Entertainment

Los Angeles (tca/dpa) - The last time Nipsey Hussle was at Staples Center, he was headlining the BET Experience concert in June. On Thursday, the slain rapper's image - bathed in shades of blue - was projected on a screen outside the venue as thousands of fans arrived to celebrate his life. Lights inside were dimmed as tracks from Hussle's...

FAIRFAX, Va. — Actress Amber Heard asked a judge Thursday to dismiss a $50 million defamation lawsuit her ex-husband Johnny Depp filed over an op-ed about domestic violence she wrote in The Washington Post, and provided new evidence toward her allegations of abuse. In the motion filed in the Circuit Court of Fairfax, Virginia, Heard describes in new detail more...

JOHANNESBURG - Wendy Williams has filed for divorce from Kevin Hunter, her husband of 20 years, according to a divorce filing obtained by The Washington Post. The host of "The Wendy Williams Show" cited irreconcilable differences in the court records, which were filed Wednesday in a New Jersey courthouse. Mary Vidas, an attorney for Blank Rome, confirmed the law firm...

LOS ANGELES — After a nearly 48-hour manhunt, police arrested the suspect they say gunned down Nipsey Hussle in front of the popular rapper's South Los Angeles clothing store. Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies detained Eric Holder, 29, on Tuesday afternoon in the city of Bellflower, two days after the shooting and 20 miles away from the crime scene. LAPD...

LOS ANGELES - Grammy-nominated and widely respected West Coast rapper Nipsey Hussle was killed outside his Los Angeles clothing store, Mayor Eric Garcetti tweeted Sunday. Police confirmed three men were shot Sunday and one of them killed outside Marathon Clothing, the store Hussle owns. All three men were taken to hospitals, where one of them was declared dead. Police didn't say...

JOHANNESBURG, March 20 - The pathologist who was issued with a warrant of arrest after failing to appear in court to testify in the Pitch Black murder trial, will return to South Africa on Sunday. On Wednesday the Johannesburg magistrate court again postponed the bail hearing of hip hop artist Thulani Ngcobo, popularly known as Pitch Black Afro and charged...

JOHANNESBURG, March 14 - President Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday lauded the multi award-winning Soweto Gospel Choir for being South African heroes as they have showcased to the world what the country has to offer. The choir recently won its third Grammy Award for their album “Freedom” which was crowned Best World Music. "We thought it was important that we hold this...

Los Angeles - R Kelly's two live-in girlfriends say they are not being held against their will by the R&B star, and allegations that they are stem from their parents' efforts to solicit money. Azriel Clary, 21, and Joycelyn Savage, 23, defended the 52-year-old singer on Thursday in a joint sit-down with CBS News' Gayle King. It's the second part...

Chicago, March 7 - Embattled US singer R. Kelly, who has been indicted on 10 counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse, was jailed here for failing to pay $161,000 in child support to his former wife, officials said. He was jailed on Wednesday evening and supporters were working to get Kelly, 52, out of jail by March 13, the next...

When "CBS This Morning" host Gayle King sat down with R. Kelly, a musician who was arrested last month after being accused of sexually abusing several women, viewers probably expected some contentious moments. But one moment in particular left viewers in shock - and in awe of King's composure. Kelly agreed to sit down with King less than two weeks...