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... 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... 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... 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... 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... 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... Read Full Story

LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - Bill Cosby doesn't rap or sing on his latest project, but he gathered together people who do. "Bill Cosby Presents the Cosnarati: State of Emergency" is a socially conscious hip-hop CD that focuses on the critical issues affecting young people. The independent project will launch Monday (October 19) during a virtual town hall meeting in New York. Presented in association with Ustream, the town hall (7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT) will air on urban radio station Web sites... Read Full Story

Chris Rock and Jerry Seinfeld will salute fellow funny man Bill Cosby with the nation's top humor prize at the Kennedy Center, along with two co-stars from "The Cosby Show," Phylicia Rashad and Malcolm-Jamal Warner. Tribute performances Monday night will range from standup to orchestra and jazz as Cosby receives the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. Wynton Marsalis is slated to perform, as well as Willie Nelson. Of all his work, the 72-year-old Cosby says he's most proud of "The Cosby... Read Full Story

Bill Cosby still thinks America is funny, like the name-calling over health care and the way we drink water from plastic bottles that could be toxic. But he says the nation has some serious problems to tackle. The 72-year-old who has long drawn laughs for his wisecracks will receive the nation's foremost humor prize Monday at the Kennedy Center in Washington. Jerry Seinfeld, Chris Rock, Sinbad and other top entertainers will line up to honor him with the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor... Read Full Story

This colorful sweaters belongs to Cosby.I bet you already know the funny guy.This “Cosby” sweaters priced $5,000.When playing Dr. Heathcliff Huxtable on The Cosby Show (1984-1992), Bill Cosby most often wore shirts with loud, geometric, swirling and/or patchwork patterns. This habit gave rise to the term “Cosby sweater,” used to describe similar sweaters. In 2008, Hello Friend and the Ennis William Cosby foundation put three of those famous sweaters up for auction on eBay.World’s Most... Read Full Story