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Empire's Jussie Smollett comes out to Ellen Degeneres: - "Let's not read into it in the wrong way when I say that I don't talk about my personal life. It is in no way to hide or deny who God made me. You know? My mama knows. My mama likes me a lot... But honestly, we're human and we love and we do all that good stuff."(Photo: Nancy Rivera / Splash News)

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Marvin Gaye’s daughter, Nona Gaye, on winning the case against Pharrell and Robin Thicke: - “Right now, I feel free. Free from… Pharrell Williams and Robin Thicke’s chains and what they tried to keep on us and the lies that were told.”(Photos from Left: David Livingston/Getty Images, David Buchan/Getty Images, David Buchan/Getty Images)

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D.L. Hughley on the fraternity members booted from the University of Oklahoma: - “I think those boys didn’t learn that song at a frat house. If you want to learn where boys learn that song, you shouldn’t tear up the frat house, you should see the house they were raised in.”(Photo: Jonathan Leibson/Getty Images for Patron)

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Kathy Griffin on Giuliana Rancic’s offensive comments about Zendaya’s hair being pre-written: - "Some dude wrote it for her… Don’t have anyone write you jokes or even suggest jokes for you on Fashion Police. [Rancic has] enough great insider gossip from actually being on the red carpet. That's what fans want to hear the next day. Just talk and be yourself.”(Photos from Left: Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images, Jason Merritt/Getty Images)

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Joseline Hernandez on Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta being staged: - "With reality TV, it's called reality, but it's a lot of acting… I say that because a lot of the girls that's on the show, they act. So, it's a lot of acting in a reality TV show.”(Photo: Prince Williams/WireImage)

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Niecy Nash on the diversity of LGBT characters on television: - "We're living in a day and age where it's more acceptable to stand in your truth.”(Photo: Jesse Grant/Getty Images for NAACP Image Awards)

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Kerry Washington on Olivia Pope having to validate her Blackness on Scandal: - “There might have been moments where we didn’t address [race] specifically. But it did feel like we came to a moment where the writers felt comfortable fully embracing this part of Olivia’s identity. And I like that it was a journey for Olivia herself because she had to cross the picket line to validate her Blackness.”(Photo: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)

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Kendrick Lamar on what can be expected from his new album: - “[It’s] honest, fearful and unapologetic. You take a Black kid out of Compton and put him in the limelight, and you find answers about yourself you never knew you were searching for.”(Photo: WENN.com)

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Zendaya on Erykah Badu being one of her style icons: - “Style-wise, I look up to people who like to do their own thing, people who march to the beat of their own drum, who dress for themselves and just don’t care. I am inspired by those kind of people. My dad is my style icon. Madonna is my style icon. And Erykah Badu.”(Photo: WENN)

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Real Housewives of Atlanta's Cynthia Bailey on castmate Porsha Williams living a lie: - “I just don’t believe anything that comes out of Porsha’s mouth. I believe her whole life is a lie.”(Photos from Left: Astrid Stawiarz/Getty Images for Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week, PNP/WENN)

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Tyson Beckford on joining Chippendales: - “I am really excited to join the Chippendales show in Las Vegas. These guys provide a flirty and sexy yet playful experience for women, and being a part of that party each night just seems like fun.”(Photo: Astrid Stawiarz/Getty Images for Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week)

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Ciara on her upcoming new tour: - “I am so excited about this tour. It has been almost six years since my last tour... On the Jackie tour, fans will get a chance to know me more intimately, jam to good music, and most importantly be entertained. I can not wait!”(Photo: Astrid Stawiarz/Getty Images for Go Red)

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Madonna on secretly dating Tupac Shakur: - "I was mad at [David Letterman] when I said the F-word a lot. I was in a weird mood that day. I was dating Tupac Shakur at the time and the thing is he got me all riled up on life in general. So when I went on the show, I was feeling very gangsta."(Photos from Left: Jason Merritt/Getty Images, Corbis / Splash News)