Best-selling author E. Lynn Harris died Friday at age 54. According to reports, his personal assistant declined to give details, but did confirm his death. The writer was in the middle of a West Coast tour to promote his 11th novel, “Basketball Jones,” when he passed away.
Harris was best known for such successful novels as “Invisible Life,” “Just As I Am,” “Too Good To Be True,” as well as his 2004 memoir “What Becomes of The Brokenhearted”. He specialized in writing about African-American gay culture and lifestyle.
Born in Michigan, Harris grew up in Little Rock and attended the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, where he was the school’s first black cheerleader. Harris recently taught English at the University of Arkansas as a visiting professor.
Check out this new track from Jay-Z, Rihanna and Kanye West entitled, ‘Run This Town’. The track is off of Jay-Z’s new album, “The Blueprint 3″ in stores on September 11th.
The track was supposed to air on selected radio stations this morning at exactly 9:11am, but it didn’t air until like 10am. Listen above.
Guess who is getting her modeling on in a brand new photoshoot by photographer Derek Blanks? Hint: She was nominated for two Daytime Emmy Awards this year.
Jay-Z arrives to singer Michelle Williams’ bday party in London on Thursday night rocking a shirt that says: “You Can’t Get Un-Famous. You can get Infamous, but you can’t get Un-Famous“. The rapper is in town on promo for his upcoming album.
Model Amber Rose arrives at the GUESS Flagship boutique earlier this week in NYC.
