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Keke Palmer and Naitia “Lil Mama” Kirkland have just signed on to play Rozanda “Chilli” Thomas and Lisa “Left-eye” Lopes, respectively in the upcoming biopic about TLC. They join Drew Sidora who will portray Tionne “T-Boz” Watkins in the made-for-TV movie. The famed group rose to stardom in the early 90’s with their debut albu ...

Detroit Mayor Dave Bing and housing heir Bill Pulte at a news conference Thursday morning discussed a new public-private initiative launched by Pulte Capital Partners, LLC, and others to demolish blighted structures in Detroit. Pulte, the managing partner of Pulte Capital Partners, is leading the newly unveiled Detroit Blight...

In his State of the City address Wednesday evening at the Detroit School of Arts, Mayor Dave Bing worked to keep a positive theme despite numerous hardships facing the city.“The picture is not all doom and gloom,” He told the crowd of more than 300 people. “Too often, people focus on the negative things in our city.”In the 50-minute speech, Bing...

Valentine's Day is tomorrow and you are looking for new ideas to celebrate the day of love and impress your date. Dinner and movie is unimaginative, and with movie prices being $10 a pop $12-$13 for 3D films, it's expensive. So we have compiled a list of fun ideas to do around Detroit. 1. Ice skating at Campus Martius. Campus...

Page 1 of 9Valentine's Day is tomorrow and that means it's time to celebrate love! Here's a look at ten steamy, sexy and romantic films that celebrate black love. Are your favorites on the list?Carmen Jones ...

Page 1 of 7 I'm still waiting on music's biggest night, because the 55th Annual Grammy Awards were not it. I wish I could blame it on the newly enforced dress code implemented by CBS, but the Grammys were boring last year too. I'm sure the network and the Grammy "powers that be" will considered the night a success. No wardrobe...

As the infamous Kwame Kilpatrick trail draws to a close, an office specially dedicated to uprooting corruption in Detroit city government is set to open. Detroit’s office of inspector general (OIG)—created as part of the 2012 city charter revision— will open to the public next week after years of research, debate and, ultim...

Who’s the most stressed out generation? The answer given by a recent survey conducted by the American Psychological Association might surprise you.'Stress in America' researchers found that Americans ages 18-33 reported an average stress level of 5.4, placing them unquestionably above the national average of 4.9. Over half of the group even...

In a recent interview, the omnipresent Rihanna once again made it clear that she still loves the hot-tempered Chris Brown, despite being badly roughed up by him a few years ago.“He’s not the monster everyone thinks he is,” she said. “He’s a good person. He has a fantastic heart. He’s fun to be around. He made a mistake and he’s paid his dues. It ma...

One sure sign that a recording star is an icon is that their work is beyond time restrictions. The music, like the overall impact of the artist, is forever.So it is with Marvin Gaye, a giant among giants, and one of the most important artists in the history of music and certainly of Motown.But he was also a “trouble man” and a “stubborn kind of fel...