Plus, suggestions for Black-owned businesses where you can shop instead With the recent wave of protests around anti-Black racism and police brutality in the United States and Canada, there’s been a reckoning within some very prominent companies. Execs at female-focused companies like The Wing have resigned amid allegations that they fostering discriminatory and unequal work
Month: June 2020
Khary Payton revealed his son, Karter, is trans. (Paul Archuleta/FilmMagic/Instagram) The Walking Dead star Khary Payton has revealed his son is trans in a tear-jerking Instagram post and, yes, we’re already crying here. Payton, who portrays King Ezekiel in the AMC show, took to social media Monday evening (June 15) to share an adorable snap
Randy Newman stopped by the latest remote edition of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, where he performed “Mr. President (Have Pity on the Working Man)” from his 1974 album Good Old Boys. “This is a song I wrote back in the Pleistocene era,” Newman joked. “But it’s become relevant again.” Watch Newman’s performance below.
On the Black Lives Matter protests: Gregory: “Unfortunately, here we are in this thing and people are still dying. You know, we lost two trans people [Riah Milton and Dominique ‘Rem’mie’ Fells] a part of the trans community, rights are getting taken away, we’re getting murdered…What we’re fighting for is still happening as we speak. As
One is a very simple line, it’s only four words, but I like the way it came to be in the movie in that people liked it. I was finishing Death Becomes Her when I was writing Jurassic Park, and we had an ending that was really disastrous at first from one of these horrible
Michael Clifford, guitarist with 5 Seconds of Summer, has apologised after past sexist and homophobic tweets resurfaced online. In a tweet from 2013, the guitarist told bandmate Luke Hemmings that he tweets “like a f*g” and used the word “gay” in a derogatory way. In another tweet, he wrote: “I am so bad at making
Play video content Exclusive TMZ.com Treach believes his new movie about police brutality and tensions between cops and communities can provide common ground for everyone … and even be used as a training tool in the future. The Naughty by Nature rapper and actor joined “TMZ Live” Monday to break down his new crime drama
The list of nominees for the 2020 BET Awards are in, and Drake leads the pack with six nominations, including nods for Best Male Hip Hop Artist, Video of the Year, and double nominations for Best Collaboration and Viewer’s Choice. Also heavily nominated are Megan Thee Stallion and Roddy Ricch, who each boast five nominations,
The Black Publishing Power Initiative encourages everyone to buy two books written by Black authors this week, to help close the gap on the racial inequality in the publishing industry. The initiative was created by Amistad Books, a publisher of Black and multicultural books since 1967, and announced on Twitter using hashtags #BlackoutBestSellerList and #BlackPublishingPower.
Exclusive Bhad Bhabie has one less legal issue on her hands while she’s in rehab — because one of her foes, Skai Jackson, is tearing up her restraining order. The former Disney star just filed to have the order against Bhabie dismissed, and we’re told a judge has signed off on it … so it’s
Breaking News “Gone With the Wind” is gone no more … HBO Max is bringing back the 1939 classic but it’ll do so by adding historical context and denouncing its racist depictions. The streaming platform made an about-face mere hours after announcing it would temporarily pull the film from its library. The move came after
Brian Austin Green‘s finally got a response to his estranged wife, Megan Fox, starring in Machine Gun Kelly‘s music video … a date with Courtney Stodden. Brian and Courtney were spotted together Saturday grabbing lunch from a Mexican joint near L.A. and looked like a pretty rockin’ couple — him in a Pink Floyd shirt
A gay man who was beaten to within an inch of his life in a 1980s hate crime has claimed that a police report from the time said he “deserved” to be attacked. Martin Parker told The Australian that he was beaten so badly by a man who pretended to be gay outside a public
Roy Ayers, the vibes-playing legend of jazz-funk, has joined forces with Adrian Younge and A Tribe Called Quest’s Ali Shaheed Muhammad for his first album in nine years. The record, titled Roy Ayers JID002, is out Friday (June 15), with physical copies due late July. Listen to “Synchronize Vibration” below. The record is the first
With the Big Brother All-Stars 2 rumors still swirling, a previous winner has opened up about not being contacted to be a part of the cast. Andy Herren, who won Big Brother 15, aka one of the most controversial seasons in the history of the series, has taken to Twitter to open up about not
