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  • ‘RHOA’ Star Kenya Moore Writing Memoir About Painful Past and Childhood

    When she's not busy twirling on somebody's last nerve, former Miss USA and current Real Housewives of Atlanta star Kenya Moore is putting pen to paper and writing a memoir of her life. The former pageant queen has a way of pushing her fellow castmates' buttons on a regular basis on the show, but in the first released pages of her book, titled Invisible, readers will be able to feel Moore's tangible pain as she discusses her difficult past with her estranged mother.

  • LeBron James Set to Create & Star in Unscripted TV Show 'Cleveland Hustles'

    First movies, then television and now unscripted reality shows? Cleveland Cavaliers star LeBron James has officially branched out beyond the world of basketball. In 2014, in addition to moving back to Cleveland and its basketball team, James debuted two TV shows: Survivor's Remorse, a comedy that focused on the life of a fictional pro basketball player on STARZ, and Becoming, a documentary-style show on Disney XD that focused on the early lives of real athletes. Now, James will move into the world of unscripted television when he brings his latest creation, Cleveland Hustles, to life.

  • Jamie Foxx a Hero After Pulling Man Out of a Burning Vehicle

    Looks like singer-actor Jamie Foxx doesn't just save people in movies. The new Robin Hood: Origins star helped pull a man out of a truck Monday evening after the vehicle hit a drainage ditch, rolled and caught on fire. "Jamie didn't hesitate. He jumped out and ran to the car," a member of Foxx's team told ABC News.

  • Iconic Rap Group Run-D.M.C. to Receive Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award

    The 58th Grammy Awards are honoring a rap group with a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award for the first time in the award show's history. Run-D.M.C., made up of Queens-bred rappers Darryl McDaniels (D.M.C.), Joseph Simmons (Rev Run) and the late Jason Mizell (Jam Master Jay), is known for their iconic style-Adidas sneakers and sweatsuits with big chains and fedoras-and songs such as "My Adidas" and "Walk This Way."

  • 'Ride Along 2’ Star Kevin Hart Gets a Star on the Miami Walk of Fame

    It can't be denied: Actor and comedian Kevin Hart is winning. It seems as though Hart blew up overnight, but with a steady stream of blockbuster and comedy specials, it seems as though he's here to stay. His latest accomplishment? A star on the Miami Walk of Fame—the same year he is also receiving a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in L.A.

  • Lil Dicky Reveals Dreams of Life on the Big (or Small) Screen

    Lil Dicky, born David Burd, always wanted to be a star. Even though he holds a college degree in business and marketing, entertainment and performing was always his dream. Even in his music, there's a good mix of rhymes and comedy that goes into each song, and Dicky thrives on both aspects. "I knew I could rap a little bit, which is not the most unique way for being funny," he told XXLmag.com. "The more I did it, the better I got at rapping and then I fell in love with the craft of it and the possibility that I was a good rapper was very intriguing." Now that his career is blowing up, the YouTube star is looking towards his next venture: acting.

  • New York Jets' Antonio Cromartie and Wife Expecting Twins—After Vasectomy

    Vasectomies might not be the end-all, be-all that we thought it was—at least not for New York Jets footballer Antonio Cromartie and his wife Terricka, who are expecting twins five years after Cromartie got snipped. If that wasn't enough, these two surprise bundles will be the baller's 11th and 12th children. So clearly, fertility is not an issue for the football player, or his wife of eight years.

  • Rapper Fabolous Uses Photos to Address President Obama’s Impact on Hip-Hop

    As President Obama finishes up the last few months of his historical time in office, many look to the future and wonder who will be the next leader of the free world, while others look to the past eight years and Obama's time in office. One such person is rapper Fabolous, who has dedicated his last few Instagram posts to the man that he insists has been the only president in history to embrace the hip-hop culture and champion the artists who create music for the masses.

  • HBO Spotlights J.Cole's 2014 Tour With 'Forest Hills Drive: Homecoming'

    Rapper J. Cole went on tour in 2014, and thanks to HBO, fans got a firsthand look at where the "Crooked Smile" lyricist was born and bred. J. Cole "Forest Hills Drive: Homecoming" is a 90-minute special that shows us around Cole's hometown of Fayetteville, North Carolina, filmed during the rapper's stop there while on tour promoting his third studio album, '2014 Forest Hills Drive.'

  • Wondaland Artist Jidenna Releases New Video for ‘Knickers’ - Promoting Social Awareness

    Jidenna waited a long time to release a new single after the well-received "Classic Man," but now that he has, he's on a roll! Last month, he released the video for "Long Live the Chief," and then he dropped two more singles, "Extraordinaire" and "Knickers." In the latest video for "Knickers," the clever Nigerian artist plays on words to promote social awareness as only a gentleman can.

  • Jaden Smith Stars in Louis Vuitton Movie for Womenswear Campaign

    Jaden Smith and sister Willow have marched to the beat of their own drums almost from birth it seems, confident in the independence instilled in them by their parents, famed Hollywood power couple, Will and Jada Pinkett-Smith. Jaden took his freethinking and independent spirit to new heights recently when he became the face of Louis Vuitton's women's campaign.

  • ‘American Idol’ Alum Fantasia Barrino Releases New Single "No Time For It"

    Singer Fantasia Barrino has had her share of drama over the years—attempted suicide, admitted illiteracy, home foreclosure, needy family members, affairs with married men and more—but in her new song, “No Time For It,” the now happily married Barrino (now Taylor) is insisting she’s past the dark point in her life and on to bigger and better things.

