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<p>After the President’s State Of The Union, MSNBC’s Chris Matthews made a very bizarre, possibly racist statement.&nbsp; Check it out.</p>

Taylor Swift sits down for a great interview with Rolling Stone, and she admits that she wants to get deeper in the rap game. Here is the highlight of the interview: What I was getting at was when are you going to start rapping? I thought T-Sweezy was one of the highlights of 2009. Did […]

Join us at 8:30 PM EST for a pre-game to the State of the Union and immediately following the President’s address to chat with Russell Simmon’s political director, Michael Skolnik.  Follow Michael on twitter @MichaelSkolnik  

President Barack Obama, accompanied by Education Secretary Arne Duncan, speaks to the media after a discussion with 6th grade students at Graham Road Elementary School in Falls Church, Va., Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2010. But, the big question is, why does President Obama need teleprompter to speak to 6th graders?  Has the President lost his mojo?

In a report released today, teen pregnancy was reported to be on the rise for the first time in 10 years. The report points to Bush-era policies directed at abstinence that did not seem to effective. ‘The significant drop in teen pregnancy rates in the 1990s was overwhelmingly the result of more and better use […]

It got out of control last night on American Idol, as one of the contestants didn’t want to take the bad news.  And then dude gets arrested!  Gotta see this:    

A strong earthquake struck Haiti on Wednesday morning, shaking buildings and sending screaming people running into the streets only eight days after the country’s capital was devastated by a previous quake. The U.S. Geological Survey said the 6.1 magnitude quake hit at 6:03 a.m. (1103 GMT) about 35 miles (56 kilometers) northwest of the capital […]

 In an epic upset in liberal Massachusetts, Republican Scott Brown rode a wave of voter anger to win the U.S. Senate seat held by the late Edward M. Kennedy for nearly half a century, leaving President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul in doubt and marring the end of his first year in office. The loss […]

If you are in NYC, join Russell and many other stars tonight in Harlem to strike out the violence!

<p>It&rsquo;s pretty rare that we see Lauryn Hill spotted, but we came up on these pics of L-Boogie at her middle school reunion back in August of 2009.&nbsp; (SMH at having a &ldquo;middle school reunion&rdquo;)<br /><br />Pop the top to see more&hellip;<br /><br />Lauryn grew up in the South Orange New Jersey school district and […]

As musician Wyclef Jean tearfully denied recent allegations that he misappropriated funds from his Yele Haiti charity, experts on non-profits said they couldn’t find serious wrongdoing, except for a lapse of discipline in filing his taxes. ‘Did I ever use Yele money for personal benefits? Absolutely not,’ Jean said Monday at a press conference in […]

Giving all the guys plenty of eye candy, Halle Berry was spotted living it up at the 2010 Golden Globe Awards tonight (January 17). The “Monster’s Ball” babe showed off her voluptuous figure in a very low-cut cleavage-baring dress as she took the stage at the Beverly Hilton Hotel to present an award.