JJ Abrams And Wife Katie McGrath Pledge $10 Million To Anti-Racist Initiatives

Taylor Swift has promised fans she will be a ferocious anti-racist moving forward as part of a statement released to mark America’s Juneteenth.The singer made her pledge in honour of the 155th anniversary of the full emancipation of all African-American slaves, insisting she has changed her life forever as a result of the Black Lives Matter movement for racial justice.

Taylor Swift has promised to be “loudly and ferociously anti-racist” going forward and to “not let privilege lie dormant”.The pop star made the pledge earlier today (June 19) as an acknowledgement of Juneteenth, which marks the end of slavery in the US.After sharing a video from the publication The Root explaining why Juneteenth should be a national holiday in the States, Swift said that she would be giving all of her employees the day off “in honour of Freedom Day from now on”.

Taylor Swift is taking Friday (June 19) off to celebrate Juneteenth and rededicate herself to learning and listening. In a series of early morning tweets, Swift thanked the site The Root for letting her repost a video explaining why the annual celebration of the end of slavery should be a national holiday.

Hollyoaks actor Adam Rickitt, 42, and his wife Katy, 36, have given OK! magazine an exclusive look inside the gin bar they own, which they’ve been forced to turn into an off licence during the pandemic.The couple, who exclusively invited OK! magazine into their stunning Cheshire home as they opened up on their marriage, own Dexter and Jones bar in Knutsford.

Peter Andre has admitted his reality show with his ex wife Katie Price “finished way too soon”.The 47 year old Mysterious Girl singer admits if they had kept the show going, they could have been “as big as the Kardashians”.

Alex Reid has branded his ex-wife Katie Price a bullying troll.

Hollyoaks and former Coronation Street star Adam Rickitt has bravely discussed his infertility battle in a new interview with OK! magazine. Adam, 42, is happily married to his wife Katy Fawcett, 36, who is a Good Morning Britain reporter.The pair met in 2011, when Katy went to interview the star at an animal rescue centre.

Alexisonfire have revealed that they are donating the earnings from their new single ‘Complicit’ to various anti-racist organisations.The Canadian band decided to take action after mass protests calling out racism have taken place across the US and all over the world following the death of George Floyd.Floyd, an African-American man, was killed last month in Minneapolis when a white police officer knelt on his neck for almost nine minutes as he lay on the ground during an

Stormzy has pledged to donate £10m, over the next decade, to organisations, charities and movements tackling racial inequality, justice reform and black empowerment in the UK.In a statement, the grime artist said: “The uncomfortable truth that our country continuously fails to recognise and admit, is that black people in the UK have been at a constant disadvantage in every aspect of life – simply due to the colour of our skin.“I’m lucky enough to be in the position I’m in and I’ve heard people

Gordon Cox Theater Editor“The thing that’s right is to get the theater industry’s collective knee off of the throats and off of the bodies of Black, indigenous and POC people. And it can’t be through these diversity initiatives.

Rutherglen Central and North, if you are black, or from another ethnic minority, please reach out to me.

Tom Grater International Film ReporterKrishnendu Majumdar, the newly-appointed chair of UK awards body BAFTA, has sent a letter to the org’s membership addressing the killing of George Floyd and the voting org’s record on diversity.In the letter, he expresses solitary for the Black Lives Matter protests that have sprung up around the globe since Floyd’s death, and vows that the organization will do better after the hefty criticism it received over its record on diversity following the

Tom Grater International Film ReporterKrishnendu Majumdar, the newly-appointed chair of UK awards body BAFTA, has sent a letter to the org’s membership addressing the killing of George Floyd and the voting org’s record on diversity.In the letter, he expresses solitary for the Black Lives Matter protests that have sprung up around the globe since Floyd’s death, and vows that the organization will do better after the hefty criticism it received over its record on diversity following the

This historical film is another one of DuVernay’s projects, and it’s a powerful depiction of Martin Luther King Jr.’s 1965 marches from Selma, Alabama to the state’s capital in Montgomery.

Rob Stringer in a statement. “We stand against discrimination everywhere and we will take action accordingly with our community fully involved in effectively using these funds.”Sony Music earlier revealed it would be matching employee donations to several social justice charities worldwide during the month of June, including the ACLU, Black Lives Matter, the NAACP, the Minnesota Freedom Fund, The Innocence Project and Unicorn Riot.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorAlong with the social-change efforts announced by its parent company Universal Music Group earlier this week, Republic Records has announced its own campaign — one aspect of which is that the company will cease to use the term “urban” to describe black music. “ ‘Urban’ is rooted in the historical evolution of terms that sought to define Black music,” the memo reads.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorSony Music Group has announced the launch of a $100 million fund to support social justice and anti-racist initiatives around the world.

In light of the protests happening right now, I've been turning to anti-racist podcasts and videos for more information, context, and clarity. What I haven't been doing is asking my Black friends and coworkers to help me on this quest for knowledge, because it's not on them to educate me.

Kristen Bell doesn’t care how her daughters identify sexually, or what choices they make in their careers as they grow up – as long as she raises them to be anti-racist.