Month: June 2020

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has come forward to say the league was wrong for “not listening” to players’ concerns regarding racial inequality.  In a new statement voicing support for the Black Lives Matter movement, Goodell said Friday via video message, “It has been a difficult time for our country, in particular Black people in our country. First, my condolences to
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Matthew StockmanGetty Images As protests fighting for racial justice broke out this week triggered by the senseless killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, Tony McDade, and other past injustices, brands are being forced to reflect on the role they play in advancing inclusion and diversity in the workplace and online. Now, Alexis Ohanian,
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Several Bollywood celebs have been called hypocrites for actively perpetuated colourism by profiting off skin-lightening creams Over the past week, several Bollywood celebrities spoke out on social media in support of Black Lives Matters. But statements of protest against racism from stars like Priyanka Chopra, Sonam Kapoor, Deepika Padukone and Disha Patani was immediately met
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With Donald Trump largely out of sight, hidden in the White House behind newly erected chain-link fencing, America has been left to wade through days of unrest with a keyboard warrior—not a president—in charge. As the leadership vacuum widens and protests engulf the country, Democrats in Congress are working to convert the passion and fury
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ATX Television Festival had a stacked panel for Disney+’s The Mandalorian with show creator, executive producer and writer Jon Favreau as well as show directors Dave Filoni, Deborah Chow, Rick Famuyiwa, Bryce Dallas Howard and Taika Waititi. From the get-go, Favreau had an idea of how he wanted to frame the Star Wars spin-off.  Says Favreau in the pre-recorded
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Returning with the “Healthcare Hero of the Week” segment, Jimmy Kimmel has surprised yet another one of his guests ⁠— with the help of Luke Skywalker himself: Mark Hamill. On Thursday night’s virtual, social-distancing episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live!, the 52-year-old TV host honoured a front-line health-care worker who has been conducting coronavirus tests by inviting
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The Law & Order franchise is poised to continue expanding.  Law & Order: Hate Crimes, a spinoff that was ordered back in 2018, might finally see the light of day.  Thirteen episodes were ordered originally, but the show seemingly entered development hell, while NBC maintained that it was still on the agenda.  Now, Law &
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1950s Scotland is our first destination this week, as our On the Radar column rounds up the latest new crime releases. Sara Sheridan’s latest promises an intriguing mystery which is softly toned and as such is a good break from a world full of tension and grief. But if harder crime is your thing, we’ve
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It’s a message that many may need to hear right now. RYDYR has released ‘See You Around,’ a song he tells HollywoodLife is about being ‘confident in who you truly are.’ Though RYDYR tells HollywoodLife that “see you around’ came together two years ago, the track’s message of self-acceptance is a timely one. The song
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This weekend many people in the UK will be thinking about taking part in peaceful anti-racism demonstrations to support the Black Lives Matter movement and to stand up for justice following the death of African American man George Floyd while in police custody in Minneapolis last month. Although this happened in America it has also
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The Trump administration’s decision Monday to forcibly remove protesters from outside the White House, seemingly so that President Donald Trump could hold a photo op, has become a flash point in the ongoing unrest and widespread protests over George Floyd’s killing and systemic racial injustice. Federal police and law enforcement officials used tear gas, rubber
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