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J.K. Rowling has refused to “bow down” to criticism of her recent tweets about the transgender community, doubling down and expanding on them by sharing her concerns about “new trans activism.” The famed British author took to her personal website on Wednesday, sharing a lengthy blog post in response to the backlash triggered by her

Though the common thinking may be that movies all but disappeared during the first half of 2020—with the coronavirus epidemic chasing many films away from their planned release dates, and theaters around the country shuttering indefinitely—there were at least a handful of worthy films that managed to make their way to theaters or on-demand platforms

Jared Leto isn’t the type to blast his love life on social media, but Leto has had a steady partner in 26-year-old model Valery Kaufman over the last few years. People got some rare detail on the couple this week after Kaufman and Leto were seen together hiking in Malibu in early June 2020. Here,

By Staff The Associated Press Posted June 10, 2020 9:22 pm Smaller font Descrease article font size –A Larger font Increase article font size A+ The Coachella and Stagecoach music festivals have been canceled this year due to coronavirus concerns. Dr. Cameron Kaiser, Riverside County’s public health officer, signed an order Wednesday canceling the popular

[embedded content] It’s here fellow Doomies! The official trailer for season two of HBO Max and DC Universe’s weirdest and best show, Doom Patrol! And not only does this full trailer explain exactly who and what the titular Doom Patrol is, but it also gives us some fascinating hints about what issues our favorite immortal

They have deliberately kept a low profile since arriving in LA, but Prince Harry and Meghan plan to become more visible soon, and specifically to get involved in the Black Lives Matter movement. The couple is already speaking with community leaders and activists and plan to make public some of the work they have been

Less than two days after Daniel Radcliffe issued an apology to members of the LGBTQ2 community for a series of controversial tweets posted by J.K. Rowling last weekend, Fantastic Beasts star Eddie Redmayne has also spoken out against the British novelist. “As someone who has worked with both J.K. Rowling and members of the trans community, I wanted to make

Since Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin brutally pressed his knee onto George Floyd’s neck for nearly nine minutes, and three other white officers stood by and did nothing as he suffocated to death, the entire world has responded with shock and outrage and demanded an overhaul of American policing. One of Chauvin’s colleagues, meanwhile, was

HBO Max has temporarily removed Gone With the Wind from its streaming library in order to add historical context to the 1939 film long criticized for romanticizing slavery and the Civil War-era American South. Protests against anti-Black racism and police brutality in the wake of George Floyd‘s death have forced entertainment companies to grapple with

While most watched the video of 75-year-old Martin Gugino getting shoved to the ground by the Buffalo police department in horror, President Donald Trump viewed the footage through the conspiratorial lens of One America News Network. Amid his usual barrage of retweets and all-caps proclamations on Tuesday, Trump wrote on Twitter, “Buffalo protester shoved by

For the second time since her son’s sudden death last month, Melissa Etheridge has spoken out publicly about how she’s been dealing with grief and mourning in an emotional Twitter message to fans. “Hello my friends. I just wanted to update you all,” the rock musician wrote in a brief message on Monday. She continued: “I

After nearly two weeks of silence on her Twitter while Black Lives Matter protests swept the nation, Taylor Swift returned to the platform to advocate for the movement. Some fans applauded her for using her social media to speak out; others were less impressed and wanted more from her, especially since she waited so long

He‘s not a fan of birthdays but Prince Philip agreed to be photographed in a rare picture with the Queen to mark his 99th birthday on Wednesday. The “Iron Duke,” who typically doesn’t like a fuss being made around his birthday, was happy to pose for the picture, taken on Monday in the quadrangle at

WARNING: This story contains explicit language. Dances Moms star Abby Lee Miller issued an apology on Thursday after being accused of racist behaviour by Adriana Smith who is the mother of dancer Kamryn Smith from Season 8 of the series. “I couldn’t think of a more perfect day to address my experience with Abby Lee

