For all the pamper and posing, modelling is no easy feat. Especially when Black. Just ask Tyra Banks and Naomi Campbell.

Beyond being two of the most renown ethnic entities in the industry, the ladies have become synonymous with the word “supermodel” itself.

However, while often celebrated collectively, their own personal relationship was fraught with tension. Intensified by the media and mutual “friends”, bad blood boiled to feverish temperatures during their heyday only cooling when Banks invited her British-bred rival onto her talk-show in 2006.

Watch as the divas debate their differences above and below…

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Who would have ever guessed that ‘Bubbly’ singer Colbie Caillat and consciences rapper Common would collaborate on a song together?!

Turns out the unlikey duo paired up for ‘Favorite Song’, the latest single from Caillat’s new album ‘All Of Me’.

Speaking on the duet, Caillat told fans via her website: “[Common] ended up singing his song ‘The Light,’ and he needed a girl singer [for the chorus] and I was like, ‘I know it!.'” Later adding, “It took about a year for us to get something together, but it worked out better than we could have imagined.”

Watch the video after the jump and sound-off below.

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With merely a month remaining until Usher‘s ‘Looking 4 Myself” hits stores, the Pop superstar has unwrapped it’s official cover and tracklist.

Due on June 12th, the set – which is preceded by singles ‘Climax’, ‘Scream’, and ‘Lemme See’, boasts production from the likes of Swedish House Mafia, Jim Jonsin, Diplo and Pharrell Williams.

You’ve seen the “interesting” cover above, now peep the tracklist below…

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Get intimate with ‘Balcony‘, the latest cut by Bad Boy beauty Cassie.

Produced by ‘Motivation‘s Rico Love, the number can be found on the star’s forthcoming album and follows the dance hit ‘King Of Hearts‘.

Step into her ‘Balcony’ below…

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Congratulations are certainly in order for Omarion.

For, after spending the last few years in what some might career limbo, he has inked a lucrative recording contract- with Rick Ross.

Peep the announcement below…

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After paying homage to Beyonce, honoring Amy Winehouse and upstaging Rihanna, JoJo takes on the mother of all Pop- by covering Madonna‘s ‘Like A Virgin’.

Peep the star perform the cut at LACMA for the Harvard-Westlake Charity event in L.A. below…

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It was business as usual for Britney Spears yesterday, hiding from paparazzi on her way out of an office building.

Sporting a considerably slimmer fame, the icon was helped to her car by a security guard shielding her face with what appears to be a schedule.

More below…

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As Rihanna winds away her career in the strip-club, her more-able replacement Rita Ora continues to justify her buzz.

Hand-picked as VEVO’s Lift artist of the month, Ora’s recent UK tour was chronicled by the media juggernaut.

Watch the 22 year old Roc Nation star elevate her status below…

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Hailed for his ability to make folk laugh, ‘Madea’ film maker Tyler Perry had nothing to smile about last night.

For, chaos descended on the 42 year old’s sprawling Atlanta movie studio, after a four-alarm fire erupted at 9pm.

Flames engulfed the property, which is listed as a 200,000 square foot studio which includes a post-production room, five sound stages, a 400-seat theater, private screening room and a backlot. The flames were extinguished an hour later.

Fire marshals confirmed that there were no injuries, although there was extensive damage to portions of the property.

The cause of the incident remains unclear.

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She often parades as one, so it was little surprise to see Rihanna getting down and dirty with a stripper last night in New York.

It seems that finally applying herself (as seen in the video for ‘Where Have You Been’) had dear RiRi itching let her weave down.

Yet instead of usual her usual Instagram “hey look at me pose instead of work” antics, the model made a beeline for the strip-club, where she tipped and whipped New York’s “classiest”.

Peep more pics of one of TIME’s Most Influential People In The World live up to her billing below…

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Fierce.

Indeed, that  the word Alexandra Burke is channelling with the campaign for her sophomore set ‘Heartbreak On Hold’.

The Pop diva lives up to her billing on the colour-burst cover for the album, which arrives on June 4th via RCA/Sony Music.

Peep the tracklist after the jump and let us know what you think of both below…

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It seems all those cheesy routines have paid off for JLS star Oritse Williams. 

For the singer, 25, is sporting a freshly ripped physique – the by-product he says of hard work in the gym.

Speaking to Heat recently, Williams gushed: ‘I’ve lost a lot of weight. I have to train a lot harder than the boys to get in shape. It’s tough’.

Peep his “before” shot after the jump..

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