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After receiving tons of backlash in the sea of reports claiming that Beyonce would be writing and starring in a biopic on the life of enslaved South African performer Saartjie Baartman, Billboard is reporting that a rep for the singer confirms that she will not be partaking in this creative endeavor.

“Beyonce is in no way tied to this project,” her rep told the site…

LOS ANGELES — “Spotlight,” “Straight Outta Compton” and “The Martian” were among the 10 feature film nominees announced Tuesday for the 27th Producers Guild Awards.

Conspicuously missing were critics favorite “Carol” and “Star Wars: The Force Awakens,” a wild card thus far in award races.

The Producers Guild nominees reflected a diverse lot of films, including…

President Obama’s executive measures to curb gun violence came under fire as soon as they were unveiled Tuesday.

Obama had barely begun detailing his plan to expand background checks and close the so-called “gun show loophole” when the National Rifle Association weighed in.

“President Obama’s executive orders will do nothing to improve public safety. #2A…

Jaden Smith is fulfilling his fashion destiny and taking his daring approach to apparel to Louis Vuitton. Will and Jada’s 17-year-old heir has just been announced as the newest face of the fashion house’s Spring/Summer 2016 campaign. In Instagram posts by the brand’s artistic director Nicolas Ghesquière, shots of Smith were premiered. The shoot, snapped by photographer Bruce…

Gucci Mane is apparently getting out of jail. After much speculation, 1017 Records, the rapper’s label, has declared that he will be released from prison in March.

The label made the announcement on Instagram and XXL has confirmed with Gucci Mane’s camp that the jail release news is true. Gucci Mane has been incarcerated since 2013. Last month, the Atlanta rapper said…

OK! Magazine published a story in their Dec. 28 issue featuring messages between Tyga and the underage girl. The magazine alleged that this interaction was to blame for the brief breakup between Tyga and his girlfriend Kylie…

Future is blasting his baby mama Ciara saying she's a "bitch" with control problems and she's preventing him from seeing their 1-year-old son.

Future's sounded off in a series of tweets ... one where he admitted that just to see his his kid -- also named Future -- he has to go through lawyers despite the $15k he pays in child support.

Future says he's been…

Chris Brown has a warning to anyone who makes false allegations against him ... no more Mr. Nice Guy. He'll be suing you.

Sources close to Chris tell TMZ, he will be filing a lawsuit against Liziane Gutierrez, the woman who claims he punched her in the eye at a Vegas hotel. She filed a police report and made statements to others about the alleged…

Post Malone has set the bar high for his debut album. Really high.

The singer, who kicked off his career in 2015 with the much-beloved single “White Iverson,” has been working on his first studio LP which he plans to drop in a couple months. The album, he says, will have a huge impact, not just on music, but the entire human race. Recently taking to Twitter, the Texas…

50 Cent forgoes the typical music video and shoots a 10-minute short film for the song “I’m The Man.” Back in November, Curtis revealed the reason he pushed back the date on his most recent mixtape The Kanan Tape was because he was shooting a short film to accompany the project. Two weeks after the tape’s release we get a gritty visual for the Sonny Digital-produced…

Usher performed a special concert on New Year's Eve for some very lucky fans. The eight-time Grammy winner sang at a private event for people who found out on Christmas Day they won round-trip airfare, hotels and tickets to the show in Los Angeles. The singer rolled out hits including "Without You" and "DJ Got Us Falling In Love" and even poured champagne for fans in…

Chris Brown is at the center of a battery investigation after a woman claims the singer punched her in the face.

The alleged victim tells TMZ she was at a private party in Brown's suite at the Palms Hotel in Vegas early Saturday morning. She says was able to get her cellphone into the suite without his security noticing and when she took a pic of the singer, he went…

It looks like Lil Wayne and Birdman are turning over a new leaf for 2016.

The year 2015 was a trying one for Lil Wayne and his Cash Money boss, Birdman. The two’s “father/son” relationship hit some turbulent waters after Wayne closed out 2014 with a public outcry against the label and its CEO. After spending months and months on the outs, however, it looks like things…

NBA player Matt Barnes welcomed the New Year by taking some angry shots at Knicks coach Derek Fisher in an epic online rant.

Barnes didn’t name Fisher directly but made it clear he was ripping into the “former teammate and friend” who was at his estranged wife Gloria Govan's southern California house last October when the men got into a heated confrontation.

A…

Just before 2015 ended, Kanye West took a victory lap in his surprise track “Facts,” going through his highlights of the year.

He released the rap on SoundCloud on Thursday night at about 9:37 p.m. EST.

Yeezus starts the song with a rehash of his line from “New God Flow,” with the chorus: “Yeezy just jumped over the Jumpman,” referencing his sneaker’s…

Chart-topping R&B singer Natalie Cole, who followed her legendary father into the music business with hits like “This Will Be (An Everlasting Love)” and “Unforgettable,” died at age 65.

“Natalie Cole, sister beloved & of substance and sound. May her soul rest in peace,” tweeted the Rev. Jesse Jackson on New Year’s Day.

Cole, who had struggled with a…

In case the year was going to close with any doubt, Waka Flocka took to Twitter late last night to remind everyone that he’s still got major beef with his label, Atlantic Records. Waka has been vocal about his disdain throughout the year, asking for a buyout back in April, reinforcing that fact in October and calling on fans to demand the release of Flockavelli 2 in…

A video showing a cruel young man trapping his girlfriend’s hair in his car window before driving off has gone viral.

The clip shows the unidentified young man deliberately speeding up and dragging the woman along the road in a disturbing assault.

“This is what you do when people wanna act up,” the man says to the camera in the shocking video, which was…

A father-and-son screenwriting team is riding into court, claiming that Quentin Tarantino rustled their idea for his award-winning western, "Django Unchained."

Oscar Colvin Jr. and his son, Terrance J. Colvin filed court papers in Washington, D.C., on Christmas Eve, accusing the Tarantino, the Weinstein Company and Columbia Pictures of copyright infringement over the…

NOT-SO-FABOLOUS "ROLLY" MODEL

$34,000 says this kid's going to be Fabolous-ly screwed up.

Confidenti@l is told rapper Fabolous gave his seven-year-old son Johan two gold Rolex watches for Christmas, one worth $12,500 and one worth a stunning $21,500.

The kid better build up some arm muscles quick. The little one will be wearing hefty new 18-karat yellow…