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Alexandra Burke is back. After a lengthy break from releasing music, the soulful singer has unleashed much-anticipated new EP ‘Renegade.’ The 26-year-old’s latest effort, which she bills as an artistic renaissance, sees her experiment with different textures and sounds and exudes confidence in earnest.

Recently, That Grape Juice caught up with the vocal wonder to talk everything ‘Renegade’ and more.

Join us after the jump where we quiz the songstress on the creation of the EP, her upcoming 3rd album and transitioning into the acting world. She also shares her thoughts on X Factor sister Leona Lewis and fellow stage-blazers Ciara and Tinashe.


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‘Swish’ performer Kanye West has launched an open casting call to find new actors for a brand new TV show.

Intrigued?

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Proponents of Pop purveyor Janet Jackson took to the net to express their disappointment when they learned the singer wasn’t to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

For, after learning that artists could only be considered for induction 25 years after their debut, her fans had hoped her success in the early 90s would have seen her celebrated by its committee and secure an invitation.

Alas, this didn’t happen following the committee’s meeting in New York City last September, seeing its members leave Janet out in the cold and welcome eight new acts who will officially become members of the exclusive club on April 18th.

Now, days before the event takes place in Cleveland, Jann Wenner (chairman of the Rock Hall Foundation and founder, editor and publisher of Rolling Stone) has been quizzed on the matter by Billboard.

Why his answer may spell trouble for the likes of Beyonce, Rihanna and Lady GaGa in the future?

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Peep this pic of the cast of ‘Suicide Squad’ snapped together for the first time hours ago.

Featuring Will Smith and ‘How To Get Away With Murder’s Viola Davis, the movie also stars the supermodel Cara Delevingne and Jared Leto, signing on to deliver the Warner Bros on August 5th 2016.

Read more on the movie’s plot here and hit the link below to find out which roles each actor has agreed to portray below.

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New Line Cinema has signed on to release a Christmas movie starring ‘Honey’ singer Mariah Carey this year, joining forces with the star to take her latest big screen dream to life.

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The late singer Amy Winehouse is to see her story retold with a new documentary this year, celebrated by the Asif Kapadia with ‘Amy.’

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After learning Rosie O’Donnell was to leave the series for the second time, fans of ‘The View‘ now face reports that suggest she is to be replaced by the controversial Monica Lewinsky.

Surprising news below…

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Jennifer Lopez has hit a ‘Home’ run with her latest movie!

The DreamWorks animation, which also stars Jim Parsons and Steve Martin, has been the focus of an all-out media flood and it looks as though the cast’s collective efforts have paid off.

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Ice Cube‘s ‘Barbershop’ franchise is being revived for a third outing, it has been confirmed.

Details below, including news on Nicki Minaj‘s potential involvement.

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Six years separate the world from Beyonce’s last major movie role, and now- if Warner Bros get their way- the star will reclaim the role she’s said to have dropped in a rebooted version of ‘A Star is Born.’

Movie news below…

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The primetime success of ABC’s ‘Black-ish,’ ‘Scandal,’ and ‘How To Get Away With Murder,’ alongside FOX’s breakout hit series ‘Empire,’ are proving themselves just the catalysts needed to see more faces of color in high profile roles.

Now, with ABC and FOX changing the game, CBS and NBC are both readying a slew of projects to “get in on the action,” so to speak, by calling on the likes of Rockmond Dunbar, Anika Noni Rose, and Lance Gross to veteran actresses Whoopi Goldberg and Phylicia Rashad to help steer potential future projects upward.

Get the latest on all of the previously mentioned actors/actresses and more as primetime TV promises to see its most diverse displays yet later this year, early next year:

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Does R&B diva Angie Stone have iron fists?

Daughter Diamond Stone may have the answer as reports have surfaced she is now missing two front teeth as a result of an altercation with her Grammy-nominated mother.

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Update:  Diamond releases statement on the incident.

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