• 'Cosby Show' Reunion! Raven-Symone, Malcolm-Jamal Warner Discuss Ebony Magazine Cover

    Ebony Magazine's cover featuring the cast members of The Cosby Show behind shattered glass is both powerful and controversial. The cover communicates the message of a shattered perception of this iconic fictional American family and its lovable patriarch. The cover is for a story entitled, "Cliff-Hanger: Can 'The Cosby Show' Survive? Should It?" and examines the viability of the show as a symbol of black family life after many allegations of Bill Cosby's sexually abusive past have emerged. Like many others Raven-Symone and Malcolm-Jamal Warner had strong opinions about the controversial cover photo.

  • Bill Cosby Dropped by Management Months Ago as Career Continues to Die

    Fallen comedic icon, Bill Cosby might just be having the absolute worst week of his entire career. First documents from an old deposition were unsealed, revealing that Cosby has admitted to purposely drugging women so that he could have sex with them. In a matter of hours, Bounce TV pulled reruns of The Cosby Show and Walt Disney World removed a copper bust of the actor from its' Florida theme park. Now it has been revealed that Cosby has actually been without representation for months!

  • Phylicia Rashad Claims Accusations Against Bill Cosby Are 'Orchestrated' to Destroy His Legacy

    Bill Cosby's reputation and legacy has completely nosedived in under two months thanks to a string of allegations by several different women. Is Cosby really capable of drugging and sexually assaulting women on a regular basis? Could this many people who have never met be telling the same lie? That is what the comedian's legal team is trying to convince us of. It seems the public has hung on the words of those affiliated with Cosby and input from those who worked with him on the set of "The Cosby Show" seems invaluable. Finally, Phylicia Rashad is speaking up.Rashad was Cosby's television wife for years, and after staying quiet for several weeks, she finally spoke exclusively with Showbiz 411 yesterday, and she staunchly defended her friend."Rashad, who is one of our greatest stage actresses, has kept quiet, didn't seek me out and even said, 'I don't want to become part of the public debate.' But knowing this she did say to me, 'I love him' about Bill Cosby. She stands defiantly behind him. She told me that in the years she's known him, she has never seen the behavior alleged by the women who say they were drugged and raped, or sexually harassed," wrote Roger Friedman."Forget these women," Rashad said. "What you're seeing is the destruction of a legacy. And I think it's orchestrated. I don't know why or who's doing it, but it's the legacy. And it's a legacy that is so important to the culture."Rashad dismisses claims from Beverly Johnson and Janice Dickinson."Oh, please," she said when their names came up.She is also quick to defend Camille Cosby."This is a tough woman, a smart woman," she told me. "She's no pushover."

  • Beverly Johnson Accuses Bill Cosby of Drugging and Dragging Her in Essay for 'Vanity Fair'

    How many more women are going to come forward with allegations of Bill Cosby drugging them, sexually assaulting them, or both? It seems like nearly every single day there is a new story and today's comes from a legendary supermodel Beverly Johnson. Rather than keeping her story to herself, Johnson decided to write an essay for "Vanity Fair," describing her encounters with Cosby in the mid-1980s.

  • Raven-Symone Is Sick Of Being Labeled As 'Gay' Or 'African American' But Then Labels Herself As 'An American' In New Interview With Oprah Winfrey

    Raven-Symone is remembered for her work as a tot on The Cosby Show and Disney Channel lovers no doubt remember her hit, That's So Raven that aired about a decade ago. While the 28-year old stays busy in Hollywood it is often her personal life that seems to get the most coverage in the press. She recently sat for an interview with Oprah Winfrey with the hopes of explaining to her fans exactly who she is, minus the labels.

  • Bill Cosby Loaning African-American Art Collection To 'The Smithsonian' For Exhibit That Opens In November

    When you think of Bill Cosby the first thing that often comes to mind is his hit show that aired from 1984-1992. The Cosby Show is etched into pop culture history and before that Cosby's dry comedy sets were already a permanent hit. While Cosby's name has been on the tip of nearly everyone's tongue for as long as they can remember there is one thing that the legend has kept private until now- his love of art. Over the last 40 years Bill and his wife, Camille Cosby have collected African-American Art and the couple is now going to showcase their expansive holdings at a special exhibit at The Smithsonian.
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