Scripted content fronted by African-American actors continues to work wonders for the ever-changing world of television.

For, as ‘How To Get Away with Murder’ sweeps up gargantuan numbers for ABC as ‘Empire‘ does the same for Fox, Netflix‘s ‘Luke Cage’ has spelled success for the platform less than a month after its unveiling.

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Mary J. Blige’s relationship with ABC continues to yield positive results for the latest stage of her career.

For, after teaming up with her and the writer Diane Warren to create a new theme tune for ‘The View’, the network has welcomed her to the cast of their hit show ‘How To Get Away with Murder.’

When fans can catch her first appearance?

Tonight!

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Despite being one of VH1’s lowest-performing shows, ‘Basketball Wives LA‘ remains a staple in its Reality TV roster.

Alas, as if viewing figures pulled in by its latest season wasn’t enough to give Viacom good reason to give it the boot, a storyline that has emerged off-screen has seen it a new reach low.

Why?

A tale of child abuse, cruelty and colorism below…

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Janelle Monae‘s new movie ‘Moonlight‘ is to be released…in a matter of days.

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Michel’le whipped up a social media storm with the premiere of her Lifetime biopic over the weekend.

But did the talk surrounding ‘Surviving Compton: Dre, Suge, & Michel’le,’ translate into high viewership?

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Congratulations are in order for ‘Scandal’ actress Kerry Washington.

For, the star and her ex-footballer husband Nnamdi Asomugha have welcomed their second child.

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While his stint at television may be suffering, Hollywood funnyman Kevin Hart‘s cinematic career still gives him much to smile about.

Indeed, after scoring three of the year’s biggest hits with ‘Central Intelligence,’ ‘Secret Life of Pets,’ and ‘Ride Along 2,’ Hart is set to ride right into history books with his latest venture – standup comedy flick ‘What Now.’

That’s right, the Tim Story-directed picture, filmed in August 2015 in front of 53,000 people at Philadelphia’s Lincoln Financial Field, opened in theaters over the weekend to the handsome sum of…

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Beyonce‘s Jennifer Lopez-inspired foray into movies continues to reap major rewards for the entertainer.

How so?

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Fans of Janelle Monae, Taraji P. Henson and Octavia Spencer will no longer have to wait until 2017 to see their movie ‘Hidden Figures.’

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Saturday Night Live has always taken a no holds barred approach to covering cultural talking points. And the US presidential campaign is no different.

Following weeks of hilarious Donald Trump skits, the NBC hit borrowed Beyonce‘s ‘Lemonade’ smash ‘Sorry’ continue digging into the controversial candidate.

Performed from the viewpoint of the mogul’s wife Melania Trump, the clip sees her vent about his indiscretions.

Aptly titled Melanianade, the spoof can be watched below…

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Dr. Dre may be best known for being a multi-millionaire rap icon, producer, songwriter, and mogul, but last night he was simply known as “Twitter enemy #1” for enraged viewers of ‘Surviving Compton’ – a Lifetime movie chronicling the life and times of his ex-wife/90’s singer Michel’le.

A graphic and in-depth view into the songstress’s life who for years has claimed she is a survivor of vicious domestic violence attacks at the hands of the hitmaking producer as well as former rap mogul Suge Knight, discussion of the film topped Twitter’s trending list and only drew more attention to Dre.

Absolutely lighting up the former-NWA member’s Instagram and Twitter pages, tuck in below to see highlights:

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Time may heal wounds, but – according Tyra Banks – not all  of them.

The supermodel turned super-mogul revealed in a new interview that she’s still scarred by the rivalry with Naomi Campbell.

As widely known, the pair were pit against one another during their 90s heyday, with Banks using her former talkshow platform to claim Campbell was mean to her.

The Brit-bred diva then guested on said show and asserted that she did not recall any messiness. By the time the credits rolled, the ladies had made amends and that was seemingly that.

However, during a recent interview on Norwegian chat show Skavlan, Banks says not only has she not forgotten the drama, but that she’s also still “very” scared of Campbell.

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