Kelly Preston, actress and wife of John Travolta, dies at 57

Actress Kelly Preston, whose credits included the films "Twins" and "Jerry Maguire," died Sunday, her husband John Travolta said.

Breaking their ties with Dixie,  a new chapter starts,  The Chicks' voices ring loud again

The Dixie Chicks are no more. Breaking their ties to the South, The Chicks are stepping into a new chapter, with their first new music in 14 years.    The Texas trio of Emily Strayer, Martie Maguire, and Natalie Maines have been teasing new music for a year, and "Gaslighter" finally drops on July 17

Kanye West says he'd model his administration after Wakanda government from 'Black Panther'

In a four hour interview in which he also withdrew his support from President Donald Trump, Kanye West said his presidential administration would be set up like the government of Wakanda.

Country group Lady A files suit against singer with same name

Country group Lady A, which dropped the word “Antebellum,” from their name because of the word’s ties to slavery, has filed a lawsuit against a Black singer who has performed as Lady A for years.

US could ban TikTok, Sec. Mike Pompeo says

The United States is looking at the possibility of banning Chinese social media apps, including TikTok.

Country rocker and fiddler Charlie Daniels dies at age 83

A statement from his publicist said the Country Music Hall of Famer died Monday at a hospital in Hermitage, Tennessee, after doctors said he had a stroke.

Spaghetti Western movie composer Ennio Morricone dead at 91

Italian composer Ennio Morricone, who created the coyote-howl theme for the iconic Spaghetti Western “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly” and the soundtracks such as classic Hollywood gangster movies as “The Untouchables,” has died.

British actor Earl Cameron, a breaker of entertainment barriers dead at 102

Earl Cameron, who was one of the first Black actors to perform in mainstream British film, died Friday at his home in Warwickshire, England. He was 102.

Created more than a century ago hymn 'Lift Every Voice and Sing' ignites hope across the nation

The NAACP dubbed "Lift Every Voice and Sing" as the Black national anthem in 1919. The decision came more than a decade before "The Star-Spangled Banner" was adopted as the national anthem of the U.S. Sing a song full of the faith that the dark past has taught us, Sing a song full of the hope that the present has brought us.

Daveed Diggs asks: 'What to my people is the Fourth of July?'

Speaking against a backdrop of historical images including the civil war to present-day photos of a kneeling Colin Kaepernick, Daveed Diggs talks of Black people being "terrorized" and "failed every day."