Nicki Minaj will accept the Video Vanguard Award and perform at the 2022 MTV VMAs

Variety reported Thursday.The exits were announced after long-tenured stars Aidy Bryant, Pete Davidson, Kate McKinnon and Kyle Mooney announced their plans to leave the NBC institution in May.The depleted remaining cast will also be without senior producer Lindsay Shookus, who declined to take a new role on the show last month.“They’re shaking things up,” a source told Page Six at the time. Moffat and Villaseñor had both been with the show since 2016 and were known for their impressions of Eric Trump and Joe Biden, and Björk and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez respectively.Athari joined the show just last year as a featured player and was notable as the show’s first male performer of Middle Eastern descent.

her boyfriend, Harry Styles, and actress Florence Pugh.While the internet-breaking trailer did include the “Watermelon Sugar” singer giving oral sex to Pugh’s character, Wilde told the Associated Press on Thursday that she was forced to water down her original vision. “There’s a lot that had to be taken out of the trailer,” Wilde said when asked about including a “sex act” in the trailer. “The MPA [Motion Picture Association of America] came down hard on me and the trailer at the last second, and I had to cut some shots, which I was upset about because I thought they it took it up another notch.“But, of course, we still live in a really puritanical society,” the filmmaker continued.

his untimely death. “We have lost our beloved son, brother, and friend and we are heartbroken,” the 32-year-old’s relatives said in a lengthy statement to The Post on Thursday.“Luke had a gentle heart, a wanderer’s spirit and a musical gift that he was fortunate to share with us and the world. We are so grateful to his friends and fans for embracing Luke and his music.

The family of country singer Luke Bell is speaking out after his death at the young age of 32.

Gisele Bündchen and Tom Brady are going through a rough patch. According to Page Six, Bündchen has decided to take some time away from their home in Tampa, Florida in order to spend some time in Costa Rica.Tom Brady is back at practice amid ‘The Masked Singer’ conspiracy theoryTom Brady takes time away from Tampa Bay Buccaneers: ‘Him being a human comes first’A post shared by Gisele Bündchen (@gisele)“Tom and Gisele are in a fight right now,” said the source. The rumors started swirling after Brady missed some days of training, prompting many to ask themselves what was going on.

Jayden James Federline is speaking out about his and Sean Preston’s strained relationship with their mom Britney Spears.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle Editor The inaugural Soho House Awards, hosted by Stanley Tucci, were presented Thursday night in London. Honorees included actors John Boyega, Ellie Bamber (“Les Misérables”), Yasmin Finney (“Heartstopper”), Evan Mock (“Gossip Girl) and Paapa Essideu (“I May Destory You”) and makeup artist Charlotte Tilbury. Musicians Michael Kiwanuka and Self Esteem were honored and also performed during the event. The gala was held at 180 House and broadcast across Soho House’s digital platforms, including Instagram and TikTok. Olympic diver Tom Daley presented the statuettes, known as the Golden Picante awards, to the honorees.

Kanye West is at it again! The 45-year-old rapper took to Instagram with multiple posts on Thursday, where he went off on several topics and people, including momager Kris Jenner for allowing Kylie Jenner and Kim Kardashian to shoot for Playboy magazine. And it seems like the 67-year-old isn’t too happy about the call out, as she messaged Kimmy Kakes to tell Ye to “stop” all the stress he is causing her right now! Yikes! Ch-ch-check out what went down (below):

Nicki Minaj had a deep conversation with Britney Spears. The rapper, who is enjoying the success of her new single ‘Super Freaky Girl,’ is sharing her love for the iconic singer, revealing that she “just spoke to her a couple of days ago” and admits she cares about the wellbeing of the fan-favorite musician.“She was so so so sweet and I love her so much,” Nicki said during a live streaming session on Amp on Tuesday.

The party is getting bigger! MTV announced another round of performers for the 2022 Video Music Awards — and the show is shaping up to be one of the most memorable in VMAs history.

Nicki Minaj has dropped new song "Super Freaky," built around a sample of Rick James'1981 hit "Super Freak." Nicki brings her A-game to the song, spitting x-rated bars and confident boosting mottos ("I got a princess face, a killer body, samurai mind"), making it a natural sister track to her own "Anaconda." Check the new song out below. Earlier this month Minaj asked her followers on social media to help select the name of the song, offering them the option of “FREAK” or “Super Freaky Girl.” While “FREAK” won the vote, Minaj explained that she couldn't use that name for legal reasons.

