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Courtesy Audible Inc. Kelly Rowland is back to judging, this time for Audible Inc.’s new podcast Breakthrough. The former X Factor judge has been tapped alongside Sara Bareilles to judge what is the first singing competition show launched exclusively in this kind of format. The pair will mentor and guide five contestants, whose physical appearances will be concealed as they go through […]

Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic The Weeknd is going from making original songs for movies to starring in them. Billboard heard from his rep that the singer will star in his first feature-length film. Previously, he’s contributed original songs to movies such as Avatar: The Way of Water and 50 Shades of Grey. He also made a cameo in the 2019 movie Uncut Gems. As for […]

Courtesy Dreamville Records/Dreamville Festival Dreamville Festival will be making its return in April, with headliners Drake, J. Cole, Usher and Burna Boy.  Usher will headline the first night, April 1, after performances from artists including Lil Durk, Ari Lennox, City Girls, Sean Paul, Key Glock and Sir. On the second and final day, Drake and Cole will headline, as will Nigeria’s own Burna. Summer Walker, J.I.D., GloRilla, Waka Flocka Flame, Mario and more will warm up […]

Walt Disney Television/Yolanda Perez For a “slap heard ’round the world,” precious little has been heard publicly from the guy on the receiving end of it, Chris Rock. As reported in April 2022, Rock mentioned onstage he wouldn’t talk about it at length until he gets “paid” for it — and it seems Netflix brought […]

Stewart Cook/CBS Cardi B has been carrying out community service work as a result of her involvement in a 2018 strip club fight and it appears she’s having a great experience. Taking to Twitter Saturday, she said, “Community service has been the best thing that has happened to me.” Her work, Cardi says, has been “[a]lmost like a spiritual journey because […]

Paras Griffin/Getty Images for MGM Studios Michael B. Jordan has a memory longer than his filmography, and he proved it over the weekend when he encountered a woman who admittedly used to tease the “corny” kid from Newark. Podcast host Lore’l had used MBJ’s name to score some cred on her show, boasting how she […]

Courtesy Amazon Studios Those anticipating the forthcoming Prime Video series Swarm have been gifted a first look. Released Friday, the trailer gives a glimpse of the dark side of fandom. In the clip, viewers are introduced to Dominique Fishback‘s character, Dre, “a young woman obsessed with the world’s biggest pop star who sets off on an unexpected cross-country journey.” That […]

Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for The Recording Academy Smokey Robinson has done a lot in his career, but there’s still one thing he’s hoping to accomplish. In a new interview with Entertainment Tonight, Smokey reveals his desire to try his hand at acting. “If there’s anything left on my bucket list, it would be that I would like to […]

Walt Disney Pictures Halle Bailey is reflecting on the past year and a half since filming wrapped on the live-action remake of The Little Mermaid. In an interview with The Face, the 22-year-old actress and singer, who makes up one-half of the sister duo Chloe x Halle, and who stars as Ariel in the remake of the 1989 Disney […]

Nipsey Hussle attends the 61st Annual Grammy Awards at Staples Center, Feb. 10, 2019, in Los Angeles. David Crotty/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images Eric Holder, Jr., the man who was convicted in the 2019 murder of hip-hop artist Nipsey Hussle, was sentenced to 60 years to life in prison, according to ABC station in Los […]