Last week marked 50 years since the Gender Pay Gap was introduced but, as data from The Trade Union Congress (TUC) revealed, working women are still underpaid and undervalued today. The current climate and lockdown has made it worse for women who are more likely than men to be key workers and earning a pretty
Month: June 2020
Amanda Seales is saying farewell to daytime talk show The Real. “My contract is up … and I didn’t renew it, because it doesn’t feel good to my soul to be at a place where I cannot speak to my people the way they need to be spoken to,” Seales said during an Instagram Live
EXCLUSIVE: Here’s a first English-language trailer for action-superhero movie Major Grom And The Plague Doctor, whose characters are based on the cult Russian comic book series published by Bubble Comics. Filmed in the Russian city of St. Petersburg, the Batman-esque story follows a police officer who confronts a mysterious masked assassin nicknamed ‘The Plague Doctor’
Steven Avery, the convicted murderer, who is the subject and star of Netflix‘s hit crime documentary series Making a Murderer, has tested positive for COVID-19. The 57-year-old’s attorney Kathleen Zellner confirmed that her client had contracted the novel coronavirus in a tweet on Wednesday. “It is true that Steven Avery has tested positive for the COVID-19
They all have ways of figuring that out. Of course, executives make renewal and cancellation decisions based on many different factors: Buzz, awards potential, and critical adoration can make a difference. But TV has always been a numbers game, and without realizing it, we have exchanged one pitiless barometer—ratings—for another pitiless (and secret) barometer: whether
Detroit rapper Teejayx6 has released a protest song titled “BLACK LIVES MATTER.” The track is produced by TM88 and pays tribute to George Floyd, whose death by Minneapolis police last week has given rise to protests against police brutality nationwide. Listen to “BLACK LIVES MATTER” below. Teejayx6 joins many artists who have released protest songs
Itching for more cosmic horror in your video games? TeamKill Media are set to give you your fix with Quantum Error, which was announced back in March. And, with GamesRadar’s Future Games Show kicking off later this week, TeamKill Media are set to give us another peek. In a post on Twitter, the devs announced
Play video content Breaking News “Kimberly & Beck” Two radio hosts who made racists comments on-air during the Black Lives Matter protests are joining the ranks of the unemployed … they woke up to find out they were fired. Kimberly Ray and Barry Beck — now formerly known as “Kimberly & Beck” on Radio 95.1
Fred Willard died from a heart attack … according to his death certificate. According to the doc, obtained by TMZ, the veteran comedic actor’s immediate cause of death is a cardiac arrest. The underlying causes are listed as myelodysplastic syndrome and coronary artery disease. We broke the story … Fred died May 15, and his
BET is offering President Donald Trump and presumptive Democratic Presidential Nominee Joe Biden the opportunity to face Black America in a presidential forum that would air on June 19, also known as Juneteenth, a day that celebrates the abolishment of slavery in this country. The network announced on June 2 that both Trump and Biden
Disney is a company that many criticize (and rightfully so), but at least they’re wielding their money and reach for good today. Pledging to donate $5 million dollars to organizations that fight for social justice, the company issued a statement and has been using their social networks to talk about racism and oppression in America.
To celebrate ‘black culture’ and George Floyd’s life, Prince Jackson borrowed his dad Michael Jackson’s iconic words from ‘They Don’t Care About Us.’ “Prince” Michael Joseph Jackson, Jr., 23, didn’t have to look far to find inspirational words to bolster the Black Lives Matter movement. “’Beat me…Hate me…You can never break me.’ — Michael Jackson,”
Taking our beauty maintenance treatments in-house since the beginning of lockdown has been a (steep) learning curve. We’ve just about got to grips with shaping our own eyebrows and are pretty decent at disguising our grey hairs with the help of at-home hair dye. But there’s one treatment that we just haven’t been able to
Broadcast and cable networks will be covering Thursday’s memorial service for George Floyd, whose death at the hands of Minneapolis police on Memorial Day has sparked days of mourning and protests throughout the country and the world against police violence and racism. The first of several memorial services for Floyd will be held Thursday in
4TH UPDATE, 6:45 PM: L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti announced at his news conference on Wednesday night that, barring a setback, the curfews in L.A. would be discontinued after tonight. Earlier in the day, Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva characterized Tuesday night as vastly more peaceful than previous nights. Doubtless, that helped officials come to
Sometimes you have to fight hatred with love — and sometimes you have to fight it with BTS, Blackpink and Loona. Fans of Korean popular music, or K-pop, are using their fandom to drown out “racist” criticism of the George Floyd protests on social media by flooding certain Twitter hashtags with videos of pop stars.
