You have a year to give a wedding gift or return shoes to Zappos.com, 90 days to pick up dry cleaning, and a week to return a DVD. But how long does a new mother get to lose the baby weight before people start, you know, talking?

A childhood friend of the alleged victim in the R. Kelly child pornography case testified Wednesday that she recognizes her longtime friend as the one in the explicit video at the center of the trial.

ORLANDO, Fla. - There is a perception,federal prosecutors fear, that Wesley Snipes emerged victorious from years of IRS investigation and a highly publicized tax trial.

Tony Award-winner Laurence Fishburne will return to Broadway to play Thurgood Marshall, the first African-American Justice on the U.S. Supreme Court, in "Thurgood," a one-man show written by George Stevens Jr. and directed by Leonard Foglia. "Thurgood" will begin previews at the Booth Theatre on March 30, 2008, open on April 20, and run through July 20.

Troubled soulstress Amy Winehouse led with five wins during the Grammy Awards' 50th anniversary show. Kanye West followed with four wins. But it was 67 year old jazz veteran Herbie Hancock who stunned everyone winning the night's big trophy, album of the year for his tribute to Joni Mitchell, "River: The Joni Letters." This is the first time in 43 years that a jazz artist has won the album of the year award.

The CW network quietly cancelled the long-running series "Girlfriends. Monday night's two episodes were the last episodes ever - no goodbye, no farewell, no finale. Cast members were notified by telephone by creator Mara Brock Akil that the network had decided to end the show.

Aretha Franklin just received a MusicCares Award last week from the Grammys. She deserved it. A sweetheart friend of mine pulled some strings for me to get a ticket, but I was ultimately unable to attend when a dear relative passed away days before the event.

February 09, 2008. MediaTakeOut.com told you last week that Sean "Diddy" Combs would be hiring only African American models for his Sean John Fall fashion show - and that's exactly what he did. Check out the photos below of Diddy's full line.