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Though Chicagoan  Jennifer Hudson  and Beyonce  recently put to rest rumors of strife between them, there's new drama on that front. Beyonce's mom, Tina Knowles-Lawson, apologized this week for "liking" an insult on  Instagram  about Hudson's singing. "I am writing this commentary for Jennifer Hudson and not for the evil mean people that are making this into a social media ugly thing," Knowles-Lawson wrote on Instagram. "I've known Jennifer Hudson for many years and have totally been in admiration of her talent and beauty and kindness. I would never, ever say anything negative about her or agree with anything negative!" Knowles-Lawson said she accidentally liked a comment from a social media user who wrote "JHud sounds horrible" on a post of a video of Beyonce performing with Hudson and fellow "Dreamgirls" co-star Anika Noni Rose at the 2007 Academy Awards.

Photo: Astrid Stawiarz/Getty Images If you think you are incapable of being further surprised by this year or by Azealia Banks, then this video of the rapper and Twitter personality cleaning out her small witchcraft den might shake the numb off of you. According to Banks, who is filming herself here, she’s been practicing witchcraft in a closet (presumably in her home) for about three years now, and it’s apparently time to do some pre-spring cleaning on the walls and floors that really, really seem to be covered with blood and bird feathers. The site of it all is really quite horrifying, but Banks, unsurprisingly, seems to be treating the whole affair like she’s doing some light remodeling to a storage space. “Real witches do real things,” Banks tells us before she begins power sanding the wood floor. Happy new year, everyone.