Alfre Woodard to Join Black Lives Matter's Patrisse Cullors in SAG-AFTRA Foundation Conversation

Dolly Parton is speaking out about the Black Lives Matter movement and the importance of taking action amid “innocent ignorance." The country star covers ’s annual “Country Power Players 2020” issue. “I understand people having to make themselves known and felt and seen,” Parton, 74, says about the Black Lives Matter movement.

made the statement to Billboard in an expansive feature published Thursday.“I understand people having to make themselves known and felt and seen,” she said of the protests that erupted across the United States in response to the police killings of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor. “And of course Black lives matter.

Dolly Parton is speaking her mind. The legendary country star recently spoke to Billboard about the racial tension in the United States and around the world, and voiced support for the Black Lives Matter movement.

LeBron James, Anthony Davis and fellow NBA players kicked off the return of the season by showing their support for the Black Lives Matter movement during Thursday's games.

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterEXCLUSIVE: CAA has signed storyteller, activist, futurist and Black Lives Matter Canada co-founder Janaya Future Khan for representation in all areas.Known as Future within the BLM movement, they have become a leading voice in the global crusade demanding social transformation, justice, and equality in a time when the world is at a critical moment in history when it comes to the Black community.Through their dedication and bold approach to social justice,

Black Lives Matter movement isn't over just because the nationwide protests against systemic racism and police brutality have slowed down.

Ayesha Curry doesn't believe in «sugarcoating» important issues when it comes to her three young kids with her husband, NBA star Steph Curry.In a new interview with magazine, the 31-year-old cookbook author talked about bringing their eldest child, 8-year-old daughter Riley, to a Black Lives Matter protest last month.

Bruce Haring, Tom Tapp UPDATE: The Los Angeles Dodgers and San Francisco Giants joined an earlier demonstration by their major league brothers honoring Black Lives Matter in a pregame ceremony.As at the earlier Yankees/Nationals game, opening day at Dodger Stadium saw the playing of a video from The Players Alliance, a group of African American players, calling for racial justice.The Dodgers coaching staff and the entire San Francisco Giants squad wore T-shirts with “Black Lives Matter” written

Supermodels Kaia Gerber and Cara Delevingne are fighting the fight against racial injustice. On Wednesday, July 15, the supermodels attended a protest organized by Black Lives Matter in downtown Los Angeles.

Charlize Theron knows the importance of being honest and open with her children. The 44-year-old Oscar winner spoke about talking to her two daughters, Jackson and August, about Black Lives Matter while chatting with Jimmy Fallon on Monday's .«The day I became a parent, I vowed that I would always tell them the truth in a way that they could handle.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said the new mural will send a message that «Black lives, in fact, do matter,» reports.«That Black people built New York City, that they've never been compensated for all they did, that all the mistakes, the sins, everything in American history that has afflicted Black people have not been accounted for and must be accounted for -- something he does not understand,» he said last month.

Despite Donald Trump‘s protestations that it’s a “symbol of hate,” a massive Black Lives Matter mural did go up in front of his former residence in New York City. New Yorkers including Mayor Bill de Blasio, wife Chirlane McCray, and Reverend Al Sharpton participated in painting the words in bright yellow on Fifth Avenue on July 9, directly outside the Trump Tower. The mural, once completed, will stretch from 56th to 57th streets on the busy Manhattan block.

Dade Hayes Finance EditorNew York City began work Thursday on a prominent, yellow-lettered “Black Lives Matter” mural on the street in front of Trump Tower.New York Mayor Bill de Blasio, long a critic of Donald Trump’s presidency and the drain of his Manhattan headquarters on city’s resources, has backed the mural as a necessary show of solidarity with the movement. Black Lives Matter demonstrations against police brutality and racial injustice have swept across the U.S.

sleeping. How do you feel threatened when you’re a police officer and they’re sleeping? Come on now.” “We tried peaceful protesting.

Grammy categories will no longer be used by the streaming service in the UK.“Moving forward, we won’t be using the word ‘urban’ in the UK anymore,” Safiya Lambie-Knight, Spotify UK’s head of artist and label partnerships, tells Music Week.

Ringo Starr celebrated his 80th birthday with a livestream featuring some of his famous friends.