Photo by Amy E. Price/Getty Images for SXSW(LOS ANGELES) — In the wake of George Floyd’s death and protests calling for racial justice, former NFL star-turned broadcaster Emmanuel Acho is tackling tough conversations about race in America off the field. The former Philadelphia Eagle-turned-broadcaster recently released a new YouTube series called Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man, and in …
‘The Simpsons’, ‘Watchmen’, ‘When They See Us’ named Peabody Award winners
© 2019/Fox Media LLC(LOS ANGELES) — Long-running animated favorite The Simpsons, Netflix’s Stranger Things, and the Emmy Award-winning real-life drama When They See Us are among the winners of this year’s Peabody Awards. Each year, the awards salute, “the most compelling and empowering stories released in broadcasting and digital media during 2019.” Cicely Tyson was honored with a Career Achievement Award, an “honor…reserved …
Sarah Jessica Parker posts support of “unstoppable” BLM movement
ABC/Ida Mae Astute(NEW YORK) — On Tuesday, after that day’s funeral of George Floyd, Sex and the City star Sarah Jessica Parker took to social media to show her support for the Black Lives Matter movement. In a post of yellow text on a black background, SJP noted on Instagram, “Today Mr. Floyd is laid to rest.” She added, “However this historic …
Anna Kendrick says filming ‘Twilight’ was like surviving a hostage situation
Photo by Isa Foltin/Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) — Anna Kendrick made a name for herself in the Pitch Perfect series, which spawned the Billboard top 10-charting song “Cups” — but before belting it out with the Bellas in 2012, she hung out with a different Bella in 2008. Kendrick played Jessica Stanley, one of the human friends of Bella Swan — played by Kristen Stewart — in the Twilight movie …
‘Fantastic Beasts’ star Eddie Redmayne criticizes creator JK Rowling over anti-trans tweets
Photo by Gotham/GC Images(LOS ANGELES) — Eddie Redmayne, star of JK Rowling’s Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them franchise, is the latest colleague to criticize the Harry Potter creator for comments she made that were flamed as being anti-trans. In a statement to Variety, Redmayne said in part, “Respect for transgender people remains a cultural imperative…As someone who has worked …
From comedy to drama, Patrick Warburton talks his dramatic turn in the creepy thriller ‘Inheritance’
Vertical Entertainment(NEW YORK) — The new thriller Inheritance, starring Lily Collins and Simon Pegg is now available for streaming on demand. In the film, Patrick Warburton plays Collins’ father, a powerful man whose death leads her to face down his mysterious past, and a dark secret he’s been hiding. Without giving too much away, it’s …
HBO Max pulls ‘Gone With the Wind’ from its lineup following public outcry
Photo by Metro-Goldwin-Mayer Pictures/Sunset Boulevard/Corbis via Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) — In response to a petition made by 12 Years A Slave screenwriter John Ridley, HBO Max has removed Gone With the Wind from its streaming catalogue. The classic 1939 film has long-been criticized for its somewhat romantic reimagination of the antebellum South. However, Ridley’s June 8 op-ed to the Los Angeles Times reinvigorated calls for the …
After 31 seasons, ‘Cops’ canceled at Paramount Network amid protests against police brutality
iStock/Evgen_Prozhyrko(LOS ANGELES) — The Paramount Network announced on Tuesday that it has canceled its long-running reality series Cops after 32 seasons. The move comes in the wake of nationwide protests following the death of George Floyd while in police custody. “Cops is not on the Paramount Network and we don’t have any current or future plans for it to return,” …
Selena Gomez’s ‘The Broken Hearts Gallery’ will kick off the summer blockbuster season
Photo: Linda Kallerus/Copyright © 2020 CTMG, Inc. All rights reserved.(LOS ANGELES) — While COVID-19 caused movie theaters across the world to close their doors and Hollywood to come to a screeching halt, Selena Gomez will be ushering the summer blockbuster movie season next month with The Broken Hearts Gallery. Variety reports that Gomez served as executive producer of the romantic …
‘Days of Our Lives’ star Judi Evans almost had her legs amputated due to COVID-19
Mathew Imaging/FilmMagic(LOS ANGELES) — It’s been a rough month for Days of Our Lives star Judi Evans, who contracted COVID-19 while in the hospital recovering from a serious horseback riding accident. Howie Tiger Simon, a rep for the 55-year-old actress gave an update on her condition in a Facebook post on Monday, reporting she experienced “mild” coronavirus symptoms — like …