Lil Nas X is heading to the BET Awards!

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Elizabeth Warren is on a roll!

Praised for her commitment to equality and supporting the marginalised, the 2020 Presidential candidate made her way to ‘The Breakfast Club’ to outline how she intends to inject some positivity into the nation following the dark cloud many believe Donald Trump has been.

Her goal? To make the country’s resources available to everyone.

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The ghosts of the past have emerged to haunt Linda Fairstein.

Instead of just sending messages @LindaFairstein we should be going after life like she ruined the innocent lives of the central park 5. I will now provide a list of her book publishers and associates. Tweet/boycott them. /1

— Myles Evans (@kiddoadhd) June 1, 2019

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Taylor Swift kicked off Pride month in style, as evidenced by her rocking ‘Wango Tango’ performance yesterday (June 1).

Nabbing headlines for her rainbow-inspired wardrobe, stirring speech in support of the LGBTQ+ community, and later posting a lengthy letter to Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) imploring him to protect LGBTQ rights by voting to support the Equality Act, Swift’s political moves Saturday (June 1) were only outpaced by the speed at which she zoomed through her catalog of hits for the festival’s Los Angeles audience.

Showing off live renditions of ‘I Knew You Were Trouble,’ ‘Shake It Off,’ ‘Delicate,’ and current top 10 single, ‘ME!,’ the 29-year-old reminded concertgoers just how she secured the fest’s coveted headlining slot.

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Oh, how time flies!

June 1 marked 20 years since Jennifer Lopez – the former ‘In Living Color‘ “fly girl”-turned-actress – flew up the Billboard charts with her debut album, ‘On the 6.’  Preceded by its chart-topping lead single, ‘If You Had My Love,’ the project – helmed by then-boyfriend Sean “Puffy” Combs, serial hitmaker Rodney Jerkins, and more music industry heavy hitters – peaked at #8 on the Billboard charts and was later certified triple platinum.

Launching Lopez into the stratosphere of entertainment and laying the groundwork for her ultimate flexes of ‘triple threat status’ over the two decades that followed, the 49-year-old took to social media over the weekend to pay tribute to the birthday of the album that started it all for her.

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As he puts the final touches on his sixth studio album, the follow-up to 2016’s ‘Darkness & Light,’ EGOT winning singer-songwriter John Legend took a brief leave of absence from NBC’s ‘The Voice’ to lend his songwriting expertise to up-and-coming talents on the network’s new series, ‘Songland’ (which sees undiscovered songwriters pitch their tunes to an esteemed music industry panel).

Appearing as the inaugural episode’s celebrity guest judge (May 28), the 40-year-old revised and recorded the winner’s song, ‘We Need Love.’

“Too many brothers fallen / Too many mother cry / Too many prayers that bounce back from the sky / Too much talking, too much cheating / Too many father’s losing sleep / Too many broken heart we can’t make right,” John wails.

Before you catch the next episode of ‘Songland’ when it airs on Tuesdays at 10 p.m. EST on NBC, listen inside to Legend’s take on ‘Love’:

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Basketball fans who tuned in for tonight’s NBA Finals to see the Toronto Raptors vs. Golden State Warriors didn’t know they’d be treated to a pre-show battle of sorts as viewers at home took to Twitter to weigh in on if Grammy winners Alessia Cara or Fantasia delivered the more rousing rendition of their respective home countries’ national anthems.

Fannie kicked off the ceremony with a stirring interpretation of the ‘Star Spangled Banner,’ almost taking onlookers to church by its fiery end.   Cara, who had the home field advantage as the game was held at Toronto’s Scotiabank Arena, had the crowd singing in unison as she extended the mic out to encourage them to assist her cute version of  ‘O, Canada.’

The respective renditions ignited debate on who was better.  Polls revealed Canadian viewers said Cara left Fannie in the dust.  Watch both inside and weigh in:

Canadians are really out here saying that Alessia Cara is a better singer than Fantasia. pic.twitter.com/3YSXn5TBhE

— Christen (@_JustAGoodGirl) June 3, 2019

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Welcome to another edition of The Stream Scene, a feature carved out to keep you in the loop with all things streaming!

On the menu today? Facts and figures on tracks dropped by Nicki Minaj, Taylor Swift, Jess Lamarre and Cardi B.

This new Cardi B song press is a hit

— Wanja (@justMrsAgger) May 31, 2019

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Guess who is making serious moves at the box office?

Octavia Spencer‘s ‘MA.‘

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Just saw the movie Ma…..Octavia Spencer did the damn thing!

— Living my best life….always! (@blasian_Cyn) June 2, 2019

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Lee Daniels‘ TV series ‘Star‘ is officially over.

Y’all I really can’t believe Star Is cancelled! ?

— Arrogant ? (@dev0nte_) May 26, 2019

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A difficult but necessary watch.

The statement above is just one way Ava DuVernay’s ‘When They See Us’ has been described since it was unveiled on Netflix.

In it, the visionary tells the real-life story of five African-American children (cruelly named ‘The Central Park Five‘ ) who were falsely accused of raping an affluent white women in Central Park.

Accused, without evidence or proof that the boys had even seen the violated woman.

What unravels next is a stomach-churning story of racism, corruption within law enforcement and a life-changing plot twist no one could have seen coming.

Had to turn “When They See Us” off. I got too angry. To see the true story of the way the police department failed those five kids, made me angry. To see how they played them, abused them, scared them… made me angry. They knew that these boys CLEARLY Did not know their rights.

— M.Jayy (@SincerelyMJayy) June 2, 2019

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Welcome to Retro Rewind, the TGJ original feature created to celebrate some of TV and Film’s brightest moments.

Today, we’re celebrating the TV series ‘Hang Time’!

The series was baked by NBC to power its Saturday morning teen-focused programming schedule, was launched on September 5th 1995 and featured ideas created by ‘Saved by the Bell’ writer Peter Engel, Mark Fink and Jeffrey J. Sachs and performances from a young Anthony Anderson.

I’ve always been weird and liked things that others think isn’t good. Like the tv show Hang Time, for instance.

— Armen Saryan (@ArmenSaryan) June 1, 2019

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