R. Kelly Gets a Divorce
R&B singer R. Kelly and Andrea Lee, his wife of 11 years, have divorced, the entertainer’s lawyers announced in a statement. “The parties have reached an amicable resolution concerning all issues related to their marriage and will share joint custody of their three children,” the announcement said. “The details of this agreement will remain confidential and the family requests that their privacy be respected during this time.” It’s not as if the announcement were a shock. The couple, which has three children together, separated more than three years ago after Lee filed an emergency restraining order against Kelly, claiming that he had physically abused, harassed and stalked her. Lee, 35, who is seven years younger than Kelly, met the performer while auditioning as a backup dancer for him.

Some TVs Will Go Black
Next Month Hundreds of thousands of Americans – many of whom are poor and minority – will be left out of the TV loop next month when all televisions switch from analog to digital. For lawmakers like Rep. Edward Markey (D-Mass.) and Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.), that’s unacceptable, the Feb. 17 changeover should be delayed. While the switch guarantees a much sharper picture, it would leave hundreds of thousands of folks without any picture at all, according to John Walsh, senior vice president for programming at PBS. “Currently, 99 percent of American households have television,” said Walsh, speaking to the Television Critics Association. “Are TV households in the U.S. now going to be 95 percent? Ninety-seven percent?” “Just because of the nature of digital versus analog, someone who is on the wrong side of a ridge or something like that may suddenly not be able to get a station that they always used to get analog.”