20th Century Studios/Walt Disney Pictures Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively are helping out in a big way. Together the couple is gifting $1 million to the ACLU and to the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund. The Free Guy actor shared the news on Tuesday that he and his wife would be donating to the organizations that help provide legal support and other services …
Demetrius Flenory Jr. shares the emotional reaction his family had to his portrayal of father Big Meech in ‘BMF’
Courtesy of Starz Demetrius “Lil Meech” Flenory Jr. is literally following in his father’s footsteps in the new Starz series Black Mafia Family. In the new crime drama, Flenory Jr. plays his father Demetrius “Big Meech” Flenory, the eldest brother behind the Black Mafia Family, one of the most influential crime families during the 1980s. Flenory Jr. tells …
Chelsea Handler has a new boyfriend
ABC Chelsea Handler is “in love” and she wants everyone to know. “Just sitting here in Mallorca thinking about how grateful I am to have so many people that I love in my life, to live the life I do and to be going on tour doing what I love,” the 46-year-old comedian captioned a photo of …
Uma Thurman reveals she had an abortion when she was a teen: “It has been my darkest secret until now”
iStock/Joel Carillet Uma Thurman is protesting Texas’ restrictive new anti-abortion law by opening up for the first time about the abortion she obtained when she was a teenager. In a Washington Post op-ed, the actress said the legislation fills her “with great sadness, and something akin to horror.” “I am sharing my own experience,” Thurman, 51, continued, saying it was her “responsibility” …
Hollywood celebs urge world leaders to end COVID-19 pandemic
Stock/peterschreiber.media Seventy Hollywood celebrities, including Anne Hathaway, Ciara and Debbie Allen, have signed an open letter to world leaders, urging them to help stymie the spread of COVID-19. Other signatories include Jordana Brewster, Connie Britton, Yvette Nicole Brown, Peter Dinklage, Annie Lennox, Joel McHale, Idina Menzel, Debra Messing, Alyssa Milano, Tamera Mowry-Housley, Edward James Olmos and Michelle Williams. The letter, published by model Iman‘s global nonprofit CARE on Tuesday, calls on global leaders “to make 7 billion …
‘Sex and the City’ star Willie Garson passes away at age 57
iStock/U.Ozel.Images Hollywood is mourning Sex and the City star Willie Garson, who unexpectedly passed away. He was 57. Son Nathen Garson confirmed his father’s passing on Tuesday by sharing a collage of photos and videos of the late actor while writing, “I love you so much papa. Rest In Peace and I’m so glad you got to share all your adventures …
“Disney+ Day” — ‘Shang-Chi’, ‘Jungle Cruise’, a Boba Fett special, and more coming on November 12
Disney+ Disney has declared Friday, November 12 Disney+ Day, and to celebrate, the streaming service announced it’s debuting content from its properties Pixar, Marvel, Star Wars, National Geographic, and Walt Disney Animation Studios. Among the launches on November 12 will be the streaming debut of the latest Marvel Studios blockbuster Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten …
Netflix teases new Britney doc, ‘Britney vs Spears’
There’s another Britney Spears documentary in the works. On Tuesday, Netflix teased Britney vs Spears ahead of a promised full trailer premiere on Wednesday. The 18-second clip begins with text that reads, “The following audio is a voicemail from Britney Spears to a lawyer on January 21st, 2009 at 12:29 a.m.” We then hear Britney’s …
DWU Named Best Place to Work
Dakota Wesleyan University has been named to the Prairie Business magazine’s list of 50 Best Places to Work for 2021. The list was announced in September. Employees throughout the region nominated their companies, highlighting some [Read More…]
Watch Tessa Thompson, Ruth Negga in ‘Passing’ trailer; Ashton Sanders to play Bobby Brown in Whitney Houston biopic
Courtesy of Netflix Netflix has released the first trailer for Passing, Rebecca Hall‘s directorial debut, starring Tessa Thompson and Ruth Negga. As previously noted, the film is based on Nella Larsen‘s 1929 novella of the same name. It follows two mixed-race women, played by Thompson and Negga, who reunite in their adulthood and discover that one …