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Keyshia Cole’s New Show Our girl Keyshia Cole is back and after a series of questionable moments (including that really awkward video of her grinding…

Taraji P. Henson has a message for those critics who are dogging out her uber-addictive series, Empire: Thanks. Now we all know most people wouldn’t give…

NBA forward LeBron James is keeping it very candid on how he teaches his sons about guns and police shootings involving Blacks in America. In…

Academy-Award winner, Jennifer Hudson is about to merge her music and acting worlds. Jennifer who won the coveted gold statue for Best Supporting Actress in 2006…

If you aren’t currently in a relationship—and especially if you’ve recently ended one—you might not be looking forward to Valentine’s Day. The lovey-dovey cards, heart-shaped…

Orange Is The New Black dynamo Laverne Cox is about to strut her stuff in front of a courtroom. Laverne has been tapped to star on the…

Missy Elliott & Timbaland Back In the Studio It’s happening folks, the 90s are coming back! OK, not quite but one of our favorite 90s…

Take Harlem’s heartbeat/ Make a drumbeat/ Put it on a record, let it whirl…- Langston Hughes Gina Prince-Bythewood, writer and director of Beyond The Lights…

Brian Williams, the NBC News anchor who has come under scrutiny for falsified reports on Iraq, has been suspended from the network for six months…

Oh, so you thought Kanye West was being a jerk at the Grammys, huh? Well, get over yourself, because it’s not about Kanye being an…