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On Thursday, Jared Fogle walked into court expecting to get a plea deal in relation to numerous counts of child-sex and pornography charges. But a federal court judge sentenced him to 15 1/2 years in federal prison after Fogle entered a guilty plea, according to Reuters. U.S. District Judge Tanya Walton Pratt didn’t show Fogle…

Lil Eazy-E has high hopes for Charlie Sheen regarding his HIV diagnosis. He told TMZ that he doesn’t think Sheen will succumb to the virus that took his father, Eazy-E, the mastermind behind N.W.A. Lil Eazy-E is hopeful for a few reasons. For one, his father contracted the virus when there weren’t as many drugs…

Someone literally has his underwear in a bunch, and now he’s caught the ire of 50 Cent on social media and a lawsuit from a men’s-underwear company. According to the New York Post, Derek Jeter is being sued by underwear brand Frigo because he pulled out of an endorsement deal that also involved 50 Cent.…

Editor’s note: This article contains social media posts that some may find offensive. Everybody and their mama wants a piece of Patti LaBelle’s pies. The sweet potato pies have been flying off Wal-Mart’s shelves ever since a YouTube review went viral. LaBelle’s pies, which’ll run you about $5 in the store, have hit eBay and…

In 2012 CeeLo Green, whose real name is Thomas DeCarlo Callaway, was arrested and charged with one felony count of furnishing Ecstasy to a woman. Although the woman accused him of rape, a court ruled that there wasn’t enough evidence. In 2014 Green pleaded no contest and entered a special plea maintaining his innocence. Green did…

Jamie Foxx’s daughter Corinne has been named Miss Golden Globe 2016 by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. And, of course, her father is proud: soo proud of my little one for being chosen as Miss Golden Globes. @corinnefoxx can't wait to see you on the stage! pic.twitter.com/jbicNl89eq — Jamie Foxx (@iamjamiefoxx) November 18, 2015 The…

Taye Diggs is talking about something that has always boggled my mind: why we call biracial people (namely, Americans who have both black and white parents) black.  I’ve always wondered why we black Americans accepted that one-drop rule created by segregationist white Americans during chattel slavery: the rule that said that people who are born…

Mo’nique has touched on this idea before: that she’s not against her husband and manager, Sidney Hicks, having extramarital sex with other women.  She caught a lot of backlash about that comment and went on a talk show some time after to say that she’d given it some thought and decided that she wouldn’t be…

If you ask the Nashville, Tenn., private-jet company Business Aircraft Leasing, it had a gentleman’s agreement with Steve Harvey that the talk show host would lease one of the company’s private jet planes for $97,000 a month.  According to a lawsuit filed against Harvey, Harvey requested that some custom alterations be made to the plane,…

Jay Z and Alicia Keys are headed to Harvard to educate students at the annual African-American Student Union Conference. The New York City natives will be on hand when Harvard Business School’s African-American Student Union launches its annual H. Naylor Fitzhugh Conference Feb. 5-7. “We aim to celebrate African-American achievements, inspire many new milestones and…