Red-haired actress was best known for her starring role in the 1975-84 sitcom. (Photo: CBS) STORY HIGHLIGHTS Family member say she died due to complications from pancreatic cancer Her Norman Lear sitcom helped change TV’s stereotypical image of mothers Her co-stars included Mackenzie Phillips and Valerie Bertinelli TV just lost one of its first modern mothers. Before Bonnie Franklin — who died Friday at the age of 69 of pancreatic cancer — and her hit Norman Lear sitcom One Day at a Time arrived … Read entire article »

  MYSTIC RECORDS RECORDING ARTIST AND “THE GODFATHER OF AFRICAN REGGAE” VICTOR ESSIET AND THE MANDATORS IN THE STUDIO RECORDING NEW SINGLE “FREEDOM TRAIN” AND FORTHCOMING ALBUM  WORLDWIDE TOUR SET TO START IN MAY AT THE DUB CLUB IN LOS ANGELES   Victor Essiet (The Mandators) The award winning platinum selling international Reggae and World Music band,Victor Essiet and The Mandators from Nigeria, are now working at the Diamond Mine studio in Los Angeles with super-producer Carl McGregor (whose producing credits include Jill Scott, Prince, … Read entire article »

Carolyn Cooper—–   By Carolyn Cooper—- The Crown Prince of Reggae has been royally dissed. D. Brown’s duppy must be well vexed. I expect he’s somewhere over the rainbow composing a wicked tune, and even wickeder lyrics, about the disorganisers of the tribute concert in his name.  The Jamaica Reggae Industry Association (JARIA), Leggo Records, Sounds and Pressure and the Dennis Brown Trust are all going to be haunted for quite a long time. Since the inception of Reggae Month in 2008, Dennis Brown’s name … Read entire article »

  LAS VEGAS — Former Motown vocalist Richard Street, a member of the Temptations for 25 years, has died. He was 70. Street’s wife, Cindy, says her husband died early Wednesday at a hospital in Las Vegas after a short illness. Richard Street sang as a young man with Temptations members Otis Williams and Melvin Franklin, but didn’t join the famed Motown group until the early 1970s. He later made the move from his native Detroit to Los … Read entire article »

By Cecelia Campbell-Livingston— MUSICIAN Headley ‘Deadly Headley’ Bennett, who played on Bob Marley’s first song, has fallen on hard times and is appealing for assistance to pay mounting medical bills. Now 82 years old, Bennett suffers from back and prostate problems which requires monthly visits to a physician. Top: Bob Marley, Gregory Isaacs Bottom: BENNETT… it’s really hard   “Each visit is $10,000, plus I have to buy medication,” he told the Jamaica Observer. Bennett says he also struggles to pay his … Read entire article »