Letter to my Younger Self: Speak up in unfair moments urges Anna Daly

Popular soft play facility under threat of closure due to pandemicBut in 1837, a 19-year-old Douglass met and fell in love with Anna Murray, a free black woman in Baltimore about five years older than him.Her free status strengthened his belief in the possibility of gaining his own freedom and she encouraged and supported his efforts by aid and money.Having previously failed to escape from horrid prospector William Freeland, a 20-year-old Douglass successfully escaped in September 1838 and

"God willing we'll all be back working together," said Spike Lee as he accepted the Trailblazer Award on Saturday during a virtual presentation of the 7th annual Location Managers Guild International Awards. Lee saluted location managers, saying without them, "I would not be able do what I do" as he rarely shoots on sets.

The American Cinematheque will honor Spike Lee with its 34th American Cinematheque Award, which will be presented Jan. 14, 2021 as part of a pandemic-era virtual tribute.

Dade Hayes Finance EditorVidCon, a decade-old, fan-centric convention for online video creators, plans to hold an in-person edition of its annual event in Anaheim, CA, in the summer of 2021.For the first time, VidCon will offer digital ticketing options, offering live streaming of fan-focused sessions and on-demand access to industry and creator workshops, panels and keynotes.

Janet W. Lee On Saturday morning, Disneyland employees and fans gathered for a rally outside the theme park in Anaheim, Calif.

Pubs and restaurants will have to close for four weeks, while schools will shut for two weeks as part of new rules announced by the Northern Ireland Executive.

Dublin guitar band Revelino are chalking up a return to the Official Irish Charts with a reissue of their self-titled debut album.

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The families of Jackie Robinson and Martin Luther King Jr. are blasting Donald Trump and his reelection campaign for a new ad in which images of the two civil rights icons are shown.

Dave McNary Film ReporterRyan O’Nan and Kaiwi Lyman have signed on to star opposite Gerard Butler, Frank Grillo and Alexis Louder in Joe Carnahan’s action/thriller “Copshop.”The film is shooting in Georgia and New Mexico. Open Road Films is releasing the movie theatrically in the U.S.

Even though Spike Lee is a diehard Knicks fan and a longtime resident of NYC, the latter of which has been under attack recently due to its strict COVID precautions, the filmmaker is having one hell of a 2020. Not only is his recent Netflix feature, “Da 5 Bloods,” deep in the conversation for awards season but he’s also set to release a new HBO film, “David Byrne’s American Utopia” later this month.

Director Spike Lee is opening up about not knowing that Chadwick Boseman was sick with colon cancer while filming Da 5 Bloods, which was released earlier this year.

EVOKE as she launched Ireland’s newest online baby, nursery and toy website, Kaliedy, she shared the interesting origins of Aidan Powers friendship with Tom Hanks.Explaining the background to the story, Anna said, ‘Aidan Power is absolutely fanatical about typewriters! So he and Tom Hanks collect typewriters.’‘Tom Hanks is a massive collector of typewriters right, and so is Aidan Power.’‘So Aidan sent Tom Hanks a letter from his typewriter, a pure nerdy one explaining the model of the typewriter

Amanda N'Duka pmc-editorial-managerEXCLUSIVE: Alexis Louder (Watchmen) has come on board to star opposite Gerard Butler and Frank Grillo in the Joe Carnahan-directed action thriller CopShop, which just resumed production in Georgia after being temporarily halted because three crew members tested positive for COVID-19.Carnahan penned the most recent draft based on the original screenplay by Kurt McLeod.