Welcome to The Sip episode 39 on That Grape Juice!

In our new podcast series, hosts PatricklySpeakn and StephYoungMC run down the latest entertainment news from TGJ and beyond.

This week Madonna claims she’s being punished for turning 60, Beyonce continues to slay, Regina King has nabbed a Netflix deal. and Justin Bieber claims Chris Brown is a mix between Michael Jackson and Tupac. All this and much more.

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Adele is in a reflective mood as she celebrates her 31st birthday.

The singer is hard at work on her fourth studio album, but is dually juggling that process with divorce proceedings after announcing her split from husband  Simon Konecki.

While taking a tasteful approach to addressing her predicament, she has shared an emotional message about the past year – one she says “tried” her hard.

She also opened up about her plans for chapter 31.

Adele in her own words below…

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After wreaking havoc on planet Earth in the movie ‘US’, Lupita Nyong’o is ready to head to space for a brand new movie some are calling the perfect blend of ‘Miss Congeniality’ and ‘Men in Black.’

Read below…

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Yazmin Monet Watkins-Vieux, David Vieux and Kalie Acheson are to thank for the gem that is ‘Thistles & Thornes: A Fairytale for Black Girls.’

In it, heroes emerge in a world powered by Black Girl Magic with help from a powerful woman who is on a perilous mission to take that magic back to a place called the Garden of Sisterhood before the universe as she knows it is doomed forever.

Her name? Assata.

Tune in to the adventure below…

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‘Real Housewives of Atlanta‘ fan favourite Porsha Williams scored big when the spinoff show she created to celebrate her pregnancy welcomed monumental ratings.

Elated, she made her way to the press circuit to raise even more awareness for the show and offer updates on the status of her relationships with her co-stars and reveal that filming for ‘Atlanta’s next season has already begun….months earlier than it was supposed to.

Why? A major storyline producers are keen to capture.

Now watch what happened when she joined ‘Strahan and Sara’ to talk all that more below…

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With the final season of ‘Game Of Thrones’ dominating the ratings, the HBO show is aiming to heat up the charts with its companion soundtrack.

Compilation set ‘For The Throne’ arrived last month, boasting music “inspired by” the hit series.

Its lead single ‘Power Is Power’ unites SZA, The Weeknd, and Travis Scott.

For its accompanying video, which was unleashed moments ago, critically acclaimed director Anthony Mandler was drawn on.

Speaking on the visual, he said:

“We’re taking established artists and pulling them into the Game of Thrones world. The show establishes all these different kingdoms and worlds. What I want to do is integrate the color palettes of winter, the warmer tones and match that with today’s biggest stars.” 

Check it out after the jump…

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For all the strides society has made, racial injustice sadly remains a very real reality.

A fact made oh so apparent to a Black taxi driver in Dublin, Ireland this week.

Because what started as a standard pick-up turned into an all-out racist assault.

The shocking video after the jump…

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Rihanna is proving as potent an entrepreneur as she is on the charts.

The star’s Fenty Beauty cosmetics line has been flying off shelves worldwide and now looks poised for a major push in the UK following a landmark retail deal.

Full story below…

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Solange‘s fourth studio effort, ‘When I Get Home,’ may have earned critical acclaim aplenty in the days succeeding its surprise release on March 1, but – unlike its predecessor ‘A Seat at the Table’ – it hasn’t exactly kept a seat warm at or near the top of Billboard 200’s upper rankings in the weeks that followed.

But, while an opportunity to showcase much of the project’s content for this year’s Coachella audience was missed, the Grammy-winner is pressing forward with the album’s already visually intensive promo campaign by unveiling its official accompanying film.

Taking to Twitter recently to make the announcement, the film – available through Apple Music – shares the same title as the LP and is available now for your viewing pleasure.  Details inside:

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Barring the intermittent drop of standalone singles, fans in need of a refill from  Elle Varner have been a bit…umm…parched to say the least as it relates to getting new bodies of work from the R&B beauty.

That’s all set to change as she’s finally announced the arrival date of the forthcoming mixtape, ‘Ellevation.’  A gem designed to tide fans over until the release of her official sophomore album (the follow-up to 2012’s Billboard 200 top 5-peaking ‘Perfectly Imperfect’), ‘Ellevation’s announcement came as a surprise to fans and was accompanied by an official release date, cover artwork, and track list.

More inside:

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Chris Brown continues to serve as the industry’s most musically fertile artist.

For, he’s gearing up to follow his 2017 effort ‘Heartbreak On A Full Moon’ with 30-track album named ‘Indigo.’

With the song total mirroring Brown’s recent age milestone, the singer seized his birthday bash to spill more on the project – namely its release date.

Dive below for details…

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Over the course of Madonna‘s illustrious career, the superstar has been a fierce and fervent supporter of the LGBTQ community.

As such, it’s fitting that the Pop queen was presented with the Advocate For Change honor at the 30th annual GLAAD Media Awards in New York tonight.

Head below to see for more on her acceptance speech…

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