Warner Bros. Pictures In the new Warner Brothers teaser for the upcoming musical drama The Color Purple, Oprah Winfrey, Jon Batiste and other cast and crew share their experience filming the beloved project. Winfrey, star of the original 1985 film and producer of the 2023 adaptation, opened up about the film’s significance. “There’s nothing that’s been more important or vital to me culturally, artistically…
Top Dawg Entertainment Doechii‘s back with a new single, “Pacer,” and its accompanying music video. It’s the Tampa native’s latest song, following her “Int’l Players Anthem” freestyle “Universal Swamp Anthem,” the club-themed track “Booty Drop” and her viral blockbuster hit “What It Is (Block Boy).” “Pacer” also arrives on the heels of Doechii’s opening performance at Beyoncé‘s Los Angeles Renaissance…
Mike Coppola/Getty Images Rihanna and A$AP Rocky are sharing new photos of their family, including both of their sons. The Grammy-winning singer, 35, and the rapper, 34, are seen snuggling up with and doting over their newborn son, Riot Rose, and posing for a group shot with son RZA, born in 2022, in the snaps. Rihanna, born Robyn Rihanna Fenty, revealed she was pregnant…
Drake‘s moving on from his hometown of Toronto and into a new city. The rapper revealed that after a “long time” of searching, he’ll soon be a resident of Houston, Texas. He shared the update with fans who attended the second of two shows as part of his Its All a Blur tour at Houston’s Toyota…
Omar Vega/Getty Images JT seems to be really proud of her latest business venture. After joining the Beats by Dre family as the face of their latest Solo3 headphone campaign and sharing official images from the photoshoot, the rapper opened up about the positive experience she had on the project. “Being a room full of [talented] women & men!…
Kevin Winter/Getty Images Will Smith took a trip down memory lane Monday with a few throwback photos shared to Instagram in honor of his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, and her 52nd birthday. The images show the star at different moments in time: she’s holding a giant gift box on her 27th birthday; posing with entertainment friends Regina King, Tichina Arnold and Duane Martin on her 29th…
Dominik Bindl/Getty Images Arsema [are-SIM-uh] Thomas‘ role as young Lady Danbury in the Bridgerton spinoff, Queen Charlotte, came as relatively unexpected for the star, who had initially planned a career in public health. Although she changed course to pursue acting, Thomas decided to amplify a different passion: her activism. The 29-year-old actress joined natural product brand Tom’s of Maine as…
ABC/Ron Batzdorff While other daytime talk shows have paused shortly after announcing their returns, Sherri Shepherd launched the second season of her syndicated show, Sherri, on Monday, September 18 as promised, and she opened the program by explaining why her show doesn’t violate WGA strike rules. The 56-year-old actress and comedian began by declaring that…
ABC/Jenny Anderson Whoopi Goldberg came to comedian Hasan Minhaj‘s defense during the Monday, September 18 episode of ABC’s The View. “That’s what we do … tell stories and we embellish them,” noted Goldberg, 67. “If you’re gonna hold a comic to the point where you’re gonna check up on stories, you have to understand, a lot of it…
Brad Ogbonna/InStyle Jon Batiste let off some good vibrations in his Zoom call with InStyle for his recent cover spread. He chatted with the magazine about his latest album, World Music Radio, his time spent as a disruptor at the famed dance school Juilliard, his passion mentoring youth and the spirituality intertwined in his music. “I have countless stories…