A year after Kanye_West's mother, Donda, 58, died while recovering from plastic surgery, PEOPLE has learned that California authorities have launched ...
New York Times | Posted 11.25.2008 | Entertainment
"808s & Heartbreak" sounds like none of his other albums, nor any rap album of note -- "minimal but functional" is how he has described it to MTV. At ...
Marjon Rebecca Carlos | Posted 11.24.2008 | Entertainment
Once evoked, Ms. Fierce subsumes an awesome role: as the sexual, confident and brazen side of Beyoncé that belies the singer's almost bashful public persona.
AP | SANDY COHEN | Posted 11.24.2008 | Entertainment
LOS ANGELES — Chris Brown was the big winner, but it was Kanye West's night at the American Music Awards. Instead of his typical tantrum _ a tr...
Brandon Perkins | Posted 11.19.2008 | Entertainment
With a career track record comprised of doing exactly what he wanted to do and receiving hyperbolic pop-appraise, Kanye did the only thing Kanye could: He made an anti-pop album.
AP | Posted 11.14.2008 | Entertainment
LONDON — Rapper Kanye West was arrested after a fracas outside a nightclub but released without charge, British media reported Friday. The Pres...
Chi Tung | Posted 11.14.2008 | Media
Some Chinese media types tend to hold out hope that Obama's healing power extends to a deeply fractured Asia, but that probably assumes too much.
AP | LOUISE DIXON | Posted 11.13.2008 | Entertainment
LONDON — Kanye West is to music what Michael Jordan was to basketball _ at least that's what West thinks, in his humble estimation. "I realize ...
Huffington Post | Posted 11.10.2008 | Politics
Will.i.am, whose pro-Obama "Yes We Can" video received much coverage during the campaign, recently released a new video. The video, "It's a New Day" ...
Huffington Post | Posted 11.05.2008 | Entertainment
Celebrities from around the world went on the record about Obama's historic win. SEE CELEBRITY ELECTION NIGHT PHOTOS Oprah screamed with joy on ...
Maegan Carberry | Posted 10.27.2008 | Entertainment
It may have been a wild ride for Barack Obama and John McCain just getting to this last week in the race for the White House, but imagine the bullets ...
Joel B. Schwartzberg | Posted 10.03.2008 | Politics
NOW on PBS talked this week with Ian Rowe, senior vice-president of strategic partnerships and public affairs for MTV, about young peoples' enthusiasm...
AP | Posted 09.26.2008 | Entertainment
LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County prosecutors say they have decided not to file felony charges against Kanye West and his manager over an inciden...
Hollywood Reporter | Kimberly Nordyke and Chad Williams | Posted 09.23.2008 | Media
Comedy Central has teamed with Kanye West for a project described as hip-hop meets the Muppets. A half-hour pilot has been shot for the project, tent...
AP | NEKESA MUMBI MOODY | Posted 09.19.2008 | Entertainment
NEW YORK — Barack Obama's presidential campaign, which has inspired a multitude of songs by stars and amateurs alike, is now getting an official...
AP | ANTHONY McCARTNEY | Posted 09.11.2008 | Entertainment
LOS ANGELES — Kanye West's notoriously fickle temper boiled over Thursday, resulting in his arrest for apparently helping smash a paparazzo's ca...
Nina Spezzaferro | Posted 09.11.2008 | Entertainment
I recently spoke with Spike Feresten to get his take on why fans are so emotionally connected to the show. Fan interactivity and no-frills comedy attract loyal fans.
Cenk Uygur | Posted 09.04.2008 | Politics
The Young Turks have been broadcasting all week long from the Republican National Convention. We have had some really interesting interviews with Dunc...
Max Blumenthal | Posted 08.30.2008 | Entertainment
I first met Legend when he was a 16-year-old freshman at the University of Pennsylvania named John Stephens. I lived down the hall from him in Penn's massive dormitory complex.
AP | RYAN PEARSON | Posted 08.28.2008 | Entertainment
DENVER — Kanye West's regret on the day Barack Obama was nominated for president: That his mother, Donda, hadn't lived to experience it. "It's ...
Crain's Chicago Business | Posted 08.13.2008 | Chicago
The first Chicago-area Fatburger is slated to open next month in southwest suburban Orland Park. The 2,353-square-foot, 74-seat restaurant will be at...
Karen Stabiner And Sarah Dietz | Posted 08.05.2008 | Entertainment
Kanye West's set at Lollapalooza was like the end of Waiting for Godot, but instead of waiting for Godot, we were waiting for Obama, hoping that the rumors about him appearing with Kanye were true.
Karen Stabiner And Sarah Dietz | Posted 07.29.2008 | Politics
Thanks to Obama's introduction of Kanye West at Lollapalooza, even my mother will be there bopping along to "Golddigger." And if that isn't a change, I don't know what is.
New York Times | Brian Stelter | Posted 07.28.2008 | Media
Lorenzo Zarate sits on a couch and plays an Xbox game while a cameraman films him. Mr. Zarate, an aspiring rapper, thinks he is being featured in an M...
Karen Stabiner And Sarah Dietz | Posted 07.17.2008 | Entertainment
I do not belong to any demographic that Radiohead cares about, and Kanye West probably does not know that people like me exist. But that's going to be me in the crowd at Lollapalooza.
Tina Fey graces the cover of the January issue of Vanity Fair, and in an...
UPDATE 12/2: Marc Ambinder is reporting that Jeb Bush is considering a run for the Senate to...
President Bush let it all out today during an interview with ABC News' Charlie...
this just in: Governor Palin Neglects Alaska Duties for Partisan Stumping on...
Pardon the metaphor, but Obama is trying to put lipstick on the pig that is US...
I recently wrote an article entitled "Deepak Chopra on Mumbai:...
After a 12-day hiatus, Sarah Palin stepped back into the spotlight on Monday to...
Last night, CNN's Campbell Brown criticized President-elect...
President-elect Barack Obama and Vice President-elect Joe Biden met in Philadelphia...
DALLAS — Of all the cajoling, snide remarks and...
Now that Americans have footed the bill for more than a...
CHICAGO — Almost one in five young American adults has a personality disorder that interferes...
Dear President-elect and Mrs. Obama: I know that the greening of the White House...
People | Posted 11.26.2008 | Entertainment