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  Although the tour is wrapped, The Weeknd keeps the remixes coming. Ty Dolla $ign and Belly aid the Canadian crooner in a fresh twist…

  We’re now six episodes in with the Hollywood edition of the Love & Hip-Hop Series, which hasn’t been short on controversy and drama. This…

Leslie Jones has just gotten a huge promotion on “Saturday Night Live.” She’s moving from the writer’s room to the stage! Shadow And Act reports…

Iconic fashion designer Oscar de la Renta has passed away tonight at the age 82. The cause of his death is not clear as of…

  Being funny is not enough to excuse anyone from accusations of sexual assault–not even if you’re Bill Cosby. During a recent standup set in…

Tyra Banks has assembled a team for her return to the talk show game! The business-minded beauty, who just launched her own makeup line, announced…

Tyra Banks has assembled a team for her return to the talk show game! The business-minded beauty, who just launched her own makeup line, announced earlier this year that she was working on a new chat show set to debut in 2015. Not much was known about the show at the time because Tyra didn’t […]

Bernice Jenkins has some bad news. One of our church members was hospitalized the other day while watching the Dallas Cowboys play. Listen to the Church Announcements…

Lil’ Mo has kept us jamming over the years with notable hits like “Superwoman,” “Hot Boyz” and “Put It One Me”… and now the R&B Diva has…

Gabrielle Union is making head-to-toe leather cool again. The “Being Mary Jane” star stepped out to Def Jam’s 30th Anniversary concert in an understated yet sexy…

Kenya Moore Comes For Tamar Chile, can we leave Tamar Braxton’s edges alone… aren’t they stressed enough? Oop, we tried it. In today’s catty news,…