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Janet Jackson Displayed Why She Is
Parents Of Women Living
An Icon During Billboard Awards
With R. Kelly To Be Featured
With 11 albums under her belt, 10 number one Hot 100 hits and an estimated 100 mil- lion records sold worldwide, to call Janet Jackson an icon is a fitting title and one she’s earned each time she’s graced the stage.
Sunday night (May 20) Jackson performed on televi- sion for the first time in nearly a decade when she was honored with Billboard’s 2018 Icon Award.
Before performing a medley of her famous songs, Bruno
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Janet Jackson at the 2018 Billboard Awards.
Mars took to the stage to sing plishments, which include an Janet’s praises and recite a Academy award and Golden mere fraction of her accom- Globe nomination.
The families of R. Kelly’s alleged “sex cult” victims will reportedly appear in Lifetime’s upcoming documentary series. According to a new report, the network is working with at least three families on the up- coming show.
The documentary series will reportedly follow R. Kelly’s latest scandal, in which he’s been accused of holding sev- eral women hostage in his homes in Atlanta and Chicago.
The series will include cameo’s of Tim Savage – the first parent to allege that his daughter, Jocelyn Savage was being brainwashed and manipulated into a sex slave by Kelly in 2017. Additionally, Michelle Gardener and An-
R. Kelly’s sex life and activi- ties to be focus of ‘Lifetime’ do- cuseries.
gelo Clary – who claim their daughters Azriel and Do- minique respectively are being held captive– will be fea- tured in the doc.
Spike Lee’s BlacKkKlansman Receives Top Award At Cannes Film Festival
Spike Lee’s BlacKkKlans- man is projecting to be a film success. At the Cannes Film Festival Saturday (May 19), the provocative filmmaker re- ceived one of film festival’s top awards.
The soon-to-be released film was awarded the festival’s prestigious Grand Prix prize, which is second place to the Palme d’Or prize.
Following a passionate five- minute long speech at Cannes about his feelings toward President Donald Trump, the 65-year-old filmmaker re- ceived positive feedback from jury president Cate Blanchett and fellow juror
‘How To Get Away With Murder’
Renewed For 5th Season
Ava DuVernay, who called the film “startling and stun- ning.”
BlacKkKlansman is based on the true story of Ron Stall- worth, who launched an un- dercover investigation into Ku
Klux Klan. The film stars John David Washington as Stall- worth, Adam Driver as Flip Zimmerman and To- pher Grace as David Duke, who at the time was the KKK’s grand wizard.
Migos Sign On To Be Judges For Rap Competition In China
Viola Davis stars as Profes- sor Annalise Keating in HT- GAWM.
SPIKE LEE
ABC has given a Season 5 pickup to its legal thriller drama How to Get Away With Murder. The renewal of the Shondaland drama was fully expected.
After the end of Scandal, HTGAWM is the second longest-running Shondaland series, and it’s well received, earning star Viola Davis top awards including an Emmy.
In Season 4, the show had 6.4 million viewers and a 2.0 in 18-49, ranking as ABC’s third highest-rated drama.
The Migos have a new gig lined up. The rap trio are re- portedly heading to China to serve as judges on season 2 of the biggest hip-hop competition series in the nation, The Rap of China, PR Newswire reports.
The Migos have reportedly signed on to be “star producers” on the show. They will report- edly step in to train and guide the rappers through the compe- tition, sort of like the judges do on The X-Factor. Each pro- ducer will manage a team of contestants.
The new deal comes shortly after Chinese government offi- cials issued a rap ban in the country.
The rap ban was reportedly in response to the success of
Migos will be super busy this year. They are also going on tour with Drake starting in July.
season one of the series. Offi- cials warned hip-hop fanatics with ties to the culture and tat- toos to not be broadcast on TV.
The ban upset not only fans by several artists within the in- dustry, prompting many to speak out publicly. Despite the
government’s warnings how- ever, Season 2 was greenlit by oniQiyi.com.
The Rap of China will report- edly air this summer and in- clude contestants from five cities in China, Australia, Malaysia, and North America.
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