Who is Providence Mayor Brett Smiley? What to know

The mass shooting at Brown University has shoved Providence Mayor Brett Smiley into the national spotlight, causing some ...
ABC6

Smiley talks next steps after release of POI in Brown shooting

The detainment and release of a person of interest in the deadly Saturday Brown University shooting was top of mind in a ABC ...

Mayor Smiley insists city is safe, no public threat to community

Target 12 Reporter Alexandra Leslie addresses Mayor Brett Smiley, asking him what intelligence led officials to believe there ...
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Walmart’s Smiley is back after 10 years and a lawsuit

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — Walmart is bringing back its famous Smiley face icon after a 10-year hiatus and lengthy legal battle. “We felt like it was time to bring back an old friend, and one of the ...
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World Smile Day: How the 'smiley face' was created

Now behind this next closed door is, well, wait *** minute, I'm not gonna tell you, I will tell you this no matter where you were born, no matter where you were raised in the world. You know about ...
The Grio

Tavis Smiley denies sexual allegations on GMA: ‘I’m not an angry Black man’

Tavis Smiley says he never groped anyone. After PBS suspended the long-running talk show host over allegations of sexual misconduct, Smiley continued to maintain his innocence. Smiley has denied any ...
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Dance Moms: A New Era: Smiley emotional as Leilah lands "Little Sister" and places at DreamMaker

A New Era’s Season 2 debut, Smiley’s emotional breakdown and Leilah’s solo win at DreamMaker reveal the intense competition ...
New York Post

Tavis Smiley ordered to pay PBS $2.6M for sexual misconduct

A judge has ordered TV host Tavis Smiley to pay $2.6 million to the Public Broadcasting Service for having multiple affairs with his subordinates. A Washington, D.C., jury found in March that Smiley ...
People

Comedian Rickey Smiley on 'Responsibility' to Share His Grief Over Son's Accidental Opioid Overdose (Exclusive)

Rickey Smiley’s 32-year-old son Brandon died of fentanyl and ethanol toxicity after battling a years-long addiction to painkillers Eric Andersson joined PEOPLE as a senior writer in 2022. His work has ...
Los Angeles Times

In Jane Smiley’s rock ’n’ roll novel, does good sense make good fiction?

Toward the end of Jane Smiley’s new novel, “Lucky,” its narrator takes a moment to flip through her mother’s record collection. It’s got a lot of ’60s folk-rock, including, she notes, “the four J’s.” ...
Entertainment Tonight

Rickey Smiley Reveals the Suspected Cause of His Son Brandon's Death at 32

Rickey Smiley spoke publicly for the first time about the death of his oldest son, Brandon, who died at the age of 32 in January. On Wednesday, the comedian sat down with Craig Melvin on the third ...
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Rickey Smiley on Katt Williams’s comments to Shannon Sharpe: ‘I had no reason to lie’

Katt Williams on Shannon Sharpe’s “Club Shay Shay” podcast on Wednesday criticized Rickey Smiley for comments he made about “Friday After Next,” the comedy sequel the two appeared in with Ice Cube in ...