The Real Housewives of Atlanta return this Sunday!

Season 8 is particularly noteworthy because not only will it be the first without original NeNe Leakes as a regular, it’ll mark the debut of newcomer Kim Fields.

The ‘Living Single’ actress has signed up as a main-cast addition to a line-up that includes Kandi Burruss, Phaedra Parks, Cynthia Bailey, Kenya Moore, and Porsha Williams.

Ahead of this weekend’s premiere, Fields stopped by the Wendy Williams Show today, where she was grilled on her decision to join the Bravo hit and what fans can expect.

Check out the interview below…

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FOX smash ‘Empire’ is back for a second season and is playing no games!

The music-drama serves up a super-charged package of sass, drama, glamor, and jaw-dropping storylines revolving around the Lyon family – anchored by Luscious (Terrence Howard) and Cookie (Taraji P. Henson).

Next week sees the action continue in episode 7 of season 2. Check out a sneak peek preview below…

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Could there be light at the end of the tunnel for Tyra Banks‘ ‘America’s Next Top Model’?

According to new reports, the recently axed series may not be ready for a burial just yet.

Details below…

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This Sunday brings with it the eagerly awaited return of the ‘Real Housewives of Atlanta.’

Now in its eighth season, the Bravo smash promises drama aplenty in its first run without NeNe Leakes as a regular.

Indeed, per the titillating trailer, Kandi Burrus, Kenya Moore, Porsha Williams, Cynthia Bailey, and newcomer Kim Fields look set to bring the must-see this season.

As annually the case, all eyes are on the what lines the ladies will sassily deliver in the opening credits.

This year, folk don’t have to wait ’til the premiere.

Check out the new RHOA opening sequence below…

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Nicki Minaj is heading to the world of scripted television…and she wants you to come along for the ride!

Details below…

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‘America’s Next Top Model’ alum Yaya DaCosta joins a growing list of African-American actresses leading the world of drama with TV shows that pack plenty of it.

How she joins the club? With the ‘Chicago Fire‘ spin-off ‘Chicago Med’ in which she plays a medical practitioner who is forced to juggle life, love and danger in a hospital just as explosive as the storylines based in it.

Intrigued?

Join the club and press play to catch a sneak peek below…

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Spike Lee has made a career out of the controversial and his latest movie ‘Chiraq’ is no exception.

Due in theaters December 4th, the film centers on gang gun violence by men in some of Chicago’s neighborhoods and is based on the Greek comedy ‘Lysistrata,’ by Aristophanes.

An all-star cast have been assembled to tell the tale, including Samuel L. Jackson, Nick Cannon, Jennifer Hudson, and Angela Bassett. 

Watch the high-octane trailer below…

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Congratulations are in order for R&B singer Miguel and Reality TV royal Draya Michele (above.)

Where one can find their film and television related good news?

The latest edition of TGJ’s ‘Screen Juice.’

Drink up below…

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Following the release of her new LP ‘Calling All Lovers‘ the R&B singer Tamar Braxton has used her platform on the hit show ‘The Real’ to interview the controversial political activist Rachel Dolezal.

Dolezal made headlines earlier this year when it emerged that-despite being Caucasian- she had been pretending to be of African-American descent, even going as far as to pay an African-American man to impersonate her father at social gatherings.

What she has to say to her critics today?

A must-see piece from their conversation below…

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Their role on VH1’s ‘Love & Hip Hop Hollywood’ has made them Hip Hop’s leading gay couple.

Alas, following a string of interviews arranged to endorse their relationship Milan Christopher and Miles Brock are said to have fallen into dangerous territory after one was accused of assaulting the other.

Bad news below…

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Remy Ma is ‘Love & Hip-Hop’ bound!

It’s been little over a year since the fiery femcee was released from prison and, save for a well received mixtape plus an initial round of press, she’s maintained a measured silence.

That look set to be shattered when the ‘Conceited’ rapper lands on the VH1 hit.

Details below…

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Reunited..but will it feel good?

Fans of the hit series ‘The Real Housewives of Atlanta’ will have to wait until next Sunday to learn the answer to that question when the show returns for an eighth cycle.

Why this is set to be its grandest? The return of original ‘Wife’ Sheree Whitfield who- much to the dismay of the show’s fans- will serve as a “friend of the wives” and NeNe Leakes who announced she was leaving the series at the end of last season only to surprise its cast with a comeback last week.

Now peep the very first snap taken of former friends/ originals NeNe and Sheree snapped during a scene shot in Jamaica!

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