Seal is making the most epic stance … against people who think he blasted Oprah, against people who call him an “Uncle Tom” … and against Stacy Dash. Naturally. SUBSCRIBE: http://po.st/TMZSubscribe About TMZ: TMZ has consistently been credited for breaking the biggest stories dominating the entertainment news landscape and changed the way the public gets
While people are protesting throughout the country and worldwide against police brutality, demanding justice for the killing of George Floyd and others, the unfortunate reality is that the global pandemic persists and puts people at risk of contracting COVID-19. To help protesters, Saturday Night Live star Chris Redd launched a relief fund for those who
Mary Pat Gleason, a veteran actress of the small and big screen, died on Tuesday after a battle with cancer. She was 70 years old. Gleason’s manager confirmed the sad news to Variety, revealing the late star — who appeared in countless TV and movie projects throughout the past four decades — was a “fighter
Former Dream Street singer Chris Trousdale has died after contracting coronavirus … TMZ has confirmed. The ex-boy band pop star passed away Tuesday night at a hospital in Burbank, CA due to complications from COVID-19 — this according to a family member. Chris joined the band in 1999 along with Jesse McCartney, Greg Raposo, Matt
Songs are simply stories. A great reminder to this comes in the new album Long Walk Home from New York-based singer/songwriter Tim Brandt. Giving listeners a glimpse into a man’s life that has been filled with love, and some disappointments, Brandt presses forward and spreads happiness in each note. Though he wrote his debut effort,
Play video content A man was wrestled to the ground by cops, and then momentarily got the snot beat out of him … before a vigilant eyewitness called them out and forced them to stop. The outrageous scene was shot in Compton, CA, earlier this week, and it shows L.A. County Sheriff’s deputies attempting to
NFL quarterback Drew Brees can add one more fumble to his career total. The New Orleans Saints star is the latest public figure to spark backlash over his comments surrounding his beliefs on the National Anthem and the United States flag. On Wednesday, Yahoo Finance interviewed Brees and asked him about his stance on the recent nationwide protests in response
Star Trek: The Next Generation‘s Enterprise employed sea animals for their navigation department. The U.S.S. Enterprise has always been a progressive workplace environment. In Star Trek‘s original series, Spock spearheaded the path for Vulcans in Starfleet, making a controversial career decision that upset his own father. Under Jean-Luc Picard‘s captaincy, the Enterprise was even more diverse. The
9-1-1 actor Ryan Guzman has issued a second apology for defending his and his wife’s previous use of racial slurs. “I know my thoughtless words and actions have hurt people and I apologize,” Guzman said via social media on Wednesday. “I am truly sorry, hold myself accountable and take full responsibility for my defensiveness and
There’s a lot of work to be done in the fight against systemic racism and police brutality against Black Americans. You can protest, vote, battle for policies aimed at ending discrimination in law enforcement, call local government officials, and donate—if you can, whatever you can—to bail funds and other vital organizations. (We have some suggestions,
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Barack Obama gave a passionate speech addressing the death of George Floyd, and the nationwide protests following his killing, urging the protestors to continue fighting by voting in the 2020 election. Former President Barack Obama gave his first on-camera comments about George Floyd‘s killing, during an online town hall on June 3. Obama, 58, praised
It’s been nine days since George Floyd‘s life was taken by a white Minnesota police officer, named as Derek Chauvin, who knelt on Floyd’s neck for nine minutes until he stopped breathing. His crime? Allegedly using a counterfit $20 bill to buy cigarettes. Four days after Chauvin walked free from the scene, and a mass
Over the past several days, an estimated 1,500 people have been arrested by the New York Police Department amid the protests that have followed the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis on Memorial Day. While the NYPD has doubled its presence on the streets, the president has threatened to mobilize the military while encouraging governors
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