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Some fans in Atlanta would’ve been surprised to see rapper Bow Wow working behind the counter when they walked into one of the local Walmarts. In a video that surfaced on the internet, he was wearing the uniform and dealing with customers, some of whom had their cameras out to capture the celebrity behind the counter.

Fans spotted Bow Wow working at Walmart in Atlanta.

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So, is Bow Wow taking a side hustle at Walmart after making millions of dollars from his rap career? Or worse, is he broke now? Well, the answer is no and no. The video circulating...

As the weather heats up and the days get longer, many outlets are asking a simple question: Where’s the song of the summer?

2025 has had no shortage of pop music releases, but as the calendar passes its midway point, many of the current chart toppers are reheated hits that broke out last year. The lack of a consensus song of the summer has led many writers to eulogize the once-ubiquitous trend. Several cultural factors, such as the rise of siloed social media platforms and the decline of Top 40 radio, have been blamed for the song of the summer’s downfall.

“The ‘song of the summer’ feels like a relic of the past,” Taylor Crumpton wrote in a Time article published earlier this year. “With the absence of music video programs, such as Total Request Live and 106 & Park, and the decline in relevance of televised award shows,...

Gladiators, ready.

Amazon Prime Video’s American Gladiators reboot has found its Gladiators, whom The Hollywood Reporter can first reveal. The new season will feature 16 gladiators — eight women and eight men, ages 22 to 38 (and standing 5’5” to 6′ 5” tall, weighing between 140 and 270 pounds) — picked from across the country. The group includes bodybuilders, pro wrestlers, former Division I athletes, CrossFit champions and military veterans.

The series will be hosted by WWE Superstar Mike “The Miz” Mizanin. His sidekicks will be sideline reporter Rocsi Diaz, the former co-host of BET’s 106 & Park, THR has learned exclusively; sports commentator Chris Rose will be on play by play. Rose hosts NFL GameDay Final on NFL Network alongside Maurice Jones-Drew.

Beyond Gladiators, Diaz is a contributor at GMA and GMA3, as well as other ABC News programming. She currently co-hosts Tubi’s We Got Time Today with Deion Sanders. Rosci was a regular guest host...

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The 2025 BET Awards are nigh! The ceremony is being held Monday, June 9 at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles — here’s what you need to know about watching the BET Awards live online.

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The BET Awards 2025 are set to air live from the Peacock Theatre in Los Angeles on June 9 at 8 Pm Et, and this year’s ceremony is shaping up to be a major celebration of Black culture’s heavy hitters. Not only will the network hand out its Ultimate Icon Award to four titans—Mariah Carey, […]

BET Awards 2025: “106 & Park” Tribute & Icon Awards for Mariah Carey, Jamie Foxx, Snoop Dogg & Kirk Franklin!

Following the success of the “Seven Deadly Sins” movie franchise, Lifetime announced on Wednesday that it is once again teaming up with Derrick Williams and Adriane Hopper Williams, executive producers for DNA Media Group, for an all-new movie franchise called “Temptations,” starting with “Desire: A Temptations” story and “Fame: A Temptations Story.”

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Set to premiere Saturday, April 19 at 8:00 p.m. Et/7:00 p.m. Ct, actress/director Tasha Smith (“Survival of the Thickest”) stars in “Desire: A Temptations Story,” which follows Kendra (Smith), a high-profile talk show host who, after a whirlwind vacation romance, gives into her temptations and spontaneously marries her new suitor, Malcolm (Adrian Holmes), only to discover her desires have led her down a dangerous path when the two return home and truths about Malcolm’s past start to come to light.

The cast includes Jamall Johnson, Millan Tesfazgi, Miranda Edwards, Everick Golding,...

Deion Sanders thinks his new Tubi talk series “We Got Time Today” provides him with an audience from which he can “recruit” fans — and perhaps potential football prospects.

“It puts me in front of another whole audience to not only inform and enlighten and encourage and motivate, but to recruit, really go out to recruit,” Sanders, who also serves as the head coach for the Colorado Buffaloes at the University of Colorado, told TheWrap. “I really can’t, because coaches hate … If I go visit this guy down the street and they go to the school around the corner, now they hating on me. But now I have this platform, so I can get your mama, your grandma, your grandfather, you know, Rocsi [Diaz’s] people. I can get everybody.”

