We will say it again...we want to be her when we grow up. In between filming “Shades of Blue,” judging “American Idol,” and performing in Las Vegas, Jennifer Lopez found time to stop by “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” during the show’s week-long visit to L.A. Lopez sizzled in a embroidered Blumarine cocktail dress with sheer sleeves, high neck. The triple threat discussed her Vegas residency “All I Have” and hit NBC show, and also participated in Fallon’s reoccurring sketch “Ew!” based off a fictional Teen Nick show.
Fallon, who plays a teenage girl named Sara, invited her friend Gabby (J.Lo) over to her house. After Sara displayed her hidden talent (she can balance a spoon on her nose), Gabby showed off her dance moves by twerking to Rihanna and Drake’s hit “Work.” “I’m really shy,” she said before taking off her sweater and twerking in the basement of Sara’s father’s house. Watch her come out of her shell.
The hospital announced that Seattle’s First Lady is donating her $10,000 NBC ‘Hollywood Game Night’ winnings to them.
“We are delighted Team Jessica’s Ciara is donating her $10K prize to Seattle Childrens,” hospital officials said. “Thank you for being in it to win it for our patients and families.”
CiCi announced her intentions to donate to Seattle Children’s Hospital on Twitter shortly after her win.
The hospital tweeted: “You had us jumping out of our seats w/ the popcorn & on the edge of our seats during the final round of @NBCGameNight. Thanks again.”
AS you know, Ciara is dating Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson who is flushed with cash. That $10K is pocket change to her.
This is one of those performance that you either liked or felt really uncomfortable? Compton rapper Kendrick Lamar swept the rap category at the Grammys last night including Best Rap Album for to "Pimp a Butterfly" but it was his medley of “The Blacker the Berry” and “Alright”that had everyone talking...
Vanity, lead singer of the '80s girl group Vanity 6, has died after years of battling kidney failure and, more recently, an abdominal illness. She was the lead singer of the female trio Vanity 6 from 1981 until it disbanded in 1983. She also had a successful acting career, starring in films The Last Dragon, 52 Pick-Up, and Action Jackson.
Vanity, whose real name was Denise Katrina Matthews, passed away in a Fremont, CA hospital on Monday ... according to sources close to her family. A few months ago she set up a GoFundMe page, and said she'd been diagnosed with sclerosing encapsulating peritonitis -- an inflammation of the small intestines.
She also battled crack addiction in the '90s, and after a 1994 OD her kidneys were shot. She had to undergo nearly daily dialysis treatments.
Rihanna is a show-stopper. After getting a platinum plaque for her latest album ANTI and making history by earning RIAA’s first 100 million song award, she proved this yet again, only this time, as a designer.
On Friday (Feb. 12), RiRi debuted her Fenty x Puma collection before a star-studded crowd during New York Fashion Week.
Kanye West knows how to put on a show. The rapper-designer-mogul proved this yet again by premiering his Yeezy Season 3 collection and his seventh album The Life of Pablo at New York’s Madison Square Garden on Friday (Feb. 11).
The star-studded event, which was live streamed at theaters across the globe and via TIDAL, was attended by his wife Kim Kardashian, daughter North, and their family members, as well as Jay Z, 50 Cent, Jennifer Hudson, Lil’ Kim, Pusha T, Travis Scott, Vic Mensa, 2 Chainz, and Lamar Odom.
Were able to get a pretty good idea of what the forthcoming collection had to offer, we are happy to present a closer look at some of the outfits from Mr. West’s latest clothing line. Check out the complete set of looks from Yeezy Season 3 above and stay tuned for more information on. We defintely think this collection is interesting and if it's geared towards working out in then we get it. If this is to be worn as a casual outfit than we don't get it.
If you haven’t had a listen to Kanye West’s latest album — The Life of Pablo — you can hear a live version of it HERE
The Bad Boys are back. Will Smith might not be involved in the upcoming Independence Day sequel, but he is teaming up with Martin Lawrence for a third installment of their Bad Boys series.
“I saw Martin a few weeks ago,” the rapper-actor told A.Dot on BBC Radio 1Xtra. “I hadn’t seen him for about two years and we just looked at each other and we hugged and in that moment, we both knew we were making another Bad Boys. We’re definitely doing another one.”
Will and Martin teamed up for Bad Boys in 1995 and its sequel in 2003. In August, The Hollywood Reporter confirmed that a third and fourth installment of the franchise are scheduled for 2017 and 2019. Now we know the duo will be back for a third, but the fate of Bad Boys 4 remains to be seen. Watch Will’s full interview and check out more highlights from the Q&A below.
