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UPDATED, with comment from Jen Psaki: As Nicki Minaj has soaked up attention for her social media posts casting doubt on the safety of the Covid-19 vaccine, the White House has offered to call her to answer questions. “As we have with others, we offered a call with Nicki Minaj and one of our doctors to answer…

Ten-time Grammy nominee Nicki Minaj opted out of the 2021 Met Gala, citing the event’s vaccination requirement. The rapper spoke to this decision in a Twitter post published on Monday. “They want you to get vaccinated for the Met,” she wrote. “if I get vaccinated it won't [be] for the Met. It'll be once I feel I've…

Nicki Minaj is heading to HBO Max. The Pink Friday rapper is to front a six-part half-hour docuseries for the WarnerMedia streaming platform. Minaj revealed the news on her social media platforms saying that she's going to give viewers a "raw unfiltered" look at her personal life and professional work. She will give…

RuPaul’s Drag Race is coming in hot for season 12 with an all-star roster of guest judges who are ready to sashay and slay the Emmy-award winning reality competition which is set to premiere on February 28 on VH1. As seen in the trailer for the 12th season, this season’s queens will be pledging allegiance "to the…

Grammy-nominated Nicki Minaj tweeted Thursday that she has decided to retire from rap and focus on her family. "I've decided to retire & have my family," Minaj tweeted. "I know you guys are happy now. To my fans, keep reppin me, do it til da death of me, in the box- cuz ain't nobody checkin me. Love you for…

Cardi B made history Sunday night when she became the first solo female artist to win best rap album at the Grammy Awards. But that was followed by a social media storm of criticism that she was undeserving of the award, and the drama increased after BET compared Cardi B to her rival Nicki Minaj, which said she was…

Moon Men (or is it Moon Persons?) were handed out at the 2018 MTV Video Music Awards with Camila Cabello winning not one, but two trophies for Artist of the Year and Video of the Year. Other winners of the evening included Post Malone’s “Rockstar” taking the trophy for Song of the Year and Cardi B nabbing Best New…

When Tina Fey flew from Chicago to New York back in 1997 to join Saturday Night Live, smoking was still allowed on airplanes. Or so she remembers – the FAA might recall things differently – in this new promo for the upcoming Fey-hosted season finale of Saturday Night Live. The animated clip has the cartoon Fey…

ABC Family and Nicki Minaj have firmed up the cast for scripted comedy Nicki, based on the rap star's life growing up in Queens, NY. Ariana Neal (Get Hard, Fruitvale Station) will star as Nicki, a role inspired by Minaj in her early years before she became a Grammy-nominated, multiplatinum superstar; Selita Ebanks (Rea…

Tim Story is finalizing a deal to direct ABC Family’s Nicki Minaj comedy. The project, from Aaron Kaplan's Kapital Entertainment, has a series commitment and will film a pilot episode in New York in the winter. Minaj will executive produce and will appear in the half-hour comedy based on her family's immigration to…

Wanted: A young Nicki Minaj to star in ABC Family’s upcoming comedy series based on the rapper’s life. ABC Family (Freeform beginning in January) is holding online open auditions for a talented girl between the ages of 11-13 to play the younger version of the multiplatinum rapper and ex-American Idol judge. Minaj will…

Amy Schumer’s monologue topics ranged from Bradley Cooper (he’s hot, she doesn’t care what you think, they’re engaged) to bathing her 18-month old niece (you don’t want to go there and neither, to be explicitly honest, did she) to equating her body with a Lava Lamp (which, given her peek-a-boo hostess outfit, seemed…