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Mariah Carey, Jamie Foxx Set for Apollo Fete | Mariah Carey

Mariah Carey, Jamie Foxx Set for Apollo Fete

Originally posted 04/07/2009 08:00AM

Good show: Mariah Carey and Jamie Foxx will help celebrate the 75th Anniversary of Harlem's historic Apollo Theater at a June 8 gala, PEOPLE has learned. The pair will induct Patti Labelle and Quincy Jones into the Apollo Legends Hall of Fame at the celebration, where Anita Baker and the O'Jays will also perform. Steve Harvey will host the evening, which will feature a presentation of the Ruby Dee & Ossie Davis Arts and Humanitarian Award to Bill Cosby and his wife, Camille. For more information about the event, visit www.apollotheater.org.
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Baby Girl for Newsman George Stephanopoulos | Alexandra Wentworth

Baby Girl for Newsman George Stephanopoulos

Originally posted 06/03/2005 08:40AM

BORN: ABC This Week anchor George Stephanopoulos and his wife, actress-comedian Ali Wentworth, welcomed a new daughter, Harper Andrea, Thursday morning in a Washington, D.C.-area hospital, reports The Washington Post. The arrival weighed 6 lbs. 9 oz. and measured 19" long – the same arrival weight and length of Harper's older sister, Elliott, who is 2, says the paper, which adds that the expectant dad helped fuel the delivery process by picking up a burrito from a local Tex-Mex restaurant called Austin Grill. "People should just save the trouble of inducing labor and eat there," said Stephanopoulous.

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Jessica Simpson Steps into Sinatra's Boots | Jessica Simpson

Jessica Simpson Steps into Sinatra's Boots

Originally posted 05/19/2005 08:00AM

RECORDED: Jessica Simpson has recorded a cover version of the '60s Nancy Sinatra hit "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'" with her Dukes of Hazzard costar Willie Nelson. "Loretta Lynn also did a version, so we took elements of both (Lynn and Sinatra's) and funk-defied it a little bit," producer Jimmy Jam tells MTV News. "And Jessica wrote a whole new set of lyrics that put her in the Daisy Duke character in the movie." Next week, Simpson will shoot the video for the single, which reportedly will feature her as a waitress at the Boar's Nest, a bar where Nelson is quietly drinking. The premise includes her accidentally inciting a bar fight that evolves into a choreographed hoe-down. In between, says MTV, there will be shots of a bikini-clad Simpson washing the car, the General Lee.

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Clinton Feels 'Good' Before New Surgery | Bill Clinton

Clinton Feels 'Good' Before New Surgery

Originally posted 03/09/2005 08:50AM

REASSURED: Former President Bill Clinton, who will undergo a low-risk medical procedure on Thursday to remove fluid and scar tissue from the left side of his chest, told reporters in Washington on Tuesday: "It'll knock me out of commission for a week or two, and then I'll be back to normal. I'm not in too bad a shape," he added. "I feel good." The procedure, to take place at New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center, comes six months after he underwent quadruple bypass surgery. Clinton, 58, will remain hospitalized for three to 10 days and is expected to make a "full functional recovery," doctors said.

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Bill Cosby Won't Face Fondling Charges

Bill Cosby Won't Face Fondling Charges

Originally posted 02/18/2005 08:00AM

Bill Cosby is off the hook after a woman alleged that he fondled her at his suburban Philadelphia mansion in January 2004 after drugging her, Montgomery County District Attorney Bruce L. Castor Jr. has announced, citing insufficient evidence.

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Bill Cosby's Accuser ID'd by Parents

Bill Cosby's Accuser ID'd by Parents

Originally posted 02/08/2005 03:00PM

The woman who has accused Bill Cosby of drugging and groping her has been publicly identified by her parents – who say their daughter felt betrayed by the star and now wants justice.

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Nicole Kidman Gets Restraining Order | Nicole Kidman

Nicole Kidman Gets Restraining Order

Originally posted 01/28/2005 09:00AM

GRANTED: Nicole Kidman, 37, won her request for restraining orders against two freelance photographers Thursday after saying she had been a virtual prisoner in her Sydney home and feared for her safety because of them. The request followed the discovery of an electronic listening device outside her residence. Jamie Fawcett, 43, and Ben McDonald, 32, were ordered not to approach Kidman at her home or go within 60 ft. of her harbor-side home. Kidman said in a statement that she was grateful the court had granted the orders because she had been afraid to leave her home, reports the Associated Press.

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Cops Investigate Cosby Groping Accusation

Cops Investigate Cosby Groping Accusation

Originally posted 01/21/2005 08:00AM

A woman reportedly alleging that Bill Cosby sexually groped her in his home has prompted a police investigation in Pennsylvania, the entertainer's attorney tells the Associated Press.

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Bill Cosby Asks Parents to Be Hands-On

Bill Cosby Asks Parents to Be Hands-On

Originally posted 09/09/2004 09:00AM

Defending his controversial criticisms of contemporary African-America life among low-income households, Bill Cosby furthered his campaign in Washington, D.C., Wednesday by bemoaning an increasing tendency of parents to "manage their kids' lives by cell phone."

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Bill Cosby Cools It on Lecturing Families

Bill Cosby Cools It on Lecturing Families

Originally posted 07/19/2004 08:00AM

Bill Cosby, who's been taking some heat for recent comments he's made about disenfranchised African-American youngsters, sidestepped the issue on Saturday night, sticking to humor and praise for parents during a Miami charity event for at-risk children.

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