20 years.

That’s how long comedian Rickey Smiley has been the source of laughter for audiences all over the world.  From stages to cd collections, the Birmingham-born funnyman has seen his name atop bills that have kept him in mention with comedy’s best performers.

Now, after coming to, seeing, and conquering stand-up and regular sit-downs on his nationally syndicated morning radio show, Smiley has new reasons to smile – his own TVOne sitcom. 

Just halfway through the season and already boasting the channel’s highest ratings ever, Rickey dishes exclusively with That Grape Juice to give us dibs on his new hilarious hit!  As ever, you won’t want to miss this…

Rickey Smiley Shouts Out That Grape Juice!

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Will it be third time lucky for ‘The X Factor USA’?

Creator of the franchise Simon Cowell has revealed that the FOX show will be back for a third season next year, despite so-so ratings and being trounced by rival The Voice week-in-week-out. Taking to Twitter, the media mogul and judge on the show wrote:

I wanted you guys to be the first to know that FOX have confirmed that @thexfactorusa will be back next year for it’s third season.

— Simon Cowell (@SimonCowell) October 22, 2012

It was important for you to be the first to know because it is thanks to your support and enthusiasm we are coming back

— Simon Cowell (@SimonCowell) October 22, 2012

I want to personally thank each and every one of you, it is hugely appreciated and never forgotten

— Simon Cowell (@SimonCowell) October 22, 2012

While FOX may be committed to the show, the network will no doubt be doing so with concrete confirmation that American Idol is their star-player in the reality-singing arena. The Cowell produced show has been averaging 9 million viewers week, far below the 20 million the Mr Nasty predicted upson its launch. What this spells for The X Factor and its budget next year will be uber interesting to see.

For if not awarded the same production budget, will they even bother trying to entice the likes of Britney Spears back for another spell on the judging panel? Then there’s the question of whether Spears’ will even sign again. After all, from a branding perspective, as much as the show hasn’t “hurt” her career, it hasn’t done wonders for it either. What’s more, it does her no favours being on a show that is losing the ratings battle to shows starring diva rivals such as Christina Aguilera.

Needless to say, it’ll be interesting to see how things play out.

Peep one our favourite performances from this series, courtesy of Diamond White below…

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If new reports are to be believed, 2012 for Beyonce will be looked back on as the calm before the storm.

Details after the jump…

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Without a doubt, Rihanna is and will be for sometime Pop’s reigning singles Queen.

However, much to her dismay, she has always struggled to impress outside of the charts- facing the shame of ‘Battleships’ Box Office bombing and her lack of a US #1 album seven years into her glowing career.

Now, her latest project ‘Styled To Rock’ is facing the axe after pulling in lack luster viewing figures in the UK.

Details below…

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Rihanna?

Nicki Minaj?

No, as far as we’re concerned, its Keyshia Cole who boasts the best album cover today, unveiling the cover of her new LP ‘Woman To Woman‘.

Arriving one month before the project’s November 19th launch, the snap sees Cole boast a softer side, days after the launch of reality series ‘Family First’. 

The show, which comes in aid of the album, is set to mark one of BET’s highest rated outings this year, with an impressive opening numbers and next airs on October 16th.

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And the claws are out!  As reported by SheIsDiva, former CNN anchorman Anderson Cooper, who now hosts his own daytime talk show, took time to address former ‘The View’ frontwoman Star Jones for comments she’d made about him during his highly publicized revelation about his sexuality.

Deeming the announcement a “ploy for ratings”, Cooper addressed Jones on his show this week – implying the TV diva was irrelevant and pointing out her infamous gastric bypass secrets and more.  See his rant above below:

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Following Cooper‘s slam, Star quickly took to Twitter to offer the response:

We definitely will have our eyes on this in the coming days to see how it plays out.  Between Nicki Minaj/Mariah Carey and now Star/Anderson, it seems TV‘s real life divas are giving us all the drama we need and more!

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With her debut flick ‘Battleship’ may have crashing and burning at the Box Office and ratings for her British ‘Styled To Rock’ series pulling a ‘Glitter‘, you’d think Rihanna‘d be a little stressed out.

Well, if her latest antics are anything to go by, she isn’t. In fact, despite her seventh studio LP fast approaching, Riri seems to have ample time for fun on her hands. Time, which though we’d rather see invested in rehearsals, sees her enjoying the company of strippers exotic dancers.

Find out what we mean, at your own risk, below…

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As reported here, with ‘Your Body’ beauty Christina Aguilera set to leave ‘The Voice’ for its 2013 spring season (though expected to return Fall 2013), NBC has enlisted the help of another Latin sex symbol to take her place – Shakira.  The ‘Hips Don’t Lie’ hitmaker is readying a new LP, but now she will add ‘reality talent show’ judge to her ever-growing resume.

And, with word Cee Lo Green is expected to make an exit at this season‘s end as well, R&B veteran Usher will step in as his replacement.  Still in heavy promotions of his 2012 project ‘Looking For Myself’, the crooner is undoubtedly looking for the T.V. opportunity to reestablish his force in the music industry.

The announcement follows his highly anticipated sitdown with talk show queen Oprah to detail his recent personal troubles (see: divorce from/custody battle with Tameka Foster).

Source: Entertainment Weekly

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Now is an exciting time to be on #TeamXtina.  For, while drumming up much buzz for her new single ‘Your Body’ (set for radio add tomorrow and iTunes launch on September 17th), the singer and her ‘Voice’ crew trumped Britney Spears and co. over on ‘X Factor USA’ in a TV diva showdown for ratings.

Winning, indeed.

Now, a certain move to keep fans in a frenzy, is the unveil of the singer’s ‘Lotus’ album due date. Guesting appearance from longtime Spears’ collaborator Max Martin and ‘Voice’ co-judge Cee-Lo Green, find out when you can get your copy below:

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She may be on the verge of kick starting a new era in her own career, but yesterday saw Britney Spears lend her support to another hotly anticipated project, Lady GaGa‘s ‘ARTPOP’.

Indeed, after the ‘Starstruck’ singer tweeted Spears ahead of ‘X Factor USA’ debut, Britney revealed that like GaGa’s ‘Monsters’, she too was looking forward to her new LP.

Details below…

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Christina Aguilera is a picture of beauty on her ‘Your Body‘ single cover, released by the singer this evening.

Launched minutes after announcing the name of her new LP ‘Lotus’, the pic’s debut came hand in hand with releases dates for her project.

Details below…

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She may be able to rake in the numbers when it comes to moving singles, but it seems Rihanna is struggling to succeed outside of music yet again.

For, after her debut movie ‘Battleship’ broke the record for being the lowest grossing movie with a budget of $200 million or more, her first television series ‘Styled To Rock’ has met a PR crisis this week- following embarrassingly low viewing figures.

Details below…

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