Openly gay athlete Michael Sam is among many to have scored a GLAAD Media Award nomination this year, celebrated for doing his part to push fair and accurate representations of members from LGBTQ community in the media.

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Ever keen to broaden our musical scope, recent months have seen That Grape Juice venture into a number of new musical landscapes including, most recently, gospel.

Spearheaded by well-received interviews with gospel singers Yolanda Adams, Hezekiah Walker, Twinkie Clark, Fred Hammond, Kierra Sheard, Dorinda Clark Cole, Israel Houghton, Marvin Sapp, Micah Stampley, Joshua Rogers, J. Moss, and Jonathan McReynolds, TGJ is now offering readers ‘The Overflow’ – a collection of the top gospel-themed news stories from the week.

Tuck in below for the latest news on Andrae Crouch, Dewayne Woods, Jonathan Nelson,  and more:

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Diversity continues to flourish over at Disney this year, set to be celebrated by the animation studios with the release of a new movie they’ve called on actress Lupita Nyong’o to star in.

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‘OWN’s hit TV series ‘The Have & Have Nots’ continues to soar on a ratings front this year, recently reaching a brand new viewership peak when it returned for a second season this week.

Fantastic news below…

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After a lengthy break on the bench, ‘TGJ Replay’ is back!

Designed much like our ‘Retro Rewind’ and ‘From the Vault’ features, ‘Replay’ is That Grape Juice‘s latest retrospective segment to act as a written quest, if you will, to re-spin the gems and jams of yesterday.  Unlike its ‘Rewind’ and ‘Vault’ predecessors, ‘Replay’ looks to dust off and showcase entire albums (and eras) from a library of pop and Urban pop music hits.

As this month brings with it the 8th anniversary of the ‘Dreamgirls’ motion picture soundtrack, we thought there would be no better time than the present to ode this amazing collection of new and revamped tunes.  Tuck in below for more on one of the most celebrated soundtracks of all time…

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If her recent conversation with ‘Grazia’ is anything to go by, she is, blaming herself not listening to “hunches” she had when writing a number of its songs?

Her words below…

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Shortly before TV fans can catch Cuba Gooding, Jr. in the Oprah-led historical film ‘Selma’ and BET historical miniseries ‘The Book Of Negroes,’ word has it the Academy Award winner will be taking another page out of history when he portrays football star turned murder defendant OJ Simpson in the new FX film ‘American Crime Story: The People v. O.J. Simpson.’

Set to kick off production in early 2015, the film’s announcement comes days after another famous African American figure is set to see his story told on the big screen – Barack Obama.  In a film titled ‘Southside With You,’ the Obama love story will unfold on the silver screen with ‘The Haves and the Have Nots’ star Tika Sumpter on board to portray Michelle Obama (nee Robinson).

Rumor has it hitmaking rapper Drake is amongst those being considered to play the commander-in-chief.  More below:

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Much like the iconic “Panic Attack” scene in the comedy ‘Airplane‘, it seems every one and their mom waits in line to lay one on Rap superstar Iggy Azalea.

For, after being called racist and self-absorbed by ‘Salon’s Sonia Saraiya, the ‘Beg For It’ lyricist has now seen her ethics thrown into disrepute by ‘Hollywood Stars’ rapper Gangsta Boo, who has accused the rapper of “paying for awards.”

This, after DeadMau5 mocked her ability as a rapper and after her ex ‘Interscope’ sister Azealia Banks slammed her for racially charged remarks she made before the release of her hit single ‘Fancy.’

Boo’s words below…

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The 57th annual Grammy Awards will air live from CBS on February 8th 2015, set to deliver performances from some of Pop’s brightest stars.

Today, excitement for the ceremony reaches new heights as its committee reveals which artists have been nominated in which categories.

Nominations below!

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As her husband goes into business with Ariana Grande‘s manager Scooter Braun, Mariah Carey made her way to the ‘Rockerfeller Center‘ in NYC recently to perform at the Christmas In Rockefeller Center event.

There, the ‘Elusive Chanteuse’ delivered a live rendition of her timeless classic ‘All I Want For Christmas Is You.’

Unfortunately, many were left disappointed when the singer served up a vocal performance of the “hell no” persuasion, surprising those who had hoped to receive a voice just as stellar as the one on the song’s official recording.

Why the negative attention the performance got is now bound to worsen?

Isolated and unedited vocals below…

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Earlier this year, reports linked ‘Seven Pounds’ star Will Smith to a role in the forthcoming action movie ‘Suicide Squad.’

Today, any who had hoped said reports would prove to be true have seen their prayers answered, as the actor has now committed to starring in the release alongside ‘Mad Max’ actor Tom Hardy.

Details below…

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Steven Spielberg‘s hospital drama ‘Red Band Society‘ is to come to an end this year, booted from Fox‘s favour despite pulling in 4.1o million viewers in its opening episode.

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