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Black American culture as one of the most influential businessmen in entertainment. The Greensboro, North Carolina, native became a pillar in entertainment after moving to Los Angeles in the late 1960s.

Drake stepped in to help a fan after things got heated between a pair of concertgoers during one of his shows.The «God's Plan» rapper was in Los Angeles for the first night of his L.A. leg of his tour Saturday when he threw his sweaty show towel towards the audience after making his way off stage.

Tyrese Gibson is suing Home Depot after he says he was racially profiled in one of their stores.According to the lawsuit, obtained by the over the weekend, the star alleges he and craftsmen Eric Mora and Manuel Hernandez «experienced outrageous discriminatory mistreatment and consumer racial profiling first-hand» at a Home Depot store in the West Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles. The lawsuit dates back to a February 11 incident, in which Gibson claims that Home Depot clerks allegedly «purposely interfered with and refused to process» a transaction by Gibson, Mora and Hernandez based on «their skin color» and the craftsmen's «national origin.» Gibson is black, while both Mora and Hernandez are of Mexican descent.According to the docs, the trio were buying items for a home improvement project when they ran into an issue during the checkout process.

Uzo Aduba is gearing up for her little one's arrival in the best way possible — with a baby shower!On Thursday, the award-winning actress took to Instagram to share a peek into the sweet celebration thrown by her family and friends for her and her husband, Robert Sweeting. «Our Baby Shower:).

Da Brat and her wife, Jesseca «Judy» Harris-Dupart, shared adorable photos of the newborn from a recent photo shoot with photographer Kelsey Freeman. Set against a red background, True clutches a felt microphone and boombox while dressed in pants and a long cap. «It was only right,» the proud moms captioned the three-slide gallery post on Instagram.«We took True for a NEWBORN photoshoot session with Kelsey Freeman Photography like 2 weeks ago and I 5000% suggest her to anyone, she's like a baby whisperer,» Dupart wrote in a Thread screenshot in the final slide of the gallery.

Phylicia Rashad will retire from her role as Dean of Howard University's Chadwick A. Boseman College of Fine Arts following the 2023-2024 school year.

Kandi Burruss has always been outspoken, and that’s why she’s not joining Bethenny Frankel's call for a strike by reality TV stars.Burruss, who is busy promoting her cover for magazine, recently spoke to ET's Brice Sander about the recent remarks made by Frankel about the possibility of reality stars unionizing and striking to demand better contracts and to stand with the ongoing SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes.«I feel like things that I feel or have felt that needed to be addressed, I actually reached out to the network, and we addressed them,» star said of Bravo.Last week, anonymous reality stars alleged in a legal letter sent to NBCUniversal and Bravo that they were subjected to «grotesque and depraved mistreatment.» Attorneys Bryan Friedman and Mark Geragos say they represent «a significant number of individuals» who have been «mentally, physically, and financially victimized by NBC,» and could «ruin» the network «should they decide to speak out about their mistreatment.»In response, a spokesperson for NBCUniversal told, «NBCUniversal is committed to maintaining a safe and respectful workplace for cast and crew on our reality shows. At the outset, we require our third-party production partners to have appropriate workplace policies and training in place.

Rihanna in action! The 35-year-old superstar is flashing a huge grin while breastfeeding her baby boy, RZA, in a sweet new series of pics. Rihanna happily cradles her son, who turned one in May, while showing off her black nursing and pumping bra in the shots. She designed the piece as part of her new Savage x Fenty Maternity collection.«Not ur mama's maternity bras...designed by @badgalriri, approved by baby RZA #SavageXMaternity,» reads the caption.

Steph Curry, future rock star? The four-time NBA champion hit the stage with Paramore this week, rocking out to «Misery Business» during a performance in San Francisco's Chase Center. «So look, you know us and Steph, we go back a few years,» Paramore's lead singer, Hayley Williams, told the crowd midway through their Monday night show. «And tonight is our reunion.

Steph Curry, future rock star? The four-time NBA champion hit the stage with Paramore this week, rocking out to «Misery Business» during a performance in San Francisco's Chase Center. «So look, you know us and Steph, we go back a few years,» Paramore's lead singer, Hayley Williams, told the crowd midway through their Monday night show. «And tonight is our reunion.

Ciara and Russell Wilson are adding another member to their sweet family!On Tuesday, the 37-year-old singer took to Instagram to announce that she's expecting her fourth child. The «How We Roll» artist posted a black-and-white silhouette video in which she dances in front of a pool and turns to show her bump as her latest single plays in the background.

Jada Pinkett Smith is sharing some of her progress amid her ongoing battle with alopecia. The 51-year-old star took to Instagram to show some before and after photos of her hair growth. «This here hair is act’n like it’s try’n a make a come back.

