Keen to offer the world a detailed, nuanced and honest tales of African-American chattel slavery, several networks have impacted the world of television with TV shows based on its horrors.

Two of these are WGN’s ‘Underground’ and the other is HISTORY’s reboot of ‘Roots.’

This week has seen the latter hit the ground running with a brilliant start.

Ratings below…

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Mindless Behavior are back and arguably better than ever.

So, there’s no doubt that their handlers hope that their new album (and members) performs much better than their efforts of yesteryear.

The latest step in their efforts to ensure that it does?

Announcing its release date…

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Tamar Braxton‘s sudden firing from daytime talker ‘The Real’ sent ripples through social media last week.

In the time since, speculation has run rife about what caused her departure from the show.

Despite the chatter, Braxton herself has maintained a notable silence.

That is all set to change this Thursday on WE tv’s ‘Braxton Family Values.’ For, (smartly), the youngest of the singing sisters will use the show (in which she’s an executive producer) as a platform to air her side of the story.

Watch the newly released teaser for the must-see episode below…

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Singer/actress Keke Palmer has seen her name ring around the rumor mill this week as word has it she was in the running to replace Tamar Braxton on FOX’s hit daytime talk show ‘The Real.’

As fans of the show know, Braxton suffered a highly publicized ousting last week (despite the network issuing a statement claiming the decision was mutual).  While the Grammy nominated songstress’s response to the termination is set to air on the next episode of ‘Braxton Family Values,’ the word is FOX is already looking to fill her chair among the show’s hostesses.

The rumor mill may have put Palmer’s name as a frontrunner in the competition, but today she took to Twitter to clear up the confusion:

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Vanessa Williams has bagged a leading role in a Science Fiction release!

Good news for the actress/singer below…

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Welcome to Retro Rewind, the TGJ original feature carved out to celebrate TV and Film’s glorious past.

Today, we revisit 1972 to celebrate ‘Lady Sings the Blues’, the Billie Holiday  biographical drama loosely based on her 1956 autobiography.

Starring Diana Ross, the movie told Holiday’s painful tale following her passing in 1952 and saw Ross portray the performer with support from her co-stars Richard Pryor, Billy Dee Williams, Virginia Capers and Paulene Myers.

The movie stood as one of many film projects launched to propel Ross into Hollywood and was nominated for five Academy Awards after picking up $19,726,490 at the Box Office with support from a $14 million budget.

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MTV’s ‘The Real Wold: Go Big or Go Home’ has been met by a racism shocker after an African-American contestant was asked to “pick cotton” during her time on the series.

Full story below.

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Nick Jonas is everywhere.

As if excitement for his sophomore album, ‘Last Year Was Complicated,’ wasn’t already brewing enough, now the singer puts on his acting hat once again to show his chops on the big screen.  His latest foray comes in the form of ‘Careful What You Wish For’ – an erotic thriller that sees the ‘Jealous’ singer play a young man who’s having an affair with a married woman.  Things go from sugar to sh*t after her husband learns of her extramarital excursion.

Set for release on the same day as his forthcoming album (June 10th), get into the trailer for the suspenseful flick below and tell us your thoughts:

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“Hellur!”

Tyler Perry‘s Madea franchise is back and heading to movie theaters.

‘Boo! A Madea Halloween’ hits the big screen on October 21st and is billed as sees the much loved matriarch spend “a hilarious, haunted Halloween fending off killers, paranormal poltergeists, ghosts, ghouls, and zombies while keeping a watchful eye on a group of misbehaving teens.”

Perry will write, produce, direct, and star in the film – the origins of which date back to when Perry and Chris Rock conspired to include a spoof Madea Halloween movie in Rock’s film ‘Top Five.‘ Thereafter, Lionsgate approached Perry to make the movie for real.

Watch the first trailer below…

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Sales of Mariah Carey‘s music may have slowed, but the songbird is accelerating full speed as a media mogul.

It’s been announced that she is building on last year’s partnership with Hallmark, this week signing a multi-year partnership with the network.

Details below…

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‘Love & Hip Hop Atlanta’s latest season continues to make moves for VH1 on a ratings front.

Still celebrating news that it had received over 19 million views following the airing of last week’s episode, its cast are to learn just how many viewers tuned in to catch Monday night’s offering.

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