Kevin Hart made sure to keep Kanye West locked outside the building while taking what seemed to be some subtle digs at Sean “Diddy” Combs during his 2025 BET Awards monologue. The host largely kept his roasts light and fun as he opened the show, noting all the stars in …
Read More »Kevin Hart to Host BET Awards for its 25th Anniversary
Kevin Hart has been tapped to host the silver anniversary edition of the BET Awards on June 9. The gig will be Hart’s second time hosting what BET deems “Culture’s Biggest Night,” after previously serving in the role in 2011. The show will take place at the Peacock Theater at …
Read More »Kevin Hart Revives Chocolate Droppa for April Fool's Day on Tiny Desk
Kevin Hart had his Chocolate Droppa persona working in overdrive as he visited the NPR Tiny Desk set for a 10-minute comedic rap performance. The performance, set for April Fool’s Day, comes nine years after he featured Nick Jonas, Trey Songz, and T.I. on Droppa’s only mixtape. Right at the …
Read More »Kevin Hart's Extortion Claim Against Ex-Assistant Dismissed
A California judge struck down Kevin Hart’s high-profile extortion claim against his ex-assistant Miesha Shakes Thursday, but the comedian can proceed to trial with separate claims of defamation, invasion of privacy and breach of contract linked to Shakes’ tell-all interview with gossip blogger Tasha K published last year. In a …
Read More »Kevin Hart Wins Battle to Force $12 Million Sex Tape Lawsuit into Private Arbitration
The man who says Kevin Hart falsely implicated him in a sex tape extortion plot and then failed to “publicly exonerate” him as promised in a settlement agreement can no longer pursue his $12 million breach of contract lawsuit against Hart in open court, at least for now, a judge …
Read More »Fact-Checking 'Fight Night': The True Story of Muhammad Ali and a Million-Dollar Heist
Muhammad Ali called Oct. 26, 1970, his “day of judgment.” His refusal to be inducted to the Army during the Vietnam War, on moral and religious grounds, had pushed him out of the ring for 43 months. But that night in Atlanta, his boxing license restored, he faced “The Great …
Read More »Kevin Hart Details 2017 Sex Tape Scandal in Newly Released Interview
A new filing in Kevin Hart’s ongoing legal battle with his former friend, Jonathan “J.T.” Jackson has led to the release of an interview transcript in which the comedian discusses the events surrounding his 2017 sex tape scandal. The transcript was attached as an exhibit to an Aug. 6 document …
Read More »'Borderlands' Is an Insult to Gamers, Movie Lovers and Carbon-Based Life Forms
Cate Blanchett has played queens, prime ministers, psychiatrists, artists, hipsters, thieves, Southern belles, evil stepmothers, Norse deities, Nazis, Katherine Hepburn, Bob Dylan, and an elf. She’s an actor who’s fearless in her choices and boundless in her versatility. So you can imagine her being approached to play a bounty hunter …
Read More »Kevin Hart Quotes Kendrick Lamar's 'Not Like Us' in Kai Cenat-Hosted Freestyle
Call him Kevin Hart aka Chocolate Droppa aka DRC. The comedian-turned-rap star made a surprise appearance at the end of the Kai Cenat-hosted freestyle rap video, which starred Kai’s creator friends. The video — which featured Fanum, Duke, Agent, and Davis — panned to Hart walking dramatically toward the rap …
Read More »Kevin Hart Sex Tape Saga: Former Friend Files $12 Million Breach of Contract Lawsuit
When Kevin Hart jumped on Instagram three years ago to discuss his bizarre 2017 sex tape scandal and the related felony extortion charges filed — and eventually dropped — against his friend Jonathan “J.T.” Jackson, the superstar comedian said he was happy to be “moving on” from that chapter in …
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