“But I’m just sitting up there talking, just being authentic,” he continued. “So it’s another mechanism that you...

Rapper Kanye West provided quite the entry into pop culture history when he stepped onto the stage of the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards to interrupt pop star Taylor Swift's acceptance speech for Best Female Video. In the infamous moment, West spoke into the microphone with Swift still on stage next to him, "Yo, Taylor, I'm really happy for you, I'mma let you finish, but Beyoncé had one of the best videos of all time! One of the best videos of all time!" It sparked outrage and memes, and it wouldn't even be the most ludicrous or rude thing West would do in his career. However, perhaps we shouldn't have been surprised -- because "Saturday Night Live" saw this coming nearly two years before the incident.

In an episode of "The Lonely Island and Seth Meyers Podcast," Andy Samberg, Akiva Shaffer, Jorma Taccone, and Seth Meyers looked back on West's...

Tyler Perry is getting real. The entertainment mogul’s Tyler Perry Studios has partnered with Asylum Entertainment Group in a joint venture to create and produce unscripted content. As part of the news, Antoinetta Stallings has been named vice president of unscripted programming for Tyler Perry Studios.

Under the new deal, Tyler Perry Studios and Asylum will co-develop, co-produce and distribute unscripted programming.

“I’m excited to bring the world of unscripted content to Tyler Perry Studios,” Perry said in a statement. “We’ve never tapped into this area of entertainment before and we’re looking forward to working closely with Asylum to bring unique real world stories to life. I’m also proud to recognize the work that Antoinetta has been doing at the studio and promote her to this position of overseeing this new creative arm at the studio.”

The news comes as Perry continues to expand his...

Tyler Perry Studios and non-scripted production company Asylum Entertainment Group have launched a joint venture to develop and produce unscripted series for the world market.

As part of their creative partnership, Antoinetta Stallings has been named vp of unscripted programming for the Madea filmmaker’s Atlanta-based studio, and will work alongside Asylum to produce unscripted formats. Stallings’s credits include 106 & Park, Rising Icons, Black Girls Rock, Grand Designs, Down South Dance and Fox’s dating game show Take Me Out.

In 2023, Stallings earned an Emmy nomination for her work on the PBS documentary The Price of Silence. The joint venture with Asylum marks the first foray by a prolific Perry — who has separate creative deals with Netflix and Amazon MGM Studios — into unscripted programming.

“I’m excited to bring the world of unscripted content to Tyler Perry Studios. We’ve never tapped into this area of entertainment before...

Gayle King, co-host of “CBS Mornings” and editor-at-large of Oprah Daily, received the Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism from Arizona State University on Tuesday at a ceremony in Phoenix.

Since 1984, the honor has been reserved for accomplished journalists who have demonstrated exemplary leadership skills. The award is named after the late Walter Cronkite, who anchored CBS Evening News for nearly two decades. Previous recipients include Al Roker, Anderson Cooper, Bob Woodward and more.

“Gayle King’s career and accomplishments are remarkable, and her professionalism embodies everything that Walter Cronkite valued in journalism,” said Battinto L. Batts Jr, dean of Asu’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication. “Her approach to covering important events and interviewing politicians, leaders and celebrities is unparalleled. It’s an honor to present Gayle with this prestigious award.”

The three-time Emmy winner’s work has led her to cover pivotal moments in national history,...

Lena Waithe’s Twenties will return for its second season on BET next month with a new after-show hosted by B. Scott.

Set to debut Wednesday, October 13 at 10 p.m. on BET and BET Her, the series brings Jonica T. Gibbs’ Hattie back into the spotlight. Created and written by Waithe, Twenties will continue to follow the aspiring screenwriter and her two best friends, Marie (Christina Elmore) and Nia (Gabrielle Graham) as they lean on each other for guidance as they navigate their twenties and test the limits of diversity, love and inclusion.

Following the Season 2 debut, BET will premiere Twenties After-show with B. Scott. The half-hour series will touch on Twenties‘ key themes and see Scott provide commentary into some of the characters’ latest experiences and speak with the show’s cast and with guests. Twenties After-show with B. Scott, will mark the titular television personality’s return to BET.

