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The year was 1981 and the late, great Richard Pryor, that groundbreaking genius, that innovative, influential, trash talking/truth telling original King of Comedy was already a star.
Steve Parker | Posted 09.28.2009 | Business
Scott was the first African-American to compete regularly in and certainly the only one to win a NASCAR Grand National race, now known as Sprint Cup, the sport's top national series.
George Alexander | Posted 09.03.2009 | Living
Annie Leibovitz and the description "struggling artist" can't even be mentioned in the same hemisphere. So I thought.
Gregory Weinkauf | Posted 08.25.2009 | Entertainment
Cloris Leachman aptly put it, "There is much that is serious about Mel Brooks. Inside that rapid-fire humor machine is a man with deep emotions, with a great capacity to care, and to love."
Sean Jacobs | Posted 12.26.2008 | Entertainment
Obama's first White House press conference is still over two months away, but a long time ago, when NBC gave Richard Pryor his own show, the comedian had some fun with that idea.
Graham Bensinger | Posted 12.25.2008 | Politics
The day after the presidential election, I sat down with Jim Brown. Brown discussed a wide range of topics, including what electing the first African American president means to him.
Steve Parker | Posted 12.03.2008 | Entertainment
Lewis Hamilton, 23 and the first Black driver in the history of Grand Prix racing, won the World Driving Championship on Sunday, the most coveted title in all of motorsports.
Lea Lane | Posted 07.02.2008 | Entertainment
Like some of the other original comics who died too soon -- Lenny Bruce, Richard Pryor, Andy Kaufman-- George Carlin changed comedy, nudging and sometimes pushing it along.
Posted 10.20.2009 | Comedy
(AP) WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. - Dave Chappelle has broken his own Laugh Factory endurance record. The 34-year-old comedian topped his record of six hou...
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Kim Morgan | Posted 10.13.2009 | Entertainment