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1st Look: Yaya DaCosta Re-Creates Whitney Houston’s 1987 Album Cover
It looks as though Yaya DaCosta is already stepping into her role as Whitney Houston for Lifetime’s 2015 biopic about the Grammy-winning songstress. As Angela Bassett makes her directorial debut, Lifetime gave everyone a sneak peak at DaCosta as Houston circa 1987. DaCosta re-created Houston’s iconic Whitney album cover, and you can see that her…
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16-Year-Old Says Her Rape Went Viral; Alleged Rapist Tweets His Innocence and Mocks Her
Editor’s note: This post contains tweets that some may find offensive. Social media can be a lot of things: entertaining, educating and thought provoking. But it can also be traumatizing, especially if you’re a 16-year-old girl whose alleged rape has now gone viral. Jada, 16, of Houston, says she thought the invite to a house…
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Texas Rangers 1st Baseman Prince Fielder Poses Nude, and #HuskyTwitter Salutes Him
When you think of an ESPN the Magazine cover model, the first thing that might pop into your head is a six-pack, muscles and a chiseled body. But this year the magazine’s annual Body Issue celebrates the not-so-common bodies in sports. On the cover of the latest issue, out July 11, you’re going to see…
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Lil’ Mo vs. Prince and His Legion of Fans
R&B singer-turned-reality-TV “star” Lil’ Mo felt the wrath of thousands of Prince fans over the weekend during the 2014 Essence Music Festival. Lil’ Mo apparently didn’t receive the star treatment she’s used to after she was denied entry to a bathroom because Prince was making his way to the stage to perform. Lil’ Mo, who…
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Solange Knowles Addresses Elevator Fight in Lucky Magazine
Solange Knowles has moved on from what she refers to as “that thing,” which we all remember as that time she had a fight with Jay Z in an elevator at New York City’s Standard Hotel. Knowles is gracing the cover of the August issue of Lucky, and sort of addresses the now infamous elevator…
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Variety Claims Rock and Roll Was Invented by Elvis but Gets a Lesson From Twitter
There are a lot of things Elvis Presley may have “invented,” like that little shimmy with his hips for which he became popular, although there are some who don’t even want to give him credit for that. But who would have thought that Presley was responsible for inventing rock and roll? According to a recent…
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‘Things Tim Howard Could Save’ Meme Stars Team USA’s World Cup Goalie
Who cares about a LeBron James meme when it’s Tim Howard’s time to shine? Although Team USA failed to defeat Belgium during yesterday’s World Cup match, Howard has become the talk of the world. Howard, the goalie for Team USA, is not only still trending nationwide but has also been memorialized in a meme. Twitter’s #ThingsTimHowardCouldSave is…
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Bobbi Kristina Brown Blasts Angela Bassett Over Whitney Biopic
Bobbi Kristina Brown is all in her feelings after getting wind of an interview Angela Bassett had with Entertainment Weekly. In the interview, Bassett spoke about the direction the biopic was going in. Bassett touched on the fact that Houston’s death and other negative aspects about her life would not be a part of the…
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Zendaya Coleman No Longer Involved in Lifetime Network’s Aaliyah Biopic
Two weeks, ago Lifetime announced that Disney star Zendaya Coleman would play the lead role in its biopic chronicling the life of R&B star Aaliyah Haughton. The new Lifetime movie is supposed to be based on the best-seller Aaliyah: More Than a Woman, by former Time magazine music editor Christopher Farley. So far it has a working…
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Beyoncé and Jay Z Share Private Video Moments as On the Run Tour Opens in Miami
On Wednesday night, Miami’s Sun Life Stadium was all about Jay Z and Beyoncé’s On the Run Tour. The husband-and-wife duo launched their 16-date tour in Miami to a sold-out crowd—a crowd that burst into excitement as Beyoncé and Jay Z ran through a cloud of smoke and hit the stage for their performance of…
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