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On the heels of directing one of the most talked about movies of the year, Ava DuVernay is once again teaming up with Oprah Winfrey for her newest project. DuVernay’s new scripted series, based on the novel Queen Sugar, is heading to OWN, Winfrey’s cable network, with Winfrey as the executive producer and a series…

During an appearance Sunday at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival in California, Selma star David Oyelowo spoke about his recent Oscar snub and how black actors are portrayed in Hollywood. His words, which echo those of many black actors before him, come on the heels of what many feel was a snub when Oyelowo…

Editor’s note: This post contains Instagram posts that some may find offensive. For the life of me, I don’t understand why two rappers and a mediocre comedian thought going in on Kevin Hart would end up with them not looking like fools. But that’s apparently what Drake, Meek Mill and Lil Duval didn’t think about…

Amid the exciting Super Bowl between the New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks, there was one commercial that stood out among them all. And it wasn’t because it was cute, funny or action-packed. Nationwide’s depressing Super Bowl ad proved that not all multimillion-dollar ads are there to make you laugh. The ad, which featured a…

Bobby Brown has issued a statement on the condition of his daughter Bobbi Kristina Brown. Over the weekend, Bobbi Kristina was taken to North Fulton Hospital in Georgia after her husband and a friend discovered her unresponsive in a bathtub. It is now being widely reported that Bobbi Kristina has been put into a medically induced…

During Sunday’s Super Bowl halftime show, all eyes weren’t exactly on Katy Perry, especially when R&B superstar Missy Elliott joined the show. It’s been over a decade since Elliott released new music, but that didn’t stop her from being the showstopper she is. During her three-minute set, she performed her popular hits “Get Ur Freak…

Marshawn Lynch doesn’t have much time for reporters, but that doesn’t mean he isn’t chock-full of personality otherwise. Even though he’s been tight-lipped during Super Bowl media sessions, he took time out of his not-speaking-to-the-media blitz to get in a game of “Mortal Kombat” with talk show host Conan O’Brien and his New England Patriots…

The last time Eddie Murphy appeared on Saturday Night Live, in 1984, his Australian model girlfriend, Paige Butler, was only 3 years old. Now, 31 years later, the stand-up-comic-turned-reggae-singer will return to his roots. In an interview with Roland Martin for NewsOne Now, Murphy said he will appear on the 40th-anniversary special for SNL that airs…

Jessica Bartholomew, the surrogate for Sherri Shepherd and Shepherd’s estranged husband, Lamar Sally, is speaking out. In an interview with Inside Edition, Bartholomew discussed her disappointment with the former talk show host because she’s decided not to be part of Lamar Jr.’s life. “I just don’t understand how she can act like this baby is…

Updated Friday, Jan. 30, 7:32 a.m EST: According to CNN, Suge Knight has been arrested on suspicion-of-murder charges. He is being held on $2 million bail. Earlier: Former Death Row Records CEO Suge Knight was involved in a fatal hit-and-run in Compton, Calif., Thursday, authorities said. Knight’s attorney, James Blatt, said that Knight was attacked by two crew…