- Grammy award winner Drake was in the giving spirit this week in Miami. The superstar donated thousands of dollars to a local school after shooting a video there. Then on Wednesday the rapper stopped by a local grocery store and paid for everyone’s groceries.
- ‘Black Panther’ star Chadwick Boseman made the cover of Time Magazine. ‘A Hero Rises’.
- Homeland security confirms the Russian government successfully infiltrated the voter registration polls in this past 2016 presidential election.
- Quincy Jones dropped more secrets about other celebrities during his recent interview with Vulture. Jones revealed intimate sexual details about Richard Prior, Marvin Gaye and Marlon Brando.
- Victoria Beckham has changed her ways and will now join her fellow Spice Girls group on their upcoming tour. According to TMZ, the concert tour is expected to start towards the end of the summer.
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