We’re certain if you’ve even heard a hint of gospel music over the last three decades then you’ve encountered at least one gem from the genre’s legendary songbird Vickie Winans.  Her catalog is equipped with an arsenal of hits like ‘Already Been To The Water’, ‘Long As I Got King Jesus’, ‘Shake Yourself Loose’, and ‘No Cross, No Crown’ just to name a few.

Now, with 14 albums, a trophy case of top industry honors, comedy albums and DVDs, and fashion under her decorative belt, the belter still finds ways to venture into new territory.  This time, the gospel diva follows her dreams of acting.

Making her debut aboard the Lionsgate Home Entertainment inspirational film ‘Dreams’ (available everywhere January 28th), That Grape Juice recently caught up with the hardest working woman in the gospel music industry to talk about the film, her dream of starring alongside Robert De Niro, new music, her love of pop superstar Beyonce, and so much more!

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As far as Pop princes go, very few can say they ‘work the charts’ quite as hard as Chris Brown.

Celebrated for bringing life, Sun and soul to what’s occasionally been a dull party, Brown’s talent continues to push him far beyond the negativity that’s oft threatened to plague his Grammy-winning career.

However, we doubt even he could have anticipated the success of  ‘Love More’, the feel-good jam featuring Rap’s undisputed champ Nicki Minaj.

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Television legend Bill Cosby sent the family sitcom model into the stratosphere in the 80s with his famed ‘The Cosby Show’.  After a successful run aboard its NBC-platform, the family sitcom genre has struggled to reclaim its ratings’ glory days.

NBC is hoping, via a recently inked deal with Cosby, that a resurgence is on the horizon.

Deadline Reports:

“[NBC] has made a deal for a half-hour family comedy to star Cosby. As he did in the ’80s, Cosby has partnered with producer Tom Werner, whose company with Marcy Carsey produced Cosby Show.  The new comedy will be built around Cosby, who will play the patriarch of a multi-generational family and, like the comedian’s previous family sitcoms – Cosby Show and Cosby on CBS — will channel his take on marriage and parenting.”

In addition to the Cosby reboot, word has it there are talks to revive ‘Fat Albert & The Cosby Kids’.

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For most acts, dealing with the inevitable horror that is a commercial decline oft goes a long way to bruise legacies when said decline prompts desperate measures they believe will reverse, or at least delay, the inevitable.

Fortunately for ‘You Had Me’ performer Eve, she isn’t like most acts.

Indeed, in penning a positive chapter in the novel that is her career, the Rapper has secured a lucrative new deal with Bob Iger‘s ‘ABC‘, who have handed her her very own television series.

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Bruno Mars may have been enlisted to perform at this year’s Super Bowl Halftime Show, but thanks to the folks over at ‘Time Warner‘, he isn’t the only chart-topper looking forward to partaking in the night’s festivities.

For, after announcing him as their headlining act for their pre-game party in NYC, ‘Warner’ has called on Drake to star in the company’s Super Bowl 2014 commercial, making him the ‘leading lad’ in their hotly anticipated  campaign!

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As far as R&B goes, Miguel’s arrival has come as nothing of a God-send.

Fact not opinion. For, with a vocal prowess few are able to match and material that’s now seen him sought after by the likes of Beyonce and Mariah Carey, Miguel has gone a long way to prove that his genre is-contrary to public opinion-anything but dead.

Fortunately for the star, his recent contributions to music haven’t gone unnoticed and have earned him a brand new manager set to take him above and beyond the realm he currently resides in.

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BET‘s ‘Being Mary Jane’ ended Tuesday night a ratings champion, reports reveal.  The Gabrielle Union-led show offered the network some of its best ratings to date with a whopping 5 million tuning in to see the show’s premiere.

Deadline:

“An average of 3.3 million viewers tuned in to check out BET‘s first original scripted drama series, Being Mary Jane at 10 PM Tuesday, after which an immediate repeat clocked 1.8 million. BET boasted that made it the No. 1 original series debut on cable for the 2013-14 TV season.”

The premiere comes six months after the scripted drama first appeared on BET as a 90-minute film.  With 4 million reportedly tuned into that July showing, BET followed with an order for a full fledged series of the Mara Brock Akil and Salim Akil-penned showing.

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With 2014’s arrival rendering her ‘forthcoming‘ ‘Hardcore 2K13’ EP irrelevant, Lil Kim finds herself career met with more despair this year, now that she has been slapped with a fresh lawsuit.

For last year, before the release of her latest release ‘Dead Girl Walking’, the former chart-regular released a promotional image fans had believed was an image of herself sporting ‘Zombie’ make-up.

Alas, her efforts to pull the wool over the world’s eyes came to no avail when Canadian artist  Samantha Ravndahl revealed that the snap was not of Lil Kim at all, but was rather stolen by the Rapper after she uploaded it to Yishan Wong‘s ‘Reddit.‘

Now, after urging the MC to cut all ties with the image, Ravndahl has now filed a lawsuit demanding a minimum of $150,000.

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The Pop Prince that is Chris Brown may be used to pulling hits in foreign markets, but there’s no doubt Kid Ink finds himself in pastures new this year, as the pair’s new single ‘Show Me’ storms the British charts.

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Before they rock the world with new LPs in 2014, Pop purveyor Jason Derulo and Rap Empress Nicki Minaj have the UK to thank for their most recent ‘wins’ this evening.

How the pair’s respective fan bases have showed their support for both acts?

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While the last week has brought Beyonce good news in abundance, yesterday saw some of her fans met with the cruel occurrence that is death, losing one of the many people the performer has inspired over the years.

Yes, hours after attending a showing of the entertainers ‘Mrs.Carter Show‘, 16 year old Jasmine Guillaume lost her life in a Brooklyn fire, leaving behind a family and friends who now mourn and miss her bitterly.

Now, in thanking her for giving the teen her last memory, a friend of Jasmine’s has penned open letter to Beyonce, now available to read in full below…

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Shocked and confused by the headline?

Well, consider yourself one of many to have raised a surprised brow at a fresh Lana Del Rey report today. A report, that claims she is being targeted by an anonymous rival, hell bent on thwarting her chances of winning an Oscar.

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