According to the Hollywood Reporter, Dolly Parton is returning to the big screen to team up with Queen Latifah in the feature “Joyful Noise,” which centers around two women who join forces to prevent a small-town gospel choir from shutting down.

Some feel that Black people have it harder when it comes to living an openly gay lifestyle, but here are 13 individuals who have led very successful careers, even though their homosexuality wasn't a secret.

There are dozens, maybe hundreds of songs by female MCs that have earned their place in hip-hop history. But sometimes it’s not a whole song, just a verse, 8 to 16 bars that serve as defining moments for that MC.

Photos have surfaced of Queen Latifah and her friend Jeanette Jenkins getting rather close on a yacht while vacationing with Swizz Beats and Alicia Keys.