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ABOVE PHOTO:  Michael B. Jordan, Kate Mara, Jamie Bell and Miles Teller seen at the Twentieth Century Fox Presentation at 2015 Comic Con on Saturday, July 11, 2015, in San Diego.  (Photo by Eric Charbonneau/Invision for Twentieth Century Fox/AP Images)] Interview with Kam Williams Michael B. Jordan, Kate Mara and Jamie Bell co-star along with…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Jussie Smollett and Taraji P. Henson as Cookie in a scene from first season of ‘Empire.’  (Copyright – Matt Dinerstein, Stills Photographer)   NY Post Last week the NY Post’s Page Six reported Detroit woman Sophia Eggleston claims she is the real-life version of “Empire” diva Cookie Lyon, and has filed a $300…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Brandi Maxiell Interview with Kam Williams Brandi Maxiell was born and raised in Dallas by single-mom Terri Duncan who sacrificed to send her daughter to the best schools. Consequently, Maxiell learned at an early age that education was the key to success. She would graduate from the University of North Texas in 2007…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Joe Jackson  (Jaguar PS / Shutterstock.com) associated press RIO DE JANEIRO — Joe Jackson, the father of the late Michael Jackson and patriarch of the musical family, suffered a stroke while visiting Brazil and was hospitalized in the intensive care unit of a Sao Paulo hospital, the facility said Monday. The Albert Einstein…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Lil Wayne  (photosthatrock / Shutterstock.com) associated press MARIETTA, Ga. — A man charged with shooting into Lil Wayne’s tour buses on a Georgia highway called cellphones linked to rappers Young Thug and Birdman before and after the gunfire, according to an indictment in the case. A grand jury indicted Jimmy Carlton Winfrey on…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Bill Cosby  (Randy Miramontez / shutterstock.com) By Maryclaire Dale associated press A lawyer for Bill Cosby’s first accuser on Tuesday questioned his self-described ability to “read” people’s sexual cues given that her client is gay. Andrea Constand, employed by the Temple University women’s basketball team when she met Cosby in the early 2000s,…

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associated press A historically black college is discontinuing its endowed professorship with Bill Cosby after recent details emerged of his testimony in a sexual-assault lawsuit. Spelman told The Associated Press in a statement Friday that the college has parted ways with the 78-year-old actor and comedian. A deposition released this month shows the married father…

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associated press A Philadelphia mural featuring Bill Cosby has been painted over as new details emerge of his testimony in a sexual-assault lawsuit. The city’s Mural Arts Program says the fatherhood-themed mural in North Philadelphia was deteriorating and already scheduled for removal. But spokeswoman Cari Feiler Bender says the date was moved up amid renewed…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Rachel Adams and Jake Gyllenhaal in Southpaw.   Review by Kam Williams Billy Hope (Jake Gyllenhaal) surmounted incredible odds en route to becoming the World Light Heavyweight Boxing Champ. After all, his prospects weren’t exactly brilliant, given how he’d been abandoned by his mother at birth. But he was lucky enough to meet…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Antoine Fuqua   (Photo: Featureflash / shutterstock) By Lindsey Bahr associated press LOS ANGELES — Director Antoine Fuqua got a distressing call early in pre-production for the boxing drama Southpaw. It was Terry Claybon, a boxing expert who’s trained Fuqua for years. He’d just met with Jake Gyllenhaal to see if the actor…

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