We’re getting our first look at Grammy Award-winning singer Mary J. Blige in the hotly-anticipated movie musical Rock of Ages. MJB will be taking the role of Justice Charlier, the owner of a gentlemen’s club, in the film inspired by the hits of the 1980s and adapted from the award-winning Broadway production of the same name.
Adam Shankman’s Rock of Ages — also starring Tom Cruise, Russell Brand, and Alec Baldwin — will open in theaters in Dec. 2012.
Oh Mama…Can we get a hand claps for Lil Mama? The “Lipgloss”-wearing femcee joined Buffie Tha Body Cassie in the “Charlamagne Made Me Cry Live on the Radio” Hall of Fame on Wednesday after a tense interview that aired on Power 105.1 FM NYC’s “The Breakfast Club.” The America’s Next Dance Crew judge — and hip-hop’s best know stage-crasher next to Kanye West — dropped by the AM radio show to chat about her new buzz single “NY, NY, LA, LA” when she unwittingly found herself on the receiving end of some biting criticism from Wendy Williams’ acid-tongued former sidekick.
So much for the Love Letter Tour… Foreclosed Foddler R. Kelly is “laid up undefinitely” after undergoing emergency throat surgery this week.
Doctors at Chicago’s Northwestern Memorial Hospital drained an abscess on one of Kelly’s tonsils on Tuesday, according to Kelly’s longtime publicist Allan Mayer. Mayer says the Grammy winner, 44, had been complaining of throat pain recently and was rushed to the hospital after a throat exam uncovered the infection.
VH1 has green-lit a second season of its original scripted comedy/drama, Single Ladies. Set in Atlanta and produced by Queen Latifah’s Flavor Unit, the show is the network’s first hour-long scripted series and stars Stacey Dash, LisaRaye McCoy, and Charity Shea.
They did it again! R&B singer Monica wed her husband, Los Angeles Laker Shannon Brown, for the second time over the weekend -– this time sealing the deal in front of hundreds of guests, PEOPLE has learned.
Beyonce in lingerie and a wedding dress: Yes, please. Check out the just-released music video for Beyonce’s new single “Best Thing I Never Had.” The diva’s fourth studio album, 4, has hit the number spot on the Billboard 200 albums chart, having sold 310,000 copies since its release late last month.
Newlywed R&B songbird Monica looks for love on “Anywhere (To Find You),” the Missy Elliott-produced first single from her upcoming seventh studio album, New Life.
The eldest son of Real Housewives of Atlanta star NeNe Leakes has been arrested on shoplifting charges in Gwinnett County. Bryson Bryant, a 20-year-old dad, was arrested around 9 PM Thursday after jacking two Mach 3 razors from a local Walmart. He was taken into custody after being nabbed by store security. There’s no word yet on where Bryant was arrested, but according to Gwinnett County Jail records, he’s charged with shoplifting and a probation violation.
