Whoopi Goldberg leads an all-star cast in the film adaptation of Terry McMillan‘s fifth book and New York Times Bestseller, ‘A Day Late and a Dollar Short’. The made-for-TV movie follows Viola Price (Goldberg) as she struggles to keep her dysfunctional family together in the midst of her own health crisis. After a devastating asthma attack, Viola learns her days are numbered and begins planning a Paris theme 60th birthday at which she hopes to gather her family one last time. A happy celebration turns sour when all hell breaks loose leaving Viola filled with anxiety and heartbreak.

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‘Home’  star Rihanna has settled a multimillion dollar lawsuit with her former accountants this week, doing so after accusing them of financial mismanagement  and almost throwing her into bankruptcy.

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J.Cole fans rejoiced yesterday, when first day sales predictions revealed his ‘Born Sinner‘ was to sell no more than 200,000 units less than Kanye West‘s ‘Yeezus‘.

All flavours of epic, considering West’s celebrity and Cole’s standing as Hip Hop’s favorite underdog, this feat should hopefully see the album pushed far beyond heights attained by his ‘Cole World’ debut and go Platinum within the year.

So, perhaps as a thank you for their undying loyalty, Cole surprised his fans with a special guest at last night’s showing of the ‘Dollar & A Dream‘ Tour.

Watch below!

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They were the life force behind her Nicki Minaj fuelled come back in 2011. Now, in marking the latest legal woe to be sent Lil Kim’s way, she is reportedly being sued for $15 million by the ‘International Rock Stars‘.

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Beyonce is playing approximately no games with her comeback campaign.

With a New Years gig, Super Bowl spectacle, and HBO special all on the horizon, the tour de force has teamed up with Pepsi for the latest component of her return to the spotlight.

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Though she may still be without as US number one album, there’s no denying Rihanna‘s status as one of Pop’s strongest cash shows.

Yet to release an album that didn’t sell a million or more US copies since her sophomore effort, the chart topper’s countless number one singles, tours and endorsement deals have ensured her superiors over at Roc Nation make bank, over…and over and again.

Now, in an interview for GQ Magazine’s ‘Men Of The Year’ edition, she has spoken out on how her lucrative career has made it hard for people to see or perhaps understand her art.

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She may be able to rake in the numbers when it comes to moving singles, but it seems Rihanna is struggling to succeed outside of music yet again.

For, after her debut movie ‘Battleship’ broke the record for being the lowest grossing movie with a budget of $200 million or more, her first television series ‘Styled To Rock’ has met a PR crisis this week- following embarrassingly low viewing figures.

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With all eyes back on Iggy Azalea following her interview with ‘The Breakfast Club‘, the MC has now capitalized on the hype by releasing ‘Million Dollar Misfits’.

Joined by Grand Hustle CEO T.I. and ‘Out Of My Mind’ maestro B.O.B. , Iggy turns up the heat like never before on the club ready number.

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Just as renowned for her philanthropy as she is for her well flavored music, Shakira continues in her efforts to aid her homeland, Colombia.

For on Thursday, the star took to the Afro-Colombian district of Ciudad Bicentenario to help launch a $36 million education initiative for the nation’s children, as part of a series of events linked to the weekend Summit of the Americas.

This comes 15 years after the Roc Nation signee launched the Pies Descaloz Foundation,to help poor and poverty stricken children by way of education and healthy meals.

To date, the foundation has opened 5 schools in Columbia reaching over 1000 kids and recently joined forces with FC Barcelona to add sports to the services it already provides.

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Black men in the music industry have never been hard to find.

In today’s musical climate, there are very few genres of music that haven’t been touched by the black male, from Jay Z and Lil Wayne in the world of Hip Hop, to British boy band JLS in the realms of Pop.

For years, the issue of how black men are portrayed in the music industry has remained a well discussed one.

With even the likes of Rapper Game airing his thoughts on why many of his own contemporaries are presented in a light  contrary to their  actual realities , this is one hot topic very  few have little to say about.

Now we here at That Grape Juice HQ want you to weigh in…

Do Record Labels Endorse Negative Stereotypes Of Black Men To Help Boost Sales?

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Any doubts surrounding Beyonce‘s hard-working nature were further quelled last night when the superstar was spotted on the set of yet another video. This time it’s ‘4’ fan favourite ‘Party’ which received the visual treatment in a trailer park in New Jersey last night.

Joining the 29 year old on the colourful set were sister Solange and bandmate Kelly Rowland.

The work doesn’t stop there, either. For, industry outlet Video Static has confirmed that a clip for ‘Countdown’ has been commissioned and will be directed by Adria Petty – who took the helm of King B’s ‘Sweet Dreams’ video. If there’s any justice in the world, it’ll be better than that dollar-store effort.

Regardless, it’s great to see Ms. Knowles shooting clips for all the ‘right’ songs (word has it ‘End of Time’ has or will be shot too). Begging the question: just what is she cooking up behind the scenes? Whatever the case, it looks like ‘4’ has much mileage to go.

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The video for Trina‘s brand new single ‘Million Dollar Girl’ surfaced a few moments ago. You can check out the Gil Green directed clip, which features Diddy and Keri Hilson, above…

Pretty standard-fare in that it’s more or less glamour shot after glamour shot. That said, both Trina and Keri looked great. The Diddy feature should garner the song some more interest too. Here’s hoping the song/video does big things for the self-proclaimed Baddest B*tch.

‘Million Dollar Girl’ is lifted from Trina’s forthcoming LP ‘Amazin’, which is due in stores on May 4th.

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