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It’s that time of year again!

The MTV Video Music Awards 2014 are set to celebrate the successes of the music’s biggest movers and shakers over the last 12 months.

Airing live from The Forum in Los Angeles on August 24th, the show will also play host to performances from the likes of Usher, Ariana Grande, and 5 Seconds Of Summer.

Who’s up for coveted Moonmen this year? Wonder no more, because the nominations for the 31st annual MTV Video Music Awards awaits below…

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Despite burying the beef with former foe Chris Brown, it appears Drake isn’t ditching the digs when it comes to another rival.

During his stint as host during last night’s ESPY Awards, the rapper used his opening segment to take aim at Hip-Hop’s apparent new punching bag Macklemore.

The ‘Same Love’ MC has inadvertently come under intense scrutiny from the Urban community after controversially sweeping the board at the Grammy Awards and taking home the top Rap honors in the process. Heat only intensified when Macklemore (in reference to his ‘Best Rap Album’ win) went on to proclaim that Kenrick Lamar deserved the gong instead – a move Drizzy dragged him for at the time.

Fast forward six months, and it appears Drake isn’t done with the digs.

What did he say during his skit? Find out below…

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A loaded statement, perhaps, yet it’s fair to say that Shonda Rhimes is the reigning queen of the small screen.

ABC certainly concur; for they have – quite literally – given the TV producer their most coveted primetime block. As such, from the start of this Fall, three Rhimes shows will begin every hour on the hour from 8pm-10pm every Thursday. The titles awarded this sweet spot are ‘Greys Anatomy’, new series ‘How To Get Away With Murder’, and of course ‘Scandal’.

As reported, the Kerry Washington led series returns for a fourth season on September 25th. And, so as to create room for freshman show ‘Murder’ (which’ll air at 10pm) moves up an hour to 9pm.

Sitting down with the folk over at The Hollywood Reporter, Rhimes dished on what fans can expect from the latest series of the political drama – including the fate of Harrison (the character played by axed cast-member Columbus Short).

A number of interesting quotes await below…

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Drizzy and Breezy may have caused a stir when photos of them working in the studio hit the net days ago, but that stir turned into commotion tonight when Grammy-winning Urban stars Drake and Chris Brown put beef in their rearview and co-starred in a skit featured at the 2014 ESPYs.

Setting Twitter alight, the hilarious skit sees the two go from busting bottles to busting stitches (with laughter) from their tongue-in-cheek take on their squashed beef and “celebrity woes”.

Did you miss it?  It awaits below:

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Los Angeles’ premiere hotel (rooftop), LUXE, held some of the greatest names in sports uniting for a good cause, honoring Football Hall of Famer, Deion Sanders, at the 3rd annual Champions for Choice event for the AFC in conjunction with the 2014 ESPY Awards. The event was hosted by celebrity ambassadors: boxing champion Laila Ali, WNBA and six-time Olympian Lisa Leslie, NBA Veteran Jalen Rose and sports expert for ESPN Stephen A. Smith.

In attendance at last night’s celebration were also: Oscar Award winner Louis Gossett, JrKarrueche Tran, VH1 Hollywood Exes stars, Torrei HartNicole Murphy and Shameka Lawerence; former CW Girlfriends star Jill Marie Jones (with her new man); Tiffany Cambridge from Marrying the Game; Basketball Wives stars, Sundy Carter and Laura Govan; TV One R&B Divas Kelly Price and Nicci Gilbert; actresses Elise NealVanessa WilliamsCocoa Brown and Antonique Smith; TV correspondents, Shaun Robinson and Kevin Fraizer. The event also included a host of other tastemakers and influencers.

 See the “who’s who” who graced last night’s event.

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With its wild theatrics and dynamite drama,‘Love & Hip-Hop: Atlanta’ is used to making headlines on a weekly basis.

However, its reunion taping yesterday has sent the media into a frenzy – thanks largely to a brawl between the show’s boisterous cast-mates.

And while debate rages on about just who was on the receiving end of the series of jabs that saw weaves torn and cops called (Joseline? Tammy? Mimi?), our friends over at Hello Beautiful have obtained a video of the fights. Yes, plural.

Clearly, more than one scuffle took place. Peep the ratchetness below…

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If ‘VH1′ need a reason to renew Reality TV series ‘Love & Hip Hop Atlanta’ for a fourth season, they need look no further than the show’s ratings figures this week.

For, as work begins on its LA follow-up, the series has welcomed yet another ratings win this week, following the brief return of original cast member K.Michelle.

Details below…

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Lifetime‘s biopic on the late, great Whitney Houston hasn’t even hit screens yet and is already causing quite the scene.

Indeed, debate has greeted almost every morsel of news revealed about the movie; from it being a cable production instead of a big screen offering, to its lead stars, public response has been potently polarized.

The latest facet of the Angela Bassett directed telepic to come into question is the licensing of Houston’s music.

According to E!, with legalities surrounding the use of Whitney’s iconic song catalogue still being hashed out, original versions of the tracks will not feature. Instead, Yaya DaCosta – who has been cast as Houston – will “lip-synch” to re-recorded takes on the songs performed by none other than Deborah Cox.

Details below…

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Hoping to avoid Iggy Azalea this summer?

You were? Well, consider yourself unlucky today, for the chart-slaying star’s winning streak is showing no signs of slowing down.

Indeed, after wowing the world with a number of ‘VMA’ worthy music videos and flying the flag for Rap and Pop with the smash hit ‘Fancy’, the star has now joined this year’s ‘Made in America‘ lineup!

More on her new booking  below…

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“Tell me what you see when you look at me.”

The above may have been demanded by her husband’s former flame Christina Milian, but it’s a statement Mariah Carey needn’t ask today, as the world already the knows the answer to it.

You ready for it?

FICTION!

Yes, in giving ‘Murder She Wrote‘s Jessica Fletcher a Usain Bolt-sized run for her money, Mimi continues to serve up fiction in abundance with her recent shoot for ‘Wonderland‘ magazine.

Unfortunately, said fiction hasn’t gone do too well with the folks over at ‘Jezebel’, who have slammed the singer for her shocking use of ‘Photo Shop‘ in the snaps.

What they had to say on the matter?

Read below…

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15 million streams garnered by his debut EP make Elijah Blake one of R&B’s fastest rising planets, currently orbiting a sun fuelled by the likes of Chris Brown and Trey Songz.

However, it’s ‘Ray’ actor Jamie Foxx whose called on the singer’s services this year, teasing their creative union before the release of Blake’s debut album.

Details below…

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As Iggy Azalea & Rita Ora‘s ‘Black Widow’ occupy the #65 spot on the ‘Billboard Hot 100′, Lana Del Rey rocks the cover of July 2014 ‘Rolling Stone’ magazine!

Teaming up with the publication to promote her new LP ‘Ultraviolence’, the ‘Interscope‘ chanteuse is billed ‘The Saddest, Baddest Diva in Rock’, coming after the release of the LP’s  critically acclaimed cut ‘Shades of Cool.’

More below!

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