VH1’s ‘Love & Hip Hop Atlanta’ is to birth a spin-off series following the new life of its leading lady Joseline Hernandez.

Details on her new reality below…

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Happiness has no timeline. Just ask Adrienne Bailon.

The singer turned TV host has announced her engagement to Gospel star Israel Houghton. It’s come come as a surprise to many, for it’s less than a year since ‘The Real’ anchor broke up with her longtime lover and fiance Lenny Santiago (of Roc Nation).

Full story and the announcement video await below…

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Welcome to Retro Rewind, the TGJ original feature launched to revisit TV and Film’s entertaining yet occasionally difficult past.

Today, we make our back to 1939, the year in which the movie ‘Gone with the Wind’ was released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

In it, we meet the feisty and vivacious belle Scarlett O’Hara, the daughter of a wealthy Irish man whose wealth depends on African-American chattel slavery.

Much to their dismay, their lives are turned upside down when the Civil War strikes the South and eradicates the lifestyle the enslaving and torture of enslaved Africans afforded them.

 

This forces young O’Hara to find her way in a world that soon becomes cold, dark and dangerous once the North’s efforts to dismantle slavery shatters the cotton-clad fantasy that is her life.

The critic Lou Lumenick had this to say about the problematic yet iconic release:

If the Confederate flag is finally going to be consigned to museums as an ugly symbol of racism what about the beloved film offering the most iconic glimpse of that flag in American culture? It buys heavily into the idea that the civil war was a noble lost cause and casts Yankees and Yankee sympathisers as the villains.

He added:

It goes to great lengths to enshrine the myth that the civil war wasn’t fought over slavery — an institution the film unabashedly romanticises.

Press play to see it for yourself below…

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Mark those calendars! ‘Empire’ returns to FOX on September 21st. 

The third season of the Lee Daniels music drama will aim to elevate the show’s must-see status to new heights.

Producers remain tight-lipped about what to expect from Lucious, Cookie, and co; but given its penchant for soap-style theatrics, it’s safe to say the drama will be plentiful.

To titillate ahead of the show’s return, a sizzling teaser has been released. Check it out below…

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Those awaiting the latest ‘Bad Boys’ instalment will have to hold out a while longer. Two years longer.

Find out the newest twist in the re-teaming of Will Smith and Martin Lawrence below….

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The Viola Davis-fronted ‘Suicide Squad’ is making moves of epic proportions overseas this week.

Major box offices news below…

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‘Scream Queens‘ returns for a second spin in the TV cycle on September 20th with help from KeKe Palmer (above), Emma Roberts, Niecy Nash and Taylor Lautner.

Waiting below is the latest teaser lifted from the season which also stars Jamie Lee Curtis and ‘Full House’s John Stamos.

Press play below…

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Jennifer Lopez is flexing her acting muscles more than ever.

The multi-dimensional diva recently hit a home-run with ‘Shades Of Blue’ and is heading to HBO for her darkest role yet.

Full story below…

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Bruno Mars is set to make bank in Vegas.

Details below…

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There’s little over a month to go before two of TV’s hottest shows are back on the box.

‘Empire’ and ‘How To Get Away With Murder’ are gearing up for their respective third seasons and the hype machine has begun.

The networks that air both shows will undoubtedly be looking to ensure the momentum is maintained. And while trailers are still incoming, a set of new promos have been unveiled.

Peep them below…

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Rihanna‘s résumé at the box-office has been hit and miss. Yet, the star is clearly shooting to score this go round. For, she has officially joined the cast of the ‘Ocean’s Eleven’ spin-off.

Full story below…

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Thrilling new music isn’t the only art Lady GaGa has been working on recently.

For, blossoming into an unstoppable force is her relationship with Ryan Murphy‘s ‘American Horror Story’ which reached a sweet high after she won the ‘Best Actress in a Miniseries or Television Film’ Golden Globe for her role in its ‘Hotel’ tale.

Click here to learn more about it.

With this in mind, can Murphy be blamed for calling on her to return to his ‘Horror’ for its next season?

No.

Hit the link below to find how the ‘ARTPOP’ purveyor announced the casting news.

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