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Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, says that it’s up to local authorities to ensure all members of vulnerable groups, including the African American community, receive the Covid-19 vaccination. “I recommend that the African-American community, particularly in those areas where they clearly have a say, where you have
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The Hollywood Foreign Press Association has proven successful in having Kjersti Flaa’s ambitious lawsuit against the tightknit group behind the Golden Globes tossed out, for the time being. “Defendants’ Motion is GRANTED,” wrote Judge Stanley Blumenfeld in a November 20 order that became public late yesterday. “Plaintiff’s right of fair procedure claim and declaratory relief
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While a number of musicians across the industry celebrated their Grammy nominations as the list dropped Tuesday, Abel Tesfaye a.k.a. The Weeknd called out the Recording Academy for his lack of noms. “The Grammys remain corrupt,” the Blinding Lights singer said on Twitter. “You owe me, my fans and the industry transparency…” The singer and
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The official trailer for the 11th and final season of Shameless has dropped — just in time for Showtime’s celebration of “Franksgiving Week” which will include social media GIFs and gifts. All of these leads up to America’s most stressful holiday. The final season of Shameless finds the Gallagher family and the South Side at a crossroads
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The London Screenings have been an informal fixture in the British TV diary for a number of years, but now major distributors are combining forces to formalize the event in 2021. All3Media International, Banijay Rights, eOne, Fremantle and ITV Studios will launch a two-week event, The London Screenings, on March 1, 2021. It will take
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Former Pussycat Doll Kaya Jones is a featured guest on The Simonetta Lein Show on SLTV. Grammy Winner Kaya Jones originally became known in 2003 for performing with the American girl group The Pussycat Dolls, one of the most popular girl groups in history, having sold over 40 million singles worldwide. Since 2004, she has
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Captain Jack is back! BBC America announced Monday that Jack Barrowman is returning to Doctor Who for its upcoming holiday special, “Revolution of the Daleks.” In “Revolution of the Daleks,” Captain Jack “will be on hand to help the fam as they discover a disturbing plan forming involving one of the Doctor’s most feared and
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Today we learned why Bad Bunny missed Sunday night’s planned performance at the American Music Awards. The reggaeton star’s rep said today that he has tested positive for Covid-19. The Puerto Rican rapper, whose real name is Benito Martínez Ocasio, had been scheduled to perform “Dákiti” — the international hit single he recorded with Jhay
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Nordic Entertainment Group is in the process of selling NENT Studios UK, a little more than a year after the production and distribution business was established. The studio, which is currently in production on Viaplay/Channel 4’s Connie Nielsen and Christopher Eccleston drama Close To Me, has received 20 expressions of interest. Formal offers are expected
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Exclusive Details Accused killer Kyle Rittenhouse got some help from a few famous people this week, and as a result, he’s free on bail. Ricky Schroder made a “significant contribution” which led to Rittenhouse posting $2 million cash bail … this according to Rittenhouse’s famed lawyer, Lin Wood. We’re told Schroder contributed $150,000 to the
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Euphoria actor Lukas Gage shared an important message for all e-meeting attendees after an awkward Zoom interaction with a director. “psa if you’re a shit talking director make sure to mute ur shit on zoom mtgings,” Gage captioned his Twitter video, which circulated the internet on Friday. In the video an unidentified director, who didn’t
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President Donald Trump’s challenges to Joe Biden’s victory in the presidential race have triggered escalating concerns over a turbulent transition process and what it portends for democratic stability, but the most justified fears may be that the electorate has split into alternate information universes. A recent Reuters/Ipsos poll showed that 52% of Republicans said that
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While the GLOW family agreed they’d all love to bring to the series to a close with a movie, star Alison Brie says fans shouldn’t get their hopes up too high. The actress spoke with The Playlist for an upcoming The Fourth Wall podcast where she discusses the Netflix cancellation and more. Netflix cancelled the
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Herbert F. “Herb” Solow, who as an executive at Desilu Productions took Gene Roddenberry’s original pitch for Star Trek and also held exec posts at several showbiz companies, has died. He was 88. His wife, Dr. Harrison Solow, confirmed the news to multiple sources. Among the many Hollywood jobs in his long were exec posts at
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