At an early age, Marvin L. Winans and his nine siblings learned the music and the faith of their parents.
Whitney Houston, who ruled the pop charts during the 1980s and '90s, will be laid to rest Saturday following a funeral at her childhood church in Newark, New Jersey.
The Rev. Marvin Winans explains why Whitney Houston's funeral should be a private affair, not a public spectacle.
The list of those on the program for superstar pop singer Whitney Houston's funeral covers the spectrum of the entertainment world.
Gerry Griffith introduced Whitney Houston to Clive Davis and Arista Records.
Microsoft's final Consumer Electronics Show keynote was short on news but long on flashiness -- complete with a gospel choir, Cookie Monster, Ryan Seacrest and an Auto-Tuned Bill Gates.
She also responds to reports the producers of her next movie are angry over her pregnancy
Fantasia Barrino has revealed the sex of her baby -- and that she's due December 29.
Singer Fantasia Barrino revealed during a concert Sunday what has been rumored for months -- she is pregnant.
Aretha Franklin won't say much about her recent health troubles, but the Queen of Soul said in an interview with HLN on Tuesday that she's doing "very, very, well."
Soul queen Aretha Franklin talks about her Grammy tribute, health rumors and tour plans.
Fantasia Barrino's recent weight gain fueled online rumors that the R&B singer was expecting a child, but her manager gave another explanation.
Walter Hawkins, a Grammy Award-winning gospel singer, composer and pastor, has died of pancreatic cancer, his church said Monday on its website. He was 61.
Kimberley Locke knows a thing or two about singing competitions.
'Gospel Dream'
updated: Wed Jun 24 2009 08:00:00
Kimberley Locke of "American Idol" fame stops by to discuss the new show she's hosting called "Gospel Dream."
Quint Davis drives around the fairgrounds in his golf cart. The producer/director checks every nook and cranny the way a field commander checks his troops.
While attending the first Louisiana Heritage Fair in Congo Square 40 years ago, legendary gospel singer Mahalia Jackson and influential jazz artist Duke Ellington spontaneously led a brass band and crowd of second-line revelers on a parade through the festival grounds.
CNN's Fredricka Whitfield surprises Kyra and Sean during a quick trip to Jazz Fest.
Season six finalist Chris Sligh scores with No. 1 hit "Here Comes Goodbye"
Gospel singer BeBe Winans, a celebrity judge on BET's "Sunday Best" show, was charged this week with assaulting his ex-wife last month during an argument about their children.
Every bit the blushing bride, American Idol alum Katharine McPhee gushes about her producer fiance, Nick Cokas, and shares their plans for a big, fat, half-Greek wedding.
Inside In Styleupdated: Tue Mar 18 2008 10:20:00
In Style magazine's Katrina Szish talks about Katherine McPhee's wedding and shows off some new beauty products.
• 18 in '08 This group gets its name from a documentary film by teenage director David D. Burstein, who spent two years examining the disconnect between politicians and young adults. (One congressman told Burnstein the government should never have lowered the voting age in the first place). After the film's release, Burstein launched the site "to register, engage, and mobilize America's youth," as the site's mission statement reads. As for why he started the organization, Burnstein tells Politico: "There is a tendency to categorize our generation as obsessed with Angelina, Britney and Xboxes. But more than ever, our generation wants to make a difference; we just have no reason to believe politics is a way of doing that." • Rock The Vote Rock the Vote, popularized by MTV's 1996 "Choose or Lose initiative," began in 1989 with founder Jeff Ayeroff's first campaign, "Censorship is UnAmerican." Ayeroff, then an entertainment
Brandy is being replaced by Sharon Osbourne as a judge on NBC's "America's Got Talent."
With tears in their eyes, and arms and voices raised in praise, more than 200 people sent Clara Riddles, the 22-year-old hotel worker shot last week at CNN Center, home to God on Wednesday.
Sam Cooke knew exactly what he wanted.
showbuzzupdated: Fri Apr 15 2005 15:15:00
"The Wedding Singer," that celluloid celebration of the 1980s starring Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore, has been transformed into a Broadway musical and booked for a New York opening -- for April 2006.
You can't blame Lance Ledbetter, the 28-year-old founder of Atlanta's tiny Dust-to-Digital label, for underestimating how many people would purchase his company's first release, Goodbye, Babylon. A...
Showbuzzupdated: Fri Jan 02 2004 12:25:00
A judge has ruled that the bass player for the rock band Meat Puppets, who has been charged with assault, is a flight risk and a danger to others and must remain in custody.
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