Jennifer Lopez, Ne-Yo, Jenna Dewan Tatum, and Derek Hough danced their way to the top of NBC’s ratings’ tallies with their surprise breakout hit, ‘World of Dance.’

The reality dance competition, akin to FOX’s ‘So You Think You Can Dance,’ opened to nearly 10 million viewers last Spring [click here to read more on that] and was a ratings winner throughout its much talked about first season.

Renewed for a season 2 barely a month after its premiere, now fans of the series can find out exactly when they’ll next be able to see some of the world’s best dancers grace the stage to compete for a chance to walk away with a cool $1 million prize! See the teaser inside:

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‘Black Panther’ shows no signs of letting up its grip at the box office.

The Marvel movie has enthralled audiences the world over since its arrival last month and its dominance has been unparalleled. Especially in the US, where this week it extends its reign despite stiff competition from Lara Croft.

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Mary J. Blige is certainly not resting on her laurels.

With the Academy Award nominations for ‘Mudbound’ behind her the Queen of Hip Hop Soul continues to conquer new territory in the world of acting, this time lending her voice to the animated feature film ‘Sherlock Gnomes.’

Having big shoes to fill as its predecessor, ‘Gnomeo & Juliet,’ raked up $194 million at the box office, tuck in below to hear Blige’s contribution to ‘Sherlock Gnomes’ and get a taste of what you can expect from the flick ahead of its March 23 premiere:

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The season 5 reunion of ‘Married To Medicine’ is delivering on the drama.

Packaged as a three-parter, the second episode aired last night and ended with a shocking revelation from Quad‘s husband – Dr. Gregg. 

As the rest of the cast (and nation) watched on, the psychiatrist opted to air their laundry – after suggestion from others that the couple’s well-documented issues lacked context.

In a moment that stunned all, Dr G revealed that he and a friend took two women to a hotel and that one of said ladies tried to extort him.

Watch the segment and aftermath (which airs in full next Friday) after the jump…

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‘Scandal’ is back for its 7th and final season.

Over the years, the Kerry Washington led show has boasted some of the most dramatic twists and turns in TV history and its swan song promises even more.

Forming a central part of the revived TGIT (Thank God It’s Thursday) block of programming, the political drama looks set to go out with a bang. A consolation, no doubt, for fans sad to see the show go.

Watch a sneak peek preview of episode 15, titled ‘The Noise’ below…

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Fans of the rising actress Alexandra Shipp have taken to social media to educate her on the nuanced nature of race, racism and colorism in the world following remarks she made about the issues.

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With their respective movie offerings to the Lifetime television network Grammy winners Queen Latifah (‘Flint,’ ‘Steel Magnolias’) and Toni Braxton (‘Unbreak My Heart,’ ‘Faith Under Fire’) have jointly and individually delivered the women’s channel millions in ratings and some of its most viewed programming to date.

For this reason the leading ladies will see their names line the production credits of a number of the its forthcoming films.  During its recent upfront presentation, Lifetime exec Tanya Lopez exclaimed:

“Both Queen Latifah and Toni Braxton have been part of the Lifetime family for many years and its proven that our audiences love them as much as we do and we are excited they will be back on the network for even more,” said Lopez, EVP of movies…

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The actor Eddy Murphy has woken up to claims that he is a deadbeat dad who has abandoned the daughter he fathered with the singer turned Reality TV star Mel B.

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Remy Ma is slowly but surely building buzz for her music comeback – and continues to use TV as one of her primary vehicles.

Indeed, the femcee is branching out beyond her reality show rooting and stepping into the scripted arena. For, she’s just joined the cast of ‘Queen Of The South’ on the USA Network.

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“And I am telling you…I’m not going!”

In quite the plot twist, MTV have announced that – despite earlier reports – TRL is not being canceled. Quite the contrary. The network say it’s actually being expanded.

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Beyonce and Jay Z‘s joint tour, ‘On the Run Tour II’ is on course to becoming one of the highest-grossing tours of all time.

Need proof? Look no further than Ticketmaster’s servers.

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It’s a wrap for MTV’s TRL…once again.

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