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    The Godfather of Soul’s estate has been valued anywhere between $5-100 million

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  • ‘The Apollo’ Film Review: Documentary Plumbs Legendary Harlem Theater’s Rich History

    Roger Ross Williams skillfully weaves together cultural and political, past and present, in this valentine to a landmark

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  • ‘America’s Got Talent’: 13-Year-Old Courtney Hadwin Slays Some James Brown (Video)

    Do you see why she earned Howie Mandel’s golden buzzer?

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  • Maxine Waters Slams ‘Dishonorable’ Bill O’Reilly: ‘I Cannot Be Intimidated’ (Video)

    “I cannot be thought to be afraid of Bill O’Reilly or anybody,” Waters tells MSNBC’s Chris Hayes

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    “As I have said many times, I respect Congresswoman Maxine Waters for being sincere in her beliefs,” O’Reilly says

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  • Steve Harvey to Host ‘Showtime at the Apollo’ Special for Fox

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  • Hillary Clinton Just Played ‘I Feel Good’ by James Brown – Who Died of Pneumonia (Video)

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