ABC/Eric McCandless(LOS ANGELES) — She may play an chameleonic assassin in Marvel’s delayed Black Widow movie, but a series of “looks” in Florence Pugh’s past has led her to apologize for committing cultural appropriation. In a lengthy Instagram post, the actress says she’s “ashamed” at looking back at photos she’d taken in her younger years, in which she’d worn …
Jennifer Hudson dazzles as Aretha Franklin in new ‘Respect’ trailer
MGM(LOS ANGELES) — Jennifer Hudson wowed during the 2020 BET Awards Sunday night, in more ways than one. First, the 38-year-old American Idol alum delivered a tribute performance of Aretha Franklin’s 1972 hit, “Young, Gifted, and Black,” for the virtual awards show. Then we got a taste of Hudson Franklin in the trailer for Respect, the upcoming biopic about the …
Curtains: Broadway closed for the rest of the year
iStock/400tmax(NEW YORK) — It’s no surprise, but now it’s official: the Great White Way won’t be back for the rest of the year. Some 31 Broadway productions had been closed on March 12, when restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic began going into effect. For his part, The Broadway League’s Thomas Schumacher said in a statement, “The safety of …
‘Jack Ryan’ star Wendell Pierce wants the role of ‘The Cleveland Show”s Cleveland Brown
© 2019 TCFFC ALL RIGHTS RESERVED./FOX — Sarah Shatz/Amazon Prime(LOS ANGELES) — With Mike Henry, a white voiceover actor stepping down from playing African American character Cleveland Brown, actor Wendell Pierce has thrown his hat into the ring to fill the void. Henry voiced the soft-spoken character for 20 years, on both Family Guy and its spin-off, The Cleveland Show. Last …
Report: Margot Robbie boarding female-fronted ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ project
ABC/Kelsea McNeal(LOS ANGELES) — Margot Robbie and Christina Hodson, the latter of whom wrote Robbie’s Birds of Prey film, are teaming up for a new Pirates of the Caribbean movie for Disney. The Hollywood Reporter explains the project, based on the famed Disney Parks ride, is said to be centered on original female characters. The film is separate from a reboot of …
Heat Advisory issued June 29 at 9:25AM MDT until June 29 at 7:00PM MDT by NWS
…HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING… * WHAT…Heat index values up to 103 expected. * WHERE…Portions of central, east central, south central and southeast South Dakota, mainly west of Highway 81. * WHEN…From 1 PM this afternoon to 8 PM CDT this evening. * IMPACTS…Hot temperatures and high humidity may …
Ryan Reynolds hilariously crashes ‘X-Men’ Zoom reunion
Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) — One would think that quarantine would have eliminated awkward run-ins with people, but as Ryan Reynolds proves, those interactions haven’t gone anywhere. They’ve simply reemerged in the form of crashed Zoom calls. On Saturday, the original X-Men cast reunited in support of Global Citizen on a video call to …
Flood Warning issued June 29 at 8:03AM MDT until further notice by NWS
…The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in South Dakota… James River At Huron James River Near Forestburg James River At Mitchell .The following river forecasts include forecast precipitation through
Hulu removes ‘Golden Girls’ episode for containing blackface scene
NBC/NBCU Photo Bank(LOS ANGELES) — As streaming services continue to pull episodes for containing racially insensitive content, Hulu has removed an episode of Golden Girls from its streaming catalogue over a scene that could be misconstrued as blackface. Deadline reports that the episode in question was episode 23 in season three, titled “Mixed Blessings” that aired in 1988. It’s about Scott Jacoby’s character, Michael, …
Disney bumps ‘Mulan’ over ongoing COVID-19 closures
Liu Yifei as Mulan/© 2019 Disney Enterprises, Inc. All Rights Reserved.(LOS ANGELES) — Disney has announced that it has pushed the release date for its live-action remake of the 1998 animated classic Mulan from July 24 to August 21. “While the [COVID-19] pandemic has changed our release plans for Mulan and we will continue to be flexible …