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Rihanna found love in several plates of pasta! The 35-year-old musician took to her Instagram Stories on Tuesday night to share some of her recent pregnancy cravings.RiRi, who is currently expecting her second child with boyfriend A$AP Rocky, posted two photos of her bare baby bump with two delicious-looking plates of pasta — first a Parmesan-covered spaghetti and then what appears to be gnocchi.She captioned one pic, «Drive-tru.»Rihanna first shared her pregnancy news in epic fashion while performing at the Super Bowl in February. She has since performed at the 2023 Oscars and made several public appearances, proving she's the queen of maternity fashion.Rihanna recently opened up to about welcoming her now-10-month-old son.«Essentially, from one person I became two. You walk into the hospital as a couple and leave as a family of three.

Love on and off the big screen! Viola Davis and her husband, Julius Tennon, walked the red carpet at the Regency Village Theatre on Monday for the L.A. premiere of their biographical drama, . In the film, the real-life husband and wife play Michael Jordan's parents, Deloris Jordan and James Jordan.

Mariah Carey and Megan Thee Stallion are headlining L.A. Pride in the Park 2023. Following last year’s overwhelming success and demand, the multi-stage event will expand to a two-day concert experience with headliners Megan Thee Stallion on June 9 and Mariah Carey on June 10 at Los Angeles State Historic Park.The festival spans over 32 acres with a capacity of 25,000, making it one of the largest official Pride concerts in the country. «I can’t wait to headline L.A.

Charity Lawson's journey for love. On Monday's season finale of , franchise host Jesse Palmer treated fans to a look at Charity's first night as star.In the sneak peek, an «excited» Charity eagerly stands with Jesse as she waits for the limos to arrive. Before the men get there, though, Jesse warns, «The man you're about to meet is someone you already know.

Wendy Williams' rep is updating fans on what the 58-year-old TV and radio personality is working on these days, including the future of her possible podcast and if she is planning a return to television. «We are still working behind the scenes on several projects,» Shawn Zanotti tells ET. As for reports that her podcast,  has been canceled, her reps adds, «There has been no official cancellation of the podcast.»As for a possible television comeback, Zanotti says that «Wendy does desire to return to TV.»Williams was also recently spotted at The Townhouse in New York City.

Real Housewives of Atlanta alum Cynthia Bailey recently filmed with the cast of Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, but isn’t joining the cast, ET has learned. «Cynthia Bailey filmed with the ladies over the weekend. She attended a party Kyle Richards was having.

Tyrese Gibson got a difficult reality check over the weekend. During an Instagram Live with his girlfriend, Zelie Timothy, the 44-year-old star learned that his 27-year-old Instagram model girlfriend initially preferred his late co-star, Paul Walker.«He wasn't my type at all,» Zelie said of Tyrese. «My type is actually Paul Walker, rest in peace.

season 4 cast of is calling out hateful comments they have received since the show premiered on March 24.Kwame Appiah, who is one of the featured stars of the Netflix dating show's latest season, took to Instagram over the weekend to call out racist comments he says he's been receiving.Kwame, a Black man, acknowledged that his storyline on the show would warrant «opinions» from viewers online.«Opinions are, they're a given, right?» he said in a video. «But there's definitely a level that should not be breeched, and that's when the opinions that you have go toward deepening levels of hate, racism or bigotry.»Highlighting one comment that referred to him as the N-word, Kwame said that the racist comments «cross a line.»«I think it's disgusting that people think it's OK to do this and hide it behind the agenda of just caring about a TV show,» he continued.

Tyrese Gibson got a difficult reality check over the weekend. During an Instagram Live with his girlfriend, Zelie Timothy, the 44-year-old star learned that his 27-year-old Instagram model girlfriend initially preferred his late co-star, Paul Walker.«He wasn't my type at all,» Zelie said of Tyrese. «My type is actually Paul Walker, rest in peace.

