Hollywood Examines Its Working Relationship With Law Enforcement as Stars Call to Defund the Police

Usher on Friday joined the growing chorus of voices calling for Juneteenth to be declared a national holiday. The Grammy-winning singer laid out his argument for theproposal in a Washington Post op-ed.

Ever since George Floyd's video went viral on the internet wherein four police policemen arrested him and one of them kneeled down on his neck until he died, millions of people in the US have come out on the streets to protest. Many celebrities have stood for the Black Lives Matter movement and now Natalie Portman is also expressing her take.

Noelle S. Lindsay-Stewart No matter how much you protest or share social media posts, the majority of writers, creators and executives in Hollywood could be doing much more to prevent tragedies like the killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor or Tony McDade.It’s reported by the Geena Davis Institute that 80% of the media consumed globally is created in the United States.

Noelle S. Lindsay-Stewart No matter how much you protest or share social media posts, the majority of writers, creators and executives in Hollywood could be doing much more to prevent tragedies like the killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor or Tony McDade.It’s reported by the Geena Davis Institute that 80% of the media consumed globally is created in the United States.

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In an attempt to combat the racial inequality in the USA, Michael B. Jordan called for Hollywood to invest in black staff during a protest.

Spike Lee is feeling the heaviness over the recent death of George Floyd and the subsequent protests against brutality.The 63-year-old director is known for speaking up for what he believes in, and stepped out to participate in a protest and vigil for Floyd in New York City this week.

Spike Lee has compared the latest Black Lives Matter protests to the civil rights movements that took place in the 1960s.Following the death of African-American man George Floyd at the hands of a white cop in Minneapolis, Minnesota on 25 May, calls for an end to racial injustice have intensified worldwide. Accordingly, director Spike has responded by creating a new short film.

Bill Murray’s son has been slapped with charges of disorderly conduct and assault and battery on a police officer following his arrest at a Black Lives Matter protest.

Bill Murray’s son has been slapped with charges of disorderly conduct and assault and battery on a police officer following his arrest at a Black Lives Matter protest. Caleb Murray was busted in Massachusetts on Monday afternoon after taking part in a largely peaceful demonstration at Five Corners in Vineyard Haven, demanding justice for George Floyd, an unarmed African-American man who was killed at the hands of a white cop in Minnesota last week.

The family of murdered soldier Lee Rigby has urged people to stop using his image ‘in a divisive way’ in arguments against Black Lives Matter protests.

MSNBC anchor Ali Velshi has covered conflict zones around the world throughout his lengthy career in broadcast journalism, but he never expected one of those places to be Minneapolis, Minnesota. That's where Velshi was shot by a rubber bullet on Saturday night while covering the protests stemming from the killing of George Floyd.

Activists protesting against the death of George Floyd knelt in the middle of Oxford Road during a Black Lives Matter demonstration in Manchester.

Former Access Hollywood co-host Shaun Robinson seems to be calling out Billy Bush, who she worked alongside for years.

Shortly after the video was released of George Floyd being killed by a police officer and protests began to rise up around the US, Spike Lee released a short clip editing together the videos of Floyd and Eric Garner being killed alongside a similar scene in the director’s own “Do The Right Thing,” asking the question, “When will history stop repeating itself?” In a new interview with the Los Angeles Times, Lee talked about the connection between his 1989 acclaimed film and the recent racist

The death of George Floyd which has triggered protests across the US was “inexcusable”, Boris Johnson has said.

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At least three famous faces were among the thousands marching through Los Angeles on Tuesday (June 2.) Cara Delevingne, 27, marched with Machine Gun Kelly, 30, and Travis Barker, 44, by her side, and the Carnival Row star held a homemade sign that read “Silence Is Consent.” Clearly, she was calling out those who have yet to demand justice for George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Tony McDade, Ahmaud Arbery, or the countless other black men and women who have been killed by police in the United States.