The pandemic has upended our lives in countless ways. But more important than the lost lives, the jobs, the panic, and the isolation, is our inability to take group selfies, am I right? (I am not.) Luckily, Apple has stepped in to fill the void of clustering uncomfortably with your friends. The tech giant filed

Spoiler warning: Do not read on unless you’ve watched Monday’s episode of 90 Day Fiancé: Before the 90 Days.  Most of the cast of 90 Day Fiancé: Before the 90 Days reunited again Monday night for part two of the tell-all special and things got heated between “Big” Ed Brown and David Murphey. David told tell-all

U.S. Attorney General William Barr has spent much of the last week defending his call to clear protesters outside the White House on June 1, which ultimately resulted in law enforcement tear-gassing and using force against peaceful protesters, seemingly so that President Donald Trump could hold a photo-op. The attorney general has pointed to the

Oops, she did it again. On Monday, Nancy Pelosi appeared on Capitol Hill to announce the Democratic Party’s police reform legislation in an outfit that told us exactly what she’s thinking about. Like her fellow Democrats, Pelosi complemented her festive, tomato-red pant suit with Kente cloth, the Ghanaian striped textile. The cloth, one supposes, was

Terry Crews took to Twitter on Monday to address his controversial “Black supremacy” tweet. As protests continued following the May 25 death of George Floyd while in police custody, Crews took to social media to say that “defeating White supremacy without White people creates Black supremacy.” 3:42 George Floyd protests: Trudeau decries violence against Black,

The Ontario Court has appealed its ruling after a petition that circulated on Thursday garnered nearly 50,000 signatures On June 3, the Ontario Court of Appeal released its decision in the cases of R. v. Sullivan and R. v. Chan. If that news doesn’t ring a bell, you might be more familiar with the headlines

As protests erupted following the police killing of George Floyd, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s management excluded two of its top reporters, both of whom happen to be Black, from the team it dispatched to cover the unrest. One of those reporters, Alexis Johnson, was barred from covering the protests after writing a viral May 31 tweet

Showing his support for the Black Lives Matter protests sparked by the killing of George Floyd, Banksy, the mysterious, U.K.-based street artist, took to Instagram on Saturday sharing a pertinent new painting. Calling to a “faulty system” in which people of colour are being “failed,” Banksy’s latest art piece depicts a memorial site, where a framed

The Kardashian-Jenner family are accused of Photoshopping their photos regularly by fans and rarely respond to those kind of comments. But Kendall Jenner didn’t let a rumor that she Photoshopped a photo of herself at a Black Lives Matter protest linger on the internet very long. When she was called out of Twitter for seemingly

Justin Bieber is using his Instagram following and celebrity status to speak out against racial injustice and systemic oppression. In a post, the 26-year-old musician acknowledged the fact that he and his music career have “benefited off of Black culture.” “I am inspired by Black culture. I have benefited off of Black culture,” he wrote

HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER (ABC) The bloody melodrama’s legacy can be summed up in a single scene: Annalise (Viola Davis) sitting in front of her vanity, slowly removing her wig and makeup. It’s forlorn at first but becomes revelatory, an act of emotional burlesque anchored by Davis’s raw performance. MODERN FAMILY (ABC) The

The New York Times came under fire last week after publishing Arkansas Senator Tom Cotton’s “Send in the Troops” op-ed, a frighteningly fascist take on the George Floyd protests. Many readers and journalists at the Times were infuriated by the incendiary and downright dangerous screed, which lacked facts and credibility. In response, over 300 employees

On Tuesday evening, as a large group of peaceful protesters marched over the Manhattan Bridge, members of the New York Police Department parked on opposite ends of the span, trapping 5,000 people over the water for nearly an hour. The night before, in Dallas, police officers corralled protesters on the Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge before

Actor Wendell Pierce added his voice after reading a dialogue between The Hollywood Reporter’s television critics Daniel Fienberg and Inkoo Kang. Fienberg and Kang discussed how a recent rewatch of The Wire, in which Pierce played Baltimore detective Bunk Moreland, had taken on an added dimension since the death of George Floyd and the subsequent