Alon Amir During the press run for the upcoming new film adaptation of The Color Purple, Fantasia Barrino has been open and honest about what she says was a difficult decision to agree to reprise her role as Celie. In her Variety spread, the singer revealed she vowed to never play the role again, citing how “traumatic” of an experience her Broadway run…
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Atlantis Paradise Island What’s better than a Caribbean vacation? One that includes a Janet Jackson concert. Janet will perform at Casuarina Beach at Atlantis Paradise Island in the Bahamas on April 27. The concert will be the first installment of the resort’s 2024 Music Making Waves concert series, and a portion of the proceeds will…
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Raymond Hall/GC Images Lil Nas X has been working with Coach for a while now and he’s dropping a new capsule collection, just in time for, um, the day after Christmas. WWD reports that the The Lil Nas X Drop capsule features pieces from Coach’s winter collection that he handpicked and customized, with the help…
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Peacock Kevin Hart and Kenan Thompson will host an end-of-the-year special to revisit some of 2023’s biggest moments. In 2023 Back That Year Up, streaming on Peacock Tuesday, December 26, the comedy duo will offer up their take on significant events in pop culture, sports, social media and politics. They’ll also welcome a host of celebrities during the hourlong special, including Simone Biles, Jay Pharaoh, David Alan Grier and Kelly Clarkson. …
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Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images Rihanna says A$AP Rocky might be the fan-favorite parent in their household. She told Access Hollywood that her two children are “obsessed” with their dad and that she’s OK with it. “My kids are obsessed with him. I’m just a background, I’m an extra,” Rihanna said. She added, “Yep! It happens!…
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Weiss Eubanks/NBCUniversal Kelly Clarkson and Fantasia Barrino both became American Idol champs early on — Kelly won season 1, while Fantasia won season 3 — so during Fantasia’s appearance on Kelly’s talk show, the two bonded over their experience. When Fantasia, who now goes by her married name, Fantasia Barrino Taylor, stopped by The Kelly Clarkson…
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ABC/ Ida Mae Astute “OK, OK. Y’all didn’t have to break my website,” Beyoncé says in a new video on social media. In the clip shared Tuesday morning, the singer addressed the BeyHive, which swarmed to her official website Monday night and crashed it. Thanks to only a snippet of a trailer, in which Bey listed a slew of countries, fans thought she would be dropping…
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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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