Arkansas lawmakers override Gov. Hutchinson’s veto of bill banning health care for trans youth

Oscars looking incredible in a molten gold custom Vera Wang gown, Andra Day shared why she initially turned down the role of Billie Holiday in her recent biopic movie, The United States vs. Billie Holiday.

Joaquin Phoenix, Brad Pitt and Renée Zellweger, will present the awards, and speeches are encouraged – though nominees have been asked to "read the room" when accepting awards.

Sacheen Littlefeather, the Native American actress who stunningly rejected Marlon Brando’s Best Actor award for The Godfather in 1973, claims the move ended her Hollywood career

Nomadland will win best picture and best director. Chloé Zhao’s drama about older Americans who live in their vans and recreational vehicles took the top two prizes at the Spirit awards, following a near-unbroken run of wins at ceremonies including the Golden Globes and the Baftas.

SB 514, would prohibit any transgender person under the age of 21 from receiving gender-affirming care, including puberty blockers, hormones, or surgery, and would penalize medical providers who prescribe or provide such treatments by revoking their medical licenses and fining them $1,000 per violation.See also: assasasaA provision within that bill would require any state employees — including teachers, school administrators or counselors — to “out” transgender or nonbinary students to their

LaDonna Brave Bull Allard was the founder of the first camp for the protests against the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL).Allard opposed DAPL from the beginning, because it ran past her son’s grave. Like other protesters, she was concerned that a spill would contaminate water sources as well as land that’s sacred to native peoples.

Tonight, Carey Mulligan made her hosting debut on Saturday Night Live, talking in her opening monologue about how nice it is to be out of the house, following a year in lockdown.

It goes without saying that when performer lands the role of a cultural icon, there is a certain amount of pressure. For Oscar-nominated actress Andra Day, she immediately felt it when she found out she was going to play the legendary Billie Holiday in Lee Daniels’ The United States vs. Billie Holiday. “It was all fear for sure,” Day said, laughing.

Tim Gray Senior Vice PresidentThe lead actress Oscar race is competitive, so there’s no guarantee that Andra Day will win for her socko performance in “The United States vs. Billie Holiday.” But Day has the kind of backstory that Oscar voters love: She (and the movie) appeared with little advance fanfare, and she makes a huge impact in only her second feature (after a tiny role in “Marshall”).

“It’s an honor to be recognized as an innovator,” said music icon Mariah Carey, while accepting the Innovator Award at the 12th Annual African American Film Critics Association Awards, which took place virtually for a private audience.

open letter calling for an end to prejudice and discrimination towards disabled talent in Hollywood.The letter claims there’s an “urgent need to act on disability inclusion” and urges major studios to appoint permanent disability officers.It goes on to say the number of disabled characters on screen “continues to severely under-represent the actual US population living with disabilities”.The letter added: “Due to years of misrepresentation in the media, social barriers, and chronic ableism, the

Who Killed Sara? is currently at number one on the Netflix overall chart and we have some interesting info about the show’s star Manolo Cardona for you!

Elaine Low Senior TV WriterHalf-hour multicamera comedy “Head of the Class” has been given a 10-episode series order from streaming platform HBO Max.The original series, which is being executive produced by Bill Lawrence (of “Ted Lasso” and “Scrubs”) alongside exec producers and writers Amy Pocha and Seth Cohen (of “Paradise PD” and “American Vandal”), stars “One Day at a Time” actor Isabella Gomez as well as Jorge Diaz, Jolie Hoang Rappaport, Gavin Lewis, Dior Goodjohn, Brandon Severs, Adrian

EXCLUSIVE: Class is in session at HBO Max. The streamer has handed the reboot of Head of the Class a ten-episode order.