ON PLAYING JAMES BOND: “Idris [Elba] has to do that one first. Idris is going to be the first black Bond.” ON NOT BEING IN INDEPENDENCE DAY: RESURGENCE: “I had a couple of films lined up. I had Concussion and Suicide Squad and it was a decision, timing wise, between Independence Day and Suicide Squad…The world is in a place of nostalgia right now, specifically in entertainment. There’s such a pull for nostalgia. It was just the perfect opportunity and it didn’t work out.” ON JADEN SMITH: “There’s really a powerful internal quality as an artist that, as parents, we encourage. You have to get out on the edge. You have to try things. You have to be comfortable doing things that people don’t agree with. And you have to be comfortable doing things that you can fail. Jaden is 100 percent fearless. He will do anything. So, as a parent, it’s scary. It’s really terrifying, but he is completely willing to live and die by his own artistic decisions. He just doesn’t concern himself with what people think.” ON WILLOW SMITH: “I have two sons. My oldest is 23. Jaden is 17 and Willow is 15. As a father and in the time I spend with the boys, they’re with six or seven dudes. So they have a small army when they go out. So their freedom is slightly different from Willow’s. Willow’s a 15-year-old girl so we try to have the same rules, but it’s a different world so we’ve been struggling with that. Yes, Willow has a curfew. Fridays and Saturdays, we give her until 11-11:30 p.m.” ON THE OSCARS BOYCOTT: “To me, it’s so far not about me. It’s not about us going to a show or not. This is a much bigger social issue. I’m recognizing a pattern of the narrowing of the imagery, the narrowing of tolerance in America. The last, pretty much 18 months, that I’ve been watching the news and experiencing the things that are going on in my country, my concern is that Hollywood is reflecting a regressive trend. Hollywood is supposed to lead. Hollywood is supposed to be the most diverse and most inclusive…I think it’s an absolute necessity that Hollywood lead. I’m concerned that I’m seeing Hollywood slipping and making a slide that is a social and political slide that’s happening throughout the country.”
The North American leg kicks off April 27 at Marlins Park in Miami, Fla. and travels to stadiums throughout the country including New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, Toronto, Philadelphia, Dallas, and more. The European run will commence on June 28 in Sunderland, U.K. at Stadium of Light. Additional European stadium dates include London, Manchester, Zurich, Amsterdam, Paris, Milan, Stockholm, Frankfurt, and more.
“Formation,” named after her new single, marks her first tour since the six-week “On the Run Tour” with Jay Z, which stopped at major U.S. stadiums in summer 2014. Prior to that, she toured solo on 2013’s “Mrs. Carter Show World Tour,” which spanned two years and across five continents. American Express card members can purchase tickets starting Feb. 9, with a general on-sale beginning Feb. 15 in Europe and Feb. 16 in North America.
See a full itinerary below.
THE FORMATION WORLD TOUR – NORTH AMERICAN DATES April 27 – Miami, FL – Marlins Park April 29 – Tampa – Raymond James Stadium May 1 – Atlanta, GA – Georgia Dome May 3 – Raleigh, NC – Carter-Finley Stadium May 5 – Nashville, TN – Nissan Stadium May 7 – Houston, TX – NRG Stadium May 9 – Dallas, TX – AT&T Stadium May 12 – San Diego, CA – Qualcomm Stadium May 14 – Los Angeles, CA – Rose Bowl May 16 – Santa Clara, CA – Levi’s Stadium May 18 – Seattle, WA – CenturyLink Field May 20 – Edmonton, AB – Commonwealth Stadium May 23 – Minneapolis, MN – TCF Bank Stadium May 25 – Toronto, ON – Rogers Centre May 27 – Chicago, IL – Soldier Field May 29 – Detroit, MI – Ford Field May 31 – Pittsburgh, PA – Heinz Field June 3 – Boston, MA – Gillette Stadium June 5 – Philadelphia, PA – Lincoln Financial Field June 7 – New York, NY – Citi Field June 10 – Baltimore, MD – M&T Bank Stadium June 12 – Hershey, PA – Hersheypark Stadium
Bitch, she’s back. On the eve of her Super Bowl halftime performance with Coldplay, Queen Bey returns with her Southern-fried banger “Formation,” produced by Mike WiLL Made-It and co-written by Rae Sremmurd’s Swae Lee. The song also comes with its own stunning Melina-directed video, which was shot in New Orleans. The five-minute clip, a proud homage to being black, opens with Bey on top of a cop car floating in a flooded street post-Hurricane Katrina. She dances in a mansion and in an empty pool, rides out the car window, and throws up the middle finger. Blue Ivy even makes an adorable cameo.
