Raven Symone has said she won't comment on rumors that she is gay. ?Raven Symone has said she won't comment on rumors that she is gay. The 26-year-old Symone, who first gained fame playing Olivia on the NBC comedy hit The Cosby Show, declined to address the rumors on Twitter. ?My sexual orientation is mine, and the person I'm dating to know. I'm not one for a public display of my life,? Symone tweeted to her nearly 352,000 followers. ?However that is my right as a HUMAN BEing whether straight or gay. To tell or not to tell. As long as I'm not harming anyone.? The National Enquirer was the first publication to print the claim that Symone was living with AzMarie Livingston, an openly gay contestant on the CW's reality series America's Next Top Model. ?Raven has hidden being gay for a long time now,? an unnamed source told the tabloid. ?But about a year ago, she was introduced by a friend to AzMarie, who is absolutely gorgeous. The two began seeing each other, and a few moths ago, Raven f

Veteran US actor and comedian Bill Cosby spoke out about the fatal shooting in February of an unarmed black teen in Florida, blaming his death on the prevalence of guns in the United States.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Media icon Bill Cosby at 74 still looms larger than life over the American psyche.

``The Muppets'' doesn't spin off the show into a free-standing adventure the way other Muppet films have (the last was 1999's ``Muppets From Space''). It's essentially a resurrection of the variety half-hour that ran from 1976 to 1981 on CBS. The movie treats Muppetness with as much serious absurdity as Jim Henson did. Nicholas Stoller and the actor Jason Segel wrote the film, which James Bobin directed, and it maintains a world in which parity is paramount: signing and talking, cool and squareness, pop-art and trash, flesh and fabric. It's all the same.

With large crowds and great weather expected in Las Vegas for Memorial Day weekend, along with a local events calendar that's more than a little daunting, the Las Vegas Sun has pulled together the 10 events locals might actually attend. . Barenaked Ladies at Red Rock Resort

Jazz saxophonist James Moody, who improvised `Moody's Mood for Love,' dies in San Diego. Jazz saxophonist James Moody is best known for his 1949 "Moody's Mood for Love," but when he recorded the hit that eventually was elected into the Grammy Awards' Hall of Fame, he said, he was just "trying to find the right notes."

The stratospheric success of ABC's sophomore comedy 'Modern Family' is hinting at a spinoff for its gay couple. The stratospheric success of ABC's sophomore comedy Modern Family is hinting at a spinoff for its gay couple. In speaking about the show's success with Variety, Fred Silverman, producer and former ABC, CBS and NBC programming head, compared Modern Family's DNA to that of NBC's The Cosby Show, which transformed the network into a comedy powerhouse. ?If it's a Cosby Show or an All in the Family, it can make a very big difference,? he said. ?It creates an adjacency to a time period where you can develop other comedies, if it's the right kind of a show.? The show is already providing valuable support for other Wednesday night properties, including Cougar Town and The Middle. Silverman also suggested that the network would benefit from a Modern Family spinoff starring its popular gay couple, Mitchell, played by Jesse Tyler Ferguson, and Cameron, played by Eric Stonestreet. ?It's a

SYDNEY (Reuters) - For Raven-Symone, the transformation from being a Disney child star to a 20-something actress has taught her one major lesson -- how to say no.

Varnette Honeywood, artist whose work appeared on `The Cosby Show,' dies in LA at 59. Varnette Honeywood, an artist whose paintings adorned the walls of the set of "The Cosby Show" and whose strikingly colorful images depicted tender moments in black family life, has died. She was 59.

Phylicia Rashad takes leading role in debut of Washington's new Arena Stage complex. Phylicia Rashad will open Arena Stage's new Mead Center for American Theater this fall in Washington, starring in one of the inaugural productions.

Phylicia Rashad takes leading role in debut of Washington's new Arena Stage complex. Phylicia Rashad will open Arena Stage's new Mead Center for American Theater this fall in Washington, starring in one of the inaugural productions.

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - The anti-mom is in.

`Law & Order' is canceled by NBC after 20 seasons, on the brink of a record-breaking run. There was never any doubt that, someday, "Law & Order" would come to an end.

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - When writer-producer David Landsberg invited friends to join industry executives for a recent screening of the low-budget, high-concept comedy "Sex Tax," his pitch wasn't just come to see the film but also to celebrate his life.

Conan O'Brien to make TBS his new late-night home as surprise negotiations steer him from Fox. As Conan O'Brien sought a new place to play TV host, conventional wisdom said he'd be bringing his talk show to Fox.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - American TV actor Robert Culp, best known for playing a secret agent alongside Bill Cosby in the 1960s cloak-and-dagger hit "I Spy," died on Wednesday after a fall near his home. He was 79.

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