Nicki Minaj has returned with her first solo track in more than two years, an upbeat and decidedly NSFW new single titled ‘Super Freaky Girl’.‘Super Freaky Girl’ marks Minaj’s first solo release since July of 2019, when she dropped the standalone single ‘Megatron’. She’s kept busy since then, however, releasing four collaborative joints – ‘Do We Have A Problem?’ and ‘Bussin’ with Lil Baby, ‘Blick Blick’ with Coi Leray, and ‘We Go Up’ with Fivio Foreign – this year alone.Over a beat that samples the lead melody of Rick James’ 1981 hit ‘Super Freak’, Nicki raps on the new song’s chorus: “I can lick it, I can ride it, while you slippin’ and slidin’ / I can do all them little tricks, and keep the dick up inside it / You can smack it, you can grip it, you can go down and kiss it / And every time he leave me ’lone, he always tell me he miss it.”Have a look at the lyric video for ‘Super Freaky Girl’ below:It’s been a packed year for Minaj thus far, even aside from her aforementioned single releases.

Nicki Minaj has released her new song “Super Freaky Girl” and you can listen here!

Music’s wildest night! The 2022 MTV Video Music Awards are headed back to New Jersey, and the event promises to be full of memorable moments — and surprises.

MTV Video Music Awards will air on August 28th. While no host has been announced, over the past weeks MTV has released the list of nominees and the evening’s performers.

It may have happened later than planned but Drake reunited with Nicki Minaj and Lil Wayne for a celebration of the Young Money era on Saturday night (August 6). The trio played a selection of their most loved collaborations, including “HYFR, ”“Moment 4 Life,” “Up All Night,” and “The Motto,” at Toronto's Budweiser Stage.

Nicki Minaj has been announced as the latest recipient of the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Awards at the 2022 MTV VMAs.The rapper is also set to perform at the event, which will take place on Sunday August 28, at New Jersey’s Prudential Center.“Nicki has broken barriers for women in hip-hop with her versatility and creative artistry,” said Bruce Gillmer, president of music at Paramount+. “She has shifted the music industry and cemented her status as a global superstar with her crossover appeal, genre-defying style and continuing to be unapologetically ‘Nicki’.”Previous Vanguard Award recipients include Madonna, Janet Jackson, LL Cool J, Jennifer Lopez and Missy Elliott.

Nicki Minaj will receive MTV’s Video Vanguard Award at the 2022 VMAs.The 5x Video Music Award winner will also perform at this year’s ceremony, marking the first time the New York-bred musician takes the VMA stage in four years. Her set in 2018 featured many tracks from her album Queen, including the songs “Majesty,” “Ganga Burn,” “FEFE” and “Barbie Dreams.Following her first win in 2011, Minaj earned several awards in the “Best Hip Hop” category, picking up wins for “Anaconda” in 2015 and “Chun-Li” three years later.

Nicki Minaj is poised to receive MTV’s highly coveted Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award at the 2022 Video Music Awards on Aug. 28. Upon accepting the enviable moon man — an accolade previously earned by the posh pop culture likes of Madonna, 63; Janet Jackson, 56; LL Cool J, 54; Missy Elliot, 51; and the late David Bowie — Minaj will make her long-awaited return to the VMAs stage for her first performance at the annual awards since 2018. “Nicki has broken barriers for women in hip-hop with her versatility and creative artistry,” said Bruce Gillmer, a top executive at Paramount+, which owns MTV Network, in a statement about the 39-year-old recipient. He continued: “She has shifted the music industry and cemented her status as a global superstar with her crossover appeal, genre-defying style and continuing to be unapologetically ‘Nicki.'”The Video Vanguard honor for Minaj — a five-time VMA winner and 17-time nominee from Queens — comes as a boon amid a flurry of personal yet public hurdles. On Wednesday, Charles Polevich — the 73-year-old man responsible for killing her father, Robert Maraj, 64, in a February 2021 hit-and-run accident on Long Island — was sentenced to serve only one year in jail. In July, the “Anaconda” rapper’s husband, Kenneth Petty, 44, who was convicted of the attempted rape of a 16-year-old girl in 1995, was sentenced to three years of probation and one year of home detention for failing to register as a sex offender in the state of California.

