs, “Exchange” by Tiller …

Almost twenty years after R. Kelly’s 2002 arrest on child porn charges and over a decade after his 2008 acquittal, the singer’s former lawyer is opening up about the infamous trial and verdict. In fact, in an explosive interview with the Chicago Sun-Times, Ed Genson said his client was “guilty …

Whoopi Goldberg has been absent from ‘The View’ for the past few weeks due to pneumonia but returned to the show via satellite to share an update on how she’s been doing. Show co-host Joy Behar had been giving fans updates on Whoopi’s condition every episode since her hiatus, and …

After the HBO premiere of “Leaving Neverland,” which detailed years of abuse at the hands of Michael Jackson, Oprah Winfrey hosted a Q&A with the controversial accusers, Wade Robson and James Safechuck. Though Winfrey’s after-show served as an opportunity to hear the stories of the accusers and promote healing from …

FUBU is gearing up for a comeback.  The urban sportswear company, which was founded by a group of friends from Queens, New York, started in the early 1990s.  The friends- including “Shark Tank” panelist Daymond John, Keith Perrin, J. Alexander Martin, and Carl Brown have just released their first new …

Director Peter Bogdanovich was beyond brutally honest in an interview when talking about the Goddess of Pop, Cher. Bogdanovich was THE top-notch director of the 80s. However, despite all the work he’s accomplished, the one person he just couldn’t gel with was Cher. The two joined forces on the 1985 …

”The Simpsons” producers have decided to pull its classic episode, ”Stark Raving Dad,” featuring Michael Jackson’s voice, in the wake of the release of the controversial ”Leaving Neverland” Documentary.  According to the Wall Street Journal, the show’s executive producer James L. Brooks said he made the call after watching the …