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Unlike Lucious Lyon, who’s starting off the second season of Empire in jail, a court has ruled in favor of the actor who plays him, Terrence Howard, and he’s off the hook when it comes to a divorce settlement. A Los Angeles judge Monday overturned Howard’s divorce settlement with ex-wife Michelle Ghent, stating that Howard signed…

Editor’s note: This post contains tweets that some may find offensive. Azealia Banks’ cup runneth over. The retro-punk rapper and singer who rose to mixtape fame with her hit single “212”—and a few highly publicized disputes with other celebrities over issues like racism and cultural appropriation—is fed up with media, but more specifically with black…

On the heels of Dr. Dre’s public apology for beating up women, his ex-fiancee, R&B singer Michel’le, is having her say. The singer-turned-reality-TV personality isn’t buying his apology. In an interview with the BBC, Michel’le, who was with Dr. Dre for six years and has a son with him, said she thinks it’s a publicity…

Tracee Ellis Ross paid homage to her mother, Diana Ross, by remaking her iconic music video “Work That Body.” The Black-ish actress said that her mother was 36 years old when she made the video. Although she didn’t understand the video back then, she now considers it groundbreaking, which is why she wanted to re-create…

All the greats eventually return to the stage, where most actors cut their teeth. Academy Award winner Forest Whitaker, a trained stage actor, will be making his Broadway debut this spring playing a hustler named Erie in the Eugene O’Neill play Hughie. Al Pacino played Erie in 1996.  According to Variety, the play is an…

You had to be living under a rock in the late 1990s if you don’t recognize Russell Poole, the former detective with the Los Angeles Police Department who appeared in a number of television specials and documentaries about the murder investigation of one of the greatest MCs ever to do it: the Notorious B.I.G. (government…

Canadian model Winnie Harlow, who got her start on America’s Next Top Model, has a skin condition that hasn’t gotten in the way of her modeling career. Harlow’s vitiligo has made her one of the modeling world’s most recognizable faces. So recognizable that white women are now imitating her “look.” https://twitter.com/BLVCKMATTERS/status/635193944922439681?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw Harlow has been outspoken about…

Comedian Tracy Morgan has been on the road to recovery since an accident involving a Wal-Mart tractor trailer left him seriously injured. But on Sunday, the Saturday Night Live alum celebrated the start of a new life with Megan Wollover when the two tied the knot. Wollover, in an interview with People magazine, expressed how grateful she…

Trolls have been around since AOL started sending 50 hours’ worth of free Internet access. Fast-forward years later, and trolls don’t die, they multiply. And for celebrities, it seems as though trolls go full throttle when trying to get their attention. But there’s one celebrity who’s not having it. Over the weekend, Nicki Minaj and…

Earlier this month, the women of WMC Action News 5 in Memphis, Tenn., went viral after they put on their best Nae Nae performance and showed the world just how they get down. The video garnered millions of views and gave everyone a new favorite morning-news crew. But forget about the Nae Nae—the ladies are back with…