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q news: TLC set to release a comeback album

q producer Mitch Pollock scans the latest arts and entertainment headlines to keep us in the know.
A forthcoming TLC album will be the first released by the group since 2002, which was shortly after singer Lisa Left Eye Lopez (far right) died in a car accident. (Reuters)

q producer Mitch Pollock scans the latest arts and entertainment headlines to keep us in the know. 

Today, controversy continues around the lack of diversity in this year's Oscar nominees. Some updates:

  • Chris Rock won't step down from his role as Academy Awards host. His re-written opening monologue is now appointment television. 
  • Oscar nominee Charlotte Rampling says her comments about the controversy were misinterpreted
  • Saturday Night Live strikes a nerve with a pointed sketch about the mostly white list of Oscar nominees. 

And in other pop culture news: 

  • Former American secretary of defense Donald Rumsfeld is now designing video games.
  • The 90s nostalgia train continues with a very big album announcement: TLC are set to come back with a fan-funded record.