Don Cornelius

It's that time in our program to stop and remember the folks we lost this year. •Actors: Peggy Ahern, 95, and Jack Hanlon, 96 ("Our Gang" kids); Dimitra Arliss ("The Sting"), 79; R.G. Armstrong, 95; Luke Askew, 80; Zina Bethune, 66; Turhan Bey, 90;...

Bobby Womack picks up the phone, and speaks what’s on his mind in a voice made of gravel. “I know a lot of people who are not here anymore,” the R&B great says, “and I wonder why I’m still here. … Not a day goes by...

"Soul Train." the televised house that Don Cornelius built on a bedrock of soul, funk and ahead-of-their time dance moves, will celebrate its 40th anniversary Monday in concert at Pritzer Pavilion in Millennium Park. Chicago soul greats Jerry Butler, the...

Kanye West leads the list of nominations for the 2012 BET Awards, which the network announced on Tuesday. West scored a leading seven, six of them the result of his heralded collaboration with Jay-Z....

Rick Schultz reviews pianist Kathleen Supové's Piano Spheres' recital at the Colburn School's Zipper Hall...

Mike Kelley, the L.A.-based but internationally renowned artist, was found dead in his South Pasadena home Tuesday, police said Wednesday....

A Fontana mother said Wednesday that she initially didn't know what hit her vehicle in a devesating crash that left her 11-month-old boy and three others dead....

When it comes to the Grammys, pop star Karty Perry has strutted around a stage outfitted with giant fruit, and last year went a more solitary and serious route, albeit on a glittery swing for a medley that included "Not Like the Movies." The artist of...

'Soul Train': Don Cornelius, who died of an apparent suicide, helped define soul music in the 1970s, and helped prepare America for the rise of hip hop....

Don Cornelius: Don Cornelius was a visionary whose "Soul Train" raised the mirror to black Americans. "Soul Train" said, "Black is beautiful," says producer and "Roots" drummer Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson....