Deidre Davis Butler (1955 – 2020), disability rights advocate

Viola Davis says taking control of your destiny as diverse talent in Hollywood isn't enough. You need to walk the walk to keep pace with stiff competition.

Clayton Davis “You’re not dying. You just can’t think of anything good to do.”-Matthew Broderick in “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” (1986)The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences can be a forgetful group.

Neon has acquired the U.S. rights toPhilippe Lacôte’ssecond feature,Night of the Kings, after his Cannes-selected Run.

Clayton Davis Shawn Mendes will perform at the 2020 Toronto Film Festival Tribute Awards, the organization announced Wednesday.Along with his performance, he will endow the new Shawn Mendes Foundation Changemaker Award. The $10,000 prize will be given to a film that tackles issues of social change.

Leo Barraclough Senior International CorrespondentWarnerMedia has acquired the rights to new animated show “Master Moley,” starring Warwick Davis and Gemma Arterton, for its children’s platform Boomerang in more than 100 countries across Europe, Middle East and Africa.

Actress Caroline Quentin, American footballer Jason Bell and singer Max George have been announced as the first three contestants of this year’s Strictly Come Dancing season.The three contestants were announced by Alex Jones and Amol Rajan on The One Show.Bell, who was a cornerback for the Dallas Cowboys, Houston Texans and New York Giants, told Jones and Rajan he was "thrilled.""I am a huge fan of the show, I've been watching it since I came to the country," he said.His game plan is #Strictly

Demi Lovato and her new fiancé Max Ehrich didn't make their in-person red carpet debut at the MTV VMAs tonight. The couple opted not to travel to New York City for the ceremony, instead staying in Los Angeles amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

Viewers of the 2020 MTV VMAs took to social media to express their disappointment at the absence of late NBA star Kobe Bryant in the awards show’s “In Memoriam” segment. The ceremony was broadcast from New York on Sunday and the segment honoured stars who have passed away in recent months.

Ellise Shafer editorNo one expected this year’s MTV VMAs to be typical. The event, which usually takes place at an arena like New York’s Barclays Center, was forced to go virtual this year due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, but that didn’t stop the network from trying its best to keep the spirit of a live show, well, alive.With the challenges of mandated quarantine and social distancing guidelines affecting cities coast-to-coast, all of this year’s performers, including Lady Gaga, Ariana

Lady Gaga shared words of hope during her multiple acceptance speeches at the MTV VMAs 2020 tonight (August 30).The star went home with five awards from the socially-distanced ceremony, which was pre-recorded in New York, including Artist Of The Year and the first-ever Tricon Award.Three of her trophies were given for ‘Rain On Me’, her collaboration with Ariana Grande that featured on her latest album ‘Chromatica’.

Date: Sunday, Aug. 30Time: The 90-minute pre-show hosted by Nessa Diab and Jamila Mustafa starts at 6:30 p.m.

In light of the slew of canceled film festivals in 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this year’s New York Film Festival is hoping to pull out all the stops and become the premier film event in the US. And as a way of showing what that means, the NYFF organizers announced the Spotlight section for this year’s fest.

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https://t.co/oJvCUAtL9XSheehy caused a sensation w The Secret of Grey Gardens, a 1972 New York magazine article revealing the little-known bohemian life of Edith Ewing Bouvier Beale, aunt of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis & Beale’s daughter, known as Little Edie #RIP Gail Sheehy https://t.co/07cbexz5pS“When you hear about a great cultural phenomenon.. drop everything.

Nordstrom Anniversary Sale is full of incredible Kate Spade deals — and, though originally only open to Nordy club members, they're now live for everyone to shop!Some of the most exciting discounts in the sale are on handbags and accessories, and we spied some classic Kate Spade New York bags on deep discount for the Nordstrom Anniversary Sale 2020. In addition to deals on lingerie, women's apparel, activewear, leggings, jacketsloungewear, skincare, shoesand on-trend sneakers, the massive

Kandi Buruss, Shannon Beador and more celebrity parents have taken their kids to college to start the 2020 school year.The Real Housewives of Atlanta star, 44, and her husband, Todd Tucker, snapped a selfie on their way to New York University with her 17-year-old daughter, Riley, on August 17.

In a well-produced virtual ceremony that ran little more than an hour and paired presenters from the worlds of showbiz and public service, the African-American Film Critics Association handed out its second annual TV honors on Saturday morning, not coincidentally right in the homestretch of Emmy voting. Indeed, 2020 Emmy-nominated AAFCA honorees included Sterling K.

The 2020 MTV VMAs are continuing to face many hurdles.

Robert Trump was a businessman best known as the younger brother of President Donald Trump.Trump was the youngest of the five Trump siblings. He graduated from Boston University and worked as an investment banker for years before beginning to work for his brother, the future president, in 1989.