Last night the Apollo Theater held its Spring 2010 Benefit, and inducted a King and Queen into their Apollo Legends Hall of Fame: Michael Jackson and Aretha Franklin. Jamie Foxx hosted the gala, which ...

Ninety years ago, Amateur Night began at the Apollo Theater in Harlem, and nothing was ever quite the same for performers with big dreams and unproven talent. What started as a radio show for amateurs ...

NEW YORK – Icon and legend are some of the many words to describe Usher and Babyface, and on Tuesday, they were given the official titles from the Apollo Theater. The historic theater in New York's ...

Recently, yet another Apollo astronaut, Jim Lovell, passed on. Lovell’s fame was as defined by his role as a pop culture icon as it was by his astronaut heroics. Everybody who came of age during the ...

When a 9-year-old Leslie Uggams made her debut at Harlem’s historic Apollo Theater in 1952, she instantly won over the notoriously tough crowd as the “extra added attraction” on a bill with jazz great ...

On November 21, 1934, a timid teenager stood paralyzed before the demonstrative Apollo Theater audience during amateur night competition. She had rehearsed a dance routine but was preceded by a duo ...

The legendary Apollo Theater - the soul of American culture - has played a vital role in cultivating emerging talents and launching some of the biggest names in music history. "Legends: OWN at the ...

NEW YORK, Oct. 24 -- Columbia University and the Apollo Theater Foundation http://www.apollotheater.org plan to create an oral history of the famed Harlem theater ...

With a saddened heart, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson announced the passing of fellow astronaut Thomas Stafford. Stafford was among the second group of astronauts to participate in Projects Gemini and ...

The legendary Apollo Theater - the soul of American culture - has played a vital role in cultivating emerging talents and launching some of the biggest names in music history. "Legends: OWN at the ...

Recently, yet another Apollo astronaut, Jim Lovell, passed on. Lovell’s fame was as defined by his role as a pop culture icon as it was by his astronaut heroics. Everybody who came of age during the ...