Adele has decided not to perform at next year’s Super Bowl Halftime show.

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Pharrell Williams has stepped into the lucrative world of children’s school supplies.

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VH1’s ‘Love & Hip Hop Atlanta’ is to birth a spin-off series following the new life of its leading lady Joseline Hernandez.

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Welcome to Retro Rewind, the TGJ original feature launched to revisit TV and Film’s entertaining yet occasionally difficult past.

Today, we make our back to 1939, the year in which the movie ‘Gone with the Wind’ was released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

In it, we meet the feisty and vivacious belle Scarlett O’Hara, the daughter of a wealthy Irish man whose wealth depends on African-American chattel slavery.

Much to their dismay, their lives are turned upside down when the Civil War strikes the South and eradicates the lifestyle the enslaving and torture of enslaved Africans afforded them.

 

This forces young O’Hara to find her way in a world that soon becomes cold, dark and dangerous once the North’s efforts to dismantle slavery shatters the cotton-clad fantasy that is her life.

The critic Lou Lumenick had this to say about the problematic yet iconic release:

If the Confederate flag is finally going to be consigned to museums as an ugly symbol of racism what about the beloved film offering the most iconic glimpse of that flag in American culture? It buys heavily into the idea that the civil war was a noble lost cause and casts Yankees and Yankee sympathisers as the villains.

He added:

It goes to great lengths to enshrine the myth that the civil war wasn’t fought over slavery — an institution the film unabashedly romanticises.

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After a few false starts, Usher signalled his comeback with infectious club jam ‘No Limit.’ Presently racing up the Billboard R&B and Hot 100 tallies, it’s being hailed as a long-awaited return to form.

Wasting no time hitting the promotional trail, the R&B veteran gets his grown and groomed on it the latest issue of Flaunt Magazine.

Beyond the striking images lensed by Zackery Michael, the inside feature also packs quite the bite.

With Mr Raymond dancing into his third decade of stardom, he’s neither the “Next Big Thing nor the wizened elder statesman.”

During the interview, he muses on this, as well as a number of topics including long-awaited eighth album, connecting with his roots, and more.

Peep quotes and pics below…

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‘Scream Queens‘ returns for a second spin in the TV cycle on September 20th with help from KeKe Palmer (above), Emma Roberts, Niecy Nash and Taylor Lautner.

Waiting below is the latest teaser lifted from the season which also stars Jamie Lee Curtis and ‘Full House’s John Stamos.

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As powerhouse singer/songwriter Sia enjoys her third week of thrilling listeners with her first #1 on the Hot 100, ‘Cheap Thrills’ (featuring Sean Paul), the week’s real winner just may (yet again) be Drake.

After the rapper’s hit ‘One Dance,’ which Sia dethroned to claim the top spot, reigned over the Hot 100 and headlines with an impressive 10 nonconsecutive week run on the tally’s perch, what may be equally impressive is the emcee’s overall time in the top 10 with other hits from ‘Dance’s parent album ‘Views.’  A history-making feat to say the least, Billboard reports:

“…[Drake] has now spent 47 consecutive weeks in the region, padding his record among solo males. His streak began on the Oct. 3, 2015, Hot 100, when “Hotline Bling” jumped 16-9. The record among all acts belongs to Katy Perry, who ranked in the Hot 100’s top 10 for 69 consecutive weeks (all as a lead) in 2010-11.”

Snatching the title from fellow Canadian hitmaker, The Weeknd, Drizzy may be well on his way to climbing past Katy’s historic 69 week figure from the looks of other ‘Views’ songs that are working their way up the charts.  Until then, tuck in below to find out where Ms. Perry, Mr. Graham, and all of your other faves of the day landed on this week’s refreshed Hot 100:

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Drake finds himself slighted by the influential Funkmaster Flex this month…and he isn’t happy about it.

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From declarations about race to rejoicing about Omarion’s single status, Bow Wow has been lodged in the headlines of late.

However, the rapper is hoping to put the focus back on his music.

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Ariana Grande is leaving no stone unturned in the quest to cement current single ‘Into You’ as a hit.

With the original version reaching #23 on the Billboard Hot 100, the songbird has hatched a remix aimed at furthering its reach.

To bolster the charge, the 23-year-old has re-teamed with ‘The Way’ collaborator Mac Miller.

Released moments ago on SoundCloud, the latest incarnation of ‘Into You’ awaits after the jump…

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Rae Sremmurd‘s ‘SremmLife 2’ was celebrated with a listening session in Georgia’s TreeSounds Studios.

There, the duo played the album for tastemakers alongside their producer Mike Will 

following their time on ‘The Breakfast Club.’

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When an act ascends to the levels of success Mariah Carey has, anticipation greets every release. Regardless of the performance of previous projects.

Such is the case for the diva, who is currently cooking up the follow-up to 2014’s ‘Me. I Am Mariah…The Elusive Chanteuse.’

That project tanked terribly on the charts, yet hasn’t quelled excitement for new Mimi.

During an interview to promote new E! docu-series ‘Mariah’s World,’ the 46-year-old opened up about the as yet untitled LP.

Here’s what she had to say…

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