American Idol is currently on hiatus and we’re anxiously awaiting the new season.
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Los Angeles Times, the television writer said she began understanding the criticism directed at her series — the uber-popular ’90s sitcom that continues to dominate the zeitgeist thanks to syndication and era-specific nostalgia — following the waves of Black Lives Matter protests in 2020.“It was after what happened to George Floyd that I began to wrestle with my having bought into systemic racism in ways I was never aware of,” Kauffman said. “That was really the moment that I began to examine the ways I had participated. I knew then I needed to course-correct.”The Marta F.
Kauffman ’78 Professorship in African and African American Studies at the private research university will support a distinguished scholar with a focus in the study of the people and cultures of Africa and the African diaspora. The grant will also assist the department to recruit more experts and professors, plan long-term academic priorities and provide new opportunities for students to engage in interdisciplinary scholarship.Regarding the response she’s gotten since the donation’s announcement, Kauffman said, “I’ve gotten nothing but love. It’s been amazing.
It surprised me to some extent, because I didn’t expect the news to go this wide. I’ve gotten a flood of emails and texts and posts that have been nothing but supportive. I’ve gotten a lot of ‘It’s about time.’ Not in a mean way.
It’s just people acknowledging it was long overdue.”She added that it was initially “difficult” and “frustrating” engaging with the critiques: “I’ve learned a lot in the last 20 years. Admitting and accepting guilt is not easy. It’s painful looking at yourself in the mirror.
American Idol is currently on hiatus and we’re anxiously awaiting the new season.
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Carter. The clip introduces us to the titular Agent Carter (played by Joo Won), who engages in non-stop intense physical combat, chases through the rural countryside and helicopter stunts, as he follows the instructions through the phone from an unknown female voice in order to avoid getting killed by the CIA.Carter, directed by The Villainess and Confession Of Murder‘s Jung Byung-gil, is slated to premiere on Netflix on August 5.The “one-scene, one-cut film” will follow Carter, who awakens two months into a deadly pandemic originating from the DMZ that has devastated both the US and North Korea, with no recollections of his past. He finds a mysterious device in his head, and a lethal bomb in his mouth.
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the Huffington Post. “Pronouns were not yet something that I understood, so we didn’t refer to that character as ‘she’.
Chris Rock and Lake Bell were spotted out together on several occasions over the Fourth of July weekend. On Friday night, the 57-year-old comedian and the 43-year-old actress were snapped enjoying each other’s company while they dined at celeb hotspot Giorgio Baldi in Santa Monica, California.For the outing, Rock wore a white shirt with white pants and brown shoes, while Bell sported a black cropped top and black jeans. An eyewitness also tells ET that the two were seen holding hands.A few days later, the pair was spotted out together again. In a photo obtained by , Rock and Bell had a casual brunch at Coast in Santa Monica on Sunday, and both looked relaxed during the meal.This weekend’s outings come after Rock and Bell were spotted in St.
Chris Rock and Lake Bell were spotted out together on multiple outings over the Fourth of July weekend. On Saturday night, the 57-year-old comedian and the 43-year-old actress were snapped enjoying each other’s company while they dined at celeb hotspot Giorgio Baldi in Santa Monica, California. For the outing, Rock wore a white shirt with white pants and brown shoes, while Bell sported a black cropped top and black jeans. On Sunday, the pair were spotted out together again.
Earlier this month Friends co-creator Marta Kauffman made a generous donation to Brandeis University, her alma mater. She pledged $4 million to establish an endowed professorship in the African and African American Studies Department there.
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Zack Sharf “Friends” creator Marta Kauffman told the Los Angeles Times that she’s so “embarrassed” by and feels such “guilt” over the lack of diversity on her classic NBC sitcom that she’s donating $4 million to create the Marta F. Kauffman ‘78 Professorship in African and African American Studies at Brandeis University.
' lack of diversity. Earlier this month, Brandeis University, Kauffman's alma mater, announced that the sitcom's co-creator has pledged $4 million to establish an endowed professorship in the school's African and African American Studies Department.«It took me a long time to begin to understand how I internalized systemic racism,» Kauffman told the university.
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