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The half-hour series stars Damon Wayans (In Living Color, Major Payne) as a modern-day patriarch who rules his household with a unique brand of wisdom, discipline and humor.

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Fantasia Barrino’s reported suicide attempt last week highlighted the seemingly little-known problem of suicide in the African-American community. More than 350 African American women took their own lives in 2007, compared with 1,606 of their male counterparts, according to the American Association of Suicidology.

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It had been a tough week for American Idol alum Fantasia Barrino. After being accused of being a “homewrecker” and making an alleged sex tape, the singer tried committing suicide and now she may get sued by wife Paula Cook.

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Bow Wow was a precocious kid who started rhyming as a toddler, and first appeared on stage at the age of 5. His showbiz career was launched just a year later when he made the most of an opportunity to open for Snoop Dogg on the Chronic Tour.

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Whenever possible, I studiously avoid reading any book upon which an upcoming movie is being based. This practice has added immeasurably to my enjoyment of screen adaptations, for it frees me to judge a film merely on its own merits…

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Hailing from Flint, Michigan Terry Crews has not only one of the most recognizable faces around, but maybe one of the most recognizable physiques as well. The handsome hunk is currently one of the busiest actors in Hollywood…

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Naomi Campbell flirted with Liberia’s former president across the dinner table at Nelson Mandela’s presidential mansion in 1997 and boasted the following morning that Charles Taylor had given her a huge diamond during the night…

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Fantasia is in stable condition in a North Carolina hospital after taking an overdose of “aspirin and a sleep aid,” according to the manager for the former “American Idol” champ.

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“Law & Order: Los Angeles” is getting another big-name prosecutor. Oscar-nominated Terrence Howard is joining the cast of the new NBC drama and will rotate with co-star Alfred Molina as a deputy district attorney, series creator Dick Wolf told the Television Critics Association on Friday.

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Blessed with a rebellious nature, Jean-Michel Basquiat ran away from home a lot during adolescence, finally leaving for good at 17. Moving to Manhattan, he dropped out of school to fritter away his days spray-painting his alias, “Samo,” all over the place, because as he put it, “The whole object of doing graffiti is fame.”

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