LOS ANGELES (CNN) -- AEG Live's CEO said he "slapped" and "screamed" at Michael Jackson because the promoter was "nerve-racked" before the public announcement of Jackson's comeback concerts.

TriMet decided to create a new award in 2012 after Jack earned his 30th straight Superior Performance Award. To acknowledge this milestone, TriMet named Jack the transit agency's first Gold Master Operator.

Bill Fletcher, Jr., The Skanner News columnist, author and past president of the TransAfrica Forum, speaks in Oregon and Vancouver, Wa., at multiple events this weekend.

Tyree Harris is releasing his second full length album "Financial Aid: The Trials and Tribulations of the 21^st Century College Student."

Coming from Memphis, Intisar Abioto had no idea there was a Black community in Portland. As a photographer, she has spent years documenting the evolution of the Black experience and she wants to make sure Portland isn't left out of that story.

(CNN) -- Comedian and actor Kevin Hart says he'll straighten up his act. And he's not being funny.

Hailing from Anderson, S.C., Chadwick Boseman is an accomplished actor, scriptwriter and playwright who, until now, was probably best known for portraying the character Nate on the critically-acclaimed dramatic TV series "Lincoln Heights."

Born in New York City on Oct. 1, 1986, Jurnee Smollett-Bell is an award-winning actress and activist of rare talent and conviction.

A veteran of dozens of films, Benjamin's other work includes The River Wild; Blood In Blood Out ; Clear and Present Danger ; Abandon ; The Great Raid; Miss Congeniality and Love in the Time of Cholera

Here, he talks about his latest film, "Dead Man Down," where he plays crime boss Alphonse Hoyt opposite Colin Farrell, Noomi Rapace and F. Murray Abraham.