Bill Cosby

Bill Cosby wins Marian Anderson award | Philadelphia Inquirer | 12/23/2009Philadelphia InquirerCosby supported many social causes and events, both local and national, throughout his career, focusing on education, often paired with parenting issues. ...Bill Cosby named to receive Anderson Award | Philadelphia Daily News | 12/23/2009Philadelphia Daily Newsall 123 news articles »  

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...  

Bill Cosby will be the next recipient of the Marian Anderson Award. The Philadelphia native is to accept the award, which comes with an unrestricted $100,000 prize, at an April 6 ceremony at the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts in Philadelphia.  

The last time SMU was relevant, The Cosby Show was television's No. 1 program. Fitting, considering the sweatshirts Temple alum Bill Cosby often wore were a rare bright spot for the Owls, who, like the Mustangs, floundered for the better part of the last three decades. But after two of the most impressive and underappreciated turnarounds in recent years, the programs' glory days are no longer just the stuff of ESPN Classic and Nick at Nite.  

Filed under: Music News, Videos, Interviews, Exclusives It's not every day that someone of the magnitude of Dr. Bill Cosby comes by our offices. The man is a legend in every sense, and we were honored he gave us the time to chat about his new project. 'State of Emergency' is a rap album backed by Cosby ... Read more Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments  

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Bill Cosby's Temple Owls are no longer college football's laughingstock. Cosby's favorite team is worth watching. Temple's most famous funnyman, who played on the football team in the 1960s, already has a game plan to help the Owls beat UCLA in the EagleBank...  

The comedian and former Owls running back has been making the rounds with the media and has offered tips for the team's EagleBank Bowl game against UCLA. Bill Cosby, comedian, actor and former Temple football player, can sum up in one word what he remembers about his days as an Owls running back.  

Well, when we got to Cosby, the gate was closed so we walked a couple of miles up the road to the campground and hiked up Low Gap.We started out with a couple of inches of snow. By the time we stopped, about a mile shy of the AT the snow was about 8 inches deep and getting deeper. So we didn't make our goal of Mt Cammerer Fire Tower, but we had a great hike.Very Pretty!!!Going out again tomorrow to get some more pics.Beck  

Bill Cosby [ tickets ] will continue his stand-up comedy touring into 2010, with the 72-year-old entertainer maintaining a steady presence on the road into early summer.The iconic comedian and author will first continue his 2009 run, however, with a Nov. 27 Las Vegas show, followed by a Nov. 28 show in Rochester, NY. Cosby begins 2010 with shows in January and February, but slips into a regular one-city-per-week pattern beginning March 6 in...  

By WAYNE BLEDSOE Scripps Howard News Service Bill Cosby isn't the same comedian he was 40 years ago. "I think if a 30-year-old Bill Cosby sat on stage with a 72-year-old Bill Cosby, they would enjoy each other," says Cosby in a phone call. "One would be a lot faster and nasal sounding. The other has this deep voice and sounds like the older man. But, he also sounds like he's got a whole lot...  

Dec. 8: Television legend Bill Cosby talks with TODAY’s Ann Curry about his new message hip-hop album “Bill Cosby Presents the Cosnarati: State of Emergency.”Add this to your queueAdded: Tue Dec 08 15:06:05 UTC 2009Air date: Tue Dec 08 00:00:00 UTC 2009Duration: 06:12  

So, due to my newfound obsession with vintage sewing patterns, I have a few saved eBay searches. Including one for "Mondrian sewing patterns", in the hopes that it'll turn up something along the lines of this famous dress: So, obviously,...  

Skor Dawg & Jay B - The Hustle Don't Stop To receive this Weekly Hip Hop Albums report separately each week, please sign up for our free weekly newsletter delivered every Monday with Tuesday's releases. The following new releases are available at Amazon and iTunes. 11/23...  

Okay this is a pretty thin excuse to share this High Fidelity clip with you (but I’m gonna do it anyway). Although best known for her role as Bill Cosby’s daughter on The Cosby Show and A Different World, I’ll always remember her most fondly for her small supporting role as Marie De Salle. Happy [...]