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R&B legend Teddy Pendergrass died Wednesday evening, his former publicist said. He was 59. Pendergrass, known for smash love ballads such as “Turn Off the Lights” and “Love TKO,” died after a long illness, according to Lisa Barbaris, who described herself as a close friend and his last publicist. He died at a hospital in […]

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The long anticipated film starring  singer LeToya Luckett and singer/songwriter Tank titled ‘Preacher’s Kid’ is headed to theaters this month ! Starring Luckett as Angie King, ‘Preacher’s Kid’ features the former Destiny’s Child singer as a 20-something daughter of a minister who sets out to experience life away from the church. Out on her own, […]

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GARY COLEMAN was rushed by ambulance to a Los Angeles hospital early Wednesday after having what appeared to be a seizure in his hotel room. The “Diff’rent Strokes” actor was doing some promotional work for “Midgets vs Mascots,” including a phone interview just before becoming ill. Coleman claims to hate the movie, which was screened […]

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Martin Lawrence, former star of Fox sitcom “Martin,” returns to series television this month as an executive producer of a new comedy series picked up by TV One. “Love That Girl!” stars Tatyana Ali as a young divorcee who returns home to Southern California and takes a job in her father’s real estate business while […]

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Amazingly both Tyrese and the woman who was driving the above SUV escaped without a scratch ! According to TMZ, the accident happened in Miami, though they’re not sure what caused the accident and how the woman’s SUV ended up flipped over. One thing is for sure though, Tyrese is more than okay Tweeting fans […]

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By now, everyone knows that the Obama administration’s stimulus bill is designed to get the economy moving again. However, you may not know that most of the bill’s $70 billion for education will go to low- to middle-income individuals. A major part of the bill is a $13.8 billion tuition tax credit boost called the […]

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Magic 98.9 and Promowest Productions welcome George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic back to Columbus on Friday February 13,  2010 at The Lifestyle Communities Pavilion. Tickets go on sale soon.  Keep listening to Magic 98.9 for your chance to win tickets and a special Valentine’s weekend prize package! Tickets are $29 in advance and $32 (day […]

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The Ohio State School For The Blind marching Panthers and The Pickerington Central High School marching bands kicking off 2010 in the Tournament Of Roses Parade.

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Teddy Riley’s daughter, Taja, leveled some serious allegations about her father assaulting her and her sister with a guitar from the Rock Band X-Box controller. She has since filed a restraining order against him. Teddy addressed the situation on his now defunct Twitter account. Taja, 18 years old says that at one point, Teddy, “lifted […]