No stranger to controversy, Pop force Lady GaGa found herself embroiled in just that this week – courtesy of Kelly Osbourne. Random, we know.

The Fashion Police panelist took aim at the singer after allegedly being at the receiving end of nasty comments from the star’s fans online. This, presumably, following comments Osbourne made about GaGa on the hit E! show.

In a new interview with Fabulous magazine, Osbourne lamented:

“Lady Gaga’s fans are the worst. They’ve said I should kill myself, that they hope I get raped. I mean it’s crazy but I’ve had this all my life and I just try and ignore it.

I actually think she’s a good singer but she has the worst fans in the world and you have a responsibility to stop that. I think you do anyway.”

With Kelly’s quotes on the “Monsters” beginning to do the rounds, the ‘Bad Romance’ singer posted an open letter in response to the claims.

GaGa’s words after the jump…

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The online arena has been buzzing today in the wake of comments made by American Idol alum Fantasia surrounding Gay marriage.

As reported by She Is Diva, the 27 year old wrote on Instagram (in an apparent response to critics of her own colorful personal life):

“I Rise ABOVE IT ALL!!! THE WORLD IS GONE MAD. KIDS, THE GOVERNMENT, THE church House… Everybody Trying!!!!!!! Its a lot that going on that the Bible speaks about we should Not be doing. Weed legal in some places, Gay Marriage Legal BUT YET IM JUDGED!! Im not doing Nothing for you… My Life!!!!”

Naturally, this led to a backlash of Biblical proportions – with some sects Christening the mother of two a bigot.

However, the singer has responded insisting that there is no need for the negativity as her comments were simply taken out of comments.

Her words after the jump…

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Set for air on Friday, February 1, 2013, look below to see the full list of nominees for the 44th NAACP Image Awards (only on NBC).

MUSIC

Outstanding New Artist
• Elle Varner (MBK / RCA)
• Gary Clark, Jr. (Warner Bros. Records)
• Lianne La Havas (Nonesuch Records Inc. / Warner Bros. Records)
• Melanie Amaro (Epic Records)
• The OMG Girlz (Pretty Hustle / Grand Hustle / Streamline / Interscope)
Outstanding Male Artist
• Bruno Mars (Atlantic)
• Lupe Fiasco (Atlantic)
• Miguel (ByStorm / RCA)
• Trey Songz (Atlantic)
• Usher (RCA Records)
Outstanding Female Artist
• Alicia Keys (RCA Records)
• Elle Varner (MBK / RCA)
• Estelle (Atlantic)
• Missy Elliott (Atlantic)
• Tamela Mann (Tillymann Music Group)
Outstanding Duo, Group or Collaboration
• Chuck D, Johnny Juice, Will.i.am, Herbie Hancock (Iconomy Multi-Media &
Entertainment)
• fun. feat. Janelle Monae (Atlantic)
• Lupe Fiasco feat. Guy Sebastian (Atlantic)
• Mary Mary (Columbia)
• Ne-Yo, Herbie Hancock, Johnny Rzeznik, Delta Rae, Natasha Bedingfield (Forward
Song, LLC)

Outstanding Gospel Album – (Traditional or Contemporary)
• “Best Days” – Tamela Mann (Tillymann Music Group)
• “Go Get It” – Mary Mary (Columbia)
• “God, Love & Romance” – Fred Hammond (Verity Gospel Music Group)
• “I Win” – Marvin Sapp (Verity Gospel Music Group)
• “Le’Andria Johnson The Experience” – Le’Andria Johnson (Music World Gospel / Music
World)