  • L.A. Reid Talks New Memoir and How He Almost Underestimated Rihanna

    Epic Records chairman and CEO L.A. Reid's upcoming memoir, "Sing to Me: My Story of Making Music, Finding Magic, and Searching for Who's Next," is sure to have tons of juicy bits about the world that Reid has existed in and helped curate for the past almost 50 years. According to the description, the memoir promises to depict the record exec's "struggles, his success and the celebrated artists that made him a legend." One such artist is Rihanna, the young girl with the "laser eyes" that he met through Jay Z when she was 17 years old. Reid was the chairman of Island Def Jam at the time.

  • Channing Tatum Steals the Show with Special Guest on 'Lip Sync Battle'

    Last night proved to be probably the most entertaining and fierce competition that viewers of "Lip Sync Battle" on SpikeTV have seen. It got real when "Magic Mike" star Channing Tatum and wife Jenna Dewan-Tatum ("Step Up") duked out in a way that we've never seen before. Tatum even brought out a special someone to help him clinch the title and beat out his dancer wife.

  • Ex Destiny’s Child Member LeToya Luckett Engaged and Getting Back to TV

    It looks as though LeToya Luckett is going from singing about love to being a part of her very own love story: Word is that the former Destiny's Child singer is engaged to relationship expert and motivational speaker Rob Hill Sr. Even better, you'll soon be able to catch the twosome on a brand new TV comedy series coming to TVOne.

  • Rick Ross Hosts 8th Annual Christmas Toy Drive in Florida

    It does the body (and heart!) good to see celebs stepping up to the plate to help put their surroundings communities and the communities they were born and raised in. This time it's rapper Rick Ross spreading holiday cheer with his eighth annual Christmas toy drive in Florida.

  • Chris Brown Reunites with VIBE to Talk ‘Royalty,’ His Daughter & Redemption

    "Three weeks ago, Chris Brown didn't exactly f**k with VIBE." This is how VIBE magazine started its cover story on Brown—a story that's long overdue, since the two parties haven't sat down for an interview since 2009. In December of that year, there was a lot of drama between the magazine and the entertainer concerning a controversial cover that, frankly p*ssed Brown off. But six years later, it seems as though the singer/entertainer is ready to let bygones be bygones-another sign of the maturity that Brown seems to wear now like a comfortable cloak that he needed to grow into. It's that maturity that seemed to be evident in this interview that had Brown talking about his 1-year-old baby girl, Royalty, what he feels about being called a role model and coming back from the edge after years as the talented black sheep of the music industry.

  • Steve Harvey Invited Back to Host ‘Miss Universe’ in 2016 After Crowning Wrong Beauty

    It was the "oopsie" heard around the world. Comedian, talk show and radio show host Steve Harvey hosted the Miss Universe pageant this past weekend and in a 5-minute time frame that would be turned into hundreds of memes, gifs and YouTube videos, accidentally named the wrong contestant as the newest Miss Universe. Contrary to popular belief though, the mistake wasn't enough to get him fired for life as it has just been announced that Harvey has been asked back to host 2016's pageant.

  • Tamar Braxton & Sisters Preview ‘Braxton Family Christmas’ on 'The Real' [WATCH]

    On the heels of a very serious illness, Tamar Braxton-Herbert took some time last week to fellowship with her talented family and serenade audience members on the talk show The Real. Viewers of the popular show Tamar and Vince have watched as Braxton-Herbert's health rapidly declined due to an intensely busy schedule (Dancing with the Stars, cohosting The Real, putting out new music). Tests revealed the singer suffers from blood clots and a condition called thoracic outlet syndrome, which causes the muscles around her ribs to become enlarged after strenuous activity. After removing the clots with blood thinners, Braxton-Herbert underwent major surgery to have her rib removed and relieve pressure.

  • ‘Top Model’ Creator Tyra Banks Gushes About Photographer Beau on Instagram

    Tyra Banks is in love! The ex-supermodel has had her shares of very public romances, but the latest one seems to have her glowing. Erik Asla, a 50-year-old photographer that Banks met on Norway's version of "Top Model," has Banks gushing and grinning (or smizing, if you will), The two have been dating for over two years now and seem happier than ever, especially if her Instagram has anything to say about it.

  • Queen Latifah and ‘R&B Divas’ Creator Nicci Gilbert to Produce New Reality Show

    It seems as though rapper/singer/actor/producer (whew!) Queen Latifah has been signing deals left and right these days to bring new content to a TV near you. After recently performing in The Wiz (as The Wiz) and inking a deal with Lee Daniels for a new musical drama, her latest venture has her teaming up with former Brownstone singer and R&B Divas creator Nicci Gilbert for a brand-new reality show focusing on "the redemption of six different women who, at one point or another, were caught in the midst of scandal," according to Wetpaint.

  • ‘Empire’ Stars Jussie Smollett, Taraji P Henson & Bryshere Gray Do USO Tour

    For some very lucky servicemen and women, Christmas came early this year for them and their families. USO and Twentieth Century FOX got together to send Empire castmembers Taraji P. Henson, Jussie Smollett and Bryshere Gray to Japan to visit the many troops stationed there. The three coworkers (and friends) chatted with hundreds of airmen and sailors, as well as their families, while touring the country. They also hosted free giveaways, an Empire Q & A and two parties open to those who serve and their entire families. As a cherry on top, the troops and their families were also treated to a concert featuring Smollett and Gray.

  • ‘The Wiz’ Choreographer Fatimah Robinson Gets New NBC Show About Her Life

    Famed choreographer Fatimah Robinson will soon be choreographing a whole new routine, maneuvering around cameras there to capture her life for a new NBC dance drama. Fresh off the success of The Wiz, Robinson is teaming up with the live TV adaptation's producers once again to work on this new project. Producers Neil Meron and Craig Zadan seem to have a lot of respect for Robinson as a artist, as evidenced by Zadan singing her praises after tapping her to do choreography for The Wiz.
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