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Despite reports that she had settled her tax bill for the full outstanding amount early today, news has just broken that Lauryn Hill has been sentenced to three months in jail for tax evasion, as she failed to pay taxes on about $1.8m of earnings between 2005-2007. [...]

Once again Michael Jackson’s later years and death are to be revisited in an LA courtroom, as a jury will hear opening statements in the wrongful death suit brought against concert promotion company AEG Live by Jackson’s family. [...]

Last week, DMX appeared in an emotional and slightly harrowing interview with Iyanla Vanzant for the season two premiere of her Iyanla: Fix My Life series, in which he spoke about a number of troubling subjects in his life, including his constant battle with drugs, his failed relationships and his children. However, Dark Man X isn’t [...]

Ever the business man Jay Z doesn’t back down when it comes to making money – now Mr Carter has launched Roc Nation Sports with the talent agency Creative Artist Agency, the first signee stepping up to the bat being Yankees player Robinson Cano. [...]

Hollywood actor Wesley Snipes has been released from prison after serving nearly 3 years for tax evasion. [...]

Influential American film critic Roger Ebert has died at the age of 70 following a long battle with cancer. Ebert, the first journalist to win a Pulitzer Prize for movie criticism passed away on Thursday afternoon at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, having announced a day earlier that he was going in for radiation treatment [...]

Chinua Achebe, the Nigerian author recognised as the father of modern African literature has died, aged 82. African papers first reported the news; with an unnamed source stating that his death followed a period of illness and a hospital stay. His British publisher Penguin Books later confirmed his passing and Simon Winder, the company’s publishing [...]

HMV’s collapse into administration has led to 1,500 job losses and a number of store closures with more expected to follow, but it seems that hope could be around the corner as The Telegraph reports that supermarket chain Asda may be interested in rescuing the respected chain. [...]

Lupe Fiasco furthered his entrepreneurial efforts at this year’s SXSW by unveiling a new social media analytics app inspired by health and wellness, called Higi, in a partnership with Wrapports chairman Michael Ferro. [...]

Unfortunately Bobby Brown can’t seem to stay on the right side of the law as the former New Edition singer and “King Of R&B” was sentenced to 55 days in jail after pleading No Contest to DUI charges stemming from an October arrest. [...]