Bill Cosby

Bill Cosby will be the next recipient of the Marian Anderson Award. The Philadelphia native is to accept the award and $100,000 prize at an April 6 ceremony at the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts in Philadelphia. The comedian, actor and educator is being honored for his cultural impact as well as his work in encouraging academic achievement and calling for accountability in the black community. The award is named for the famed singer and Philadelphia native who used her art in the service of social justice. It honors artists whose leadership benefits society. It was first awarded in 1998 to singer Harry ... Read Full Story

IF YOU GO Who: Bill Cosby When: 7:30 and 10 tonight Where: Treasure Island Tickets: $79-$99; treasure island.com Three months ago Bill Cosby performed in Las Vegas for the first time in years, headlining at Treasure Island. He returns for an encore tonight. It may be the last time fans have a chance to see AmericaÕs uncrowned raconteur laureate on a Las Vegas stage for a while. ÒThe last time I played there,Ó Cosby says during a phone call to his home in Shelburne Falls, Mass., Òthe attendance was not good. The town was kind of down.Ó ÒIf it doesnÕt do better this time ... Read Full Story

When I heard that the legendary Bill Cosby had dropped a hip-hop CD, I had to pause. Since Mr. Cosby's iconic "The Cosby Show," I had fallen in love. In love with the warm and fuzzy multidimensional characters, who looked like me and mine, across the screen. Mr. Cosby has been successful as an author, comedian, activist and television producer, but in hip-hop? I must have misunderstood. Speed up to about five years ago, when there was much ado about nothing over his controversial stances on the black community. The town halls he held in those years afterward didn't necessarily make him very popular ... Read Full Story

Someone had to hold Bill Cosby back to keep him from crawling over a balcony and joining fellow comedians on stage as the stars lined up to pay tribute to his life's work. When the lights went out for the start of the 12th annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, Cosby filled the dark silence Monday night. "Hellooo?" he called out at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. And once again, he had his audience laughing. Chris Rock and Jerry Seinfeld saluted their fellow funny man with the nation's top comedy prize, along with two co-stars from "The Cosby Show," ... Read Full Story

Bill Cosby and the Cosnarati Part 2 Return to Bill Cosby and The Cosnarati Part 1 Black Voices: Jace the Great, I want to ask you about "Where's the Parade?" You can't find music today that celebrates black women, in general, today. Talk to me about that song and why it was created. One, I got a call from Doc at 6 in the morning, and I got this idea. You heard what he said, "Bepah, bepah" [sound of trombone], and I'm saying, Where's he going with it? So he said, "Look, that's the sound of the parade, that's the song I'm hearing, the ... Read Full Story