George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery Trials to Be Aired in U.K. via Court TV Launch on Sky

PARIS -- A Congolese activist and four others are going on trial Wednesday on theft charges for trying to remove a 19th-century African funeral pole from a Paris museum, as part of campaign of protests against colonial-era plundering.Emery Mwazulu Diyabanza has staged similar actions in museums in the Netherlands and the southern French city of Marseille in recent months, inspired by global protests against racial injustice and colonial-era wrongs unleashed by George Floyd’s death in the U.S.

The Duchess of Sussex has said she was “in tears” while preparing to deliver a speech at her old school following the death of George Floyd.

Bruce Springsteen has spoken about the resurgent Black Lives Matter movement, calling it one of “tremendous hope” that “history is demanding”.Widespread protests have been held around the world under the movement’s banner since May when George Floyd was killed while in police custody in Minneapolis.Springsteen discussed recent political events in America including BLM in a new interview.

In a year of ill-timing, there have been few pop contretemps as jarring as the release of Lady Gaga's sixth studio LP Chromatica, which was postponed due to the pandemic and eventually dropped on May 29th during the height of civil unrest following the murder of George Floyd. Since its release, Gaga has kept uncharacteristically quiet, saving her first live performance of the new material for the VMAs a few weeks back.

Bruce Haring pmc-editorial-managerA part of Chicago Avenue in Minneapolis where George Floyd died will be renamed in his honor, city officials have decided. The city will refer to the blocks between 37th and 39th streets as George Perry Floyd Jr.

Ashley Banjo said his dance group Diversity have “never been prouder”, following ITV’s support for their performance of a routine inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement.

When Black Lives Matter started rocking, Hollywood came a-knocking. Considered the largest protest in American history, BLM, which started a few years ago, jolted a cultural nerve, particularly after the police killing of George Floyd.

Jo Malone has hit out at the “disgusting” treatment of Star Wars actor John Boyega by the perfume brand which carries her name.

anti-racism performance on Britain’s Got Talent. The media watchdog said that it received around 24,500 complaints over the dance troupe’s performance on the ITV talent show on September 5.

Britain’s Got Talent will not be investigated following a backlash over dance troupe Diversity’s Black Lives Matter-themed performance on the show.The emotional routine – which told the story of the death of George Floyd – sparked controversy and triggered more than 24,000 complaints.But broadcasting watchdog Ofcom has concluded that the programme “did not raise issues which warranted investigation under our broadcasting rules”.View this post on InstagramIt said the central message of the dance

Britain’s Got Talent.The dance troupe took to the stage on the ITV show earlier this month for an emotional performance that saw them tell the story of the death of George Floyd.The routine divided viewers, triggering thousands of complaints to broadcasting watchdog Ofcom and becoming the second most complained about TV incident of the decade behind Celebrity Big Brother’s 2018 ‘punchgate’ controversy.View this post on InstagramDixon has expressed her support for Diversity following the

Tom Grater International Film ReporterCourt TV, which relaunched in the U.S. in 2019 after an 11-year hiatus, has arrived in the UK via an initial deal with pay-TV giant Sky.The first batch of programming will include airing the trials of those accused in the George Floyd and Ahmaud Arbery cases, as well as the R Kelly trial, which is currently ongoing.The timing of the launch coincides with the 25th anniversary of the O.J.

Oscar winner Regina King recalled having to possibly push the release of One Night in Miami because she was short a couple scenes when the on-going novel coronavirus pandemic shut down production of her directorial debut. "We were waiting to see what the climate of the [COVID] world was going to be, and then Ahmaud Aubrey happened, and then Breonna Taylor happened and then George Floyd happened and people exploded.

Tony- and Grammy-winning talent Audra McDonald said the eerie silence from the Broadway community after George Floyd's death back in May bothered her so much that she co-launched Black Theatre United, an advocacy coalition of Black Broadway stars focused on increasing equality and representation on stage and beyond. "The theater community comes together to raise awareness for lots of issues — LGBTQ issues, issues with immigration, things like that.