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Mother said Josh Powell threatened her
WASHINGTON, Oct. 27 (UPI) -- Comedian and author Bill Cosby was presented with the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor at a star-studded ceremony in Washington.
Among those who turned out to honor Cosby at Monday night's event were Chris Rock, Jerry Seinfeld, Sinbad, Willie Nelson, Wynton Marsalis and Carl Reiner. Cosby's former co-stars from "The Cosby Show" -- Phylicia Rashad and Malcolm-Jamal Warner -- also reportedly attended the ceremony, which is to air on PBS Nov. 4.
CNN said Cosby had previously twice declined the award because he was offended by language used at the first Mark Twain Prize ceremony in 1998, honoring the late comedian Richard Pryor.
"I made it clear that there were certain people who misunderstood what Richard was about and how they were using words," CNN quoted Cosby as saying. "And I was not about to have that celebrating Mark Twain and Bill Cosby."
Cosby said he agreed to be presented with the accolade this year after the Kennedy Center vowed not to repeat "the foolishness at Richard Pryor's celebration."
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NEW YORK, Feb. 9 (UPI) --
Macaulay Culkin is in "perfectly good health," his publicist said after the former child star was photographed looking gaunt and disheveled in New York.
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TACOMA, Wash., Feb. 9 (UPI) --
The mother of Josh Powell, who killed himself and his sons in a fire in Washington state, said in divorce papers he exhibited disturbing behavior as a teenager.
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TEL AVIV, Israel, Feb. 9 (UPI) --
The Israeli government plans to build a floating liquefied natural gas terminal with a sea-based defense radar system off its Mediterranean coast while forming a naval force to protect its rich offshore gas fields against terrorist attack.
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NEW YORK, Feb. 9 (UPI) --
A New York City subway passenger won a free monthly MetroCard Thursday for taking a picture of the subway's ugliest rat, officials said.
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