Chaka Khan's 70th birthday was a meeting of musical greats!In a video captured by an attendee, Khan was seen signing alongside fellow music icon, Stevie Wonder, as she rang in the big 7-0 Thursday at the Vortex recording studio in Hollywood.Per  the duo belted out Khan's hit, «Tell Me Something Good,» before joining forces for a few of Wonder's tracks, including «Signed, Sealed, Delivered,» and of course, his famous rendition of «Happy Birthday,» which had the packed party singing along.The couple hundred guests included a few other famous faces as well, with Khan's longtime friend and collaborator, Joni Mitchell, and comedian, Mike Epps, coming out to honor the songstress. Tiffany Haddish, who was also in attendance, showed off her musical chops — and a few dance moves too — with her take on Tina Turner's «Proud Mary.» According to the outlet, the party continued late into the night, with guests celebrating Khan's milestone birthday well past 1:00 a.m. ET spoke to the 10-time GRAMMY winner last month, where she reflected on her career and shared the biggest life lessons she's learned ahead of turning 70.«I've got five generations in any given audience,» Khan, who last summer dropped "Woman Like Me," her latest single, said, «Five generations of people, and I think that's significant.»With so much under her belt, Khan offered her perspective to those who want to follow in her footsteps.«I keep telling these kids, they want to know what should they do if they have a calling or a dream,» she said. «The thing is, if you have a calling or a dream, you're either going to realize it or you're going to crash and burn; kill yourself or kill somebody else or something, you know? You're gonna have to do it, it has to be done.

Halle Bailey's Ariel hasn't made her theater debut but she's already winning the hearts of young fans. star has been sharing videos of her trip to Disney World to meet this year's Disney Dreamers Academy class on her Instagram Stories, and on Thursday, she posted the sweetest video of her meeting a little girl named Mila Rose. In the clip, Bailey is holding Mila in her arms, who is wearing Minnie Mouse ears and looks like she doesn't plan to let go anytime soon.

Lance Reddick spent his final days promoting his film,, with his close-knit co-stars.Reddick died suddenly on March 17 at the age of 60, and in one of his final interviews, he spoke about what the cast of the action flick meant to him.In a clip from Friday's pre-taped episode of, Reddick is a guest on the show alongside his co-stars, Keanu Reeves and Ian McShane.«Family's such a huge theme in this particular film more than any others,» shares Reddick, who played hotel concierge Charon in all four films in the franchise. «You see it with the three of us, how it's not just the family that you're born into, but the family you've created.

Beyoncé is expressing herself in a whole new way! On Friday, the GRAMMY winner revealed a brand new collection in partnership with Balmain's Creative Director, Olivier Rousteing, inspired by her award-winning album, . The collection, dubbed «Renaissance Couture,» made its debut on the cover of . Not only is the collection noted as the first-ever wearable album, but the debut marks Beyoncé's first time on the cover of the French magazine.The «Break My Soul» singer took to Instagram to celebrate the momentous occasion, sharing the issue's iconic cover image captioned with lyrics from the album's first track, «I'm That Girl.»«Touching everything in my plain view, and everything next to me gets lit up, too,» the post reads.A post shared by Beyoncé (@beyonce)The singer also shared a photo of her dressed in the cover shot's couture gown with Rousteing pressing a kiss to her cheek and a video showing off the collection on various models set to 's «Move» featuring Grace Jones and Tems.«Thank you @olivier_rousteing and @balmain for bringing RENAISSANCE to life in couture,» she captioned the video post. «Designing alongside you was freeing—thank you for allowing me to celebrate the human form, to take artistic risks, to push boundaries and to freely express myself.» She added, «To the @voguefrance team, thank you for trusting in our vision and sharing it with the world.»A post shared by Beyoncé (@beyonce)Balmain's Instagram page also shared the photo of Beyoncé and Rousteing, along with a quote from the singer that reads, "'Olivier is a dream collaborator and a constantly innovating and evolving creative.

