Lizzo lit up the stage on Saturday Night Live and served up a feast of new material from her forthcoming album, ‘Love In Real Life.’

Backed by a bevy of dancers and armed wit her trademark charisma, the Houston native delivered a rousing performance of the LP’s title track and its brisk follow-up, ‘Still Bad.’

She also seized the showing to debut fresh cut ‘Don’t Make Me Love You.’

No stranger to headlines (especially of late), the star shone

Watch Lizzo in action after the jump…

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Designed much like our ‘Retro Rewind’ and ‘From the Vault’ segments, ‘Replay’ is That Grape Juice‘s retrospective segment – a written quest, if you will, to re-spin the gems and jams of yesterday.

Unlike its ‘Rewind’ and ‘Vault’ predecessors, ‘Replay’ looks to dust off and showcase entire albums (and eras) from a library of Pop and Urban Pop music hits.

In celebration of the 20th anniversary of its release, this week we’re reflecting on Mariah Carey‘s timeless tenth studio album ‘Emancipation of Mimi.’

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With its new film ‘Not My Family,’ Lifetime adds yet another chapter to its ‘Ripped from the Headlines’ series via the chronicling of Monique Smith‘s life story.

Smith’s terrifying tale turned from tragedy to triumph after she went on a decades-long journey of self-discovery after learning the abusive family that raised her actually abducted her as an infant from her true parents.

Starring actress-model Yaya DaCosta, the ‘Not My Family’ cast is filled out with familiar names like Robert Hamilton III, Solace Kimbro Jones, Kadeem Isaiah, Morgan-Rose Jordan, Djassi DaCosta Johnson, and more.

Premiering tonight (April 12) at 8/7c, look inside to see the official trailer of the Tailiah Breon-directed film.

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Tyla finally took to the stage at Coachella 2025 – a year after health issues forced her to drop out.

And the South African belle made the moment.

Wowing with the likes of ‘Water’ and ‘Push 2 Start,’ the performer also seized set to pay homage to the late, great Aaliyah.

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Lady Gaga lit up Coachella 2025 with an electrifying set comprising new and known hits.

The opera house-themed performance saw Mother Monster deliver a theatrical showing anchored largely in her chart-topping new album ‘Mayhem.’

Indeed, she blazed with recent anthems such as ‘Abracadabra’ and ‘Disease,’ as well as LP cuts like ‘Zombieboy.’

She also tackled classics like ‘Bad Romance,’ ‘Alejandro’ and ‘Poker Face.’

The captivating spectacle, which was pieced together by Gaga and Parris Goebel, comes on the heels of the announcement of ‘The Mayhem Ball’ world tour.

Check out highlights and the full setlist below…

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Viola Davis takes command in the action-packed new movie ‘G20.’

The EGOT winner stars as the President of the United States, Danielle Sutton, who is also a celebrated war hero.

She finds both her world (and the world) rocked when the G20 summit comes under siege, with her as the primary target.

The Patricia Riggen-directed film – which also stars Anthony Anderson and Marsai Martin – just landed on Amazon’s Prime Video and is already #1 charting on the platform.

That Grape Juice caught up with Davis and her husband Julius Tennon, both of whom executive produced the high-octane flick via their JuVee Productions umbrella, at the ‘G20’ London premiere.

In an EXCLUSIVE interview with TGJ’s Stella, Davis and Tennon dished on the film, as well as the enduring impact of ‘How To Get Away With Murder’ lead Annalise Keating.

Head below for chats with Douglas Hodge and director Patricia Riggen.

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Meghan Markle is making major strides with her new podcast.

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Ne-Yo is stepping into his truth- and he’s bringing his four girlfriends with him.

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Quavo and Lil Baby add yet another banger to their growing tally of collaborations, a list that already includes 2020’s ‘Big Drip,’ 2018’s ‘Lose It,‘ 2017’s ‘My Dawg (Remix),’ and more.

Their newest tag team, titled ‘Legends,’ sees the two Atlanta Rap heroes trade hard bars about women and wealth.

“Paris Fashion Week, I’m goin’ Eiffel / Money tall as Easy Money Sniper / Long live Takeoff, running with the rifle,” raps Quavo overWheezy and ATL Jacob production.

Accompanying the tune’s April 11 arrival with its official music video, hop inside to get acquainted with ‘Legends’ courtesy of its Hidji-directed visual.

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DDG is putting the pedal to the metal as he speeds toward the release of his new album ‘Blame the Chat’ (the follow-up to 2023’s ‘Maybe It’s Me’ LP).

Ahead of official news on its release date, the rapper-social media star is making moves by giving fans another taste of the new music set to line the forthcoming project’s tracklist.

The latest comes courtesy of the DaBaby-assisted ‘Motion.’

“All this motion ain’t new to me, n****, I been doin’ this since a muhf*ckin’ youngin’  /All this motion ain’t new to me, n****, yeah I’m gettin’ the blues, I’m constantly thumbin’ / Money counter gon’ count up a hunnid / Cut the check and I cry like a onion / Only focused on women and munyun / Being broke make me sick to my stomach,” he raps on the chorus of the Einer Bankz & Sheffmade-produced bop.

Dropping the tune’s official music video on Friday (April 11), look inside to see the Nick Mays-directed action.

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Beyond the critical acclaim being sent the way of her April 4-released song ‘Ecstasy,’ singer Ciara is enjoying a moment of virality as well thanks to fans flocking to social media to reenact choreography found in the tune’s official music video.

The standout moment sees the mom-of-four seemingly defying gravity by horizontally balancing her body weight on a folding chair – a stunt that makes the performer look as if she’s floating.

Sparking a Tik Tok challenge of the same name, the rising popularity of the dance even made its way to a recent episode of ‘Sherri‘ where the hostess took a shot a mimicking Ciara’s jaw-dropping moves.

Look inside to re-live the hilarious daytime TV moment and see how the songstress reacted to it.

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Lizzo fans (affectionately called #Lizzbians) are undoubtedly eager for her return to ‘SNL‘ this Saturday (April 12) to serve as the musical guest and render the first televised performances of her latest singles ‘Love in Real Life’ and ‘Still Bad.’

However, attendees of her shows at Los Angeles’ Wiltern and New York’s Irving Plaza can already boast having seen live showings of the Rock-inspired tunes as she tackled both venues on a mini-promo tour in March.

And while the net was subsequently flooded with fan-filmed footage of the energetic affair, Liz has finally taken to her official YouTube channel to render a high-quality look at the performance of ‘Bad.’

Backed by a rocking, all-female band, see the 4-time GRAMMY winner soar with a stunning rendition of her latest.

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