Rapper Heavy D died Tuesday, TMZ.com reports. He was 44.
Heavy D, born as Dwight Arrington Myers, was rushed to a Los Angeles hospital...
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Phoebe Snow, who scored a top 5 hit in 1975 with "Poetry Man," died Tuesday in Edison, N.J., as a result of complications from a brain hemorrhage she suffered last year, The Associated Press reported. She was 60.
"The loss of this unique and untouchable voice is incalculable," her manager, Sue Cameron, said. "Phoebe was one of the brightest, funniest and most talented singer-songwriters of all time and, more importantly, a magnificent mother to her late brain-damaged daughter, Valerie, for 31 years. Phoebe felt that was her greatest accomplishment"...
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Cheers to Detroit 1-8-7 for a truly brilliant — and shocking — episode.
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ABC's underrated-in-every-sense-of-the-word cop drama proved just how good it is — not just good for you — with "Stone Cold," scorchingly directed by Cadillac Records' Darnell Martin. The hour's main case...
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Cyprus-Rhodes student Ashleigh Howard's pop is no less than Hillman College grad Dwayne Wayne.
Kadeem Hardison, who played Dwayne on the Cosby Show spin-off A Different World, will guest-star on ABC Family's Greek next season, TVGuide.com has learned exclusively. He will play proud parent Brian Howard.
Ashleigh is played by Amber Stevens, daughter of TV/radio personality Shadoe Stevens.
Ashleigh's pop pays a visit as part of Cyprus-Rhodes University's father-daughter weekend event.
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Question: I just read your response to L.C.'s question and would like to say thank you. I am an African-American woman and have never found humor in any of Tyler Perry's buffoonish material. You will probably get slammed for your response, but I want you to know I really appreciate what you said about overembracing this show just because it has a black cast. I remember great shows like Frank's Place and A Different World, which had great writing and realistic characters. And while Seinfeld and Friends did not have a black cast, my experience is more in line with those shows than with House of Payne. I just wanted to say thank you for responding to that reader the same way I would have.
Answer: Fair enough, and thanks for bringing up the remarkable Frank's Place, which deserved so much better than it got on CBS way back when. The truth is that there probably should be room on TV for sitcoms that aim both high and low, and this takes me back to the earlier High School Musical 2 question.
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