Sheryl Lee Ralph is claiming that she was sexually assaulted by a «famous TV judge.» The Abbott Elementary actress recalled the alleged incident during an appearance on the  podcast on Monday.«I'm at a very public place. I was suited. I had my suit on.

SZA during the final show of her SOS tour. On Wednesday, the 33-year-old songstress performed at The Forum in Los Angeles, and it was a star-studded event.Kim Kardashian made her stylish arrival in a crocodile printed jumpsuit.

 universe in a brand new role. In the latest season of Disney+'s , the actor appears in the Carl Weathers-directed fourth episode titled, «The Foundling.» Best plays Jedi Knight Kelleran Beq, aka the Sabered Hand, who shows up in the episode during a flashback to the events of . Kelleran appears just in time to rescue a young Grogu from falling to his death at the hands of clone troopers after the Sith kicked off Order 66, a top-secret order identifying all Jedi as traitors to the Galactic Republic and subject to execution by the Grand Army of the Republic.Armed with two lightsabers, Kelleran dispatches the troopers and escapes with Grogu to his ship where they blast out of Coruscant into hyperspace.

Mo'Nique is ready to make viewers laugh. Netflix dropped the official trailer for the Oscar-winning actress' upcoming stand-up special, , on Thursday, and it promises to be hysterical.«Tonight, when y'all walk away from me, y'all will understand who the f**k I am,» Mo'Nique tells her audience in the trailer.

It's a family affair for LeVar Burton and his daughter, Mica Burton, on .The real-life father and daughter share the screen for the first time on the latest episode of the Paramount+ series, «The Bounty,» with LeVar reprising his beloved character, Geordi La Forge, and Mica portraying one of Geordi's two daughters, Ensign Alandra La Forge. (Geordi's other daughter, Ensign Sidney La Forge, mans the controls of the USS Titan and is played by Ashlei Sharpe Chestnut.) The idea for LeVar to don the iconic uniform alongside Mica was an idea borne out of a conversation he had with showrunner Terry Matalas about returning to the franchise, the alum revealed in an interview with ET on Wednesday.

The Weeknd's more than a «Starboy,» he's the most popular artist in the world — at least according to the Guinness World Records.On Wednesday, GWR — previously known as The Guinness Book of World Records, a reference book published annually, listing world records both of human achievements and the extremes of the natural world -- declared that the «Blinding Lights» singer is statistically the most popular musician on the planet.Citing two new Guinness World Records titles, the records company said that The Weekend, whose real name is Abel Tesfaye, has not only become the artist with the most monthly listeners on Spotify, raking in 111.4 million as of March 20, but has become the first artist on the streaming platform to reach 100 million monthly listeners.GWR also notes that The Weeknd currently has almost 30 million more listeners than Miley Cyrus, who came in at second place at 82.4, with Shakira (81.6 million) coming in third.Trailing behind them, are Ariana Grande (80.6 million), Taylor Swift (80.2 million), Rihanna (78.5 million) and Ed Sheeran, who boasts a total of 77.5 million Spotify listenersThe ranking comes after the release of The Weeknd's «Die For You» remix featuring Ariana Grade. The remix has gone viral on TikTok and is being used frequently as a sound on the app.The track also hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming the seventh number-one hit for both The Weeknd and Grande respectively.Outside of music, The Weeknd has been making headlines for his new HBO series, , following a bit of back and forth with music magazine .

Charity Lawson is already smitten after one night as the Bachelorette! ET's Denny Directo spoke with season 20's leading lady after she met the men vying for her heart, and it's safe to say that Charity's journey for love is off to a great start.«It was a good one,» Charity told ET of night one, when her suitors made their limo entrances. «I'm a little giddy.

Nia Long had the sweetest reunion with her  co-star, Larenz Tate. The actress took to Instagram to share that the two ran into one another while walking in the rain, and they declared their love for one another while sheltering under a shared umbrella.«Walking in the rain right now, s**t happens in the rain, LT! I love you,» Long says as she beams into the camera with Tate walking by her side.