Fantasia isn’t the only GRAMMY winner with her sights set on occupying Katy Perry‘s now-vacant seat on the ‘American Idol’ judges panel.

Meghan Trainor – whose resume boasts previous judging experience aboard FOX’s short-lived reality talent competition ‘The Four‘ – has made no bones about the fact she is very interested in the gig to replace the ‘Firework‘ hitmaker.

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Despite the plague of bad press that’s accompanied her last musical era, ‘This Is Me…Now,’ multi-hyphenate diva Jennifer Lopez has reason to dance again.

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Time sure flies because it’s been 30 years since ‘Sister Act 2’ blazed the big screen and became etched in pop culture in perpetuity.

In celebration of the milestone, lead Whoopi Goldberg (who reprised her role as Deloris van Cartier in the 1994 musical) joined forces with the original cast on today’s episode of The View.

Collectively, they raised the roof with a rousing showing of ‘Oh Happy Day’ – led by the original star who performed the track in the film, Ryan Toby.

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Normani is dancing toward the release of her debut album ‘Dopamine’ and her latest promotional stop has seen her pay homage to her idols – namely Brandy (who features on the set) and Janet Jackson.

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Tyler Perry has assembled an all-star cast for ‘Straws’ – his latest film at Netflix.

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Rihanna is about her business and her latest venture sees the superstar make a splash in the haircare space.

Ever a trending topic, RiRi sent the net into a frenzy afresh this week with the official announcement of Fenty Hair.

The line will add to the entrepreneur’s billion-dollar empire – which includes Fenty Beauty and Savage x Fenty alongside her musical fortune.

Ahead of the brand’s June 13 release, the Bajan belle has unlocked gorgeous new snaps of herself rocking a blonde pixie cut.

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Taylor Swift has turned up the volume in support of Lady Gaga after the superstar took to social media to address speculation that she was pregnant.

As reported, Mother Monster used a lyric from her Pop peer’s song ‘Down Bad’ to deny she is with child, captioning her clip: “not pregnant, just down bad crying at the gym.” 

Now, Swift has commented and seized the moment to share an important PSA.

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Ice Spice is taking her new album ‘Y2K’ on the road.

Because, fresh from announcing the July 26 release date for her debut studio effort, the femcee has officially lifted the lid on dates for the ‘Y2K! World Tour.’

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Chris Brown continues to pour out visuals from the deluxe edition of his ’11:11′ album.

For, the superstar has unlocked the video for the Afrobeats-flavored ‘Hmmm’ featuring genre titan Davido – who he previously teamed with on ‘Sensational.’

Following on the heels of the clips for ‘Feel Something,’ ‘Go Girlfriend‘ and ‘Press Me.’

All of the visuals have landed ahead of the June 7 launch of the ’11:11 Tour’ this month with Muni Long and Ayra Starr.

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Normani is counting down the days to the release of her debut solo album ‘Dopamine.’

Long-awaited, the LP is preceded by singles ‘1:59’ and ‘Candy Paint.’

Now, the singer has revealed that when it arrives, it’ll be doing so with a feature from none other than Brandy.

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Martin Lawrence is setting the record straight.

The beloved actor has been on the promotional trail for ‘Bad Boys: Ride or Die’ with longtime co-star Will Smith.

During one of their recent appearances abroad, folk noticed that Smith appeared to be assisting Lawrence as they walked out on stage.

The clip sparked ample debate about the star’s health.

However, in a new interview with Hot 97, the 59-year-old cleared up the confusion.

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It’s album season for Ice Spice, who will be looking to heat up the charts with her long-awaited debut – ‘Y2k.’

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