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Shareif Ziyadat/Getty Images for Sean “Diddy” Combs Sean “Diddy” Combs’ criminal sex trafficking trial will begin in May as scheduled after the judge on Friday denied a defense request for a two-month adjournment. Given that trial is not scheduled to begin until May 5 with jury selection, Judge Arun Subramanian said it was “unclear why there isn’t sufficient time […]

Cindy Ord/WireImage Spike Lee has nothing but praise for A$AP Rocky, who stars opposite Denzel Washington in his upcoming movie, Highest 2 Lowest. During an appearance on Carmelo Anthony’s 7PM in Brooklyn podcast, the director said A$AP’s acting skills are “fire.” “I mean, there’s some scenes with him and [Denzel] head-to-head, he ain’t backin’ up,” Lee says. “It’s like, ‘I’m here too!’ Very, very happy with the […]

Wiz Khalifa has dropped Kush & Orange Juice 2 just days after the original mixtape celebrated its 15th anniversary. A year in the making, the album features guests including Gunna, Don Toliver, Juicy J, Ty Dolla $ign, Terrace Martin and Curren$y. “It’s perfect for smoking, chilling, riding around with the homies, and hanging with the ladies. It’s a great album, it’s musical, it’s definitely 100% for […]

Warner Bros. Pictures Michael B. Jordan gets double the trouble in Ryan Coogler‘s latest movie, Sinners. He plays twin brothers Smoke and Stack, World War I veterans who go back to their Mississippi hometown to open a juke joint — but are met with vampires and the harsh reality of the Jim Crow laws in their community. MBJ tells ABC News […]

Photo by Amy Sussman/WireImage Michael Ealy has joined the cast of Prime Video’s The Greatest, executive produced by Michael B. Jordan, Ben Watkins and Muhammad Ali‘s widow, Lonnie Ali, according to Deadline. He’s landed the role of Malcolm X in the series about Ali and his life, both in and out of the boxing ring. Malcolm was […]

Photo by Monica Schipper/Getty Images Sheryl Lee Ralph‘s contributions to the entertainment industry were recognized Wednesday when she got her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Loretta Devine and Quinta Brunson spoke on her behalf, representing her start in a Broadway version of Dreamgirls to her current role in Abbott Elementary, the show that helped […]

Paras Griffin/Getty Images, FILE Sean “Diddy” Combs formally asked the judge overseeing his criminal prosecution on Thursday to exclude one of the more dramatic pieces of evidence from his upcoming trial: a March 2016 video from the Intercontinental Hotel in Los Angeles that depicts Combs kicking and dragging then-girlfriend Cassie Ventura. The defense asserted that CNN, which first […]

Photo by Prince Williams/Wireimage Drake is escalating his fight against his record label over their amplification of Kendrick Lamar’s diss track “Not Like Us,” alleging in an amended complaint, “UMG waged an unrelenting campaign” to spread the allegedly defamatory rap as widely as possible. The new complaint said UMG made significant financial investments and leveraged […]

Coco Jones has two goals for her upcoming debut album, Why Not More?: to further connect with fans and showcase the versatility of R&B. “I’m really trying to push the boundaries of what R&B can be,” Coco tells Billboard. “Because I have so many influences — I have what my mom taught me as a kid, […]

Dalvin Adams Seth Rogen is the head of a film production company in the new Apple TV+ show The Studio. His character, Mark Remick, gets promoted at Continental Studios and attempts to maneuver the ups and down in Hollywood while adjusting to the demands of his new role. In the show, Mark often meets up with his […]