Read more Bill Cosby stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/16076/bill-cosby.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 5:39:04 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/71109/6-other-extorted-celebs.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagDavid Letterman isn’t the first celebrity to be brazenly blackmailed. Mental Floss lists six other notable cases: Cameron Diaz: A photographer who snapped bondage-themed nude photos of the actress threatened to sell them to magazines if she wouldn’t buy them for $3.5 million—he ended up in jail for...http://www.newser.com/story/71109/6-other-extorted-celebs.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 07 Oct 2009 12:10:24 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/32978/obama-arrives-late-for-race-debate.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe black community has already started the conversation Barack Obama wants, prominent conservative Myron Magnet writes in City Journal . Liberal icons Bill Cosby and Juan Williams have declared that it’s time for African Americans to take responsibility for their own destiny. They’re telling truths that have left black conservatives “unthinkingly...http://www.newser.com/story/32978/obama-arrives-late-for-race-debate.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 21 Jul 2008 19:21:17 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/17951/hey-hey-hey-cosbys-a-rapper-now.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBill Cosby, long a vocal critic of urban street culture and its gangsta rap, is holding his enemies close. His next record, State of Emergency , will be nothing but hip-hop, reports the Philadelphia Inquirer . The album will address sober issues faced by America's black youth, such as teen pregnancy and...http://www.newser.com/story/17951/hey-hey-hey-cosbys-a-rapper-now.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 06 Feb 2008 20:46:21 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/11719/johnny-sorry-jay-top-tv-icon.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagLetterman and Stewart made the cut, but Leno got stiffed when Entertainment Weekly and TV Land did their list of the top 50 TV icons. Leading the list, of course, the guy who started it all: Johnny Carson Lucille Ball Oprah Winfreyhttp://www.newser.com/story/11719/johnny-sorry-jay-top-tv-icon.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 15 Nov 2007 13:49:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/10681/i-spy-with-my-little-eye-an-elephant.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagRobert Culp, best known for his 1960s TV show "I Spy," in which he starred with Bill Cosby, has sued the Los Angeles Zoo and accused it of being cruel to elephants. He seeks to stop the zoo from building a $40-million elephant exhibit. A judge allowed Culp's suit to...http://www.newser.com/story/10681/i-spy-with-my-little-eye-an-elephant.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 31 Oct 2007 19:27:06 CDT