Exclusive: Rapper-actor Shad “Bow Wow” Moss has signed with Buchwald for representation.

The “You Can Get It All” singer most recently appeared on The Masked Singer, where he was discovered as The Frog in the season 3 finals. He will reappear as Twinkie in the upcoming Fast & Furious 9, which will now premiere this summer on June 25. Moss currently serves as executive producer on We TV’s Growing Up Hip Hop Atlanta, now in its fourth season.

His television credits include roles on HBO’S Entourage, CSI: Cyber, The Secret Live of the American Teenager and Smallville. He also hosted BET’s 106 & Park from 2013 to 2014.

Beyond the screen, Moss has a multi-year podcast with Fox as the host of The Masked Singer Podcast. The rapper was on his now-postponed Millennium tour when the pandemic hit.

Moss continues to be repped by Manager Andy at Trinity Factory who brings...

In today’s TV news roundup, Netflix debuted a trailer for “The Queen’s Gambit” and announced new cast members for the third season of “Sex Education.”

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Jemima Kirke, Jason Isaacs and Sudanese American artist Dua Saleh will join the cast of Netflix’s “Sex Education” in Season 3. Kirke will play former Moordale High School student and new headmaster Hope, who plans to return the school to its former glory. Isaacs’ character, Peter Groff, is Mr. Groff’s (Alistair Petrie) more successful and prideful older brother, with whom Mr. Groff is staying following his separation from his wife. Saleh, a gender nonconforming songwriter, joins the series with their acting debut, playing Cal, a nonbinary student who clashes with Hope and her vision for the school. Production on the show began in Wales earlier in September, with eight new episodes premiering on Netflix in 2021.

Kiefer Sutherland and Joey King will star in “The Creepshow Halloween Special,...

Only three of the six contestants in Group B of “The Masked Singer” remained in the competition after the March 4 episode. The quartet who faced off in this installment, which Fox dubbed the Championship, were costumed as the Banana, Frog, Kitty and Taco.

Of these four celebrities, the one who is the best all-around performer is the Frog. In his first appearance that aired on February 19, he impressed both the studio audience and four judges with his cover of “U Can’t Touch This” by Mc Hammer. He returned last week with another great performance with his version of “In da Club” by 50 Cent.

We’ve watched both those performances over and over as well as the clues videos to try and figure out which famous face is hidden behind the Frog mask. Keep reading for all “The Masked Singer” spoilers, including the real name of the Frog.

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BET is developing a slate of original series for the first time in the 25-year history of the cable channel. The Viacom-owned network once known as Black Entertainment Television is ramping up to introduce a new primetime series each quarter beginning this month. Upcoming projects include a hip-hop-flavored version of The Apprentice with mogul-in-the-making Damon Dash in the Donald Trump role. Development also is under way to create a companion for BET's afternoon powerhouse 106th & Park series and a weekday late-night talk show. But the new infusion of originals might create some casualties as well, with BET considering canceling its 11 p.m. newscast BET Nightly News. The network has been criticized in recent years for curtailing its news programming. Overseeing the expansion is Stephen Hill, who has been promoted to executive vp entertainment and music programming, and Robyn Lattaker-Johnson, vp programming development since coming over from a similar post at Sci Fi Channel two months ago. "We realized if we're going to make our mark, it's in original programming," Hill said. "We know it's ambitious, but it's a long time coming."...

BET is developing a slate of original series for the first time in the 25-year history of the cable channel. The Viacom-owned network once known as Black Entertainment Television is ramping up to introduce a new primetime series each quarter beginning this month. Upcoming projects include a hip-hop-flavored version of The Apprentice with mogul-in-the-making Damon Dash in the Donald Trump role. Development also is under way to create a companion for BET's afternoon powerhouse 106th & Park series and a weekday late-night talk show. But the new infusion of originals might create some casualties as well, with BET considering canceling its 11 p.m. newscast BET Nightly News. The network has been criticized in recent years for curtailing its news programming. Overseeing the expansion is Stephen Hill, who has been promoted to executive vp entertainment and music programming, and Robyn Lattaker-Johnson, vp programming development since coming over from a similar post at Sci Fi Channel two months ago. "We realized if we're going to make our mark, it's in original programming," Hill said. "We know it's ambitious, but it's a long time coming."...