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VEVO follows Keri Hilson as she traveled 32 hours to South Africa for the first time. Miss Keri visits the jail cell where Nelson Mandela spent 18 years of his life, dines at the top of Table Mountain, meets her fans at an in-store appearance, takes a swab test to learn her ancestry, and picks […]

After parting ways from her previous Mathew Knowles management and getting dropped from her label Columbia, Kelly Rowland has just signed a deal with Universal. Universal Motown head Sylvia Rhone made an announcement today about their newest talent on the roster: “I think Kelly is an immensely talented, gracious, and beautiful woman, and I am […]

From the New York Times: MIAMI — Off Florida’s Gulf Coast, the seas are calm and the king mackerel are running. Captain Joe Meadows’s telephone should be ringing with bookings for his 42-foot sport fishing boat for the summer season. Instead, the calls are from reservation holders wondering if they should cancel. In a state […]

From the Huffington Post: The Senate Republicans are refusing to allow a vote on the Merkley-Levin amendment, which would put a meaningful version of the Volcker Rule into law (splitting off proprietary trading from major banks). After weeks of dancing around, the Democrats finally have a signature issue on which to fight. Senator Carl Levin […]

Well, well, well. Someone was finally brave enough to give The infamous Kat Stacks a taste of her own medicine. Web funny man, M2thaK, puts Miss Stacks on full blast by slowly luring her into his trap. I don’t know who to laugh at more. Though a bit long, things really get heated up around […]

Word for a couple weeks was that Drake was on the remix to the Alicia Keys single “Un-Thinkable,” and even though it’s just one verse with no changes to the original track, it’s finally here. Though he co-wrote the standout single from The Element Of Freedom album, he only used his voice for background vocals. […]

Are children color blind in America? CNN has come to the conclusion that a large percentage of them are!

Tyra Banks has recently resigned with her former agency IMG, but it looks like she’s still being bitten by the modeling bug. Three months after designer Alexander McQueen’s death, Banks has paid tribute to him in a photo shoot fit for royalty. She says, “When I heard of Alexander (Lee as he was called by […]

The 2010 BET nominees were just announced and Jay-Z has beaten his wife Beyonce to lead the nominees for honors at this year’s 10th annual BET Awards. Queen Latifah gets the honors as the host.

Being a rock star apparently means being able to strut your stuff while wearing a slick bodysuit, fierce stilettos, and a fiery red wig. At least that’s the lesson coming out of Rihanna’s new video for “Rockstar 101,” her fourth single off of her album Rated R. See photos from on set here: BEHIND-THE-SCENES: RiRi’s […]

*Guess who’s moving onto Wisteria Lane? Vanessa Williams said Tuesday she’ll play a “wicked new housewife” on the upcoming seventh season of ABC’s “Desperate Housewives.” The actress also played a wicked fashion magazine exec on ABC’s recently-cancelled “Ugly Betty.” She’s currently performing in the Broadway musical “Sondheim on Sondheim,” which runs through June. Williams will […]