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by Chris Witherspoon | May 20, 2011 at 8:09 AM
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Welcome to the weekly wrap up. We’ve got all the black entertainment news from the week that was!

Mike Tyson dances on Argentina’s Dancing With The Stars. (Hip-Hop Wired)

Beyoncé releases her latest video for the single “Run The World (Girls).” (YouTube)

BET Award nominations are revealed and Chris Brown leads the pack of nominees. (Los Angeles Times)

Rapper Snoop Dogg is in hopes that there will be an American Idol-style hip-hop show. (New York Post)

Mariah Carey announces that she will be releasing a new album with tracks recorded during her pregnancy. (Entertainment Weekly)

David Letterman feels snubbed that Oprah Winfrey didn’t invite him to her last show taping in Chicago. (Entertainment Tonight)

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CNN news anchor Don Lemon announces that he is gay. (New York Magazine)

Rihanna sparks outrage amongst her fans for re-uniting with Chris Brown on Twitter. (Us Magazine)

Jon Stewart and Bill O’Reilly debate Common’s White House invitation. (Huffington Post)

ABC previews upcoming series Charlie’s Angels featuring African American actress Annie Llonzeh as an angel. (Wall Street Journal)

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Kei$ha and T-Pain spotted out and about in a romantic embrace. (PopEater)

Charles Barkley says that he never had any problems playing with his gay basketball teammates.(ESPN)

Keyshia Cole and Lil Kim battle it out on Twitter. (YBF)

Tami Roman and Evelyn Lozada continue to fight on the season 3 preview of VH1’s Basketball Wives. (Bossip)

Country Strong actress Gwyneth Paltrow raps the lyrics to an NWA song. (Popcrush)

Gospel singer Kirk Franklin says he will “bust a holy cap” on a radio host. (Madame Noire)

Nicki Minaj talks about how the public is obsessed with her butt (Urban Daily)

Kobe Bryant, Oprah, Tiger Woods and Lebron James top the list of Forbes 100 wealthiest celebrities. (Forbes)

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