The race of Florida teen Trayvon Martin had less to do with his death than the fact that the neighborhood watch volunteer who killed him was carrying a gun, comedian Bill Cosby told CNN in an interview that aired Sunday.
The hardest part of listening to Trayvon Martin's mother speak about her son's death is hearing the tone of her voice. It bears a heaviness that speaks not just of grief but of resignation.
Bill Cosby was rooting for Houston but says her death was not a shock. CNN's Hala Gorani speaks with the veteran actor.
Clarice Taylor, who played Bill Cosby's mother, dies of heart failure at 93
Comedian Bill Cosby received an honorary rank from the Navy Thursday, and he had a Washington audience laughing with stories from his four years in the service.
Comedian Bill Cosby discusses his new book, as well as his ideas for curing childhood obesity in America.
Hundreds of people recently jammed themselves into a basement in New York City to listen to people with names like Mohammed, Nader, Aasif and Maysoon. What were they up to? Should the authorities be contacted? Is it time to raise the terror alert?
"The Daily Show" correspondent Aasif Mandvi manages to find humor in race relations in the U.S., 10 years after 9/11.
Robert Culp, the actor who rose to fame as secret agent Kelly Robinson on the groundbreaking 1960s TV series "I Spy" and later played Ray Romano's father-in-law on "Everybody Loves Raymond," has died. He was 79.
The last time SMU was relevant, The Cosby Show was television's No. 1 program. Fitting, considering the sweatshirts Temple alum Bill Cosby often wore were a rare bright spot for the Owls, who, like the Mustangs, floundered for the better part of the last three decades. But after two of the most impressive and underappreciated turnarounds in recent years, the programs' glory days are no longer just the stuff of ESPN Classic and Nick at Nite.
Comedian Bill Cosby received the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor on Monday after refusing to accept the award twice in the past.
O'Brien succeeds Jay Leno, as Letterman jokes, "I knocked off another competitor"
The stars will turn out for the 75th anniversary of the historic theater
President Obama led a chorus of "Happy Birthday" for Sen. Ted Kennedy on Sunday night at the Kennedy Center, topping off a celebration of the senator's 77th birthday that featured a crowd of celebrities and political heavyweights.
Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. told followers the night before he was killed that he had been "to the mountaintop" and seen the promised land of racial equality. Last week's election of Barack Obama was the equivalent of taking all African-Americans to that peak, says Dr. Alvin Poussaint.
Plus, the Senator's wife talks about being a parent – and whether she weighs in on policy matters
Not everyone can be Dr. Cliff Huxtable, the quick-with-a-quip dad
that Bill Cosby played on TV for eight years. But for the right price,
you could dress just like him this Father's Day
Comedian Bill Cosby backs up a judge who sent whites out of his courtroom to lecture blacks. WSB reports.
Lynne Spears will have no shortage of juicy material as she pens her personal tell-all of raising two famous daughters.
Trying to lose weight, get over a break-up or find the perfect partner?
Keeping them honest, CNN's Drew Griffin investigates federal money earmarked to support small airports.
Finals are over, families have arrived, and May flowers are blooming on campuses across the country (and by blooming I mean schools are planting fully bloomed flowers the day before parents arrive). That's right, it's graduation time again. It's a time for students to reflect on the end of a long journey, a time for parents to revel in the accomplishments of their children, and above all, it's a time for colleges to show off the spoils from their hunt to find the most prestigious graduation speaker. Some schools had more success than others, and I'm here to let you know which schools made the five best and five worst speaker selections this spring.
showbuzzupdated: Fri Apr 14 2006 09:46:00
That new Janet Jackson music making the rounds on the Internet is apparently not as new as you might think.
Hundreds of protesters led by the Revs. Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton rallied Saturday, saying the city's election plans will disenfranchise voters displaced by Hurricane Katrina.
"Electric" TV, "Stoned" music, and eight other things we recommend this week:
Before the end of his first stanza, Eric Clapton plied melody into the horror that victims of Hurricane Katrina faced.
As a kid, I never missed an episode of "The Cosby Show." Then again, I never missed an episode of "She's the Sheriff," so it was with some trepidation that I approached this season 1 set. Was the show as fresh and funny as I remembered, or merely a convenient excuse to ditch homework for 30 minutes?
Russell Simmons didn't have to look back. He fought his way out of inner-city Queens to become the "godfather" of the hip-hop movement, creator of Def Jam Records, Def Comedy Jam, and the Phat Farm clothing line -- a showbiz star by any measure.
The Canadian woman who accused comedian Bill Cosby of drugging and then fondling her filed a civil lawsuit against the entertainer Tuesday.
Prosecutors in Pennsylvania said Thursday they plan no criminal charges against Bill Cosby after ending their investigation of a woman's allegations that the entertainer drugged and groped her last year in his home.
A former Temple University employee has accused Bill Cosby of "inappropriate touching," the comedian's lawyer said Thursday.
You don't want to get Bill Cosby angry.
Fortune: Cartoons Get Oldupdated: Mon May 26 2003 00:01:00
Coming soon to a TV near you: toons aimed at adults. Networks have been emboldened by Adult Swim evenings on the Cartoon Network (which, like FORTUNE's publisher, is owned by AOL Time Warner); its ...
When people spot Malcolm-Jamal Warner on the street, they often yell, ''Yo, Theo!'' That's because Malcolm played Bill Cosby's son Theo on The Cosby Show for eight years, from 1984 to the last epis...
Fortune: Dr. J buys a bottlerupdated: Mon Jan 20 1986 00:01:00
Pro basketball star Julius Erving has been doing Coca-Cola commercials for about three years. Now he owns a franchise. Dr. J and other investors paid an undisclosed sum for the Coca-Cola bottling p...
Fortune: Altruistic marketingupdated: Mon Nov 25 1985 00:01:00
The scene could become a cliche: superstar musicians performing for a good cause. First came Live Aid and Band Aid against hunger in Ethiopia, then Farm Aid against financial distress in the grain ...
THE NEXT TIME the creative types at your advertising agency suggest hiring a celebrity for your campaign, think hard before saying yes. Many admen agree that celebrities are being enlisted to pitch...
NBC TELEVISION owes Atlantic Richfield Co. a lunch, a debt incurred by Thornton Bradshaw early in 1981 as he was preparing to leave as president of the oil company to take over at RCA Corp., NBC's ...
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