Ava DuVernay Speaks at Black Lives Matter Election Event: "This Moment Is Not An End All Be All"

Sen.Tim Scott of South Carolina gave a remarkable speech at this year’s Republican National Convention. Yes, here was a black man at a GOP event, so there was a whiff of identity politics.

The third annual CARE Impact Awards took place Wednesday night, honouring some stars for lending their voices to help defeat poverty and achieve social justice by empowering women and girls.

Michael Appler Theater is fleeting by nature, and as such, those who pioneer the way for inclusivity on stage — who give performances that chip away at inequity role by role — are sometimes forgotten. With performers like Lillias White and André De Shields, those roles are so numerous that sitting them down together, as the Broadway Advocacy Coalition did on Tuesday night in New York City, erects a living monument to Black Broadway. The Broadway Advocacy Coalition, an activist group leading

Also Read: Can 'Wonder Woman 1984' Still Lasso Big Revenues With a Simultaneous HBO Max Release?“I couldn’t be more thrilled to bring this epic to the screen with my boundary-pushing partners at WBTV and HBO Max, a sublime cast led by Rosario and Benjamin, and my partner and friend, the inimitable and ever-inspiring Ava DuVernay,” said Patino. “‘DMZ’ offers up an explosive playground which, more than anything else, exalts the resilience of community and the human spirit.

On Nov. 3, election night, Patrisse Cullors — one of the three co-founders of Black Lives Matter and a TV writer (Good Trouble) who recently signed an overall production deal with Warner Bros. Television Group — co-hosted a streaming event on YouTube featuring such Hollywood allies as America Ferrera, Chelsea Handler and Tessa Thompson.

Also Read: Ava DuVernay's 'Colin in Black & White' Series Finds Its Colin KaepernickCreated by Kaepernick and Ava DuVernay, the six-episode series will “provide an introspective look at Kaepernick’s adolescent years as a Black teen growing up with a white adopted family,” according to the streamer.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorMary-Louise Parker and Nick Offerman have been tapped to star as the adoptive parents of former superstar quarterback and activist Colin Kaepernick in the Netflix limited series Colin in Black & White from Kaepernick and Oscar-nominee and Emmy winner Ava DuVernay.Created by Kaepernick and Duvernay and written by Emmy-nominee Michael Starrbury, the six-episode Colin in Black and White will provide an introspective look at Kaepernick’s adolescent years as a

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorIn “Small Axe,” Steve McQueen’s new Amazon anthology series about the Black experience in the U.K., John Boyega stars in the third installment — “Red, White and Blue” — as Leroy Logan, a real-life police officer in 1980s London.“He’s a scientist, a father, a community man and a husband who decides to join the police force in order to motivate change,” Boyega, 28, says on this week’s episode of the Variety and iHeart podcast “The Big

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVIn the world of police procedurals CBS’ “SWAT” endeavors to be an aspirational look at a highly-specialized law enforcement unit.

Harry Styles discusses the Black Lives Matter movement, his love of clothes, and more in a new interview with Vogue.

Chicago Med, Chicago Fire and Chicago P.D. — three shows that follow the lives of first responders — tackled the current events happening in 2020.While Chicago Med and Chicago Fire dove into the coronavirus, Chicago P.D.

John Boyega had concerns his passionate Black Lives Matter speech would deter directors from casting him in their films.The Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker actor gave an emotional speech referencing his own experiences of racism and the death of George Floyd in the U.S.

Star Wars actor doubled down on comments he made during his impassioned speech in Hyde Park during a Black Lives Matter protest in June, saying he “[didn’t] know if [he’s] going to have a career after this, but fuck that.”When asked by Radio Times whether he still believes those concerns, Boyega said: “Absolutely.

Following the projection from the Associated Press on Saturday thatDemocratic candidate Joe Bidenhas secured enough electoral college votes to win the 2020 presidential election after a close race that lasted several days,politically active Hollywood figures are celebrating the news. On Saturday, it was announced that former Vice President Biden was projected to win Pennsylvania, sending him toward a projected victory as the 46thpresident of the United States.

Warning: This story contains spoilers from the season 5 premiere of This Is Us.It wouldn’t be a This Is Us premiere without a Big Three birthday party — and a massive twist. During the Monday, October 27, two-hour premiere, both happened.During the episode, the Big Three celebrated their 40th birthday in various ways.

After months of vacant sets, scripted television is finally getting back into the swing of things —though the swing now means keeping your distance from Sterling K. Brown, lest you wearing a face shield.

Corrie has featured many Black characters.Factory machinist Shirley Armitage was the first regular Black character back in the '80s. She began a romance with supermarket manager Curly Watts.But it wasn't until last year that the ITV soap introduced its first-ever regular Black family, the Baileys, to better reflect modern day Manchester.Coronation Street producer Iain MacLeod admitted their arrival was long overdue.