ABC/Randy Holmes The upcoming collaborative album between Kanye West and Ty Dolla $ign, Vultures, didn’t drop on December 15 as promised, but fans may still get it during the holidays. A spokesperson for the project told Billboard the album will arrive on December 31, New Year’s Eve. The new music update follows two album-related events, which included a listening party held in…
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Paul Archuleta/FilmMagic Jamie Foxx couldn’t be more thrilled for his daughter’s latest life update! The Academy Award winner shared a series of photos on his Instagram account Monday to congratulate his daughter Corinne Foxx on her engagement to her boyfriend Joe Hooten. In the black and white photos, Corinne Foxx and Hooten can be seen embracing each other with her beautiful…
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Joe Raedle/Getty Images There are a wide array of holidays celebrated in Black households in December, aside from Christmas. Here’s a list of a few of them and their backstories, as compiled by Essence. Junkanoo, spelled various ways, including Jankunu and John Canoe, is a lively cultural festival with origins dating back to the 1700s in the Bahamas, Belize,…
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Marvel Studios Disney has dropped Jonathan Majors from future productions as the Marvel villain Kang, the studio said on Monday evening. The studio’s decision came just hours after the actor was found guilty of one count of third-degree assault and one count of second-degree harassment, but acquitted of two other counts of assault and aggravated…
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Johnny Nunez/WireImage Capella Grey dropped a new album just in time for Christmas. The eight-song project, Nah It’s Brick: A Holiday Vibe, includes features from Lady London, DreamDoll and others. After teasing on Instagram, the New York native released the project on his SoundCloud account and alerted fans the album would be available on major streaming platforms soon. It includes tracks titled “Ultimate Gift,” “Wavy New Years” and…
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John Nacion/Getty Images Marvel star Jonathan Majors was found guilty of one count of assault and one count of harassment, but acquitted of two other counts of assault and aggravated harassment in a split verdict Monday. The verdict came after about five hours of deliberations over portions of three days. Majors, 34, was charged with…
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Kayla Oaddams/WireImage Fantasia Barrino says she and her family were the victims of racial profiling during a recent stay at an Airbnb. She took to social media on December 17 to express the “uneasy” feeling she had after a birthday trip celebrating her son was cut short due to alleged unfair treatment based on her skin color. “My…
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Disney It’s time … for “All I Want for Christmas Is You” to make its annual trip to the top of the Billboard Hot 100. Mariah Carey‘s modern classic has topped the chart for a fifth holiday season: It first reached the top 10 in 2017, then managed to reach #1 in 2019, 2020, 2021…
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Courtesy of Meta Many artists have been the subject of documentaries and quite a few have done virtual reality concerts. But Jack Harlow is going to combine those two into one presentation. You’ll need a Meta Quest VR Headset to watch Jack Harlow No Place Like Home: A VR Concert, premiering January 4 at 8…
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Slaven Vlasic/Getty Images for The New York Times Television producer and screenwriter Shonda Rhimes is taking on a new passion project. The TV titan, known for hit shows like Bridgerton and Scandal, is teaming up with the Emmett Till Interpretive Center to preserve the history of Till, a 14-year-old Black boy who was kidnapped, beaten and lynched in Mississippi in August 1955…
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