Urban AC
Page: 149
NAACP NAACP unveiled the nominations for the 55th Image Awards Thursday, naming Usher, Victoria Monét, Ayo Edebiri and Colman Domingo among the top nominees. Usher, the Super Bowl 58 halftime show performer, received the most nominations in music with six, including Outstanding Male Artist, Outstanding Music Video/Visual Album for “Boyfriend” and Outstanding Soul/R&B Song for “Good Good.” Monét follows closely behind with […]
Bob Mahoney/Perry Well Films 2/Courtesy Netflix Kelly Rowland takes center stage in the first-look trailer for the new legal thriller from Tyler Perry, Mea Culpa. In the two-minute clip, viewers get a glimpse of Rowland as Mea Harper, a defense attorney who, on a mission to make partner, takes on the case of man accused of murdering his girlfriend. Scenes from the film, […]
Disney/Randy Holme Teyana Taylor says it’s been a “long time coming,” but she’ll finally get to play iconic singer Dionne Warwick in an upcoming biopic. She took to Instagram Wednesday to share news that the untitled project has secured funding and will start shooting soon. “And just like that.. 2020MORE Blessings!” Taylor wrote. In an April 2023 interview with Tamron Hall, Taylor confirmed the biopic was in […]
Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic Though Kanye West has yet to drop Vultures, his collaborative album with Ty Dolla $ign, he’s keeping anxiously-awaiting fans fed with some album–related drops. Ye released a trailer to Instagram Tuesday that includes ghostlike figures, animals that morph, explosions and a clown. At the end of the video, which features, Ty Dolla, Lil Durk and Bump J‘s new song, “Vultures,” a graphic pops up onscreen that […]
Christopher Polk/Getty Images for MTV Snoop Dogg says his daughter, Cori Broadus, is on the road to recovery after she suffered a stroke January 18. “She’s doing a little bit better,” Snoop told People in a chat during the Tuesday premiere of his new movie, The Underdoggs. The health update follows a post by Cori, who said she started “breaking […]
Billboard Tems, Ice Spice and Victoria Monét are among this year’s honorees at the 2024 Billboard Women in Music Awards. At the annual event, which honors female powerhouses who are shaping the music landscape, the women will join six others who will be taking home special awards in their respective categories. Tems is the Breakthrough Honoree, Ice Spice is the Hitmaker Honoree, […]
Paramount+ A new documentary about the use of rap lyrics in court rooms and on trial will premiere on Paramount+ next month. The streamer announced As We Speak: Rap Music on Trial, which follows Bronx rapper Kemba as he explores the “growing weaponization” of rap lyrics in the United States criminal justice system and abroad. His findings will reveal […]
Courtesy of Netflix © 2024 The Greatest Night In Pop, a new documentary about the making of the star-studded 1985 charity single “We Are the World,” will hit Netflix on January 29. And Lionel Richie, who co-wrote the song with Michael Jackson, says witnessing the film being put together has made him cry. “It just brings tears to my eyes […]
Frazer Harrison/Getty Images Ciara is taking time to be with her family. The singer’s husband, Denver Broncos quarterback Russell Wilson, shared a photo on Instagram recently featuring Ciara holding their new baby Amora. He captioned the black-and-white snapshot, “The Most Beautiful View.” The couple announced back in December that they had welcomed a daughter, whose full name is Amora Princess Wilson. She first revealed her latest […]
ABC/Heidi Gutman Many would agree Issa Rae is an entertainment force to be reckoned with. But she’s maybe a good luck charm, too? When nominations for the upcoming 96th Oscars were announced Tuesday, it was revealed that all three movies Rae starred in last year are in the running for the coveted gold statuette. There’s Across The Spider-Verse, […]
KVSP