Nicki Minaj is following up the European leg of her tour in support of The Pinkprint with dates in the U.S., starting in July. Along for the ride are Rae Sremmurd, Tinashe, Dej Loaf and Meek Mill—one of these acts is her boyfriend.
Are you ready for this Kendall and Kylie cellular app? Well, you haven't even reached the B list on Kim Kardashian Hollywood yet... So please, priorities.
Empire's Bryshere Gray—aka Hakeem Lyon aka Yazz—appeared on The Wendy Williams Show today in advance of Wednesday's season finale. Although the interview itself is pretty standard, the best moment is his intro to the soundtrack of "Drip Drop" as the audience loses their minds.
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Comedy Central is nixing the Paul Walker jokes that happened during the taping of Justin Bieber's roast over the weekend.
I've never felt my blackness more than I have in the past three years. Never been more proud and fearful of what it means. I've never had to think so deeply about it than in these past years. Never realized how deeply people see me, nor thought it was possible to feel much blacker.
Azealia Banks is on the cover of the April issue of Playboy with a cat—and inside, more cats! In this interview, she offers her thoughts on, among other topics, sex, love, religion, racism and her hairy vagina.
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The hopes of hundreds (maybe billions) of Tinder users at Austin's South by Southwest Festival were shattered when they were duped into thinking a "woman" on the app was "real." In reality, "Ava" is a marketing scheme cooked up by the creators of the sci-fi movie Ex Machina. The fake profile included a photo of a…
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Mary J. Blige DM'd me. Which reminds me of the time that Gladys Knight DM'd me. Let me backtrack.
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"Don't Let Go" were the next-to-last words of one moderately beloved, now deceased, character on last night's episode of The Walking Dead. His actual last words: "Ahhhhhhh! Ahh! Ahhhhhhh! Ahhh! Ahhhhhhh!"
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Everyone wants a piece of that Empire success, so expect the show to be name-dropped in every TV-related interview. Jane the Virgin actress Gina Rodriguez referenced the popular series while calling for more Latino representation at a PaleyFest panel on Sunday.
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Well, Lena Dunham's Scandal guest appearance is happening and you can't stop it. Here's a peek at next week's plot, which involves Dunham's character writing a tell-all book that threatens Washington.
ugh look what terrence howard hath wrought
The musical choices in this first season of Empire have ranged from comically unreal clunkers to semi-conceivable hits. Some records, like "Drip Drop," are a masterful mix of both. This flashy, overambitious score is, in fact, the show's greatest strength and weakness.
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The cast of Empire participated in a live-streamed Q&A last night leading up to next week's season finale. The topics at hand: race, sexuality, success and the all-important origin tale of the blowjob bib.
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I'm just over here pouring out a little Jameson because yet another girl group has bitten the dust. The OMG Girlz have officially broken up. More like OM-Aw-Gee Girlz :(
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Remember Olivia's neighbor Lois who was murdered while Liv was being kidnapped and taken to that prison where she tried to escape by using an underwire from her bra but failed and then got rescued anyway by the former Gladiator who's also Desmond from Lost? Yeah, that lady. This episode is all about her.
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Kelly Ripa guest starred on Wednesday night's Broad City, playing a majorly chill, boozed up version of herself with a thing for prostitutes.
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Common and Lupita Nyong'o were recently spotted on an Is-It-A-Date in New York City. It's inevitable where this will lead. I hear the faint chime of wedding bells. And a spoken word vow.
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Björk is a heartbroken half-dandelion, half-cephalopod in the video for "Lionsong" and it's visually awe-inspiring.
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Southwest Air passengers were treated to a lovely surprise performance from the band Lifehouse on Wednesday and I'm guessing they really enjoyed it.
