Plans to honor the historically Black recording label Motown with a museum in Detroit, Michigan have been scrapped, due to lack of funding. City officials and Motown founder Berry Gordy Jr spent six years planning the $28 million museum, but they can’t find the funding to launch the Motown Center. Planners are now considering a project on a smaller scale. The museum would house Motown memorabilia and tribute items to the label’s soul legends, including Marvin Gaye, Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, and Stevie Wonder.
Rodney King, the man made famous after receiving a videotaped beating from the LAPD back in 1991, was shot and wounded on a San Bernardino street corner late Wednesday. He was struck in the face and arm by a shotgun.
Photos have leaked to the Net alleged to feature Jena Six teen Robert Bailey in dollar bills he received from cash donations that were sent in for a legal defense fund. The flicks are rumored to have been lifted from Robert’s now-deleted Myspace page. Developing….
New York Knicks coach Isiah Thomas has been found guily of sexually harassing former top team executive, Browne Sanders subjecting her to unwanted advances and a barrage of verbal insults, but also ruled he does not have to pay punitive damages. Madison Square Garden will pay Sanders $11 Million. Read the rest of this entry »
Washed-up ‘America’s Next Top Model: Cycle One’ winner Adrianne Curry has created waves with a posting blasting the ‘racism’ of Black History Month and Black Entertainment Television. Read the rest of this entry »
FormerHilton Hotel heiress Paris Hilton decided it would be a good idea to get a ‘Black Woman Makeover’ for Monday night’s episode of ‘The Simple Life Goes To Camp.’ Read the rest of this entry »
Sixty-five year old Ron Isley is expecting to begin serving a three year prison term on five counts of federal income tax evasion on August 1st and the legendary singer’s Def Jam label is hoping to a presidential pardon will get the ‘Shout’ performer out of the big house. Read the rest of this entry »
