She’s the supermodel turned super mogul.

Now, after announcing that Rita Ora was to replace her on her hit show ‘America’s Next Top Model’, Tyra Banks has teamed up with NBC to launch a TV show.

Its quest? To find America’s next top entrepreneur.

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There’s a whole lot of smoke emanating from the stilettos of Fifth Harmony.

The Epic Records quintet have been the trekking all corners of the globe promoting their new album ‘7/27.’

Issued as the follow-up to 2015 debut ‘Reflection,’ the set has spawned gargantuan hit ‘Work From Home’ and current single ‘All In My Head (Flex).’

The ladies are currently in Australia and took to Sunrise to shine with a showing of the latter.

Watch the budding divas bloom Down Under…
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Eve is a busy bee these days.

Fresh from hosting the 2016 VH1 Hip-Hop Honors, the rap diva hit the road the next night for the first show of tour with Gwen Stefani in Boston.

To plug her many endeavours, the femcee then hoped on a plane and jetted straight into the studio of the Wendy Williams Show.

There she dished on her trek with Stefani, the Hip-Hop Honors, marriage to British billionaire Maximillion, and weave 101.

A fun-filled chat awaits after the jump…

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Earlier this month fans of Katy Perry learned of a report which claimed that she’d penned a Taylor Swift diss track designed as a response to the star’s ‘Bad Blood.’

Today, she is to learn that talk of Swift’s alleged efforts to sabotage her career may not have be as baseless as many believed it was.

Why?

Telling tweets published by Calvin Harris, Swift’s former boyfriend and collaborator.

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Alicia Keys, Pharrell Williams, Pink and Beyonce stand as part of a group of celebrities speaking out to support the swelling ‘Black Lives Matter’ movement.

Distressed by the brutal murders of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile, the entertainers teamed up to shoot a Public Service Announcement listing the trivial reasons several African-Americans have targeted and slain by the police in the United States.

Watch below…

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Rihanna‘s pulling power on a singles tip has made millionaires out of writers she’s been kind enough to invite on her creative journey.

Now, it seems that Taylor Swift has gotten in on the publishing action by way of her romantic ties to the ‘ANTI’ performer’s collaborator Calvin Harris.

Full story below…

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Gwen Stefani’s ‘This is What the Truth Feels Like’ tour has found itself swimming in problematic waters this week.

Bad news for the live show below…

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The Official Singles Chart may be facing a monumental shakeup in the coming months.

What it may mean for the likes of Beyonce, Ciara, Drake and Angel?

Full story below…

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The hit series ‘Scream Queens’ returns for a second season on September 20th 2016.

Seem like a lifetime away? Not to worry, because waiting below are fresh details pulled from its set as shooting continues with the help of its stars KeKe Palmer, Taylor Lautner and the comedic force that is Niecy Nash.

Spoilers   below….

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British R&B purveyor celebrates summer’s arrival with the unveiling of a brand new number named ‘Hop On.’

The release features the rising star that is Stefflon Don and leads the way for an album he hopes will see him make a major splash in international seas.

Press play below….

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A sure firestarter between fan groups of today’s top artists, Forbes released its annual ‘Highest Paid Celebrities’ list recently.

Calculated from data of revenue generated between June 2015 to June 2016, the list is comprised of 100 celebrities across all entertainment mediums (movies, television, sports entertainment, music, etc) who are raking in the dough in front of and behind the scenes.

And, while ‘Tears On My Guitar’ singer Taylor Swift may be crying tears of joy from seeing her name at #1 on the list for her whopping $170 million earned over the last year, the real tears may be shed over the absence of women on the list.  In fact, the list of 100 celebs only has 15 women – a point even Forbes itself noted:

“[The ‘highest paid celebrities’ list] is comprised 85% of men—who earned a combined $4.2 billion, compared to the women’s $892.5 million. The imbalance reflects the gender pay gap endemic across industries–and national borders.”

See where your favorite diva o’ the day landed on the list:

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If music industry analysts were hoping the successful releases of Rihanna, Drake, Kanye West, and Beyonce would be enough to save 2016 from the sales woes of 2015 (read more here), their hope was misguided.

As detailed by the mid-year Nielsen report created to reflect American music consumption trends, 2016 is off to a much worse start than last year.  In fact, compared to this time last year, traditional sales are seeing a steady decline with physical numbers down 14% while digital numbers are down a whopping 18%.

However, not all is lost. For, as the releases of Drizzy, Rih, and West have proven, streaming is not the wave of the future, but it is the wave of the now (read more here).  Helping boost total music consumption upward (sales plus streaming), tuck in below to get the positive stats on streaming year to date (tracking ended June 30):

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