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Recently R&B singer Brian McKnight was ordered to face a judge and pay up $341,640 in back child support payments after a woman he was seeing claimed he fathered her child.

Miriam Lee hired Mark Vincent Kaplan, who repped K-Fed in his divorce from Britney Spears, and took the “Anytime” singer to court in Orange County, Florida last year claiming her 14-year-old son came about due to a brief flight

Aretha Franklin is teaming up with PBS for a forthcoming special, titled ‘Aretha Franklin  Presents Soul Rewind. Hosted by the Queen of Soul herself, the special offers an abundance of long-lost archival material that has been recovered from film vaults across the United States, England, Germany and France yielding a massive collection of R&B and popular music hits.

Prolific producer TJ Lubinsky’s latest installment of PBS’ popular “My Music” series represents the culmination of many years of research and planning that has led to the

According to WBTV a cooling center has opened in Charlotte to help people deal with the extreme heat.

First Ward Elementary School, located at 715 N. Caldwell Street, opened at 11 a.m. and will remain open until 7p.m. Saturday. Cold drinks and snacks will be provided and volunteers from the American Red Cross will be on hand.

The designated cooling center will remain open until the current heat advisory for Mecklenburg County is lifted at 7p.m.

The cooling center is made possible by the

Forget the dreaded phone call, or sit-down convo to announce you’re ready to move on. In the celebrity world of romance, breaking up can be more of a public service announcement. Here’s how some of our favorite celebrities preferred to announce their splits:

Through a news outlet
There was speculation for a while about whether rapper Common and tennis star Serena Williams were still a couple or

Janet Jackson might have received praise for recent performances on American Idol, at Essence Music Festival and mixed reviews for her portrayal of Dr. Patricia in “Tyler Perry’s Why Did I Get Married Too?”. What she received from PETA in a statement Friday was far from that however. In fact, PETA says they’re surprised that Jackson would stoop as low, with her career “on the downslide,” appearing in mink for Blackglama.

“It’s amazing what celebrities will do

Yours truly has been waiting for a musical collaboration between singers Alicia Keys and John Legend for some time now.

The two singers have worked together in the past with John Legend lending his vocals to Alicia Keys’s single “You Don’t Know My Name” off of her album The Diary of Alicia Keys.

It seems like the perfect musical pair right? Both singers are soulful vocalists, passionate songwriters, and the current piano prince and princess. So

A spokesperson for Mary J. Blige has dismissed reports the soul singer is set to enroll at a U.S. university later this year but the star isn’t ruling out further education just yet.

The “No More Drama” hitmaker, who dropped out of school as a teen, sparked rumors she’d be attending Howard University in autumn after she was awarded a high school degree on Monday, July 5.

She told the New Orleans Times-Picayune, “I just received my

To get a flawless face like Janelle Monae, it takes a little more than it looks. Here are some tips on how to achieve this look:

FACE

The point of makeup isn’t to look like you have it on, but instead to enhance the best features of your face. This includes your skin. Before putting on an ounce of makeup, make sure you exfoliate and thoroughly cleanse and moisturize your face. Then use concealer to even

Fantasia is happy to be just weeks away from releasing her long awaited third studio album, “Back To Me”.

Admitting that the album stems from over 100 songs that have been recorded over the last three years, Fantasia says “Back To Me” could have been out sooner if she, like other artists, had been allowed to be herself instead of trying to capitalize off what’s hot now.

“There’s been a lot going on. Different management, different accountants, different lawyers–People trying to switch

It is unclear whether Chris Brown will be attending or even popping up as a surprise guest at the 2010 BET Awards, but he is slated to perform during a special tribute to late King of Pop, Michael Jackson, Saturday.

According to multiple sources, Brown will perform