While his stint at television may be suffering, Hollywood funnyman Kevin Hart‘s cinematic career still gives him much to smile about.

Indeed, after scoring three of the year’s biggest hits with ‘Central Intelligence,’ ‘Secret Life of Pets,’ and ‘Ride Along 2,’ Hart is set to ride right into history books with his latest venture – standup comedy flick ‘What Now.’

That’s right, the Tim Story-directed picture, filmed in August 2015 in front of 53,000 people at Philadelphia’s Lincoln Financial Field, opened in theaters over the weekend to the handsome sum of…

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Rita Ora continues to carve out quite the career.

Once the “new girl” on the Roc Nation roster, the Brit-bred belter has morphed into a multimedia maven.

Music, movies, fashion, endorsements, and philanthropy – you name it, she does it.

The latest role to add to her growing list of hustles is TV host. For, Ora has been tapped to front the revived ‘America’s Next Top Model‘ on VH1.

Set to kick off this December, the promo run has landed the star on the cover of Paper Magazine‘s November issue.

Beyond posing in an array of dazzling ensembles, the 25-year-old offered a number of notable quotes.

She muses on her achievements, as well as her upcoming album on Atlantic Records.

Peep pics and excepts below…

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Azealia Banks has been called a liar by sources close to Russell Crowe who claim she invented the incident she says went down at a party she attended last week.

The gifted rapper claims she was tossed out of the party by Crowe himself before he spat at her and called her a n******.

Problematic, as it mirrors an incident Crowe was involved in with black members of the New Zealand Warriors.

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Time may heal wounds, but – according Tyra Banks – not all  of them.

The supermodel turned super-mogul revealed in a new interview that she’s still scarred by the rivalry with Naomi Campbell.

As widely known, the pair were pit against one another during their 90s heyday, with Banks using her former talkshow platform to claim Campbell was mean to her.

The Brit-bred diva then guested on said show and asserted that she did not recall any messiness. By the time the credits rolled, the ladies had made amends and that was seemingly that.

However, during a recent interview on Norwegian chat show Skavlan, Banks says not only has she not forgotten the drama, but that she’s also still “very” scared of Campbell.

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Two years removed from a successful term on ‘America’s Next Top Model’ Keith Carlos seeks fresh pastures in the world of acting.

Keen to catch up with the entertainer as he prepares to make a foray into television and the ‘Chocolate City’ family, That Grape Juice sat down with him to discuss the latest chapter of his inspiring story.

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As we reported here, Grammy-nominated rapstress Nicki Minaj is showing off an assemblage of her fiercest poses a-front and inside the newest edition of ‘Marie Claire,’ set to hit newsstands October 18th.

While we’ve already given you a peek at the cover for the highly anticipated issue, the mag’s content and quotes are proving themselves to be just as view-worthy as the ‘Va Va Voom’ vixen’s must-see photo spread.  Dishing on her love for Beyonce and Jay Z, the ‘Black Lives Matter’ movement and racial inequality, female empowerment, and so much more.

Keen to find out what’s on Onika’s mind?  It awaits below and is accompanied by some kick-ass photos from the shoot:

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BET’s ‘Being Mary Jane’ just added a piercing pair of blue eyes to its talented cast of actors. For, Michael Ealy has signed up to the hit drama.

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While the critical and relative commercial failure of 2013’s ‘Artpop’ (and its singles) signaled to some a significant fall from grace for Grammy winning songbird Lady Gaga, the three years that followed proved quite the opposite.  Redemption arrived in several packages including a highly praised, Grammy-winning chart-topper with jazz legend Tony Bennett, two stunning Academy Awards performances, and a Golden Globe win for her role in the ‘American Horror Story’ franchise.

As the feats above collectively seemed to spell great anticipation for a “proper” comeback of the eccentric songstress, many-a-diehard fan was sure the singer/songwriter’s reignited star would see her new music greeted with similar fanfare – a notion only solidified by word she’d reconnected with serial hitmaker RedOne for production contributions to the new project.

The setup would ironically prove to be a perfect illusion:

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The worrying link between African-American chattel slavery and mass incarceration is explored in ‘13th‘, an eye and mind opening new documentary by Ava Duvernay.

Now available to watch on Netflix, the project scratches beyond the surface level slavery narrative often presented in the school system to expose the government’s ties a system which enslaved African-Americans after slavery was abolished in 1865.

Even more frightening is how this system is still in place…today.

People don’t know about this…history. They don’t know how we’ve gotten to this moment where people have to actually protest and be in the streets and say, ‘My life matters.’ My hope is that you see this and we start to change as people, we start to think twice about how we treat each other.

I cried a lot making this. It was emotionally exhausting. It was really, really challenging to do, but they must be done.

Trailer below…

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Donald Trump has released a videos statement apologising for comments he made during a conversation with the journalist Billy Bush.

What he described in said conversation?

Predatory behaviour towards women.

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2016 has brought with it a plethora of new album releases.

Now, Dawn Richard (or DAWN, as she’s asking to be called these days) throws her name into the mix by unveiling the striking cover, release date, and additional details surrounding her highly-anticipated third solo offering, ‘Redemption.’

Peep the artwork above and head below where the project’s official tracklist and retail date await…

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Let us tell it, the last three days alone have seen Fall 2016 prove itself infinitely hotter than the summer was.  With drops from Jojo, Lady Gaga, John Legend, Mary J. Blige, and Bruno Mars, 3rd quarter is on its way to giving music fans more than they can handle.

And, as if these heavy hitters aren’t enough, the past few weeks have seen contributions from the likes of Solange and The Weeknd that are threatening some real shakeups on the charts – the latter already hoisted to the top 3 of the Billboard Hot 100.

Sales and statistics aside however, we’re coming to you – That Grape Juice faithful – to ask:  who brought the heat? Tuck in below and let us know:

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