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In the latest teasers for NBC’s The Wiz Live! we meet Mary J. Blige as the Evillene, the Wicked Witch. Watch below for a snippet of her take on the showstopper Don’t Nobody Bring Me No Bad News. Plus some more Queen Latifah.

Last week we got a teaser for NBC’s coming live production of The Wiz and today we get a look at the performances. The show stars Queen Latifah, Mary J. Blige, Common, Ne-Yo, David Alan Grier, Elijah Kelley, Stephanie Mills, Amber Riley, Uzo Aduba and Shanice Williams as Dorothy. Thursday, December 3rd at 8PM.

The A.V. Club sets up the clip: In less than a month, NBC will air its third annual live musical event. But unlike earnest old-fashioned classics The Sound Of Music and Peter Pan, NBC is going slightly more modern for its third outing. The first trailer for The Wiz Live! highlights the show’s contemporary sensibility as Dorothy (Shanice Williams) eases …

“People feel a type of way when they see any sexuality on-screen. I think it’s almost human nature. People are so fascinated by it. It shouldn’t even be a discussion. But it is, because people are still curious, and people still wonder how they feel about things. At the end of the day I don’t really care if someone feels …

Did either one lip-sync? Fleming seem live to me.

New Jersey native Queen Latifah will perform America The Beautiful at Sunday’s Super Bowl. The singer-actress — fresh off marrying 33 couples at Sunday night’s Grammy Awards — will perform the song Sunday at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J. The performance will be televised live on Fox prior to kickoff. Latifah also performed the song at Super Bowl XLIV …

“I look forward to the day when presiding over a historic wedding ceremony like this is just the norm. To me, it was special to all the couples we married today and I look forward to dashing off to go sign their marriage certificates. It’s awesome. I had to get sworn in as a commissioner for the state of California, …

This clip will not last on YouTube. What did you think?

At tonight’s Grammy Awards, Queen Latifah will officiate the on-stage mass weddings of 34 couples, including gay couples. At the Grammy Awards on Sunday night, pop’s megastars will compete for the music industry’s most prestigious trophy, and put on flashy performances that are sure to ricochet through social media. But the producers behind the program, which is to be broadcast …

“I don’t feel the need to discuss my private life on this show or any other show. There’s the part of my life that the public and I share together. And there’s the part that’s mine to keep for myself. And that’s mine. For me.” – Queen Latifah, telling the Hollywood Reporter that only one topic will be off-limits on …

Lifetime’s all-black version appears to be an almost line-for-line remake of the original. The producers seem to be expecting big viewership from the gays: “We believe the movie is about community … and it’s a community of all types who fit together by a commonality of family. Very much like the gay community. We think that there are a lot …

She may say NO but iTunes says YES. See her album listed on the lower right of their gay pride page, along with out artists Clay Aiken, Adam Lambert, and Scissor Sisters. (Tipped by JMG reader Brian)

Queen Latifah says that despite the way some in the audience received her words, she definitely did not come out during her performance at Long Beach Pride. “That definitely wasn’t the case,” she tells EW. “I’ve never dealt with the question of my personal life in public. It’s just not gonna happen.” That said, the 42-year old was thrilled to …

Queen Latifah headlined Long Beach Pride yesterday where she seemed to officially come out. You decide. Queen Latifah took the stage at this year’s Long Beach Lesbian & Gay Pride Festival in the Southern California city Saturday (May 19), and her highness was happy to be in the presence of “her people,” according to EUR Web. Inquiries into her sexual …

From the Miami Gay & Lesbian Film Festival: Leave it on the Floor – Directed by Sheldon Larry Sheldon Larry’s audacious, raunchy and big-hearted musical—with songs by Beyoncé’s music director Kim Burse and her choreographer Frank Gatson Jr. —takes us into the fabulously funky world of voguing. The setting is contemporary downtown L.A., where our hunky, homeless hero Brad is …

Lifetime has announced that they will remake Steel Magnolias with an all-black cast. Queen Latifah will take the lead role. Queen Latifah has just been added to the star-studded cast of Lifetime’s all-black remake of “Steel Magnolias.” She’ll play M’Lynn, the character portrayed by Sally Field in the 1989 feature film of the same name. Condola Rashad will play her …

With the backing of producers Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith, Queen Latifah will launch a daytime talk show in the fall of 2013. Ellen, Anderson, Rosie, Queen Latifah. Daytime TV is getting quite homo-heavy.

I suppose it’s some kind of progress when the tabloids breathlessly gossip about the love lives of gay celebs, yeah?

“I just like ladies who have class. Period. And if it’s ‘T and A’ you’re sellin’, that’s fine, as long as that’s what you’re selling. But you don’t have to show everything, you know? You can hold some back and just be yourself and let your personality shine and let your individuality show. To me, that’s sexier. A confident woman …