Nicki Minaj has been chosen as the recipient of MTV’s Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award at this year’s 2022 MTV Video Music Awards!

Thania Garcia Rapper, singer and songwriter Nicki Minaj will receive MTV’s Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award and perform for the first time since 2018 at the 2022 VMAs, airing live from Prudential Center on Sunday, Aug. 28.“Nicki has broken barriers for women in hip-hop with her versatility and creative artistry,” said Bruce Gillmer, president of music, music talent, programming and events, Paramount+.

Nicki Minaj is set to receive the coveted Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award at this year's MTV Video Music Awards — and she'll also take the VMA stage for the first time since 2018!The 17-time VMA nominee and five-time winner won her first Moon Person statuette for Best Hip Hop Video in 2011, and is nominated once again this year for Best Hip Hop for her Lil Baby collab, «Do We Have a Problem?» Her anticipated VMAs performance will follow the Aug. 12 release of her new single, «Super Freaky Girl.»«Nicki has broken barriers for women in hip-hop with her versatility and creative artistry,» said Bruce Gillmer, President of Music, Music Talent, Programming and Events for Paramount and Chief Content Officer, Music for Paramount+.

While Drake is no longer signed to Lil Wayne’s Young Money, he still holds respect for the label that gave him his start.

Drake, Nicki Minaj and Lil Wayne performed their Young Money reunion show in Toronto last night (August 6), performing a litany of their respective hits for approximately 16,000 fans.Announced less than a month ago, the show rounded out a trilogy of shows Drake hosted for his ‘October World Weekend’, a concert series that the rapper said precedes the worldwide expansion of his music festival, OVO Fest. It was initially scheduled to go down on Monday (August 1), but was pushed back five days after Drake tested positive for COVID-19.The show itself started later than scheduled.

Drake has bounced back from his recent tussle with COVID-19, and as promised, has confirmed a new date for his Young Money reunion concert with Nicki Minaj and Lil Wayne.The show was initially booked to go down last Monday (August 1), but was postponed just hours out from kick-off when Drake revealed that he’d tested positive for COVID-19. At the time, the rapper said he would reschedule the show “to the SOONEST date possible”, assuring fans that “the moment I test negative I will give you everything I got on stage (except the covid)”.The show will now go ahead tonight (August 6) at its original venue, the 16,000-capacity Budweiser Stage in Drake’s hometown of Toronto.

Nicki Minaj has landed on a title!

The man who struck and killed Nicki Minaj's father last February has been sentenced to a year in jail - despite protests from the famed rapper's mother.  Charles Polevich, 72, pleaded guilty to leaving the scene and tampering with evidence. He was also ordered to pay a fine to the tune of $5,000, in addition to having his driver's license suspended for six months.

Nicki Minaj’s father Robert Maraj in a February 2021 hit-and-run incident has been sentenced to one year in prison.Charles Polevich, 71, struck 64-year-old Maraj while he was walking in the village of Mineola on Long Island, New York.Polevich drove off without calling emergency services and also hid his car. Maraj was taken to a Nassau County hospital where he died.Nassau County police were able to track down Polevich’s vehicle using security footage.  Polevich was arrested and charged three days after the incident.“He’s absolutely aware of what happened,” Nassau Police Homicide Detective Lt.

Drake just dropped his new music video for “Sticky”.

Nicki Minaj has fired back at an outlandish rumour that she’s $173million (£142.5million) in debt with the IRS, pinning the false claim on a person pretending to be her manager.Taking to Instagram Live over the weekend, Minaj responded to fans mentioning the rumour by ribbing them over their gullibility, quipping: “Every day I learn that y’all [are] gettin’ dumber and fuckin’ dumber.”As she tends to when she livestreams, Minaj tackled the issue with a general sense of levity.

Nicki Minaj has shared the first trailer for her eponymous docuseries Nicki, a six-part event that will chronicle the rapper’s meteoric rise to stardom in the 2010s.The trailer features a litany of notable quotes from Minaj, opening with the declaration that “you don’t get a manual on how to be a famous rapper – you just learn it as you go”. Reflecting on her roots as an up-and-coming rapper in the mid-2000s, she continues: “I think the woman [I was] back then, she wasn’t afraid to fail.