Beyoncé Partners with Amex & Uber for ‘Formation’ Fan Experience
*Beyoncé is embarking on the sold-out Formation World Tour and has partnered with American Express and Uber to give fans a once-in-a-lifetime experience. Amex issued a press release sharing the details of the experience via the Uber transportation app. How it works is, Enter code FORMATIONAMEX in the Uber app to unlock the special “FORMATION” […]
Prince Family Money Fight! Sister Tyka Storms Out of Meeting
*If a new TMZ report is to be believed, major drama has started with Prince‘s brothers and sisters over the fortune he left behind because he didn’t leave a will. Supposedly the Purple One’s sister, Tyka Nelson, went off on the other siblings in their first meeting to discuss the money issue and stormed out […]
Six Year Old Starved by Parents Forced to Eat Hot Dog Smoothies (Video)
*I hate to say it, and at the risk of sounding ‘ignorant’ when I hear about children whose bellies are swollen due to malnutrition, my mind immediately goes to places like Africa and India; and all of those god-awful pictures we have seen on TV of starving children with flies circling their eyes. I know […]
Master P’s Ex Has ‘Stripper’ Goals – Meet Ayesha Curry’s Alter Ego
*The ongoing divorce drama between Master P and his alleged freeloading ex Sonya Miller has just taken a turn down LOL Boulevard. During a recent hearing, P filed a laundry list of excuses for missing a recent hearing. In the docs, P includes an email from his attorney’s office informing him his lawyer was laid […]
First Footage & New Character Pics from Tupac Biopic ‘All Eyez On Me’ (Watch)
*Footage from the upcoming Tupac Shakur biopic “All Eyez on Me” was posted onto the film’s Facebook page earlier this week, along with character portraits of Danai Gurira as Afeni Shakur and Dominic L. Santana as Suge Knight. The posted footage shows a recreation of the courthouse interview given by Tupac (Demetrius Shipp, Jr.) during his […]
Pink Recalls the Time Prince Rejected Her Duet Request: ‘I Told Him He Was a Rude F**k’
*During an Australian radio show, Pink shared an anecdote about the time she was 19 and thought she could just go up to Prince and ask if he wanted to make music together. “I asked him to collaborate with me,” Pink said in an interview with Nova FM’s Fitzy and Wippa. “He asked if I owned […]
New Trailer: Barack and Michelle’s First Date in ‘Southside With You’
*A first trailer has been released for the Sundance indie film “Southside With You,” a fictional account of the first date between future President Barack Obama and his future wife Michelle Robinson. Parker Sawyers plays Barack Obama, who takes a summer job at a Chicago law firm in 1989. He’s smitten by his new boss […]
Usher’s Snapchat Fail Results in Inadvertent D*** Pic
*Usher tried to get cute on Snapchat by taking a naked selfie, intending to send it with an emoji safely covering his private part – but the emoji didn’t quite do its job. Ursh sent the pic Thursday with the caption “blowin off steam” and an emoji covering his junk – only it didn’t cover all […]
NFL’s DeAndre Levy Urges Fellow Athletes to ‘Man Up’ Against Sexual Assault
*Detroit Lions’ linebacker DeAndre Levy has written a thoughtful essay about sexual assault and the definition of consent in honor of the current Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Levy, who’s played in the NFL for five years, said men need to be active and vocal allies for women by speaking out against sexual violence. “It’s truly […]
Urban Prep’s Entire Senior Class College Bound for 7th Consecutive Year
*For the seventh consecutive year, every last senior at Chicago’s predominantly black, all-boys charter school Urban Prep is headed to college, reports the Huffington Post. At the school’s three campuses combined, the class of 2016 has been admitted to more than 220 schools – all four year colleges or universities. “It’s a great day,” Rudolph Long, who’s […]
Baltimore’s Fox45 News Station Evacuated after Bomb Threat
*UPDATE: The man who threatened to blow up a Baltimore Fox TV station on Thursday was shot and wounded by police, and did not have a bomb as he had indicated. Turns out it was chocolate bars held together by wires, according to the Baltimore Police Department. The suspect is in serious, but stable condition at a local […]
Tracy Morgan Says Prince Music ‘Taught Me How to Be Gentle’
*Tracy Morgan is recalling his time with wild times with Prince in a first person piece for Billboard and The Hollywood Reporter. The comedian, who has returned to the road following his near-fatal accident last year, said he’s been a diehard fan since hearing 1999, and shared how Prince’s song, “Condition of the Heart,” helped […]
Viola Davis Inks Production Deal with ABC Studios
*Just days after Kerry Washington landed a production deal with ABC Studios and ABC Signature Studios, her TGIT neighbor in Shondaland, Viola Davis, has done the same thing. The “How To Get Away with Murder” star’s production company JuVee Productions has entered into an overall deal with ABC Studios and ABC Signature Studios, according to […]
Whitney Houston Doc From Kevin Macdonald Gets Estate’s Blessing
*A theatrical feature documentary about the life of Whitney Houston is in the works from director Kevin Macdonald, an Oscar winner for the 1999 doc “One Day in September.” It’s the first documentary to be officially authorized by her estate, and will include an interview with Clive Davis, who signed Houston to his Arista Records in 1983. […]
National Enquirer Claims Prince Had AIDS and Was ‘Preparing to Die’
*In the absence of a definitive cause of death announcement for Prince, it’s inevitable that tabloids would start filling the void with claims from unnamed sources. On Wednesday, the National Enquirer dropped a bombshell, claiming Prince had contracted HIV sometime in the 90s, and it had turned into full blown AIDS within the past six months. […]
