Viola Davis honoured her mentor and friend at last night’s Golden Globes ceremony when she presented her with the Cecil B. DeMille Award at the star-studded ceremony.

Those who tuned in will agree that Davis’ introduction was just as memorable as the headline-making speech Streep followed it with.

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Idris Elba‘s commercial pull intensifies with every passing movie the actor stars in.

How so?

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While most year-end lists tallied the the top releases of 2016, Pollstar have spotlighted the various tours that set sail last year.

For Beyonce and her BeyHive, the numbers prove she still has the most potent sting. Yet, for Rihanna and her Navy, it’s not good news.

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Just as the storm surrounding Mariah Carey‘s botched New Year’s Eve performance dies down the star has learned that fresh drama is brewing.

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Shawn Stockman of the iconic group Boyz II Men has welcomed the birth of his new girl group DAME.

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Honoring the year’s best and brightest film and television stars, tuck in below to find out who walked away with the coveted trophies from tonight’s showing of the annual Golden Globes at The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California.

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Tracee Ellis Ross, star of ABC’s hit series ‘Black-ish,’ took home a Golden Globe tonight for ‘Best Actress in a Television Comedy or Musical.’  Unknown to many at the time of her win, the achievement came as a historic one as she became the first black woman to walk away with the award in over three decades.

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The 74th annual Golden Globe awards are underway and as usual Black Hollywood is showing up and out.

With the likes of Kerry Washington, Angela Bassett, Tracee Ellis Ross and more donning some seriously head-turning looks, tuck in below to see who rocked the red carpet best:

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As we recounted here, R&B bad boy Chris Brown’s 2016 was a crazy year thanks to a number of highly publicized altercations, alleged assaults, and the like.  Now, barely a week into the new year, it appears the Grammy winner is set to have 2017 follow suit.

His ongoing beef with rapper Soulja Boy has been a rollercoaster to say the least, one many thought had come to a halt when the ‘Crank That’ hitmaker cranked out an apology last week.  Well…that was then.

With a celebrity boxing match scheduled between the two (Floyd Mayweather training Soulja and Mike Tyson in talks to train Brown), the ‘Run It’ singer reportedly ran to the gym to let off some steam on the basketball court when an altercation allegedly took place between him and its manager.  Needless to say, it didn’t end well for Breezy:

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Just as folk had begun to move on from Mariah Carey‘s disaster of a New Year’s Eve performance, the diva is shining light on it…herself.

Following a slew of statements from manager Stella Bulochnikov (and clap backs from the production team at Dick Clark), Mimi has issued her own response.

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Today’s From The Vault pick comes courtesy of a boyband who somehow managed to leave a mark in the masses’ minds despite their short-lived stint at the top of the charts.
This week we give you B2K’s ‘Bump Bump Bump.’

The track served as the launching single from the group’s sophomore set ‘Pandemonium,’ which was released in late 2002. As with most of the set, it was written and produced by the Pied Pipper himself, R. Kelly, and benefited from a guest verse from Diddy – or P.Diddy as he was known at the time.

A post-00’s serenade of sorts, the track sees lead Omarion set his sight on one girl, trying to make her his “main squeeze.”

Clearly the group’s breakthrough as well as well as their signature single, it reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and went on to become a worldwide hit peaking at #4 in Australia, #7 in France and entering the UK Top 20.

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The song’s accompanying video was directed by Erik White and presented the quad dancing in colorful rooms with Diddy and lady dancers shaking it for the camera. You know the drill, a classic 00’s Urban male visual.

Though already blatant at the time, looking back something doesn’t feel right about the way Omari is apportioned the spotlight in this video. A practice that was essentially the case in most of the band’s offering’s more broadly.

Still, it didn’t stop legions of loyal fans lapping up all things O, J-Boog, Lil Fizz, and Raz B. Even if only for a short time.

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Watching this reminds that we’d like to see update of the R&B boyband formula. As much as we reminiscence fondly on the likes of B2K and groups which came after them, the truth is that this would never fly in 2017.

We can’t wait to see what a new age boyband would look and sound like. With music, fashion, and “masculinity” defined altogether differently to what it was a decade + ago, it’d be interesting to see how the concept will have evolved.

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‘Hidden Figures’ is making major moves at the box office and it’s all thanks to you!

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