Lawrence Singleton, who wrote his own unique chapter in the annals of depravity when he chopped off the forearms of California teenager Mary Vincent after raping her, has died of cancer in a Florida ...

John Singleton, a versatile director who made a splash with “Boyz n the Hood” and went on to a variety of projects — including “2 Fast 2 Furious” — died Monday after suffering a stroke. He was 51.

Singleton earned an Oscar nomination for Best Director thanks to his breakout 1991 drama "Boyz n the Hood." John Singleton, the Oscar-nominated filmmaker behind “Boyz n the Hood,” has died at the age ...

In 1991, John Singleton made history when he became both the first African American and the youngest person to have ever been nominated for the Academy Award for best director, but the late ...

Life comes at you fast. The phrase flashed through my mind when I first read that John Singleton, film director, screenwriter and producer, had suffered a stroke that left him in a coma. I said a ...