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Courtesy of Disney+ North West, Heather Headley and Lebo M. will join the cast of The Lion King at the Hollywood Bowl. West, who is the daughter of Kim Kardashian and Kanye West, will star in the upcoming concert event special, which will celebrate the 30-year evolution of The Lion King, according to a press […]

Paul Mobley Legendary comedian Tracy Morgan will star in the title role of a forthcoming Paramount+ comedy called Crutch — a spin-off of CBS’ hit The Neighborhood. That show’s star, Cedric the Entertainer, will be executive producing the series with Morgan. Tracy stars as Francois “Frank” Crutchfield — “Crutch” to his friends — “a Harlem […]

David Livingston/Getty Images — ABC The Peabody Awards announced Thursday, May 2, that it will be bestowing two special honors on two funny people.  Trailblazing Blazing Saddles director Mel Brooks will be receiving the Peabody Career Achievement Award, and Abbott Elementary creator and star Quinta Brunson will take home the Peabody Trailblazer Award on Sunday, June 9, […]

Photo by Catherine Powell/Getty Images for MTV It’s been about five months since Cardi B announced she was single, but she and husband Offset appear to be on good terms. Fan-shot video showed the two out at the New York Knicks home game Tuesday, sitting courtside as the team played the Philadelphia 76ers at Madison Square Garden. Per […]

Ethan Miller/Getty Images via ABC Kendrick Lamar set the world in a frenzy on Tuesday when he released his new song, “Euphoria.” Among the many reactions subsequently shared on social media was one from the track’s target: Drake. On his Instagram Story, Drizzy posted a clip from the 1999 film 10 Things I Hate About You in which Julia […]

Photo by Aaron J. Thornton/WireImage  What do Halle Bailey, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Brian Tyree Henry, Da’Vine Joy Randolph and now Missy Elliott have in common? They’ve all been cast in Pharrell Williams and Michel Gondry‘s untitled musical project for Universal Pictures, according to Variety. Missy is the latest to join the coming-of-age musical, inspired by the Atlantis Apartments in Williams’ childhood […]

Photo: Ben Goldberg ABC Audio has confirmed that the celebrated career of two-time Oscar winner Denzel Washington will take center stage at a first-of-its-kind retrospective at this year’s American Black Film Festival (ABFF). The 28th annual festival takes place June 12 through June 16 in Miami Beach. Debuting Saturday, June 15, The Retrospective: Celebrating the […]

Samir Hussein/WireImage The Weeknd is once again pitching in with his XO Humanitarian Fund. The artist, born Abel Tesfaye, is donating $2 million from the charitable fund to the United Nations World Food Programme’s humanitarian response efforts in Gaza. That money will buy over 1,500 metric tons of wheat flour — enough for more than […]

Rock the Bells/Sixthman The full lineup of performers has been announced for the second annual Rock the Bells Cruise: A Hip-Hop Experience. Newly added artists Busta Rhymes, Method Man and Redman, Scarface, Twista and Goodie Mob are among those joining previously announced performers Jadakiss, E-40, Rakim, Talib Kweli and Digable Planets. There will also be […]

From a lead single to the fourth iteration of an album series, check out this week’s New Music Friday for the culture’s latest and greatest in music. Tems, “Love Me Jeje” — Featuring an interpolation of Seyi Sodimu‘s song of the same name, the song’s the lead single off Tems’ debut album, Born In the Wild, due out in […]