Outstanding Music Video
• “Adorn” – Miguel (ByStorm / RCA)
• “Girl On Fire” – Alicia Keys (RCA Records)
• “Locked Out Of Heaven” – Bruno Mars (Atlantic)
• “This Christmas” – CeeLo Green (Elektra)
• “You’re On My Mind” – KEM (Universal Motown)
Outstanding Song
• “Be Mine for Christmas” – KEM (Universal Motown)
• “Glorify the King” – KEM (Universal Motown)
• “I Look To You” – Whitney Houston and R. Kelly (RCA Records)
• “Locked Out Of Heaven” – Bruno Mars (Atlantic)
• “You’re On My Mind” – KEM (Universal Motown)
Outstanding Album
• “Bad – 25th Anniversary Deluxe Edition” – Michael Jackson (Legacy / Epic)
• “Girl On Fire” – Alicia Keys (RCA Records)
• “I Will Always Love You: The Best Of Whitney Houston” – Whitney Houston (RCA
Records)
• “On the Shoulders of Giants – The Soundtrack” – Chuck D, Will.i.am, Herbie Hancock,
Nikki Yannofsky (Iconomy Multi-Media & Entertainment )
• “Perfectly Imperfect” – Elle Varner (MBK / RCA)

TELEVISION

Outstanding Comedy Series
• “Glee” (FOX)
• “Modern Family” (ABC)
• “The Game” (BET)
• “The Mindy Project” (FOX)
• “The Soul Man” (TV Land)

Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series
• Anthony Anderson – “Guys with Kids” (NBC)
• Damon Wayans, Jr. – “Happy Endings” (ABC)
• Don Cheadle – “House Of Lies” (Showtime)
• Donald Faison – “The Exes” (TV Land)
• Hosea Chanchez – “The Game” (BET)

Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series
• Amber Riley – “Glee” (FOX)
• Cassi Davis – “Tyler Perry’s House of Payne” (TBS)
• Kellita Smith – “The First Family” (Syndicated)
• Tatyana Ali – “Love That Girl” (TV One)
• Wendy Raquel Robinson – “The Game” (BET)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
• Aziz Ansari – “Parks and Recreation” (NBC)
• Craig Robinson – “The Office” (NBC)
• Donald Glover – “Community” (NBC)
• Lance Gross – “Tyler Perry’s House of Payne” (TBS)
• Tracy Morgan – “30 Rock” (NBC)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
• Anna Deavere Smith – “Nurse Jackie” (Showtime)
• Gabourey Sidibe – “The Big C” (Showtime)
• Gladys Knight – “The First Family” (Syndicated)
• Rashida Jones – “Parks and Recreation” (NBC)
• Vanessa Williams – “Desperate Housewives” (ABC)

Outstanding Drama Series
• “Boardwalk Empire” (HBO)
• “Grey’s Anatomy” (ABC)
• “Scandal” (ABC)
• “Treme” (HBO)
• “True Blood” (HBO)

Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series
• Dulé Hill – “Psych” (USA)
• Hill Harper – “CSI: NY” (CBS)
• LL Cool J – “NCIS: Los Angeles” (CBS)
• Michael Clarke Duncan – “The Finder” (FOX)
• Wendell Pierce – “Treme” (HBO)

Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series
• Chandra Wilson – “Grey’s Anatomy” (ABC)
• Kerry Washington – “Scandal” (ABC)
• Khandi Alexander – “Treme” (HBO)
• Regina King – “SouthLAnd” (TNT)
• Sandra Oh – “Grey’s Anatomy” (ABC)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
• Clarke Peters – “Treme” (HBO)
• Dev Patel – “The Newsroom” (HBO)
• Omar Epps – “House M.D.” (FOX)
• Rockmond Dunbar – “Sons of Anarchy” (FX)
• Rocky Carroll – “NCIS” (CBS)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
• Archie Panjabi – “The Good Wife” (CBS)
• Joy Bryant – “Parenthood” (NBC)
• Loretta Devine – “Grey’s Anatomy” (ABC)
• Lucy Lui – “SouthLAnd” (TNT)
• Rutina Wesley – “True Blood” (HBO)

Outstanding Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special
• “Abducted: The Carlina White Story” (Lifetime)
• “Hallmark Hall of Fame’s FIRELIGHT” (ABC)
• “Raising Izzie” (GMC TV)
• “Steel Magnolias” (Lifetime)
• “Sugar Mommas” (GMC TV)

Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special
• Afemo Omilami – “Steel Magnolias” (Lifetime)
• Cuba Gooding, Jr. – “Hallmark Hall of Fame’s FIRELIGHT” (ABC)
• Michael Jai White – “Somebody’s Child” (GMC TV)
• Rockmond Dunbar – “Raising Izzie” (GMC TV)
• Tory Kittles – “Steel Magnolias” (Lifetime)

Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special
• Alfre Woodard – “Steel Magnolias” (Lifetime)
• Jill Scott – “Steel Magnolias” (Lifetime)
• Keke Palmer – “Abducted: The Carlina White Story” (Lifetime)
• Phylicia Rashad – “Steel Magnolias” (Lifetime)
• Queen Latifah – “Steel Magnolias” (Lifetime)

Outstanding Actor in a Daytime Drama Series
• Aaron D. Spears – “The Bold and the Beautiful” (CBS)
• Erik Valdez – “General Hospital” (ABC)
• James Reynolds – “Days of Our Lives” (NBC)
• Kristoff St. John – “The Young and the Restless” (CBS)
• Rodney Saulsberry – “The Bold and the Beautiful” (CBS)

Outstanding Actress in a Daytime Drama Series
• Angell Conwell – “The Young and the Restless” (CBS)
• Julia Pace Mitchell – “The Young and the Restless” (CBS)
• Kristolyn Lloyd – “The Bold and the Beautiful” (CBS)
• Shenell Edmonds – “One Life to Live” (ABC)
• Tatyana Ali – “The Young and the Restless” (CBS)

Outstanding Talk Series
• “Don’t Sleep!” (BET)
• “Oprah’s Lifeclass” (OWN)
• “Oprah’s Next Chapter” (OWN)
• “The View” (ABC)
• “Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell” (FX)

Outstanding Reality Series
• “Dancing with the Stars” (ABC)
• “Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel” (HBO)
• “The X Factor” (FOX)
• “Tia & Tamera” (Style)
• “Welcome to Sweetie Pie’s” (OWN)

Outstanding Variety Series or Special
• “Black Girls Rock” (BET)
• “Oprah and the Legendary Cast of Roots 35 Years Later” (OWN)
• “Oprah’s Master Class” (OWN)
• “The First Graduating Class: Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls” (OWN)
• “Verses & Flow” (TV One)

MOTION PICTURE

Outstanding Motion Picture
• “Beasts of the Southern Wild” (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
• “Django Unchained” (The Weinstein Company)
• “Flight” (Paramount Pictures)
• “Red Tails” (Lucasfilm)
• “Tyler Perry’s Good Deeds” (Lionsgate)

Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture
• Denzel Washington – “Flight” (Paramount Pictures)
• Jamie Foxx – “Django Unchained” (The Weinstein Company)
• Morgan Freeman – “The Magic of Belle Isle” (Magnolia Pictures)
• Suraj Sharma – “Life of Pi” (20th Century Fox)
• Tyler Perry – “Alex Cross” (Summit Entertainment)

Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture
• Emayatzy Corinealdi – “Middle of Nowhere” (AAFRM)
• Halle Berry – “Cloud Atlas” (Warner Bros. Pictures)
• Loretta Devine – “In The Hive” (Eone Entertainment)
• Quvenzhané Wallis – “Beasts of the Southern Wild” (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
• Viola Davis – “Won’t Back Down” (20th Century Fox)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture
• David Oyelowo – “Middle of Nowhere” (AFFRM)
• Don Cheadle – “Flight” (Paramount Pictures)
• Dwight Henry – “Beasts of the Southern Wild” (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
• Lenny Kravitz – “The Hunger Games” (Lionsgate)
• Samuel L. Jackson – “Django Unchained” (The Weinstein Company)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture
• Amandla Stenberg – “The Hunger Games” (Lionsgate)
• Gloria Reuben – “Lincoln” (DreamWorks Pictures)
• Kerry Washington – “Django Unchained” (The Weinstein Company)
• Phylicia Rashad – “Tyler Perry’s Good Deeds” (Lionsgate)
• Taraji P. Henson – “Think Like a Man” (Screen Gems)

Your thoughts?

