Beyonce sprung a surprise on longtime friend and collaborator Melina Matsoukas last night at the AFI Lifetime celebration for Denzel Washington.

Queen Bey presented the director with the Franklin J. Schaffner Alumni Medal at the glitzy ceremony.

Her appearance, while unannounced and a shock for Matsoukas, was especially apt.

The pair have been working together since 2006 and have amassed quite the videography together – with one of their more recent outings being the widely praised ‘Formation’ visual.

Check out Bey’s presentation speech below…

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Only six months separate fans of Future from his latest effort, January’s chart-topping ‘The WIZRD,’ but that hasn’t stopped the 35-year-old from seeing if he can sprinkle a bit more magic on the summer’s Billboard 200.

Announced just this week (as we reported here), his new project – the ‘Save Me’ – is a 7-song EP that’s been described as “his most vulnerable, visual, and vital statement yet” and stands as a feature-less affair.

Keen to see if the description is fitting? Tuck inside to hear:

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It’s here!

After ample teasing, Madonna‘s revealed the fifth and final buzz track from her new album, ‘Madame X,’ before its arrival on shelves June 14!

Titled ‘Dark Ballet,’ look inside to see the latest the Queen of Pop’s cooked up:

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The rumor mill swirled no shortage of reports that ‘Jealous’ star DJ Khaled was incensed at news his latest album, ‘Father of Asahd,’ failed to nab the top spot of the Billboard 200 (unlike its predecessors – 2016’s ‘Major Key’ and 2017’s ‘Grateful’ respectively).

Like we reported here, ‘Asahd’ – despite its guest list of heavy hitters and padding its first week sales with a merchandise bundle – still came in second place to Tyler, the Creator‘s critically acclaimed album, ‘IGOR.’  The upset was all the more shocking as the latter set had no Billboard Hot 100 top 40 singles to precede its arrival, unlike that of Khaled’s.

Our friends at Page Six first broke the story that Khaled was “fuming” at his label, Epic Records, after losing out to Tyler and reportedly was “yelling” and throwing a “temper tantrum.” Later, the 43-year-old uploaded a video (that’s now deleted) that may not confirm his tantrum at Epic, but at least suggests he felt some kinda way about Tyler’s triumph.

Watch it inside:

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Madonna‘s shedding light on ‘Dark Ballet’ – the fifth and final buzz track ahead of the June 14th release of her new studio album, ‘Madame X.’

Preceded by eclectic album cuts ‘Medellin,’ ‘I Rise,’ ‘Crave,’ and ‘Future,’  ‘Dark’ – which will see its accompanying visual unearthed tomorrow (June 7th) – continues the pattern of musical diversity by sounding nothing like its forerunners.  The question at hand, however, is if it will continue its predecessors patterns of failing to make major impacts on the Billboard Hot 100.

In a bid to avoid the latter, the Queen of Pop has already begun previewing the song’s haunting video highlighted by religious iconography, implications of persecution, and more.  Curious to see how Madge is looking to seduce fans next?  The answer awaits inside:

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With all roads leading to the June 7th release of his new studio album, ‘Legendary,’ rapper Tyga continues to pull out the stops to ensure its purchase is atop his fans “to do” list.

Having already impacted rap charts with other gems from the set including ‘G*ddamn,’ ‘Girls Have Fun’ (featuring G-Eazy & Rich the Kid), and more, the 29-year-old most recently unveiled his latest link up with longtime collaborator Chris Brown.

Titled ‘Haute,’ the Latin-flavored tune also calls on help from Colombian music star J. Balvin and sees its accompanying music video live up to its titling in more ways than one.

See what we mean inside:

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Nicole Curran, the wife of Joe Lacob (owner of the Golden State Warriors), is waving a white flag after a relentless #Beyhive attack thanks to a video that saw her leaning over Beyonce to talk to Jay Z.

The clip – caught at Game 3 of the NBA Finals – went viral after the ‘Crazy in Love’ singer didn’t look to crazy about the chatter between Jay and Curran, making faces that suggested she was (at the very least) mildly uncomfortable with the exchange.

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When Danity Kane reunited again last year, it was billed as giving the fans what they want.

Well, Dawn Richard, Aubrey O’Day, and Shannon Bex are taking the concept a step further with their newly announced shows.

Because, they’ll be involving their supporters the chance to impact the dates like never before.

Details below…

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The latest season of ‘Black Mirror’ found its way to Netflix this week and has been met with generally positive reviews from the millions who call themselves fans.

Unfortunately, the wave of outstanding reviews it has earned finds itself forced to compete with rising criticism surrounding the episode ‘Striking Vipers’ which stars Nicole Beharie, Anthony Mackie and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II.

Worst season they keep trying to play black people with this gay agenda shit

— Baddies R Us (@_Baddies_r_us_) June 6, 2019

The first episode of black mirrors is blowin my mindddddddd, this some gay ass shit?

— thegirl. (@sunniebabyy) June 6, 2019

Full story (and spoilers) below…

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Queen of Pop Madonna is royally under fire from critics – this time from sexual abuse victims and their supporters for what many are calling an ‘exaggerated use of analogies’ to rape.

Earlier this week the 60-year-old diva made headlines for a feature in the ‘New York Times’ magazine that saw her reflect over her illustrious career, including a recount of the leak of her 2015 album, ‘Rebel Heart’ (click here to read it).  To describe the helplessness she felt at the time, she likened the experience to being raped.

Now, just days after its publishing, she’s taken to Instagram to slam the publication and the very interviewer (Vanessa Grigoriadis) who wrote the article and claims…you guessed it…the experience with the journalist made her feel raped.

Ay yi yi!  More inside:

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R. Kelly would like the world to believe that he is an innocent man.

How? By entering a not guilty plea in the new round of sexual assault and abuse charges he is facing.

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Regina Hall and Emilia Clark caught up for an insightful conversation via Variety‘s ‘Actors on Actors’ platform.

There, the esteemed actresses discussed their careers, their favourite roles, the challenges they have faced in Hollywood and the magic they have made with help from their A List peers.

Emilia starred in the Fantasy series ‘Game of Thrones’ and is gearing up to enjoy life away from the show following its finale last month and Regina recently enjoyed fresh box office success with the movie ‘Little.’

Watch below…

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