Who knew that Drake had a little Puff Daddy (circa 1996) in him? In Drake’s new video for his song “Hotline Bling,” the 6 God is twirling, diddly-daddling, cha-cha-ing and doing a lot of Diddy-isms that Puffy used to do in his Bad Boy videos back in the day. It’s Drake in rare form: a…

A new production of Shakespeare’s Othello has two of Hollywood’s biggest heavy hitters in leading roles: David Oyelowo will play the Moor, Othello, who gets betrayed by his jealous friend, Iago, who will be played by fellow Brit Daniel Craig. The play will be an off-Broadway production put on by the New York Theater Workshop,…

Oprah Winfrey paid $43.2 million to get a 10 percent stake in Weight Watchers, the Associated Press reports. That comes out to 6.4 million shares of the popular weight-loss program. The purchase also secured her spot on the organization’s board of directors.  Weight Watchers now has the right to use Winfrey’s “name, image, likeness and…

WNBA star Glory Johnson revealed on Instagram that she gave birth to twin girls Oct. 12. The babies are premature but healthy. Johnson described how grateful and elated she is that they’re here.  “Babies Ava Simone & Solei Diem arrived on Monday! Born a little earlier than expected […] I have no worries because these…

There are reports circulating Friday that Lamar Odom’s condition has improved drastically. Odom was found unconscious in a brothel Tuesday with cocaine and other substances reportedly in his system. He was placed in a medically induced coma by doctors. Sports Illustrated is reporting that Odom regained consciousness Friday and was able to squeeze the hand…

Janet Jackson’s superfans who paid extra money to attend her pop-up museum before her concert got the surprise of a lifetime. They thought they were looking at a statue of Jackson, alongside her paraphernalia, but instead, it was Jackson in the flesh. Jackson posed as a statue of herself and then came to life, startling her…

Chicago rapper Lupe Fiasco has teamed up with a tech executive to start a charity fund called the Neighborhood Start-Up Fund, which supports entrepreneurs from working-class communities, Complex reports. The idea is that aspiring entrepreneurs from these communities have great ideas that would improve conditions in their neighborboods, but they need the resources and the…

Puffy—Sean Combs will always be “Puffy” or “Puff” to me—became inspired by his personal assistant who left her small town and began working for one of the world’s biggest entertainment moguls, with a lifestyle unlike anything she’s ever experienced. According to Deadline, he’s producing a comedy with ABC that’s inspired by her experiences, called The…

Eddie Murphy felt some kind of way about making fun of the sexual-abuse allegations surrounding Bill Cosby in a skit that was pitched to him for Saturday Night Live. One of the show’s writers wanted Murphy to do his infamous Bill Cosby impersonation for SNL’s 40th anniversary, but Murphy said he felt the topic was…

America’s Next Top Model is nearing its end. This season, its 22nd, will be its last, Variety reports. Tyra Banks, the reality show’s mastermind, host and executive producer, tweeted about it Wednesday. https://twitter.com/tyrabanks/status/654382259852738560https://twitter.com/tyrabanks/status/654401524563480576 The series was one of the pioneers in the reality genre—pitting aspiring models against one another as they battled it out in…