(Akiit.com) NEW YORK, April 13, 2007 (UPI) — Dakota Staton, a 1950s jazz and blues singer known for her sassy style, has died in New York at the age of 76. Staton, in declining health for years, entered the 1957 music scene in a big way with a debut album, ...
(Akiit.com) LOS ANGELES (AP) — Actor Roscoe Lee Browne, whose rich voice and dignified bearing brought him an Emmy Award and a Tony nomination, has died. He was 81. Browne died early Wednesday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center following a long battle with cancer, said Alan Nierob, a spokesman for the ...
(Akitt.com) In Hollywood, faith is becoming more than something you discuss with your family and friends, it’s becoming an acceptable part of the entertainment environment. From celebrities talking about their beliefs to the release of blockbuster Christian films, faith is making an impact – a big impact. Until recently, to ...
Charleston, WV (Akiit.com) – Comedy Magician Dewayne Hill will set a world record on April 14, 2007 to benefit the March of Dimes Foundation at the Charleston Town Center Mall. Dewayne will perform over 100 card tricks with 60 minutes setting a world record. Various businesses and friends will donate ...
    (Akiit.com) Make sure you check out the special 30th anniversary broadcast of “Roots” beginning this Sunday night at 8:00 on TV One. “Roots” captivated the nation when it debuted on ABC in January of 1977.     Three decades later, this harrowing and inspirational saga of an African-American family’s proud ...
     (Akiit.com) About 1,100 items owned by Michael Jackson and his famous family members will hit the auction block next month unless the King of Pop follows through with legal action to stop it.          “Mr. Jackson was not aware and he is extremely upset that his memorabilia was included ...
     (Akiit.com) Idris Elba just can’t stay out of the theater; the movie theater, that is.      The actor, fresh from his run in “Daddy’s Little Girls,†can be seen on the screen again in “The Reaping,†which opens today (Friday) in theaters nationwide.      The film stars Hilary Swank ...
(Akiit.com) Rapper Ludacris will make his only UK appearance on Apr. 14, during a performance at a popular nightclub. The rapper will perform one date at Zenn nightclub, which will be followed by a meet and greet with VIP fans. Promoters said that Ludacris, born Chris Bridges, was seeking to ...
(Akiit.com) Former Spice Girl Melanie Brown has given birth to a daughter in California, her publicist said Tuesday. The baby, who weighs 5 pounds, 4 ounces, was born just after midnight Tuesday at St. John’s hospital in Santa Monica, said Nadine Bibi in an e-mail. “Baby is completely healthy with ...
     (Akiit.com) Comedian-writer George Wallace, whose career rocketed when he became a writer for “The Redd Foxx Show,†has now become a very popular staple of the Las Vegas Strip.      Wallace is one of the many entertainers that is making Sin City one of the premiere entertainment destinations, selling ...
(Akiit.com) Former “The Parkers” star Mo’Nique went to prison to do a comedy show — and says she found the experience more profoundly affecting than she could have imagined. “Don’t misunderstand me. Most people who are in prison, should be. But, some who are there are not bad people. They ...
     (Akiit.com) Denzel Washington has agreed to produce and possibly star in “Journal for Jordan,†a film based on the letters of a soldier killed in Baghdad during the Iraq war.      The project is based on a New York Times essay written by Dana Canedy, who described a 200-page ...