Toni Braxton is renown for her buttery baritone and the trademark lows her voice can hit. However, with her Lifetime biopic, the enduring diva hit quite the ratings high.

Find out what ‘Toni Braxton: Unbreak My Heart’ scored after the jump…

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She was once an unrecognisable face in the country.

Now, thanks to a hilarious run on the U.K’s ‘Celebrity Big Brother’, the U.S. Reality TV royal Tiffany Pollard now stands as one of the nation’s favourite personalities.

In fact, she’s become so popular in the market that she is now expected win the series.

Epic news below…

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A$AP Rocky and Naomi Campbell teamed up for a fashionable cause recently before the unveiling of the former’s next studio album.

Yes, keen to keep his stock in fashion sky high Rocky united with the supermodel to deliver a scorching shoot for ‘POP’ magazine led by the photographer Brianna Capozzi

Hit the link below for more on their collaboration…

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The web is still buzzing over Lifetime’s ‘Unbreak My Heart’ – Toni Braxton‘s long-awaited biographical film that set Twitter alight when it aired Saturday night.

Recounting the ‘You’re Making Me High’ singer’s highest highs over her storied career (and well documented lows), the flick was a critical homerun and earned thumbs up from viewers, fans, and media alike.

No exception to the many who have lauded the production for its brazenness and willingness to share intimate details about the life of one of music’s most celebrated songstresses, That Grape Juice has compiled a list of 5 reasons why the movie was an absolute knockout!

Hop below the jump to get into them (warning:  spoilers contained below):

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Welcome to Retro Rewind, the new TGJ original feature that invites our readers on a journey to Entertainment’s glorious past.

As a powerful minority in Hollywood continue to deny the important of diversity on-screen, the brains behind the hit show ‘Dynasty’ learned just how lucrative it could be for ratings when they introduced to the African-American character Dominique Deveraux to the series in 1984.

Created by the writing duo Richard and Esther Shapiro, Dominique, portrayed by Diahann Carroll, stepped on to the scene as a secretive woman with a keen interest in the lives of the show’s leading family, the Carringtons.

Eager to slay in the face of the stereotypical, offensive and one dimensional roles often dished out for actors of colour, the Shapiros teamed up with Carroll to create a character just as complex as the show’s villain Alexis Carrington, played by Joan Collins.

The result? A moving story about a young African-American girl from modest beginnings who exposes the plight of biracial children rejected by a society and fathers infected by prejudice, classism and racism.

Watch below…

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‘Star Wars‘ actress Lupita Nyong’o has revealed that she is disappointed by the lack of diversity in this year’s Academy Awards nominations list.

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Hollywood is embroiled in a heated race debate after not a single actor or actress of color was nominated at the 2016 Oscars (in the four main acting categories).

In the time since the announcement, a host of names of weighed – most notably Jada Pinkett  whose video complaint has gone viral.

Now, following claims from ‘Fresh Prince‘ actress Janet Hubert that Jada is only jarred because her husband Will Smith wasn’t honored, Will himself has broken his silence.

Sitting down with Robin Roberts on Good Morning America moments ago, the wildly successful star shared his view on the matter – which unsurprisingly echo those of his wife. Interestingly, though, he reveals that he never knew she made the clip.

Watch the insightful chat after the jump…

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In a case of look who’s talking now (the Oscars Edition), Stacey Dash has weighed in with her take on the race row that has divided Hollywood.

As widely reported, debate erupted when not one actor or actress of color landed a nomination in the four main acting categories.

In the time since, the likes of Jada Pinkett, Janet “Aunt Viv” Hubert, and even the President of the Academy have spoken up and out.

Now, Dash – the ‘Clueless’ actress turned political commentator – has added her two cents to the conversation – and as predicted

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The official high quality trailer for the Will Smith-led ‘Suicide Squad‘ has surfaced today!

Also starring ‘How To Get Away with Murder‘ actress Viola Davis the release tells the story of a group of DC Comics villains who are forced to combine their diabolical powers to reach a commo goal.

What that goal is?

Press play to peep the must-see trailer and weigh in on it after the jump..

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‘Empire‘s Jussie Smollett is to be honoured by the NAACP Image Awards for his contributions to society.

Good news below…

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The talkshow circuit is ruthless, just ask Tyra Banks.

Today it has been confirmed that the model-turned-mogul’s new daytime talker ‘The FABLife’ has been axed by ABC after just one season on-air.

Details below…

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