Oprah’s coming back to television in a more consistent way come June. Tune in to the OWN network June 21 to watch the premiere of Greenleaf, a 13-episode drama about a family that runs a megachurch in Memphis, Tenn. Oprah released the trailer on Twitter, and it looks solid. It’s giving me Eve’s Bayou. The…

Mariah Carey is coming to reality television. And to the E! network, at that—home of the Kardashians. The eight-episode docuseries, titled Mariah’s World, will be based on Carey’s upcoming tours in Europe and South Africa and her wedding to her Australian billionaire fiance James Packer, the New York Times reports. It’ll likely air in late summer. …

One of the signs that you’re in a promising relationship is if you can be your authentic self around that person and feel completely encouraged and appreciated. During an interview that appears in the April issue of Nylon magazine, Nicki Minaj said she gets that feeling from her boyfriend, Meek Mill. It means everything to…

Amber Rose is on a crusade of sorts, encouraging people to think long and hard about sexism, sexuality and the double standards at play between men and women. And even the double standards at play between different kinds of women.  She made it plain and clear to Rev. Run and Tyrese that when a woman…

Jaden Smith—Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith’s 17-year-old actor son—is on the cover of British GQ, and inside he tells the magazine that he doesn’t see a difference between clothes that are made for men and those made for women. “I don’t see man clothes and woman clothes,” Jaden said. This is nothing new, if…

You’re not going to goad Kerry Washington into discrediting any of those rumors circulating about how her marriage to former NFL player Nnamdi Asomugha is reportedly falling apart. Why? Because she doesn’t discuss her personal life—ever. During an interview at the South by Southwest festival in Austin, Texas, reported by US Weekly, Washington explained that…

Editor’s note: This article contains social media posts that some may find offensive. It’s safe to say that T.I. finds Donald Trump’s entire presidential campaign offensive. The Atlanta rapper took to Instagram Monday to blast Trump for everything he stands for. “Donald Trump, this message is for you. My name is Clifford T.I.P. Harris,” T.I. begins.…

President Barack Obama and the No. 1 ballerina of the moment, Misty Copeland, sat down last month for a discussion with Time magazine about race and what their statuses as the first black people in their respective fields to accomplish certain things mean both personally and professionally.  They said the normal stuff—most notably, the impact they’re…

Now that we know what Tommy did for a living on Martin, thanks to Tisha Campbell-Martin (who played Gina on the show), let’s indulge in even more behind-the-scene goodies that Campbell-Martin dropped during her podcast interview with Bossip last week. Who can forget the “Chilligan’s Island” episode, when Martin, Gina, Tommy and Pam went on…

There’s been a lot of chatter about why Zoe Saldana—a fair-skinned Latina—is playing Nina Simone, the African-American (and chocolate-complexioned) jazz icon. Orange Is the New Black’s Dascha Polanco was asked to weigh in on the controversy Friday during an interview on The Breakfast Club radio show in New York City, since she, like Saldana, is…