Charity Lawson had a surprise visitor on Monday night's episode of. After the leading lady pulled «the most absurd s**t» ever by sending Aaron packing after his Hometown date, she entered Fantasy Suite week with decision «weighing» on her.Back in San Diego, Aaron was feeling it too, so he decided Charity was «worth fighting for» and hopped a plane to Fiji to win her back.«I was shocked. Literally, so shocked.

contestant at the «Men Tell All» taping last month, and he shared his reason for not telling Charity Lawson about his past infidelity before their Fantasy Suite date.«I think that's a really taboo topic to get into. So I was kind of scared to talk about it, but I wanted to show her that [I was] willing to risk all in order to earn her trust,» he told ET.

Charity Lawson is learning some unwelcome news. In an exclusive sneak peek clip of Monday's episode of, Xavier comes clean to Charity as he reveals that he cheated on his past girlfriend.The moment comes during the nighttime portion of their date in Fiji, before they are given the option to forego their individual rooms in favor of the Fantasy Suite.Things start on a positive note, as Xavier tells Charity, «Today was incredible.

Blue Ivy fan club grows with every performance the 11-year-old gives during her mom's. But no one is as excited for the pre-teen as her aunt, Solange Knowles.The proud auntie was in the audience to watch her niece perform alongside Beyoncé at FedEx Field in North Englewood, Maryland — adjacent to Washington, D.C.

began making headlines as a breakout up-and-coming UFC welterweight fighter after his first win in the promotion over Takashi Sato in May went viral. The fighter then decided to auction off his fight kit, with the proceeds going to build a bush pump in his village in Zimbabwe and provide clean water for the people there.When the Zimbabwe native took to Twitter and revealed that he had only $7.49 in his bank account before he traveled to Las Vegas for the fight, he drew the attention of Dwayne Johnson. «This was the money left I had before the fight and now God granted me a good win and it's going to be a great one going forward,» Gorimbo wrote on Twitter.

earlier this summer, Halle Bailey has officially entered a new era of her career with her latest release.On Friday, the 23-year-old unveiled her debut single, «Angel,» alongside its ethereal music video. The new single is Halle's first solo song, marking her first non-theatrical release without her sister, Chloë Bailey, and is her first release since the Chloë x Halle duo's critically acclaimed album,, in 2020.Performing under the mononym Halle, the GRAMMY-nominated singer soulfully croons lyrics that encourage listeners to soar despite the weight the world attempts to place on their wings, promising that «angels find a way somehow.»«Rich blood, you can probably see the gold in my skin/ I'm more than a girl, won't let the troubles of the world come weigh me down,» the Georgia native sings passionately.«Black girl here, Black girl with the Black girl hair/Took a little sun kiss just to look like this,» Halle sings, surrounded by Black dancers who sport their hair in braids, ponytails, afro puffs, waves and more beautiful styles.

Cynthia Bailey and Kenya Moore have re-forged their friendship, and are reflecting on their falling out, and what brought them back together.In this sneak peek from the upcoming episode of, the ladies are together again and revealing exactly what happened that drove a wedge between them back in 2021.«Kenya and I fell out after the ,» Bailey recalls, adding that it took «several, several months» for them to even talk again.«We reconnected after we saw each other at Teresa Giudice's wedding,» Moore says in a solo interview.According to Bailey, it was Moore's genuine interest and consideration for her mother, Barbara's, health that got her to move on from their bad blood.«She asked me about my mother, who at the time had just been diagnosed with breast cancer,» Bailey recalled. «And it just actually felt good to see her.»For Moore, being out of touch with Bailey meant not being there to support her when she was going through her mother's health struggle or her public divorce — which is not something she intends to do again.«I didn't know she was having a hard time in her marriage,» Moore said.

Michelle Obama is speaking out about the death of her and Barack Obama's personal chef, Tafari Campbell. Campbell died after drowning in the waters near the Obama's estate in Martha's Vineyard last month.

Keke Palmer is feeling confident in her post-baby body, but she understands that isn't the case for all new moms.In the latest episode of the podcast, the 29-year-old talks about the «unrealistic» beauty standards placed on new mothers, and how she's approaching fitness since welcoming her son in February.When addressing getting back to her post-baby body, the actress stressed how different her lifestyle is from other new moms.«But also I want to say, like, it's my job,» she said. «Like let's not get crazy and I don't want people to think that I'm also setting unrealistic standards — because I can afford a trainer.

the upcoming film adaptation of Josh Sharp and Aaron Jackson's off-Broadway musical is a raunchy, hilarious, -style romp. When two douchey business bros, played by Sharp and Jackson, discover that they're long-lost identical twins, they scheme to switch places (despite looking nothing alike) and get their parents back together.This is complicated by the fact that their father, played by Nathan Lane, is «queer as a three-dollar bill, and just as thin,» and their mother, played by Megan Mullally has plans to «drown them in the bathtub, in the old fashioned way.»Megan Thee Stallion makes her feature debut in the film, playing the twins' «lady boss,» who gets a few musical moments of her own (in addition to literally dog-walking some of her underlings).The wild musical also features lyrics like «life's a f*cking handjob, and I always play to win,» co-stars Bowen Yang, and introduces something called the Sewer Boys.