To celebrate the release of JoJo hotly anticipated mixtape, ‘Agape’, the Pop powerhouse will be taking front stage centre on That Grape Juice’s The Splash!

The acoustic set will see the 21 year old serve up rousing renditions of some of her biggest hits, as well as new material from the free collection which arrives on December 20th.

As the most active Urban Pop community on the ‘net, That Grape Juice wants YOUR input! We want to know what you want to see JoJo sing on The Splash.

Vote below and be sure to keep it locked on TGJ to see if your song(s) made the final setlist!

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While the industry collectively gasped at the first week sales of Nelly Furtado‘s latest album ‘The Spirit Indestructible’, the singer is not letting the fact she sold just 6000 copies halt her hustle.

For, in the spirit of pressing on, the 33 year old has announced that she is embarking on a tour in support of the album in January.

Details after the jump…

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Tonight marks the return of BET’s highly anticipated ode to women of color ‘Black Girls Rock’.

Much like its ‘BET Honors’ counterpart, the event is set to showcase some of music’s best and brightest performers to serenade and shine light on women of color who have made impacts on their respective personal and professional communities.

Airing moments ago, the Tracee Ellis Ross / Regina King – hosted showing, taped October 13 at New York City’s Loews Paradise Theatre, honored actress Kerry Washington (‘Scandal’) and songstresses Alicia Keys and Dionne Warwick as well as featured performances from the likes of Ciara, Brandy, Keyshia Cole, India Arie and more.

Keep refreshing, as we’ll be updating minute-by-minute:

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Pop siren Christina Aguilera may be readying a media onslaught in support of her November 13th-due ‘Lotus’ album, but that didn’t stop Xtina from taking time tonight to give back to the community – namely New England residents struck by the devastating hurricane Sandy.

Joining Jon Bon Jovi, Mary J. Blige, Billy Joel, and other top acts, Aguilera aided the Matt Lauer-hosted ‘Hurricane Sandy: Coming Together‘ NBC special by lending a live performance of her 2002 hit ‘Beautiful’.  Get into the powerful showing below:

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As the Urban music community continues to mourn the tragic death of singer Natina Reed, the surviving members of the late star’s group Blaque have released a statement.

The words of Brandi Williams and Shamari Fears-DeVoe come on the heels of further details surrounding the circumstances of Reed’s untimely passing.

Full story below…

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That Grape Juice caught up with Noah’s Arc star Darryl Stephens. Check out the full interview after the jump…

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In a true testament to her spot as Pop’s top polarizer, Rihanna has etched her name in the That Grape Juice history book. For, less than a week after releasing new single ‘Diamonds’, the song’s accompanying post has generated an unprecedented 1800 comments. Again…

One Thousand Eight Hundred Comments!

Approaching our 6th year online, the figure marks the most number of comments on a single TGJ post to date, and further cements That Grape Juice as the most active Urban Pop community on the ‘net.

Love her or loathe her, this 24 year old certainly has folk talking that talk. Trust us, we know!

Your thoughts?

Did you hear that too?

No, well that was the sound of bottles being popped over at Universal Music- in response to the the good news they’d have received this morning.

Good news, which will see the plans to purchase EMI come to fruition after winning the approval of the European Commission.

Details below…

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Already one of the most anticipated albums in recent memory, Lady GaGa‘s fourth studio effort ‘ARTPOP’ continued to send fans aflutter tonight.

For, taking to her new social platform -Little Monsters  – the megastar shared fresh details surrounding the album, which in try GaGa form is shaping up to be quite the event.

See what we mean below…

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