Those who wanted to see LL Cool J perform on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway on July Fourth will finally get their chance. The actor and rapper will headline a free, star-studded concert for New Year’s ...

On this date in the year 1985, a young Queens emcee named James Todd Smith, known to the world as LL Cool J, released his first full length album on Def Jam Records. Produced primarily by Rick Rubin, ...

Re: “Developer hoping downtown gets ‘it’” (Page E1, Nov. 2). I find the amount of unutilized potential that exists in downtown San Jose frustrating. This is particularly concerning given the ...

When talking about cool designs for the home, the term can mean different things to different people. Depending on likes and dislikes, preferred decor style, and the level of formality, what is ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. In reading the column in today’s paper about how some Portland restaurants ...

Love Letters to the Dead, written by Ava Dellaira, and published in 25 territories, is to be adapted into a YA graphic novel with Dellaira and artist Talia Dutton. This story about 15-year-old Laurel ...

LL Cool J and wife Simone I. Smith have the secret sauce. The couple, who recently celebrated their 30th wedding anniversary, has learned a thing or two over the years about maintaining a strong ...

In more than three decades in entertainment journalism (good lighting hides my age well!), I’ve met hundreds of celebs — in interviews, at award shows and parties — some have even become good friends.

A Johnson & Johnson innovate medicine subsidiary, Janssen Vaccines, landed in hot water with the FDA this summer over a 2024 inspection of the company’s production facility in South Korea. In a ...

Approaching the intersection of Grand Avenue and Sheridan Road from any direction, people cannot miss the new six-foot-tall letters brightly painted in four different colors spelling out “Waukegan.” A ...

LL Cool J found love with his wife, Simone I. Smith, when they were teenagers. The rapper and host of the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards met his longtime love in 1987 in New York City, and they dated for ...

The 2025 MTV Video Music Awards mark a pivotal moment in entertainment history, with LL Cool J stepping into the spotlight as host for music’s most electrifying night. The ceremony, broadcasting live ...