“I like my negro nose with Jackson 5 nostrils / Earned all this money, but they never take the country out me,” she sings. “I got hot sauce in my bag. Swag!”
But the visuals also carry a deeper message in support of Black Lives Matter. At the end, cops raise their hands in front of a hoodie-clad child while a wall reads, “Stop shooting us.” “Formation” is available for free download on TIDAL. Bey has also launched her “Formation Collection” of clothing featuring lyrics like “I twirl on them haters” and “You that bitch when you cause all of this conversation.”
Damage control! Wiz Khalifa just wants you to have fun. That’s the first thing you realize when you’re at Wiz’ listening party in a packed room with the rap industry’s elite. Leave your cool at the door. Get a drink in a Khalifa-branded Styrofoam cup, eat some hors d’oeuvres, and chill out to his new album, Khalifa, a mix of different flavors wrapped into one.
This week, Wiz is on a promotional run for Khalifa, due out Friday (Feb. 5). The Pittsburgh rapper hosted a private listening session at Bar Naná in New York’s Meatpacking District, bringing together Michael Strahan, Busta Rhymes, Fame School, PnB Rock, and more. At times, you could catch guests at the photo booth snapping goofy pics or getting their own set of TGOD ink at the designated tattoo station. A bit of a surprise was seeing Amber Rose posing for pictures with her ex-husband. As she wrote on Twitter later that evening: “Supporting Sebastian’s Dad at his #Khalifa Album Listening Party.”
Way to spin drama into publicity! Although that picture really looks uncomfortable with the two.
It goes down in the video. Yo Gotti enlists a star-studded cast for his “Down in the DM” visual and, of course, it’s all about racy direct messages. CeeLo Green, Machine Gun Kelly, YG, Rae Sremmurd, and Snapchat superstar DJ Khaled make cameos in the clip, which is surprisingly all about marriage. The vid takes us from a raunchy bachelor party to the actual wedding ceremony, all along showing us how tempting a DM can be for a bride and groom, even on the day they tie the knot. Earlier today, Gotti debuted the official remix featuring Nicki Minaj, which appears on his new album The Art of the Hustle, due Feb. 19. The 15-song set also includes appearances from Lil Wayne, 2 Chainz, Pusha T, Future, Timbaland, K. Michelle, and E-40.
How dope, I wish I could have came out to this movie “Race”. Especially since Olympic Gold Medalist Jesse Owens (who this movie is about), Anyway, Focus Features kicked off Black History Month with a special RACE Atlanta Premiere at Atlantic Station on Monday. RACE star Stephan James introduced the film to three packed theaters of celebrities, influencers, dignitaries and students, encouraging everyone to be #LikeJesse.
VIP guests included Rapper/Actor Ludacris, Actress/Director Kim Fields, Producer Will Packer, Pastor Corey Hambrick (Preachers of Atlanta), Pastor Raphael Warnock (Historic Ebenezer Baptist Church), DJ Infamous, Q. Parker (112) and Sharlinda Parker (Big Rich Atlanta), R&B singer Regina Belle, Ambassador Andrew Young and many more!
Christopher Morgan and Kim Fields welcome RACE star Stephan James to Atlanta.
Ludacris filled one theater with students from his charity, the Ludacris Foundation and members of the Douglas High School track and field team. Additional participating organization’s included the BronzeLens Film Festival, The Morehouse College Cinema, Television & Emerging Media Studies Program (CTEMS), Morehouse Filmmakers Association, The Apex Museum, KIPP Atlanta Collegiate, Hosea Helps, the National Urban League, Atlanta Technical College, Fund for Southern Communities, Hammonds House Museum, Spelman College and Clark Atlanta University.
Eudoxie, Ludacris and Ambassador Andrew Young
RACE Star Stephan James explains what it was like to portray Jesse Owens on screen.
RACE is based on the incredible true story of Jesse Owens, the legendary athletic superstar whose quest to become the greatest track and field athlete in history thrusts him onto the world stage of the 1936 Olympics, where he faces off against Adolf Hitler’s vision of Aryan supremacy. RACE is an enthralling film about courage, determination, tolerance, and friendship, and an inspiring drama about one man’s fight to become an Olympic legend.
RACE stars Stephan James, Jason Sudeikis, Jeremy Irons, Carice van Houten, Shanice Banton, and William Hurt. It is directed by Stephen Hopkins (“The Ghost and the Darkness,” “24”) RACE premieres in theaters nationwide on Friday, February 19.
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