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08.06.2020 - 23:13 / pitchfork.com
Last week, the musician and actor Janelle Monáe sent a message to her 4.7 million social media followers, offering a remarkable delineation of the responsibilities of modern pop stars. “I do not consider myself an activist or an organizer,” she wrote amid ongoing protests decrying the racist killings of Black victims like George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, and Breonna Taylor.
“I have a platform. YES BUT there are people who ARE REALLY ABOUT THAT LIFE DAILY.
I want to amplify their voices. Drop your
.Dominic Patten Senior Editor, Legal & TV CriticTucker Carlson may have one of the most watched shows on cable news, but the Fox News Channel host is losing advertisers – again.Whereas in 2018, over 20 companies yanked their ads after Carlson obtusely proclaimed that immigrants made America “poorer, and dirtier, and more divided,” this time the exits are over the host’s stance on the death of George Floyd and the nationwide protests that followed against police violence and racism.Both Disney and
Henry Winkler started trending on Twitter on fans got nervous for a second.
SEOUL, South Korea -- As American protesters took to the streets to mourn the death of George Floyd, they found an unexpected ally: K-pop fans. Floyd died May 25 after a police officer pressed his knee into his neck for several minutes even after he stopped moving.
Odell Beckham Jr., Patrick Mahomes and more NFL players united against racism in a powerful video and demanded support from their organization.“It’s been 10 days since George Floyd was brutally murdered,” Michael Thomas began the message, which was shared by multiple athletes on Thursday, June 4, and referenced the death of Floyd last month.
The Help is currently the number one movie on Netflix and people are trying to convince viewers to not watch the film – a movie that Viola Davis admits she regrets doing.
By Jordan Moreau
CL is speaking out in support of Black Lives Matter.
Abby Lee Miller earned a long-running show that centered around exactly how tough she was on her dance students. The reality star posted-and-deleted a black square in support of #blackouttuesday after the murder of George Floyd; however, she is being called out for being a hypocrite.
Two parents from Dance Moms are sharing their experiences of working with Abby Lee Miller. As protests surrounding the death of George Floyd continue around the world, season 8 mom Adriana Smith took to Instagram where she claimed the Lifetime reality star made controversial remarks towards her daughter Kamryn Smith. "I recently posted on my FB that racism is not something we can disagree on and still be friends, which in turn is why we are not friends.
On Wednesday morning, #WhiteLivesMatter was trending on Twitter — but not for the reason many first assumed.
K-Pop fans are drowning out the hate with love for their favorite artists!
By Klaritza Rico
It appears not all was gleeful on the set of “Glee”.