(Akiit.com) Jermaine Jackson called Wednesday for an end to the public feud that has embroiled his family for more than a week, saying issues over the care of his mother and with late brother Michael’s estate should be handled privately. Jackson wrote in a statement first released to The Associated ...
(Akiit.com) Comedian Steve Harvey is a veteran of stand-up comedy and television with programs like his sitcom “The Steve Harvey Show” and the game show “Family Feud,” which he currently hosts. This Friday, his 2009 bestselling, non-fiction book “Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man: What Men Really Think ...
(Akiit.com) Octavia Spencer inspired her formidable character in “The Help,” but the actress turned into a softy Sunday as she accepted an Oscar for the role. “Oh, thank you,” a tearful Spencer said as many in the audience rose to their feet. She expressed gratitude to her family, her colleagues ...
(Akiit.com) Wesley Deeds (Tyler Perry) has it all, or so it seems, between serving as CEO of a thriving computer software company and his impending marriage to a successful, if shallow, San Francisco realtor (Gabrielle Union). The dedicated, driven executive was handpicked by his mother (Phylicia Rashad) over his hot-headed ...
(Akiit.com) (Akiit.com) Learning to love yourself, it is the greatest love of all. You can’t give what you don’t have. Loving yourself is key to finding and nurturing a healthy love with someone else; platonic or romantic. As I mention often, society suggests so many ways that we should live; ...
(Akiit.com) Sam Rivers, an internationally-known jazz musician who played with Miles Davis and Dizzy Gillespie, has died. He was 88. Monique Rivers Williams says her father died Monday night from pneumonia. The Oklahoma native was a saxophonist, flutist and composer. He started his career in Boston, where he performed with ...
(Akiit.com) A self-described Los Angeles entertainment entrepreneur is charged in a federal indictment unsealed Tuesday with bilking $7 million from a recent divorcee who is identified by law enforcement officials as the ex-wife of actor-comedian Eddie Murphy. Troy David Stratos faces 14 charges of fraud, money laundering and obstructing justice. ...
(Akiit.com) Atlanta police say the rapper Slim Dunkin was gunned down Friday evening in a city music studio as he was preparing to record a video. Police Maj. Keith Meadows said the rapper, whose real name is Mario Hamilton, was fatally shot in the chest after getting into an argument ...
(Akiit.com) Soul singer Howard Tate has died in his New Jersey apartment a decade after a career resurrection that followed years of tragedy and obscurity. A spokesman for the Burlington County medical examiner says Tate was 72 when he died Friday in Burlington City. Tate was born in Macon, Ga., ...
(Akiit.com) The First Amendment guarantees the right to “peaceably” assemble. Unfortunately, that right seems to be in some type of Orwellian limbo at the moment. Eighteen cities participated in a conference call about the Occupy movement before they simultaneously cracked down on occupations in their cities, according Oakland Mayor Jean ...
(Akiit.com) Adele scored six Grammy nominations on Wednesday, including for record, song and album of the year, but the owner of the 2011’s best-selling album with “21” wasn’t the night’s top nominee – and that wasn’t the evening’s only surprise. Kanye West came away with a leading seven nominations, including ...
(Akiit.com) I have no doubt that Michael Jackson was the greatest entertainer of all time. But I also have no doubt that he was partly to blame for his own “timely” death. Of course, I appreciate that for most of his fans these two points are irreconcilable. Therefore, all I’m ...