KeKe Palmer has inked a brand new deal set to boost her stock as a multi-hyphenate player in the industry.

Keen to reach higher ground, the actress has signed a deal with the United Talent Agency which will see her work closely with a team of experts to create lucrative projects related to film, television, music, licensing and endorsements and digital media.

UTA also represents Mariah Carey, Chris Brown, YG, 21 Savage, Toby Keith, Guns ‘N Roses, and DJ Khaled and Angelina Jolie.

This year will see her star in the series ‘Berlin Station’ which returns at the end of 2017.

As for her role on the ‘Scream Queens‘?

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Following last night’s explosive conclusion of ‘The Real Housewives Of Atlanta’ season 9, fresh reports confirm speculation that Phaedra Parks has indeed been let go by the Bravo show.

According to TMZ, the attorney/mortician was advised of her status (or lack-thereof) for season 10 in early April.

The reason for her disposal is unsurprisingly attached to the drugging scandal she was embroiled in with cast-mate Kandi Burruss and Porsha Williams.

As laid bare on last night’s broadcast, it was Parks who started the rumors of Burruss allegedly wanting to drug Williams.

The rest as they say was history and so it seems is Parks’ tenure on the show.

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We love/d us some Phae Phae, but yesterday’s broadcast would be hard to come back from.

Fingers crossed we see her again at some point down the line.

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Shortly after revealing that she and her partner Alexis Ohanian were with child the greatest athlete of all time Serena Williams sat down with the journalist Gayle King.

Fortunately, their conversation was captured on camera as part of TED2017, and saw the triumphant mother-to-be speak frankly on the racism she faces within the world of tennis, why her relationship with the “geeky” Ohanian surprised her and when she intends to retire.

Watch below…

Ohanian is the co-founder of Reddit and is a respected political activist who is worth a reported $9 million.

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He also founded Breadpig, an online company that finds or develops, and markets, “geeky” things, and then gives all of the profits to organizations that are in need of funding aid, including the San Francisco Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and Room to Read, a program working to construct a primary school in Laos.

Quite interestingly, the couple’s union sparked quite the debate.

About what?

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Last night’s episode of ‘The Real Housewives of Atlanta’ spelled disaster for the attorney Phaedra Parks.

In it, her Svengalian efforts to use her good friend Porsha Williams to defame her nemesis Kandi Burruss were uncovered resulting in one of the most explosive reunion showings to date.

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How Burruss is responding to it all?

By plugging a book penned to “expose” Park’s alleged criminal ties written by one Angela Stanton.

 The author, rapper, wife and mother, guides us through her struggles into her early adult years in Hotlanta. By fate, she lives a hustler’s life of crime with none other than Real Housewives of Atlanta’s own, Phaedra Parks. By a twist of fate, her life crashes sending her on a trip to a darkened place called hell. Urban Author, Angela Stanton, survives to give a raw, revolutionary account of her daring journey to redemption. In her sophomore book, Lies Of A Real Housewife, Angela Stanton opens her past life for public viewing.

Watch below…

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What do you make of the feuding?

Whose side are you on?

Weigh in below!

Before it opens in European markets, the smash hit movie ‘Get Out’ has grossed $200 million worldwide as of this weeks thanks to stellar performances delivered by its diverse cast!

Directed by Jordan Peele, the movie has earned $173.8 million in the United States and $13 million from its second strongest market which is the United Kingdom.

When numbers from the other markets it soared in are thrown into the mix the movie crosses the $200 million mark and arrives at $204 million!

Why do you think the David Kaluuya-fronted movie is doing so well?

Contrary to reports furnished just last month, the bidding war for the reboot of ‘American Idol’ is alive and well as the reality singing competition has been extended yet another lifeline.

Just two months ago the show’s original network home of 15 years, FOX, was believed to be the frontrunner in the bidding battle against fellow primetime networks (including NBC – home of ‘The Voice’).  Now, refreshed reports indicate the tides have turned in the favor of another fierce competitor – ABC.

