Celine Dion Cavorts With Deadpool, Nicki Minaj Seems Bored, and Bhad Bhabie Does the '50s
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Karena Evans's New Video for Drake Puts Pop to the Bechdel Test
Director Karena Evans has hereby overthrown the rule of sweatpants boner men over music videos and replaced them with critical thinkers. Long may she reign.
Nicki Minaj Asks Relevant Ass-Eating Questions in Breakfast Club Interview
Following her dream fan-out moment with Lauryn Hill backstage at the Tidal concert on Saturday, Nicki Minaj appeared on Power 105's The Breakfast Club today to talk about range of topics, including her love of Ms. Hill, the status of her sitcom and, also, ass eating.
Nicki Minaj Meets Lauryn Hill And Adorably Loses Her Shit
On Saturday night, Nicki Minaj engaged in some extreme fangirling when she met someone who has long inspired her: singer Lauryn Hill. The introduction resulted in a communion of immeasurable might and beauty.
Lauryn Hill Blames Her Late Concert Starts on Energy Alignment, Cool
Lauryn Hill is so infamous for showing up wild late to concerts (as in up to four hours late) that people avoid even attending her shows. After fans in Atlanta waited over two hours on Friday, Hill posted what sounds like a bullshit explanation on Facebook.
How Miss Grace Jones Took the Night at Afropunk 2015
On a warm Saturday night in Brooklyn, New York, the legendary Grace Jones hit the AfroPunk festival stage with theatrics bold enough to make Lady Gaga take a step back. In one performance, the Jamaican icon brought the idea of alternative blackness full circle and encouraged weirdos to get even weirder. It was…
Director Liz Garbus on Nina Simone's Life, Legacy & Lauryn Hill
What Happened, Miss Simone?, which premieres on Netflix this Friday, is a masterpiece. Directed by Oscar-nominated documentarian Liz Garbus, whose storytelling skills are uniquely sensitive to the complicated tales of women and men grappling with fame and internal demons, it presents Nina Simone unlike we’ve ever seen…
Y/N: Lauryn Hill's Nina Simone Cover Offers a Bit of Soul-Soothing
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Lauryn Hill Cancels Israel Concert, Citing 'Challenge' in the Region
Blah: Looks like there’s trouble in scheduling paradise for members of Lauryn Hill’s team, who decided to cancel her concert in Israel, citing a “challenge” in performing in the region.
Lauryn Hill Is Late to Her Own Concert, Yells at Fan About 'Respect'
Lauryn Hill performed at the Chicago House of Blues last week, reportedly going on stage 50 minutes late and proceeding to be "terrible." When a fan complained and gave her the finger, Hill delivered a "lecture" about being respectful.
Lauryn Hill Leaves Prison and Releases a New Track
Lauryn Hill spent her three months in prison for tax evasion and will be released today, which makes this the perfect time for her to present the world with a new single entitled "Consumerism" off an album that appears to be named Part 1: Letters from Exile.
Hold on to Your Crumpets: Kate Middleton's Officially in Labor!
ATTENTION, CITIZENS OF EARTH: The Palace has announced in an official statement that Kate Middleton is officially in labor. Wait. North Who?
Jay-Z Calls Twerk Enthusiast Miley Cyrus ‘Old World's Worst Nightmare’
During a charmingly goofy Twitter Q&A in which the world learned that Jay-Z had a childhood love affair with Captain Crunch with Crunch Berries, Hova was asked about some lyrics from his song "Somewhere In America" off Magna Carta Holy Grail: "Feds still lurking, They see I'm still putting work in/Cause somewhere in…
Nigella Lawson Walks Out On Alleged Domestic Abuser Charles Saatchi
The appearance of moving men taking boxes out of the home where Charles Saatchi and Nigella Lawson share with their kids — about two weeks after photos of Saatchi choking Lawson in a restaurant were printed in the Evening Standard — may signify that the TV chef's ten-year marriage to 70-year-old Saatchi has come to an…
Lauryn Hill Gets Three Months in Jail for Tax Evasion
After pleading guilty to tax evasion, Lauryn Hill was sentenced to three months in prison and an additional three months of "home confinement" today. As you might recall, the singer said she deliberately didn't report more than $1.5 million in income, because she was "opposed to the system."
Janet Jackson Quit Showbiz and Converted To Islam, I Guess
As Janet Jackson herself predicted in 2001: Maybe we'll meet at a bar / He'll drive a funky car / Maybe he'll be a Qatari-born retail billionaire / And I'll convert to Islam. Sure enough, rumor has it that Jackson has retired from show business for good and adopted the religion of her husband Wissam al-Mana, who she…
Justin Bieber Hopes Anne Frank 'Would Have Been a Belieber'
Bet you did Nazi this coming! Publicists/the fates diced and soaked locally-sourced ingredients for a gazpacho of Internet greatness when Justin Bieber stopped by Amsterdam's Anne Frank House on his European tour. He wrote in the museum guestbook:
Mariah Carey Has Diva Conniption Fit Over Nicki Minaj Possibly Joining Idol
Mariah Carey is furious at American Idol execs for courting Nicki Minaj as a possible judge. Apparently she was under the impression that she would be the only woman on the panel, and insiders say that a two-vagina judging panel would certainly throw viewers for a loop, so it's obviously all still in talks. Because…
Lindsay Lohan Hospitalized After Crashing Her Porsche
Today around noon, Lindsay Lohan rear-ended an 18-wheeler and totaled her Porsche on PCH (the only place to wreck your porsche, obv), and it was probably really really scary. Nobody was drunk. Lohan and her assistant were banged-up enough to visit the hospital, but word is they're doing fine. "Lindsay was driving the…
Mel Gibson Is a Dangerous, Violent Madman, Says 'Showgirls' Screenwriter Joe Eszterhas
Okay, it's not exactly the most surprising headline considering Mel Gibson's tumultuous past decade, but Joe Eszterhas reveals a few unsettling anecdotes in his new book Heaven and Mel (yes—dude wrote an ENTIRE BOOK about being terrified of Mel Gibson). If you hadn't heard, back in December the Gibsons and the…
