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Check out my interview in the Chicago Sun-Times newspaper with Tony- and Grammy Award-winning singer Jennifer Holliday as this year marks the 30th anniversary of the Broadway production of “Dreamgirls.”
 
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Rapper Heavy D died Tuesday after being rushed to an area hospital from his Beverly Hills home.
 
Heavy D, born Dwight Arrington Myers, was conscious and speaking when he was taken Tuesday afternoon to a Los Angeles hospital, reports TMZ.com.
 
He died soon after. He was 44.

 

Jay-Z guest stars in the new animated series, “Secret Millionaires Club.” He plays a mogul promoting financial literacy to children on the special that premieres Sunday on Hub TV, E! online reports. Financial guru Warren Buffet is also featured in an episode giving financial advice to teenagers.

 

 
A federal lawsuit was filed Friday by a Chicago producer claiming his 1967 song “Different Strokes” was illegally sampled on “The Joy,” a song by rappers Kanye West and Jay-Z that is featured on their album, “Watch the Throne.”
 
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Idris Elba is back for a second season as a police detective in the BBC America series, “Luther.”
 
Elba, 39, plays Detective Chief Inspector John Luther, a brilliant police detective entering middle age, with erratic behavior, a broken marriage, and a nervous breakdown in his past, The Philadelphia Inquirer reports.
 
In the psychological police thriller, Luther is an anguished soul who is too keenly aware of the evil that people can do because he recognizes the criminal impulse in himself.
 
The second season of Luther debuted on BBC America last Wednesday.
 
Episode two airs Wednesday night at 9 p.m.

 

 
Reggae star Damian “Jr. Gong” Marley collaborates with Rolling Stones band member Mick Jagger to form all-star band, Super Heavy.
 
Super Heavy consists of British soul diva Joss Stone, Marley, Jagger, Eurythmics founder Dave Stewart and Oscar-winning Indian film composer A.R. Rahman.
 
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Kanye West is expected to debut his fashion line Saturday during Paris Fashion Week.
 
The media has been invited to cover the Kanye West Spring/Summer 2012 fashion show on Oct. 1, the Boston Globe reports.
 
The debut of West’s fashion collection has been rumored for months and the rap star recently attended the Burberry runway show in London.

 

 
R&B singer Vesta Williams was found dead Thursday of a possible drug overdose in a Southern California hotel room. She was 53.
 
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Check out my article in the Chicago Sun-Times newspaper about actor Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, who is starring in the action movie “Killer Elite,” alongside Jason Statham, Robert De Niro and Clive Owen, which opens Friday.
 
Akinnuoye-Agbaje is known for playing Simon Adebisi in the HBO series “Oz” and Mr. Eko in the ABC drama “Lost.” He has starred in movies such as “The Bourne Identity,” “The Mummy Returns” and “Congo.”

 

 
Rapper 50 Cent will play a pimp in a movie about Alaska’s infamous serial killer, Robert Hansen.
 
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