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Throughout Project Power, aspiring rapper Robin (Dominique Fishback) is challenged as to whether or not she can truly rap. At one point in the film, she thoroughly demolishes a teacher with her lyrical flow with the help of a fellow classmate, played by real-life rapper Chika. Unsurprisingly, there’s a deeper meaning to the Chika cameo. Turns out … Continue reading Rapper Chika Didn’t Just Make a Cameo in Project Power, She Was Responsible For Its Flow Continue Reading →

It’s been seven years since Lady Gaga last attended the MTV VMAs, and we’ve sorely missed her presence. Luckily, not only is she nominated for nine awards this year, but she will also be giving a special performance. Whenever Lady Gaga attends the VMAs, you know she’s going to put on a show — even if she’s not … Continue reading You Never Know What You’re Going to Get When Lady Gaga Attends the MTV VMAs Continue Reading →

Anyone tuning into HBO’s Lovecraft Country will undoubtedly recognize Aunjanue Ellis, who plays the series’s Hippolyta Freeman, a family-oriented businesswoman with a penchant for watching the stars and a hunger for adventure. On a show full of monsters, both mythical and human, Hippolyta serves as the very human constant; that is until she gets involved in the messiness as … Continue reading Lovecraft Country’s Aunjanue Ellis Has a 20+ Year Career Full of Amazing Movies and TV Shows Continue Reading →

If you could take a pill that gave you powers for five minutes, but you couldn’t choose the powers, would you? That’s the question people find themselves asking in Netflix’s Project Power, only the result doesn’t always work out in their favor. Ex-soldier Art (Jamie Foxx) teams up with teenage dealer Robin (Dominique Fishback) and local … Continue reading Project Power: A Rundown of Every Power in Netflix’s New Movie Continue Reading →

It’s probably not surprising at all that the PEN15 actors look very different in real life than they do onscreen! Maya Erskine and Anna Konkle, who also cocreated the Hulu comedy, star as fictionalized versions of their middle school selves. That means they stylized themselves like middle schoolers: bad fashion and regrettable haircuts and all. In real life, though, they’re … Continue reading Pen15’s Maya and Anna Look Completely Different IRL, Duh Continue Reading →

Chrishell Stause has a pretty unique first name — but do you know the story of how she got it? The Selling Sunset star has had that name plastered all over the headlines for the past several weeks, thanks to her highly publicized split with now-ex-husband Justin Hartley, and the tale behind her first name is somehow stranger … Continue reading We Can’t Stop Thinking About the Story Behind Chrishell Stause’s First Name Continue Reading →

  The holidays have basically arrived now that a Friends-themed Advent calendar is available on Amazon. Though the festive season is still (*checks calendar*) a few months away, Insight Editions recently unveiled its Friends: The Official Advent Calendar, an illustrated book containing a surprise for each of the 25 days leading up to Christmas, and then some. … Continue reading Holy Holiday Armadillo! A Friends Advent Calendar Has Already Arrived on Amazon Continue Reading →

Despite her youthful visage, Jurnee Smollett’s role as the vivacious Letitia “Leti” Lewis on HBO’s Lovecraft Country is one of many on her lengthy résumé. The 33-year-old actress has been booked and busy since she made her TV debut on the Patti LaBelle-led series Out All Night in 1992. She racked up a steady list of roles on various series in the early … Continue reading Jurnee Smollett Has Reigned Supreme in Your Favorite TV Shows and Movies Since the ’90s Continue Reading →

What’s that? Do you hear that? That’s the sound of Drake giving us a five-minute banger that might also double as a Nike commercial. On Aug. 14, the Toronto rapper dropped his latest single, “Laugh Now Cry Later” featuring Lil Durk, and an accompanying music video filled with a bunch of athletes and sports references. The video … Continue reading Drake Is Full of Emotions in the “Laugh Now Cry Later” Music Video Featuring Athletes Continue Reading →