Breaking News Beyonce is shining a light on Breonna Taylor‘s case … calling on Kentucky’s top prosecutor to bring charges against the cops who killed her during a “no-knock” search warrant in March. The pop star penned and posted an open letter on her site Sunday to Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron, highlighting the fact
24. This 1989 classic set off what is widely known as the Disney Renaissance. On the heels of Oliver & Company, The Black Cauldron and several live-action films in the Herbie franchise, the success of Ariel and co. was followed by extremely well-received ’90s fare: Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, The Lion King, Toy Story… 25. Give the opening scene with King Triton a rewatch: Eagle-eyed viewers (or, you know,
Hong Kong Disneyland will reopen its doors to the public on Thursday, June 18. Theme parks around the globe have been closed for several months as a result of the coronavirus. In the United States, both Disney World and Disneyland have been shuttered since March, in the longest closure in either park’s history. Though the coronavirus
Peter Tatchell during Pride in London 2019 (Tristan Fewings/Getty Images for Pride in London) Outspoken gay rights activist Peter Tatchell plans to mark Pride in London by marching along the parade route, despite the cancellation of the event. The city’s annual Pride march, which had been due to take place on June 27, has been
Wisconsin born musician Jane Wiedlin made a name for herself as the punk rock princess and singer of The Go-Go’s in the ’80s … but for movie buffs, Jane might be known for playing the sword-wielding Joan Of Arc in the classic 1989 time-traveling buddy comedy, “Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure.” Jane Wiedlin was cast
RELATED STORIES It’s been just over two years since the theatrical release of Love, Simon, the 2018 rom-com that broke new ground as the first major studio film to center on a gay teen romance. The movie is a charming and inoffensive coming-of-age flick — and your opinion of the film will likely dictate how
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San Bernardino Police gunned down what’s been described as a homeless man, who they say waved what might have been a handgun at them … but it’s not clear if he was actually armed. The shooting occurred Saturday night at a gas station, where cops were responding to reports of a man brandishing a gun
Sony’s Oscar winner, Little Women, originally began offshore rollout back in late December 2019, but continued to show off its grit at the international box office this weekend. The Greta Gerwig-directed update on the classic opened in Japan at No. 1 with $495K. In total, currently playing on 440 screens in 13 offshore markets, the
No nail appointment, no problem With nail salons across the country closed for the foreseeable future, there’s never been a better time to take our manicures into our own hands. If you’ve already mastered gel polish removal and salon-quality manis, why not give one of these simple nail art ideas a try? All you need to get
Liz Truss gives a speech at think-tank ‘Onward’ on March 19, 2019 in London. (PLuke Dray/Getty Images) Topping off a dispiriting few years for trans Britons, vital plans to reform legislation around legally changing one’s gender have been reportedly abandoned. But ministers hope to, nevertheless, “placate” the LGBT+ community by introducing a state ban on
Beyoncé has shared an open letter on her website to Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron. She’s seeking swift justice for Breonna Taylor, the 26-year-old emergency room technician who was killed in her home by Louisville police. The letter comes three months after Taylor’s death, and Beyoncé offers three specific calls to action: to bring criminal
SpongeBob SquarePants‘ sexuality has entered the chat — and lo and behold, the Bikini Bottom dweller is, as many suspected for years, gay. Nickelodeon officially made the reveal Saturday in a tweet shouting out Pride month (June), and attaching photos of three of their canon characters as a clear indicator that they’re all part of
Famed Bollywood actor Sushan Singh Rajput has reportedly died at the age of 34. According to the Associated Press, who cited police and Indian media outlets, the Kai Po Che actor was found hanging in his apartment in Bandra, a coastal suburb in the west of Mumbai, India. The death was confirmed by Mumbai police spokesperson, Pranaya
1. Rachel Getting Married (2008) With Jonathan Demme’s Rachel Getting Married, Anne Hathaway received her first Oscar nomination. It was a well-deserved honor, for this naturalistic, deftly-handled lead performance might remain her best into the future. Though it doesn’t have the same grandiose lavish as Hathaway’s astonishing Les Miserables performance, her brittle, disarming performance is
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