Tia Mowry is being honest about getting back out in the dating world after finalizing her divorce to Cory Hardrict in April.

Beyoncé is paying tribute to O'Shae Sibley after he was fatally stabbed over the weekend while voguing to her music. The singer took to her official website to pay homage to the dancer's memory. «Rest in power O'Shae Sibley,» it reads in white text on a black background.On Saturday night, the 28-year-old dancer was killed while he and his friends were filling up at a Brooklyn gas station.

Busta Rhymes is opening up about the health struggles and terrifying incidents that motivated him to «transform» his body.The 51-year-old rapper recently spoke with for the outlet's ongoing «Hip Hop Health» content series, which examines how the evolution of the health of Black and brown men can be traced through the genre in honor of hip-hop's 50th anniversary. Busta divulges how grief led to his weight gain, and how experiences with his ex and one of his sons led to him losing 100 pounds and changing his life.Busta — real name Trevor Smith Jr.

Chrissy Teigen and John Legend have a full house! In June 2023, the model and GRAMMY-winning singer announced that they quietly welcomed their son, Wren Alexander Stevens, via surrogate five months after Teigen gave birth to their daughter, Esti. The «All of Me» singer shared the news with a series of sweet photos of him with all of their children and another solo shot of their baby boy with all his hair.

NeNe Leakes is opening up about her former friendship with Wendy Williams and sharing where things took a turn for the worst.During an appearance on Carlos King's podcast released on Tuesday, the former star shares that she would be «very confused» when the 59-year-old former talk show host would call her out on her now-canceled series, «There [are] many times that I would call Wendy, but you also have to know that I was one of her friends that was on the inside, so I saw a lot of things and I would take it with a grain of salt where other people would take it personal,» she explains. «So Wendy saying that, I knew then something's going on with Wendy at that moment because she wouldn't say that in the other case.

Offset is setting the record straight on his marriage to Cardi B. The 31-year-old rapper, whose real name is Kiari Kendrell Cephus, opened up about the highs and lows of his relationship with the «W.A.P.» rapper. While speaking on the podcast, the «Jealousy» rapper addressed the rumors that Cardi had cheated on him, after he posted and then deleted accusations against his wife to his Instagram Story.

Serena Williams is having a girl!The Grand Slam winner and her husband, Alexis Ohanian, revealed the big news in a video on Williams' YouTube channel. The video chronicles the moments leading up to the couple finding out the sex of baby No.

Charity Lawson is questioning her latest decision. On Monday night's episode of, the child and family therapist traveled to four hometowns, after which she made the shocking decision to end things with one of her early frontrunners.The week began in Houston, Texas, where Charity traveled to meet Aaron's family.

Beyoncé knows how to put on a show! The performer wowed Oprah Winfrey and Gayle King when they attended her at New Jersey's MetLife Stadium Sunday night.Oprah shared a reel from her epic night out on Instagram, writing that has never «experienced something as transcendent as @beyonce's .»«That kind of talent, synergy, expression, and anointing is something that comes straight from a Source that creates the planets,» Oprah wrote. «The dancers, the production, the musicians, and the team in front and behind the scenes, all perfectly align to create a renaissance in today's world. You must see it.»A post shared by Oprah (@oprah)In a video posted on 's Instagram, the media mogul expanded on her concert experience, sharing, «I've never in my life experienced anything like that.»«I couldn't speak.

Alicia Keys had some pint-sized protection with her onstage. During the singer's tour show in Seattle, Washington, on Sunday, her youngest son, Genesis, offered himself as some extra security.

Stormi Webster is making her musical debut on her dad, Travis Scott's, new album,. The 5-year-old daughter of Travis and his ex, Kylie Jenner, makes a cute cameo on the rapper's song, «Thank God.»When Travis raps about his daughter, saying, «Storm's a minor, but you know she's livin' major,» she replies, «That's right, Daddy.» Though the cameo is brief, who knows if this is the start of a popular musical career for little Stormi! Lest we all forget that the little cutie was the subject of her mom Kylie's 2019 viral «Rise and shine» song, and has been on tour with her musician father.

Keke Palmer's testing out that theory that blondes have more fun!The star took to Instagram Saturday to share a look at her new 'do.

Will Smith is speaking out in support of the SAG-AFTRA strike. The 54-year-old actor took to Instagram on Friday to call the SAG-AFTRA and Writers Guild of America strikes «a pivotal moment for our profession.»«I wanna talk for a second about ACTING.

LeBron James is carrying on. The day after his 18-year-old son, Bronny James, was released from the hospital, the 38-year-old Los Angeles Lakers star took to Instagram to reflect on his family's challenging time.In his post, LeBron is focused as he plays basketball with his 16-year-old son, Bryce.