CAA Amplify Town Hall To Address Surge Of Violence Against Asians; Kelly Marie Tran, Lisa Ling, Simu Liu, H.E.R. And More Set To Make Appearances

EXCLUSIVE: Kelly Marie Tran has come aboard as an executive producer on Summertime, reuniting her with her Raya and the Last Dragon director Carlos López Estrada on his spoken-word poetry feature film that world premiered at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. Good Deed Entertainment has distribution rights to the pic, which will now get a July 9 release date in select Los Angeles and New York movie theaters before expanding a week later.

Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson and Matthew McConaughey have both expressed interest in politics and after a recent poll by Piplsay, the actors might have a chance if they decided to run. This isn’t too surprising considering what happened in 2016.

On Thursday, CAA kicked off the month of April with the CAA Amplify Town Hall to address the surge of violence against Asians and Asian Americans. These acts of violence and harassment have been on the forefront in the past week with the Atlanta shootings and the most most recent attack in New York City where a man brutally attacked 65-year-old Vilma Kari while saying racist remarks.

was made under very unique circumstances, making for some truly unique bloopers.«Much of the recording was done in their homes,» director Don Hall told ET of working with his cast.

CAA has assembled a packed lineup of Asian American influencers and leaders to discuss the wave of anti-Asian violence and hate that continues to sweep the country. The 90-minute CAA Amplify Town Hall will take place online April 1 at 10 a.m.

Haley Bosselman editorHundreds gathered in Los Angeles’ Koreatown neighborhood to march in support of the #StopAsianHate movement. Among them was journalist Lisa Ling.“We have been rounded up and put in camps,” Ling said during the unity rally, which took place at the Normandie Avenue and Olympic Boulevard intersection.

Angelique Jackson AT&T and WarnerMedia have launched a multi-platform campaign to create awareness in support of #StopAsianHate, unveiling the campaign as part of “A Day of Action,” a national day of mourning and remembrance of communities affected by social injustice. Additionally, AT&T and WarnerMedia have announced a $7 million pledge to aid in the fight for social justice.“Hate and discrimination have no place in our society.

Kelly Marie Tran is opening up about the rise in hate crimes against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.

“Raya And The Last Dragon” star Kelly Marie Tran is addressing anti-Asian racism and hate on the latest episode of “The Ellen DeGeneres Show”.

“My initial reaction to the attack in Atlanta was really shock and disbelief,” Margaret Cho says when speaking EXCLUSIVELY with HollywoodLife, one week after the vile shootings that left eight people – six of whom were women of Asian decent – dead.

Antonio Ferme editor“The View” co-host Meghan McCain has apologized for dismissing former President Donald Trump’s racist nicknames for COVID-19.Back in March 2020, the conservative talk show host said she didn’t “have a problem with people calling it [COVID-19] whatever they want.”“I condemn the reprehensible violence and vitriol that has been targeted towards the Asian-American community,” McCain tweeted on Monday.

Monty Python star has spoken out a number of times about the European Union and was an avid supporter of leaving the bloc. Cleese was among a number of celebrities who publicly outed themselves as Brexiteers.

Naman Ramachandran Donald Trump may no longer be POTUS, but his opinions remain as trenchant as ever. In an interview with Fox News contributor Lisa Boothe that launches her new podcast, the former U.S.

Kelly Marie Tran is on hand to celebrate!

SATURDAY AM Update: Even though 37% of the entire Los Angeles theatrical market is back online, it was enough to propel the DMA to the top weekend spot on Friday with $427,2K, repping a +1,100% jump from the same period a week ago. Los Angeles will feasibly be the No. 1 box office market this weekend, besting New York with well over $1M.

Tony Perkins, president of the anti-LGBTQ hate group Family Research Council, had an open door to President Donald Trump’s Oval Office until January 20.  Now he says President Joe Biden’s policies are “literally from the pit of hell.”Perkins, who continues to serve as Vice Chair of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom, was also on President Donald Trump’s evangelical executive advisory board.

When Justin Bieber and Hailey Baldwin's reconciliation in 2018 swiftly shifted from dating and engaged to married, it prompted netizens to predict them as a 'quick to break' marriage. However, the young lovebirds are still going strong with their honeymoon bliss refusing to die down, if their PDA-filled social media posts are anything to go by.

took to Capitol Hill in Washington DC to protest the certification of Joe Biden’s election victory in Congress, which resulted in the complex being locked down and nearby office buildings having to be evacuated.The show comes from Billy Ray and Shane Salerno, creators of Showtime series The Comey Rule, which starred Brendan Gleeson and told the story of FBI director James Comey’s experience of serving under former president Donald Trump (played by Gleeson).Ray is also set to write and direct the