Coby Bell, Tia Mowry Hardrict, Pooch Hall, Wendy Raquel Robinson and Hosea Chanchez pose in the promotional photo for the 5th season of BET's "The Game"

BET‘s top-rated scripted series “The Game” is set to return for a brand new season beginning Tuesday, January 10th 2012 at 10pm.

Via press release:

As the #1 sitcom debut in the history of all cable TV, season four of The Game left viewers on the edge of their seats.

The seduction continues as infidelity, ambition, secrets and betrayal collide to make season five the most compelling yet.

Picking up where it left off, Melanie (Tia Mowry Hardrict) contends with Derwin’s (Pooch Hall) abortion accusation; Malik (Hosea Chanchez) and Tasha (Wendy Raquel Robinson) struggle to wrangle an intoxicated Jenna (Tika Sumpter); and Kelly (Brittany Daniel) is still off in the world trying to find herself, leaving Jason (Coby Bell) forced to come to terms with his feelings towards Black women.

The new season also ushers in a new love interest for Jason, who is sure to shake things up!

BET also revealed that R&B singer Brandy will join the cast of “The Game” as a recurring character (Maybe she’s Jason new love interest?).

According to recent reports, viewers can also expect guest appearances from Selita Ebanks, NeNe Leakes, Estelle, Shawn Marion,  Rockmond Dunbar, DeRay Davis and the Emmy Award winning Loretta Devine, among others.

“The Game,” created by Mara Brock Akil (who also created the hit UPN series “Girlfriends”), was canceled by the CW due to low viewership after three seasons back in May 2009 when it was averaging only 2 million viewers.

BET picked the show up in 2010, and its subsequent Season 4 premiere in January 2011 drew 7.7 million viewers, making it the best showing ever for the series on cable broadcast, and BET’s most watched telecast.

With renewed interest in the show and a star-studded list of guest appearances, it will most definitely be interesting to see how many people watch the show when it premieres in January 2012.

Are you looking forward to the upcoming 5th season of The Game?

The 2011 BET Awards went down in Los Angeles last night (Sun. Jun 26) … and the green carpet was JAM PACKED with celebrities! So many, that we’re going to have to split this post into 2.

Some of the big names who graced the green carpet outside the Shrine Auditorium in L.A. included Nicki Minaj, Kelly Rowland, Meagan Good, host Kevin Hart, Eve, Ashanti, Nick Cannon, YouTube sensation “Karmin,” Nelly, Bruno Mars and dozens of others.

Check out over 30+ pictures of celebs arriving at the BET Awards below:

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Black Hollywood came out in a big way Wednesday night ( May 4) to support the release of Sony Pictures’ newest film “Jumping the Broom” at the ArcLight Cinemas Cinerama Dome in Hollywood. The film’s stars, including actresses Paula Patton, Angela Bassett, Tasha Smith and Loretta Devine, as well as actors Romeo, Laz Alonso, Pooch Hall and Mike Epps all came out to catch the big premiere.

Other celebs, like Meagan Good, Christina Milian, Eva Marcille, Teyana Taylor and plenty more, were also spotted on the white carpet of the movie premiere. “Jumping the Broom” hits theaters tomorrow (May 6), but until then, check out the pics from the Hollywood premiere below!

Monica and her fiance Shannon Brown invited their closest friends to help celebrate Shannon’s 25th birthday Sunday night (Dec 5) at The Colony in Hollywood. The guestlist included Brown’s Los Angeles Lakers teammates Derek Fisher and Ron Artest, along with DeRay Davis and Steph Jones. Shannon was presented with a #12 Lakers Jersey cake during the latter part of the festivities.

Check out a few pics from Shannon Brown’s birthday party below!

Shannon Brown of the Los Angeles Lakers celebrated his 24th birthday Sunday night (Nov 29) at Playhouse Hollywood in Los Angeles and partied it up with his teammates and some of his industry associates.

Shannon is pictured above (3rd to the left) with Kobe Bryant, Anthony Lindsey and Omarr Gilbert. Other folks at Brown’s shindig were Ron Artest, DJ Sean Mac and DJ Mbenga. Electrik Red and a few other people also came through and partied with Shannon and his friends.

Continue reading for more pics!

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Actress/singer Christina Milian attended the premiere of her “Bring It On: Fight to the Finish” movie Friday (Jul 31) at at the 10th New York Latino Film Festival, rapper Young Jeezy celebrated his partnership with Belvedere Vodka in NYC later that night, and actress Vivica A. Fox celebrated her birthday in Toronto Saturday night (Aug 1).

Continue reading for brand new pics of Fabolous, Pharrell Williams, Chilli and more attending various events throughout the weekend!

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Basketball star Carmelo Anthony, Rapper Ludacris and skateboarder Rob Dyrdek are the new faces of TAG signature series body spray and the three of them were pictured clowning around on the red carpet of the launch party for the new line of TAG body sprays at the London Hotel Tuesday (Jul 28) in West Hollywood.

Other celebs who hit up the event were Melo’s fiancee Lala Vazquez, singer Teairra Mari, model/actress Eva Marcille, actor Lance Gross and more. Continue reading for all of the pics!

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