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Politician Jimmy McMillan Raps: “Rent Is Too Damn High” [Music Video]

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Jimmy McMillan “Rent Is Too Damn High” Anthem

66-year-old politician Jimmy McMillan is a rapper now…and he has a new music video to prove it.

Looks like the rent is STILL too da*n high!

James “Jimmy” McMillan III(born December 1, 1946) is anAmericanpolitical activist,perennial candidate, andVietnam Warveteran, as well as a former postal worker andprivate investigatorfromBrooklyn, New York.

He is best known as the founder of theRent Is Too Damn High Party, a New York-based political party. McMilla...

Vesta Williams’ Last Album Now Available

[image error]The late Vesta Williams‘ album has been released. Just found out her newest album, Seven, was released last month.

Proud to have called Ms. Williams my friend and honored to have been one of the last persons to interview her.

Check out more info below, and you can get her album here at Amazon.

Extending a tradition that stretches from Aretha Franklin to Sarah Vaughn, singer, songwriter, Vesta Williams contributed to the soulful mix of musical era and genres during her career. Simply put, Vesta W...

Robin Roberts Hospitalized

[image error](New York, NY) — Robin Roberts is on the mend after a brief hospital stay.

The “Good Morning America” anchor posted a message on her Facebook page Thursday telling fans she had fallen ill while on vacation in Florida.

She said doctors recommended that she stay in the hospital for a few days. The 52-year-old news vet returned to the “GMA” desk in February, after several months away to recover from a bone marrow transplant procedure.

Roberts calls her latest setback “minor” and says doctors told h...

Venus & Serena Williams Documentary Hits Theaters May 10th

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Tennis fans — Venus and Serena fans — get ready for a new sports documentary coming to a theater near you!

Venus and Serena hits theaters May 10th. Trailer below.

An intimate documentary that takes us inside the lives of tennis superstars Venus and Serena Williams, during a year when debilitating injuries and life-threatening illness threatened to take them out of the game once and for all.

Set against the 2011 and 2012 tennis seasons Directors Maiken Baird and Michelle Major attain a privileged...

Comedian Jonathan Winters Dies at 87

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I had the wonderful opportunity to work with Mr. Winters in my youth (age 11) for the weekly Hanna-Barbera cartoon series Mork and Mindy.

I played the character Eugene. I also enjoyed Mr. Winters in The Twilight Zone episode A Game of Pool (1961) where he played James Howard “Fats” Brown opposite Jack Klugman.

Trivia: the actor who played “Eugene” on the original TV version of Mork and Mindy was played by Jeffrey Jacquet.

My condolences.

Jonathan Winters, who earned laughs playing everyone from a...

Actress/Singer Annette Funicello Dies at 70

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Actress and singer Annette Funicello, most famous for being one of the most popular “Mouseketeers” on the originalMickey Mouse Club, has died.

She was 70.

Funicello was also a pop singer and movie star. She was popular in the 60′s with movies such as “Beach Party” and “Beach Blanket Bingo.”

According to “Extra,” Annette had been hospitalized in Bakersfield due to complications from multiple sclerosis and had been in a coma for years.

Back in 2011, Annette’s house caught on fire. She managed to es...

President Obama Apologizes to Kamala Harris For Calling Her Nation’s ‘Best Looking’ Attorney General

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At a Democratic fundraiser this week, President Barack Obama caused a stir when he referred to California Attorney General Kamala Harris as “by far the best-looking attorney general in the country.”

On Friday, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney announced that Obama had called Harris to apologize for those comments.

“He called her to apologize for the distraction created by his comments,” Carney told the White House press corps.

Carney also said that Obama “did not want in any way to diminish...

Is the Media Downplaying North Korea’s Potential to Hit the U.S.? (Video)

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Is the media downplaying North Korea‘s potential to hit the U.S.?

There are conflicting statements on the matter.

In an interview with George Stephanopoulos (see 3:30 mark), president Barack Obama states that North Korea “probably” can’t “but we don’t like margin of error…”

Your thoughts?

Muppets Co-Creator Jane Henson Dies at 78

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Jane Henson, who with her future husband and fellow puppeteer Jim Henson was instrumental in bringing The Muppets to life in the 1950s on a TV station in Washington, D.C., died Tuesday at her home in Greenwich, Connecticut, after a long battle with cancer. She was 78.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Jane met Jim in a puppetry class in 1954 when she was a fine arts education major at the University of Maryland. While still an undergraduate, Jim was offered a job on NBC affiliate WRC-TV in...

White House April Fools’ Prank in Full Effect (Video)

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WASHINGTON — The White House, busy with its annual Easter Egg Roll, also managed to pull off an April Fools‘ prank yesterday.

The White House Twitter account announced earlier Monday to be on the lookout for a “special video message from the president.”

Instead, viewers got a surprise visitor to the press briefing room.

The piece began with a shot of the familiar lectern regularly used by press secretary Jay Carney. It was empty as the presidential entrance march played. Then a small head peeked...