Film News in Brief: AFI Teams With Universal on Free ‘Black Stories Matter’ Series

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Dave McNary Film ReporterTUESDAY, SEPT. 8The National Association of Theatre Owners has released a “Welcome Back to the Movies” short film that touts the COVID-19 health and safety protocols moviegoers will see.NATO noted that more than 370 companies, comprising more than 3,000 locations, and more than 33,000 screens have signed on to the protocols and may display the CinemaSafe badge and protocols on their websites and at their theater locations.

 Demi Lovato , puts her quarantine time and platform to fair use. Aware of her privileges, the pop superstar is committed to being an ally of the Black and Brown community and has dedicated the necessary resources to raise awareness about mental health and social issues like racial discrimination, economic deprivation, and stress.Like Lovato, in 2019, when we were getting ready to farewell the decade and receive the new year, we had no clue of the challenging months ahead.

Howie Mandel’s Golden Buzzer act Brandon Leake performed a powerful Black Lives Matter poem during Tuesday’s fourth and final round of “America’s Got Talent” live quarter-finals.

Dave McNary Film ReporterMONDAY, AUG. 31Shailene Woodley and Julie Bowen have joined the cast of Jenna Ortega’s high school drama “Fallout,” which has been shooting in Los Angeles.John Ortiz, Will Ropp, Maddie Ziegler and Niles Fitch are also starring in “Fallout.” Megan Park is directing from her own script about Ortega’s character dealing with the emotional fallout from a school tragedy.

Nellie Andreeva, Denise Petski Daniel Kyri, who has been heavily recurring on Chicago Fire since Season 7 as rookie firefighter Darren Ritter, has been promoted to series regular for the upcoming ninth season.Kyri has appeared almost every episode of Chicago Fire since he made his debut in the second episode of Season 7 for a total of 36 episodes to date.“Very excited Daniel is going to be a series regular this year, said series co-creator/executive producer Derek Haas.

Keke Palmer has officially kicked off the 2020 MTV Video Music Awards! The 27-year-old actress, dressed in a stylish, feather-fringed art deco flapper gown as she took to the digital stage, delivered a fun and impassioned opening monologue about the power of music to make cultural change.«This is incredible. I can't believe MTV asked me to host.

It can be hard to know how to respond when you hear someone yelling racist, homophobic or disagreeable things. But, when Trey Hogan, a freshman at the University of South Carolina, heard an anti-Black Lives Matter protest was being held on campus, he knew exactly what to do. Grab his trombone.No, this is not a euphemism. The week before another anti-Black Lives Matter protester had come to the campus and, according to local media, been shouting racist and homophobic slurs at students. As Hogan,

WNBA players made a strong statement in honor of 29-year-old Jacob Blake, an unarmed Black man who was shot by a Kenosha, WI police seven times. The Washington Mystics took the court in white shirts that spelled out Jacob’s name on the front, and had seven bullet holes on the back, representing the seven times he was shot.

Following Tuesday night’s historic sports strike — which started with the Milwaukee Bucks boycotting their playoff game in solidarity with police shooting victim Jacob Blake — Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Cullors is making a call for similar action in Hollywood. “I think it's time for talent, writers, executives, the guild and SAG to show up for Black lives as well,” Cullors, a writer on Freeform’s Good Trouble, tells The Hollywood Reporter.

Naman Ramachandran MTV International has launched “MTV Generation Change: Black Lives Matter,” a 10-part short-form series designed to support the global Black Lives Matter movement.The series features international artists, reality stars and change makers including Leigh-Anne Pinnock from British girl group Little Mix, model and activist Munroe Bergdorf, singer/songwriter Ray BLK, reality TV star Nathan Henry, model Duckie Thot, rapper Serious Klein and more as they tackle issues affecting

The American Film Institute and Universal Pictures are partnering on a week-long AFI Movie Club event, “Black Stories Matter.” Following the recent collaboration honoring Spike Lee and his film Do the Right Thing, the series will spotlight Lee’s BlacKkKlansman, Jordan Peele’s Get Out, Malcolm D. Lee’s Girls Trip, Jeff Nichols’ Loving and F.

Black Lives Matter — in the upcoming sixth season.Executive producer revealed the news to ET's when she and her colleague, executive producer, hopped on Zoom to discuss the series Wednesday.«When we got back to the [writers] room, we started looking at the fact that we're a cop show and in what ways have we contributed or not addressed the systemic issues of the police department. And we decided we wanted to speak to it.

Dave McNary Film ReporterMONDAY, AUG. 17Amazon Studios has released a powerful trailer for the Stacey Abrams voting rights documentary “All In: The Fight for Democracy,” less than three months before the Nov.

Dolly Parton is speaking out about the Black Lives Matter movement and the importance of taking action amid “innocent ignorance." The country star covers ’s annual “Country Power Players 2020” issue. “I understand people having to make themselves known and felt and seen,” Parton, 74, says about the Black Lives Matter movement.