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The world watched last week, as Jim Jones didn’t get down on one knee and proposed to his long-time girlfriend Chrissy. Some felt it wasn’t romantic enough, that she pressured him and he eventually caved in. While I still appreciated the sentiment, folks weren’t really buying the love. It could be because we didn’t see […]

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WASHINGTON — A burst of hiring in December pushed the unemployment rate to its lowest level in nearly three years, giving the economy a boost at the end of 2011. SEE ALSO: Are Will And Jada Divorcing Obama Refocuses Military The Labor Department said Friday that employers added a net 200,000 jobs last month and […]

After nearly a month from being declared terminally ill, Singer Etta James’ longtime friend and manager says the singer has been released from a Southern California hospital. According to the Associated Press, Lupe De Leon confirmed that James was released Thursday after the singer’s condition improved enough for her to be taken off a breathing […]

It’s probably very difficult for an NFL player to hear someone tell him that his career is probably over. It’s probably even harder for that news to come from a judge. That’s what happened to Terrell Owens on Wednesday, though. Owens was in court in an attempt to reduce his child support payments because he’s […]

Private Practice Actress Audra McDonald is giving marriage another shot. The 41-year-old Private Practice star and four-time Tony Award winner is engaged to Broadway star Will Swenson, reportsUs Weekly. McDonald also starred in the 2008 television adaptation of Lorraine Hansberry’s “A Raisin in the Sun,” with Phylicia Rashad, and Sanaa Lathan. Audra played the wife […]

Actress Demi Moore will play feminist icon Gloria Steinem in Lovelace, a biopic about porn star-turned-activist Linda Lovelace, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Eric Roberts has also joined the film, which stars Amanda Seyfried as Lovelace. Moore will have a small part in the movie. Steinem co-founded Ms. magazine in the ’70s and wrote the […]

  (AP Photo/Steve Helber) Thomas E. Haynesworth, 46, spent 27 years in prison for crimes he didn’t commit. He is finally exonerated on all charges. Democratic Senator Henry L. Marsh lll has introduced a compensation bill at the General Assembly for Mr. Haynesworth. Thomas E. Haynesworth has been employed in Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli’s office since […]