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Here’s a lesson in Prosperity Pimping 101: Gaslight your congregation. If you’re not familiar with the term “gaslighting,” it means to manipulate someone psychologically into questioning his or her own sanity or beliefs. And that’s exactly what Creflo Dollar seems to be doing with his congregation in his quest for a new jet. Dollar is…

Kerry Washington is not concerned about getting her body back to the state it was in before she had her daughter. She told Self magazine that she certainly wants to be healthy and feel good, but she’s aware that her body is the site of a baby-making miracle, and she’s honoring all of the new…

It’s been months since we heard anything about Columbus Short, but it looks as though he’s back to his old ways. Tuesday night, during his album release party in Los Angeles, Short was picked up by several bounty hunters. According to TMZ, there was a warrant out for Short’s arrest stemming from his failure to…

You can always expect shenanigans when Taraji P. Henson shows up on a late-night talk show. And on Tuesday night’s episode of The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon, host Fallon got a little more than he bargained for. Henson and Fallon played a “fast” version of Family Feud, but unlike the television version, it was…

We all know Jennifer Hudson can sing, and she’s proved that acting is also part of her repertoire, but can she pull off being the “Queen of Soul”? According to The Wrap, the Oscar winner is currently in talks to play Aretha Franklin in a biopic produced by Scott Bernstein, producer of Straight Outta Compton.…

Straight Outta Compton has its fair share of fans and critics, but there’s irony in the fact that Compton, Calif., residents who’d like to see the movie can’t do so in the city where they live. According to CBS Los Angeles, Compton doesn’t have any movie theaters. “It’s a low-income area, it’s been heavily disinvested…

Imagine someone trying to do you a solid and educate you on what “true” Jamaican food consists of. And then they offer you doctored recipes, and the photos of the dishes look nothing like you expected. That’s exactly what happened when BuzzFeed posted an article titled, “27 Essential Jamaican Recipes You Need in Your Life.”…

Nick Gordon’s tweets are now private, but a few screenshots circulating online reveal how he’s been coping with Bobbi Kristina Brown’s death. He’s going through it.  “I look at our pics sometimes it makes me smile sometime I cry @REALbkBrown #happymemories,” Gordon tweeted. “I’m so happy/blessed that I had @REALbkBrown in my life. i will always…

On Saturday, Jason Derulo and his entourage got kicked off a Southwest Airlines flight departing from Reno, Nev., and headed to Los Angeles.  As is often the case with these kinds of disputes, there are two versions circulating that describe what caused the altercation.  A source told People magazine that Derulo and his crew were upset…

Straight Outta Compton was a box-office hit over the weekend, but there may be a few gems involving Eazy-E about which many people may not be familiar. Eazy-E—the mastermind behind N.W.A—was instrumental in putting together the rap group Bone Thugs-n-Harmony. Here’s another gem: The financial deal Eazy-E orchestrated that pissed off his N.W.A group members…