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NEWS ABOUT: Bill Cosby

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From Cameron Diaz all the way back to the 19th century, Letterman ain't the first

Oct 7, 09 12:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - David Letterman isn’t the first celebrity to be brazenly blackmailed. Mental Floss lists six other notable cases:
  • Cameron Diaz: A photographer who snapped bondage-themed nude photos of the actress threatened to sell them to magazines if she wouldn’t buy them for $3.5 million—he ended up
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entertainment • celebrity • blackmail • extortion • Elvis Presley • David Letterman • Bill Cosby • Cameron Diaz

OPINION

Obama Arrives Late for Race Debate

Cosby launched conversation in 2004, journalist argues

Jul 21, 08 7:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - The black community has already started the conversation Barack Obama wants, prominent conservative Myron Magnet writes in City Journal. Liberal icons Bill Cosby and Juan Williams have declared that it’s time for African Americans to take responsibility for their own destiny. They’re telling truths that have left black... More »

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Barack Obama • African Americans • race relations • Juan Williams • Bill Cosby • victimization • police brutality • conservatives

Hey, Hey, Hey! Cosby's a Rapper Now

His hip-hop record will criticize hip-hop culture, without the bad words

Feb 6, 08 8:46 PM CST
(Newser) - Bill Cosby, long a vocal critic of urban street culture and its gangsta rap, is holding his enemies close. His next record, State of Emergency, will be nothing but hip-hop, reports the Philadelphia Inquirer. The album will address sober issues faced by America's black youth, such as teen pregnancy and... More »

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drugs • black culture • rap music • Bill Cosby • teen pregnancy • comedian

Johnny (Sorry, Jay) Top TV Icon

The famous faces of TV are (nearly) all present in this Hall of Fame

Nov 15, 07 1:49 PM CST
(Newser) - Letterman and Stewart made the cut, but Leno got stiffed when Entertainment Weekly and TV Land did their list of the top 50 TV icons. Leading the list, of course, the guy who started it all:
  1. Johnny Carson
  2. Lucille Ball
  3. Oprah Winfrey
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Jerry Seinfeld • list • Oprah Winfrey • Johnny Carson • Dick Clark • Bill Cosby • icons • Lucille Ball • Homer Simpson • Mary Tyler Moore • Carol Burnett • Walter Kronkite

'I Spy' With
My Little Eye:
an Elephant

Veteran actor Robert Culp sues LA Zoo
to block new exhibit

Oct 31, 07 7:27 PM CDT
(Newser) - Robert Culp, best known for his 1960s TV show "I Spy," in which he starred with Bill Cosby, has sued the Los Angeles Zoo and accused it of being cruel to elephants. He seeks to stop the zoo from building a $40-million elephant exhibit.  A judge allowed... More »

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Los Angeles • zoo • elephant • Robert Culp • Bill Cosby • Los Angeles Zoo • I Spy • David Casselman • Reginald Dunn

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