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The 2018 Oscars took place at the Dolby Theater in Hollywood last night (March 4). Guillermo del Toro ‘s “Shape of Water” won “Best Picture” and the Mexican filmmaker also won “Best Director”. Congratulations! (I was actually rooting for “Call Me By Your Name” but oh well; “Shape of Water” was my…

The nominees of the 2018 Golden Globes have been announced. And the category we’ve been anticipating the most was undoubtedly “Best Original Song”. At the 2017 edition La La La’s “City of Stars” won the category, with much merit, and next year either Nick Jonas, Mariah Carey or Mary J. Blige could…

The 2017 BET Awards were held live on Sunday, June 25th, at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. SNL’s Leslie Jones was the host. The winners of the three main awards of the night were: Chance the Rapper who won “Best New Artist”, Beyoncé and Bruno Mars who both won “Video of the Year” with…

Mary J. Blige just unbelieved the latest single from her forthcoming new studio album "Strength of a Woman", which will arrive in stores on April 28th. The song is called "Love Yourself" (not a cover of the Justin Bieber "Purpose" hit) and it features none other than rap superstar Kanye West (the…

Queen of R&B and hip-hop Mary J. Blige released last month a new single titled “Thick of It”, which she co-write with Jazmine Sullivan, will appear on her forthcoming album “Strength of a Woman”, and was inspired by her shocking split from husband Kendu Isaacs (12 years of marriage!). Mary J.…

This wasn’t the way I wanted new Mary J. Blige music to come out but whatever! It’s better than nothing I guess... The legendary R&B songstress has been hired by producers of ABC’s “The View” to sing the theme song to Season 20 of the talk-show, which kicks off on September 6th. The song Mary…

This was a bit unexpected but amazing nevertheless. You’d think Taylor Swift would only invite her ‘contemporaries’ as special guests on her “1989 World Tour” shows but the country/pop star doesn’t have any problem inviting older artists too! Tay-Tay brought out the Queen of Hip-Hop and R&B, Ms.…

Mary J. Blige unveils the audio of another song from her upcoming “The London Sessions” album – out on November 28th on Capitol Records. This time the new song the Queen has unveiled is “When You’re Gone”, a touching ballad co-written by Mary, James Napier and Eg White (no Sam Smith this time,…

Were you expecting a real music video?Mary J. Blige pretends she’s writing and recording in the studio “Right Now” in its official music video - which premiered on Tuesday afternoon (Oct. 7). The Sam Smith and Jimmy Napes co-written and Disclosure-produced electro R&B ballad “Right Now” is the…

The Queen of Hip-Hop/Soul had the "Hottest Record in the World" last night (Oct. 1). Well, that's the title BBC Radio DJ Zane Lowe gives to the new songs he exclusively premieres on his show. On Wednesday night, Zane played for the first time on radio Mary J. Blige's "Nobody but You" which is a…