T he U.S. women’s gymnastics team won its first Olympic team gold medal since 1996 and only its second in history at the London Games, as Russia, its closest competitor, imploded on its final event. With it, this group of American women — some are already hailing them as the Fab Five — takes [...]

M TV has released the nominations for this year’s Video Music Awards — leading with the most nominations are Rihanna, Drake, Nicki Minaj, Frank Ocean and Katy Perry. The 2012 MTV Video Music Awards will air Thursday, September 6th, live from the Staples Center in Los Angeles, CA, on MTV . You may vote [...]

K im Burrell is a world-renowned Gospel singer who’s life is becoming epically vast. Although she’s had her singing career for more than 20 years, she’s just now started a roll-a-coaster of pop culture sensationalism. Kim Burrell is entering a dimension – the world of reality television, with business partner and friend, Krishnar [...]

W ell, that was fast! Nearly two months after it was announced that actress Tia Mowry was leaving BET’s hit show The Game — Nickelodeon has scooped the Sister, Sister actress up! Tia was offered her own scripted series titled, Instant Mom. The show is being described as a comedy sitcom, about a [...]

T he cast of Lee Daniels’ The Butler is still growing — Lee Daniels has found his Martin Luther King Jr. in True Blood actor Nelsan Ellis. Nelsan, who joins a cast that already includes Forest Whitaker, Oprah Winfrey, Mariah Carey, Cuba Gooding Jr, Terrance Howard, Nicole Kidman, Lenny Kravitz, Jane Fonda, and David [...]

J ohn Legend is shifting his attention to television. The nine-time Grammy winner has inked an exclusive production deal with NBC’s studio counterpart Universal Cable Productions. Under the deal John and his Get Lifted Film Company, with partners Mike Jackson and Ty Stiklorius will develop new series for cable and broadcast networks. The pact [...]

Usher Raymond seems to be in good spirits when spotted at Whole Foods Market with a friend in El Segundo, California. The super-star R&B singer first emerged this weekend following the tragic death of his stepson Kile. Check out the rest of the pictures — after the click:

The Hamptons were all a buzz for the 13th annual Art For Life benefit event, held at Russell Simmons’ East Hamptons estate. Despite the rain, celebrities like Nick and Mariah; LA Reid and Babyface; Diggy and his dad, Rev. Run; Anita Baker; Salt-N-Pepa; and many, many others came out to help raise over $2 mill [...]

CW, CBS and Showtime rolled out the red carpet for their 2012 Summer TCA party held at The Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills. Tyra Banks, Tristan Wilds, Gayle King, LL Cool J, Taraji P. Henson, Hill Harper, Don Cheadle, Sheryl Underwood, and many others were spotted at the party. Check out the pictures — [...]

Oprah Winfrey, Cuba Gooding Jr, and Lenny Kravitz were all spotted on the set of Lee Daniels upcoming movie The Butler in New Orleans. More pictures — after the click:

Cymphonique Miller star of Nickelodeon’s How to Rock, attends her Sweet 16th birthday celebration at Greystone Manor in Los Angeles, California. Cymphonique is the daughter of rapper Master P and sister of actor/rapper Romeo Miller. More pictures — after the click:

Birthday shout-out to my Auntie Viv!

I ce Cube got fans excited late last year, when he revealed that he was planning a new film in his classic Friday film series … and was reaching out to all the original cast, including Chris Tucker. At the time, things were in the planning stages. However, in March, Ice Cube revealed that [...]

D on’t mess with Oprah! The reigning talk show queen has famously used vast amounts of her money to help out those less fortunate (like when she opened a school for girls in South Africa). However, at the same time, she’s also been criticized for seemingly not doing enough to support the causes [...]

W e reported on Friday, that Katherine Jackson and TJ Jackson would be filing for joint guardianship of Michael’s kids. We hope this would be the end of the drama — but there’s still a lot of family discord. It was revealed that Howard Weitzman, who represents John McClain and John Branca (the [...]

F orget Eggs Benedict. It turns out that the most decadent breakfast these days is a plate of Louis Vuitton waffles. A Los Angeles-based artist, Andrew Lewicki, has created a waffle maker that is embossed with the French fashion house’s trademark monogram logo. The design, which, unfortunately, is not in production, is able to [...]

R &B Stephanie Mills is still doing what she loves — music. Fresh off her headlining performance during New York City’s Blue Note Music Festival in June, the 55-year-old spoke On Air With Egypt recently via Atlanta’s V103 about who she likes and dated in the music business. Stephanie opened up about her fling [...]

A retha Franklin has been very vocal about wanting to be a judge on American Idol and Showbiz Tonight asked for her take on Mariah Carey signing an $18 million deal to become a judge on Idol. “I think some of the leading singers should judge singers” Aretha said backstage just before she hit [...]

A ctress Lupe Ontiveros, who co-starred in the hit films Selena and As Good As It Gets, has died of liver cancer. She was 69. The Mexican-American actress struggled through Hollywood typecasting to play memorable roles in television and film and became a model of perseverance for Latino actors. Her near-constant gigs made her [...]

O n this week of BET’s Sunday Best: Season 3 winner Le’Andria Johnson opened the show with a spirited rendition of her new single Sooner Or Later and wowed the audience and judges with her vocal prowess. Before we heard from the last contestant, J. Moss came to bless us with his new [...]