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Today's edition of The Oprah Winfrey Show will feature special guests <strong>Wyclef Jean, Rihanna, and Maxwell</strong>. Wyclef is expected to share his eyewitness accounts from his time in Haiti since the earthquakes on the show. Rihanna will be performing Bob Marley’s “Redemption Song”. Maxwell is performing as well.

A powerful new earthquake struck <strong>Haiti</strong> on Wednesday, shaking rubble from damaged buildings and sending screaming people running into the streets only eight days after the country’s capital was devastated by an apocalyptic quake.

We’re hearing that singer <strong>Jennifer</strong> Hudson was the victim of a sexual assault at Washington DC’s Ronald Reagan National Airport.

The King is returning to claim his throne. Less than a month after entering a halfway house, <strong>T.I. is back at work recording a new album</strong>

The death toll from the earthquake in <strong>Haiti</strong> last week is now estimated to be over 200,000

<strong>MSNBC’s Chris Matthews</strong> hosted the two-hour event, along with <strong>Tom Joyner</strong>, at Texas Southern University in Houston. Before a live audience numbering in the thousands and a rotating panel who presented an array of views, Matthews tossed out questions and theories that engaged but rarely enraged presenters – though barbs were lobbed throughout the night.

Was there a better decade for black films than the 1970’s, when the Blaxploitation era was in full effect? Though it was a controversial era for African-Americans, Blaxploitation cinema was a creatively rich period that broke down racial barriers for many black actors and filmmakers. Names like Richard Roundtree, Pam Grier, and Melvin Van Peebles […]

After <strong>Bow Wow</strong> tweeted about his drunk driving incident on New Year’s Eve, we’re thinking it was about time received some adult supervision. The rapper begged his awkwardly @-tweeting, flirtatious mother to quit Twitter last night. But no, she refused to go, and the micro fight got ugly.

Someone please tell us why <strong>Mo’Nique</strong> went out like this???

<strong>Mo’Nique</strong> took home the Best Supporting Actress award presented at last night’s 67th Golden Globes awards.

President Barack Obama will spend much of Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebrating the civil rights leader’s life and legacy.

The 20-month construction clock began ticking for the <strong>Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial in Washington</strong> late last month.