Essence Atkins was born in New York City, New York, USA on February 7, 1972. She is a producer and actress, best known for A Haunted House (2013), How High (2001), and Same Difference (2019). Jaime Mendez was her previous husband.
In 1986, Atkins launched her career as a teen guest star on the NBC sitcom The Cosby Show. Before landing a co-leading role opposite James Earl Jones and Vanessa Bell Callaway in the brief-lived first African-American prime-time soap opera Under One Roof in 1995, she spent the years that followed playing guest roles on sitcoms like Family Matters. Read More...
Getty ImagesKardashian West lobbied for Alice Johnson's releaseA 64-year-old woman who was freed from prison after 19 years after a campaign by Kim Kardashian West has been chosen to model her new underwear line.
Kardashian West lobbied for the release of Alice Marie Johnson, who had been sentenced to life in prison for her minor role in the drug trade in 1996.
The model and TV personality tweeted a video of Johnson wearing her new Skims range of shapewear. Read More...
American singer Patsy Cline lived from September 8, 1932, until March 5, 1963. She is regarded as one of the most important vocalists of the 20th century and was a pioneer of country music’s transition into pop music. Cline had a number of significant hits during the course of her eight-year recording career, including two number-one singles on the Billboard Hot Country and Western Sides chart.
Cline wrote a letter to the Grand Ole Opry at the age of 15 requesting an audition. Read More...
