Later this year, singer/actress Jennifer Hudson and fiancée wrestler David Otunga will tie the knot, after three years of engagement. “Jennifer loves spending time downtown. I wouldn’t be surprised if she had it in the heart of the city,” said an insider. “There will be around 500 guests. She feels she deserves to have a […]

Years after his tragic passing, comedian and actor Bernie Mac is being honored with a street named after him in his hometown of Chicago. According to WBBM Newsradio, west 69th Street, where Mac grew up has inherited his name and is now called Bernie Mac Street after Tuesday’s dedication ceremony. Born in 1957, in Chicago, […]

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CHICAGO — For six decades, civil rights pioneer Ida B. Wells was woven into the fabric of Chicago’s South Side as the namesake of a public housing project. A Rosa Parks-like figure during her era, the journalist and suffragist was so revered that 1930s leaders put her name on a project that promised good, affordable […]

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Singer/actress Jennifer Hudson’s taste for real estate is growing larger. The dream girl is using some of that Weight Watchers money to buy herself a lavish mansion in Chicago’s posh Burr Ridge neighborhood. The 12,000-square-foot pad cost $2.8 million, according to Chicago Magazine. Sounds like a lot of change, but Jen got herself a bargain: […]

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If you want to live like Oprah Winfrey, this is your chance. The former Chicago talk show host has put her $5.6 million Streeterville co-op unit up for rent for $15,000 a month. The 4,607-square-foot apartment has eight rooms, including three bedrooms, three full baths and two half-baths. It also boasts 10-foot ceilings, two fireplaces, […]

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Singer/Actress Jennifer Hudson seems to always focus on what makes her smile, whether it’s her incredible weight loss or her 2-year-old son. But in a new interview, Hudson, opens up about one of the most tragic times in her life: when her mother Darnell Donerson, brother Jason Hudson and 7-year-old nephew Julian King were murdered […]

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Just a few months after Nicholas Ashford’s sudden death, his widow and music partner Valerie Simpson celebrates his life and legacy at a star-studded gala in Chicago. Valerie Simpson is behind some of the most memorable hits in modern music, written with her late husband Nick Ashford. Their hits include “Reach Out And Touch Somebody’s […]

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Reality TV star Tonya Cooley, whom you may remember originally from “The Real World: Chicago” and subsequently from “The Real World/Road Rules Challenge: The Ruins,” is suing MTV and production company Bunim/Murray for alleged sexual harassment, discrimination, wrongful termination and sexual assault, among other claims. In a complaint filed in Los Angeles Superior Court, Cooley […]

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President Barack Obama left the heated partisan atmosphere in Washington on Wednesday for an overly warm hometown 50th Birthday Party with 2,400 fans and donors in Chicago. “It doesn’t matter how tough a week I have in Washington, because I know you’ve got me — you’ve got my back,” President Obama told the crowd. “When […]

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Grammy-winning singer R. Kelly faces a $2.9 million foreclosure on his south suburban Chicago mansion. Officials reported Tuesday that JPMorgan Chase Bank filed a foreclosure lawsuit last month in Cook County Circuit Court. The complaint states that Kelly hasn’t made monthly mortgage payments since June of last year. Reportedly, the Olympia Fields home’s appraised value […]

Former G.O.O.D Music MC Consequence borrows Kanye West’s “My Way Home” instrumental from 2005′s Late Registration and appears to be sending a subliminal message to his old label exec. The song samples the late Gil Scott-Heron’s “Home Is Where The Hatred Is.”  (spotted @Nahright) Cons aired his grievances with Kanye West and his cousin Q-Tip […]

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CHICAGO-During a debate with Patricia Van-Pelt Watkins, Chicago Mayoral candidate Carol Mosley told fellow candidate, Patricia Van-Pelt Watkins that the reason she wasn’t aware of Braun”s recent activity is because “You’ve been strung out on crack for years.” at a debate at a Chicago church. While Wakins has admitted to using drugs, she has denied […]