John Legend says the death of George Floyd is a reminder that Black people in the singer’s life are in danger.
18.06.2020 - 20:57 / billboard.com
John Legend pictured himself and his younger brother's son when he watched the video of George Floyd being suffocated to death by a Minneapolis police officer.In an interview with Willie Geist slated to run on Sunday's (June 21) episode of the TODAY show, father of two Legend says watching Floyd slowly die as the officer kept his knee on the unarmed black man's neck for nearly nine minutes was a harsh reminder that someone he knows could have been under that knee.“We do see our family members
.John Legend says the death of George Floyd is a reminder that Black people in the singer’s life are in danger.
Dominic Patten Senior Editor, Legal & TV CriticTucker Carlson may have one of the most watched shows on cable news, but the Fox News Channel host is losing advertisers – again.Whereas in 2018, over 20 companies yanked their ads after Carlson obtusely proclaimed that immigrants made America “poorer, and dirtier, and more divided,” this time the exits are over the host’s stance on the death of George Floyd and the nationwide protests that followed against police violence and racism.Both Disney and
UPDATE (6/9/20 @ 3:15PM ET): Jamie Foxx and Channing Tatum were among thousands of mourners who attended George Floyd’s funeral service on June 9, in George’s hometown of Houston, TX. The actors stood with the families of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and Eric Garner and wore white to the somber event. In practicing safety precautions during the COVID-19 outbreak, they also wore face masks.
Tim Dams British Academy of Film and Television Arts chair Krishnendu Majumdar has addressed the killing of George Floyd and the lack of diversity in BAFTA’s nominations process in his first communication with members since being appointed last week.In a powerful letter to BAFTA members, Majumdar said: “It is no longer acceptable to be just non-racist: BAFTA must be unequivocally and actively anti-racist.
Nick Cannon has joined several celebrities who are using their platforms to denounce police brutality and systemic racism after the killing of George Floyd. In a conversation with Access Hollywood, the Masked Singer host revealed that his three children – including the two he had with ex-wife Mariah Carey – fear law enforcement.The 39-year-old began: “My children fear police.
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
Former president Barack Obama will give an address Wednesday in the wake of the police killing of unarmed black man George Floyd and the unrest and protests that have followed in the nine days since.
Star Wars actor John Boyega has made an emotional speech in London’s Hyde Park over the death of George Floyd.
Zayn Malik is raising his voice against the killing of George Floyd. The unarmed African-American US citizen died in police custody after one of the officers knelt on his neck.
CM Punk appeared on the latest episode of WWE Backstage and spoke about the civil unrest that has flared in the US cities after the death of George Floyd. People across the country are currently protesting the brutal killing of George Floyd, a 46-year-old security guard, who died after police officer Derek Chauvin handcuffed him and kneeled on his back rendering him unable to breathe.