Happy Birthday to "That 70s Show" actress Laura Prepon (1980), "The Constant Gardener" Oscar-winner (Best Actress) Rachel Weisz (1971), annoying comedienne Wanda Sykes (1964), "The Young Ones" actor Rik Mayall (1958),

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Essence Music Festival has plenty to celebrate this year. And it will be about a lot more than music, said Michelle Ebanks, president of Essence Communications Inc.

Following two highly successful albums with her husband, Kenny Lattimore, Grammy nominee Chante Moore returns with her long awaited first solo CD in nearly a decade, Love The Woman,

Happy Birthday to "That 70s Show" actress Laura Prepon (1980), "The Constant Gardener" Oscar-winner (Best Actress) Rachel Weisz (1971), annoying comedienne Wanda Sykes (1964), "The Young Ones" actor Rik Mayall (1958), "Malcolm In The Middle" actor Bryan Cranston (1956), Isley Brother Ernie Isley (1952),

Veteran soul singer Ronald Isley will have to serve his three-year prison sentence for tax fraud in full after losing his appeal for an early release.

In a grand commemoration of the 50th Celebration of the GRAMMY® Awards, Shout! Factory and The Recording Academy®'s GRAMMY® Recordings announce an electrifying 7-CD series encompassing GRAMMY® winners from four of the legendary awards' major genres.

Chris Brown, ''Exclusive'' (Jive) Ever since he hit the scene two years ago with the smash hit ''Run It,'' Chris Brown has been described as the future of R&B: the next Usher, the next Michael Jackson, the next big thing.

I'll Be Home For Christmas, the first holiday album ever recorded by the Isley Brothers featuring Ronald Isley, will arrive in stores October 9th on Def Soul Classics, a division of the Island Def Jam Music Group.

Veteran R&B singer Ronald Isley is appealing to President George W. Bush to pardon him following his conviction for tax evasion. The Isley Brothers star, 65, was sentenced to three years behind bars last September after he was found guilty in 2005 of evading federal income tax payments to the total of $3.1 million between 1997 and 2002.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - George Rainey has been cooking soul food for the Essence Music Festival since its inception 12 years ago, missing last year only because the event moved to Texas due to the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.