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“Reboot” appears to be the name of the game in 2017, especially as it relates to shows birthed in the ’90s and early 2000s.  Fans of sitcoms like ‘That’s So Raven,’ ‘Full House,’ and ‘Will & Grace’ may have already had their wishes to see the shows’ casts respectively reunite for another go at ratings glory granted, but those calling for the revival of other hits from the time period are being greeted with less enthusiasm (to say the least).

The difficult case for finding footing and funding is definitely such for ‘Sister, Sister’ – an unfortunate truth its stars, Tia & Tamera, confirmed on a recent episode of daytime talk show, ‘The Real.’  Tuck in below as the sisters reunite with Marques Houston (‘Roger’) and talk about the hurdles they’re overcoming to get the show back on the air:

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As the offspring of the most famous entertainer of all time, Paris Jackson revealed that she struggled to negotiate her identity.

However, now at age 19, Michael Jackson‘s only daughter is ready for her close-up.

Having signed with IMG Models earlier this year, it’s being reported that she’s inked a huge deal with Calvin Klein.

According to Page Six, Paris has signed a huge seven-figure deal with the fashion brand to serve as its face.

In doing so, she follows in the footsteps of major names such as Kate Moss, Christy Turlington, and more recently Justin Bieber.

The deal forms part of a mass media flood from Jackson, who recently guest starred in FOX’s ‘Star’ and signed on to Charlize Theron‘s new Amazon Studios movie.

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When born into a spotlight as intense as Paris’, there’s two options – reject it or embrace it. It’s clear she’s now doing the latter. And for that we ain’t mad.

Your thoughts?

Welcome to Retro Rewind, the TGJ original feature launched to revisit entertainment’s often shocking past.

Today, as their biopic continues to enthral fans home and away, the members of New Edition stand as the subject of today’s class.

Why?

Their unforgettable clash on live television!

Watch below…

Fighting within the force eventually saw them disband and projects as solo acts and duos before finally reuniting to share their story with the world via BET.

Bobby had this to say about it:

I’m amazed. These talented young guys did a great job at being us as young kids and then brought it all the way home. Chris [Robinson, the film’s director] brought everything out of all these actors to make it special. I was sitting in the chair over here and got a little crying on. Watching and being alive to be able to see what my life was and has become and where my life is going from this point on? It’s special, man. These kids put their hearts and souls into this, just like we put our hearts and souls into our lives.

Yet to see the movie?

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This Sunday brings with it the dramatic finale of the ‘Real Housewives Of Atlanta’ season 9 – and it appears Bravo have saved the full-on fireworks ’til last.

Viewers have watched on as private talk about lady ponds and dungeons has descended into public chaos.

The rumor mill has put Phaedra Parks in the middle of the madness, with suggestion that she is the puppet-master. Allegedly.

And while the answer will arrive in a mere matter of days, a newly released preview shows Porsha Williams and Kandi Burruss cry tears (both of the angry and sad variety) in the aftermath of the “reveal.”

See what we mean below…

Looks like must-see TV. We’ll be tuning in this Sunday. Will you?

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Frank Ocean has found a fan and potential friend in Brad Pitt.

Rocking this month’s edition of GQ, the actor- who is divorcing his wife Angelina Jolie– set out to share his newfound admiration for Ocean and R&B music.

When asked on his time playing characters in pain, he shared:

Yeah, I’m kind of done playing those. I think it was more pain tourism. It was still an avoidance in some way. I’ve never heard anyone laugh bigger than an African mother who’s lost nine family members. What is that? I just got R&B for the first time. R&B comes from great pain, but it’s a celebration. To me, it’s embracing what’s left. It’s that African woman being able to laugh much more boisterously than I’ve ever been able to.

How he came to this profound conclusion?

I’ve been listening to a lot of Frank Ocean. I find this young man so special. Talk about getting to the raw truth. He’s painfully honest. He’s very, very special. I can’t find a bad one.

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‘Scandal’ is back!

Following a longer than planned hiatus (to accommodate Kerry Washington‘s pregnancy), the show picks up right where it left off – with fireworks!

Forming a central part of the revived TGIT (Thank God It’s Thursday) block of programming, the political drama promises (and is already delivering) many an explosive twist and turn for its sixth season. Election, anyone?!

Watch a sneak peek preview of episode 14, titled ‘Head Games,’ below…

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