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Bill Cosby to Release a Very Clean Rap Album
February 01, 2008 01:02:22Comedian Bill Cosby, best known for his father figure role in The Bill Cosby Show, is trying to make things right by delivering a clean rap album. The actor will release a Hip-Hop album called "State of Emergency" that discusses negative issues without profanity.
According to some sources, among the issues which he will rap on are teen pregnancy, drug abuse, Black-on-Black crime, proper parenting and school dropout. There won't be any bad language or words that degrade women, according to AllHipHop.com.
The 50 Greatest TV Icons According to TV Land and Entertainment Weekly
November 14, 2007 10:11:51Johnny Carson, an actor, comedian, and writer, best known for his iconic status as the host of "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" for 30 years, is at it again. The former TV icon, notwithstanding with his death in January 2005 at 79, is being remembered and saluted by nowadays younger generation and has been picked to top the No. 1 spot on the list of "The 50 Greatest TV Icons," compiled by cable's TV Land and the writers of Entertainment Weekly magazine.
Carson is just one among the many other names that surprisingly make the list, which in fact comprised from human TV stars to pooch.
Winners of the 38th NAACP's Television and Special Awards
March 03, 2007 12:03:42
Winners of the 38th annual NAACP Image Awards have been unveiled Friday March 2nd in an awards show hosted by rapper LL Cool J. There are five award categories and here we bring you list of winners of the Television and Special awards.
A Grammy and Tony Award nominated American R&B/Pop/theatrical singer and actress, Vanessa Williams has been bestowed the award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in A Comedy for "Ugly Betty," which during the event won the Outstanding Television Comedy Series award. Winning the Outstanding Supporting Actor in A Comedy Series award, in the meantime, is Reggie Hayes for his role of attorney William Dent on the CW sitcom, "Girlfriends."
Bill Cosby Settled Groping Suit
November 09, 2006 02:11:38
Bill Cosby can, starting from this point on, laugh again. The comedian has settled a civil suit on Wednesday Nov 8th brought by a Canadian woman named Andrea Constand who claimed he drugged and sexually assaulted her in early 2004 at his home outside Philadelphia.
The terms of the settlement remain confidential. Yet, the plaintiff's lawyer Dolores Troiani, announced in a statement that her client and Cosby have "resolved their differences; therefore, the litigation has been dismissed pursuant to local court rule."
Bill Cosby Urges Americans to Donate $8 to the US National Slavery Museum
September 23, 2006 11:09:25
Bill Cosby takes part Friday Sept 22nd in a campaign kicked off to build a national slavery museum amid the battlefields of the Civil War. Besides giving his own $1 million to the project, the actor also urges all Americans to donate $8.00 to the museum, to be called the United States National Slavery Museum (USNSM).
On the donation, Cosby said "The incentive is that they would join in with the rest of the United States of America in saying yes, as an American, I gave $8 to help build something that tells the story". Joining Richmond, Virginia, Mayor Douglas Wilder to launch the campaign, Cosby moreover described the museum as "a jewel that's missing in a crown."
The lineup for the 2006 Playboy Jazz Festival
February 25, 2006 10:02:40
The Playboy Jazz Festival is going to celebrate its 28th anniversary. The event will be held at Los Angeles' Hollywood Bowl on June 17-18.
Have been tapped to perform at the festival are Branford Marsalis, Jamie Cullum, Ozomatli, McCoy Tyner and Elvis Costello and The Imposters with Allen Toussaint.
Cosby Response on Sexual Assault Case
March 04, 2005 10:03:02Instead of accussing back Andrea Constand, whose sexual assault accusation against him has been dropped by Montgomery County District Attorney due to the "insufficient credible and admissible evidence" to support her claims, comedian Bill Cosby tend to apologize her. Doesn't protest his innocence throughout the five-week investigation, Cosby has admitted his improper actions and said sorry to his wife Camille for the distress the allegations caused her.
"Looking back on it, I realize that words and actions can be misinterpreted by another person. But that's all behind me now, and I'm looking only toward a bright future," Cosby said to the American newspaper National Enquirer. Over and above that, though not saying that what he did was wrong, still Cosby deeply sorry to his loving wife and family for the great emotional stress the allegation brought them.
Cosby Free of Charges
February 19, 2005 10:02:35Bill Cosby may feel relief after Montgomery County District Attorney decided to freed him from any charges due to a woman's allegation of a sexual abuse he's done. Montgomery County District Attorney, Bruce Castor states that the authorities found insufficient "credible, and admissible evidence, upon which any charge against Mr. Cosby could be sustained beyond a reasonable doubt."
Even detectives could find no evidence "where anyone complained to law enforcement of conduct which would constitute a criminal offense," and thus Castor then announced the decision and won't commented further for fear it would be used as evidence in any possible civil lawsuit.
Cosby Drugged Ex- Wife for Sex
February 04, 2005 11:02:43Cosby's latest sexual scandal with a Canadian woman at his home in January 2004 which then resulted in a lawsuit hasn't surprised his ex-wife at all, for he also once did it to her.
Cosby ex-wife told tabloid National Enquirer that he forced her drank a "weird drink" that made her felt very "out of sorts" before she then woke up in the next morning knowing that she had had sex during her sleep.
Cosby Case is Doubted
January 27, 2005 11:01:09The long-period delay of disclosing Cosby fondling case has become one factor for doubting the case validity. Since, according to the Montgomery County district attorney, Bruce L. Castor Jr., "failure to disclose in a timely manner and contacts with the alleged perpetrator after the event" may weaken a case that then prevent the court from making any decision concerning anyone's credibility 'till complete evidences are in.
As a matter of fact, Castor and his office will decide to bring charges within two weeks after Cosby and his accuser have been interviewed by investigators.
Cosby is Accused for Sex Scandal
January 22, 2005 09:01:55The famous comedian, Bill Cosby, has faced a raping accusation from a former employee at his beloved alma mater, Temple University. The accuser, a woman in Canadian native, claimed that Cosby invited her to his Cheltenham Township home near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and gave some pills to make her dizzy before he then touching her breast and placing her hand on his genitals.
The woman who awoke at about 4am the following morning found her clothing in disarray and her bra undone, but didn't immediately report the incident because she was affraid that it might affect her standing at Temple University, Philadelphia, where she worked.
