In heartbreaking news, Academy and EMMY Award-winning actress Regina King has confirmed her only child, Ian Alexander Jr., has died.

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Designed to “honor media for fair, accurate, and inclusive representations of LGBTQ people and issues,” the GLAAD Media Awards is set to carry on its annual tradition as underscored by the unveiling of the official nominations list for its 33rd annual ceremony.

Announced live on GLAAD’s TikTok page Wednesday (January 19), the nominees represent LGBTQ musical and acting performers and shows as well as journalists, documentarians, and more.

“There are more nominees this year than ever before, highlighting a growing landscape of LGBTQ visibility, and serving as a reminder to the critical role that film, television, music, journalism, and other forms of media can play in growing LGBTQ acceptance in the face of ongoing attacks against our community,” said GLAAD president & CEO Sarah Kate Ellis in a statement.

With recognizable names like Lil Nas X, Elton John, Halsey, ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race,’ FX’s ‘Pose,’ and more among this year’s leading nominees, look inside to see the full list.

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It’s almost time for the 53rd Annual NAACP Image Awards.

Unveiling its full list of nominations today, the prestigious awards honors actors, actresses, singers, authors, and activists of color, in and out of the entertainment industry.

Jennifer Hudson, Lil Nas X, H.E.R., ‘The Harder They Fall,’ and ‘Insecure’ lead the pack of film, TV, and music nominees.

The Harder They Fall’ and HBO’s “Insecure” each amassed 12 noms in their respective categories, while H.E.R. is the most-nominated musician with six noms to her name.

Elsewhere Netflix leads in the TV and motion picture categories.

Ahead of finding out who will walk away with the coveted trophies when the February 26 show airs live on BET, head below to see the full nominations list:

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Nene Leakes is gushing over her new boo Nyonisela Sioh.

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Tiffany Haddish, currently in Georgia filming the forthcoming Disney movie ‘Haunted Mansion’ (also starring Owen Wilson and Rosario Dawson), stunned fans once news surfaced she’d been arrested for DUI after reportedly falling asleep behind the wheel Friday (January 14).

But as the story heat up headlines across the Web, many opted to forego joking about the funnywoman’s plight in shows of support as she’s been plagued with a number of publicized personal challenges over the last few weeks.

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Shortly after her passing, legendary actress Betty White‘s cause of death has been revealed.

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Amid criticism for the lack of diversity among its voting committee and winners, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association – the organization responsible for the annual Golden Globes – looked to shed the negative press by awarding one of its most varied slew of winners yet aboard its 79th annual ceremony Sunday (January 9).

Ahead of historic victories from the likes of Will Smith, ‘Pose’ star MJ Rodriguez, and more (as we reported here), fans of music megastar Beyoncé were hoping the Globes would kick off its trot down diversity lane by awarding the Best Original Song trophy to her tune, ‘Be Alive’ (found aboard the ‘King Richard’ soundtrack).

Not long into the untelevised show’s run, the dreams of ‘Be Alive’ winning were deadened.

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Just days after her tragic passing, the final words of legendary actress Betty White have been revealed.

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As one of the biggest Pop divas who ever lived, Whitney Houston‘s tale has proven too big too fit into one body of work – a feat evidenced by the multiple projects that have been developed since her untimely death in 2012.

From ABC’s ‘Superstar’ (2020) and Lifetime’s ‘Whitney Houston & Bobbi Kristina: Didn’t We Almost Have It All’ (2020) and ‘Whitney’ (2015) to Showtime’s ‘Can I Be Me’ (2017), the big screen biographical documentary ‘Whitney’ (2018), the forthcoming big screen scripted biopic, ‘I Wanna Dance with Somebody’ (2022), and more, Houston’s story has been dissected, analyzed, and reimagined in several different formats.

And if the forthcoming project ‘Whitney In Focus’ is any indication, that’s a trend that won’t be stopping any time soon.

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Scribbled in history books for reasons good, bad, ugly, and everything in between, 2021 brought with it some of entertainment’s most memorable moments.

Now, as the year draws to a close, TGJ is reflecting on the occurrences that rocked – and to some degree even reshaped – the music, movie, and TV landscape as we know it.

For our last post, we say our final farewell to a number of acts whose contributions to entertainment will never be forgotten.

As we say goodbye to 2021, we bid adieu to some of the stars we lost with it.

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Nene Leakes may no longer be a part of the ‘Real Housewives of Atlanta,’ but the drama is most definitely playing on in the life of the reality star.

Earlier this month, the RHOA original made headlines when went public with her new beau – Liberian-born entrepreneur Nyonisela Sioh – three months after the death of her husband Gregg Leakes who succumbed to colon cancer.

Today Nene hit the newswire anew – and it all centers around an alleged relationship with another man.

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Award-winning singer-actresses Letoya Luckett and Kierra Sheard topline Lifetime’s forthcoming film, ‘Line Sisters.’

Also starring singer-actress Drew Sidora and former ‘Empire’ starlet Ta’Rhonda Jones, the drama chronicles the story that unfolds after four sorority sisters reunite for a weekend that leads the past to come “knocking on their door as strange and inexplicable things begin to happen to each one of them, threatening to unearth a deadly secret that may tear them apart.”

Directed by Tailiah Breon and executive produced by D’Angela Proctor and Leslie Greif, look inside to see the movie’s gripping trailer ahead of its February 12 premiere.

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