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Thomas Rhett is opening up about his plans to talk to his daughter, Willa Gray, about her adoption. The “Slow Down Summer” singer and his wife, Lauren Akins, adopted their 6-year-old daughter from Uganda in 2017. During a conversation withHoda Kotb on her Making Space podcast, the country music superstar shares when he feels would be the right time to have a conversation with his daughter about her adoption. “It’s hard, because I think when you become a parent you’re like, ‘Well, I’m a dad I have all the answers,’” he shared. “And like adoption is one of the most beautiful things in the world and I don’t think at the beginning of it you go, ‘Oh, in like six years, I’m gonna have to start answering some really intense questions.’ It’s kinda like you go, what age is the right age? Because the world is moving so fast to have a conversation with a 6-year-old about that," he said.

The 2022 Canadian Screen Awards kicked off on Monday, announcing the winners in Broadcast News and Documentary & Factual– which was hosted by ET Canada’s own Sangita Patel.

Thomas Rhett is opening up about his eldest daughter, Willa Gray, and how she’s beginning to start asking questions about her adoption from Uganda.

Thomas Rhett is opening up about some challenging questions raised by his daughter about being adopted.

Pressing pause! Thomas Rhett and Lauren Akins want a fifth baby — but not anytime soon.

Her own teenage memory of racism still makes TV presenter Jean Johansson emotional.

AURORA, Max Richter, and more have been announced as guests on Fay Milton’s Sounds Like A Plan podcast, where they’ll discuss how the music world is responding to the climate crisis.The podcast – hosted by the Savages drummer and activist, along with journalist Greg Cochrane – is set to return for its third season today (March 30) and is set to share 10 new episodes of conversations with music and climate change-makers.The series will explore a broad range of topics including, bringing veganism to the live music experience, visiting one of the UK’s only “carbon positive” music recording spaces, the innovative collaborations happening between climate scientists and musicians, and how music can play a role in mainstream climate communication.A post shared by Sounds Like A Plan (@soundslikeaplanpodcast)The podcast also plans to dig into the threat to indigenous people and culture in the regions most severely affected by extreme weather and the links between climate, mental health and songwriting.“It’s easy to get dragged into feeling hopeless about the world, but there are also so many positive and beautiful things coming out of the challenges we face,” Milton said.The music world is full of creative minds and when those minds get turned to environmental and social causes, all manner of wonderful things come out. Each interview has left me with a head full of new ideas.”Other upcoming guests include Nick Mulvey, Ugandan rapper Jaspher Ewany, and climate communication and storytelling specialist, Nicky Hawkins.Milton has been heavily involved in climate activism for some time.

“The Worth of Water,” by Gary White and Matt Damon (Penguin Random House)Gary White, the water engineer-activist, and Matt Damon, the actor-philanthropist, have formed one of the world’s great partnerships and solved a problem that has eluded well-meaning institutions, national governments and brainy people — how to bring clean water to millions of poor households.Without that most fundamental of commodities, the poor were trapped in a cycle of poverty, often paying exorbitant prices for delivered water or spending hours daily hauling jugs from distant streams and wells.“People trapped in this cannot escape,” White said.He and Damon created an escape path — water.org and partnerships with banks that allowed people to borrow $275, typically what it cost to connect water to a house in a poor country.In this work, as the book details, the numbers are stunning.— 785 million people in the world lack access to safe water.— 443 million missed school days are caused by waterborne diseases.— 20% of people’s income in some poor countries is spent on buying water from trucks.“It’s expensive to be poor,” the book notes.Thanks to White and Damon’s efforts, that math is changing.— 43 million people have received micro loans to enable water connections to their houses.— 99% of the loans are repaid.— 88% of the loan receivers are women.Water carries an almost magical transformative power. For example, White relates the story of a woman in Uganda who, after she connected water to her house, started making bricks, raising a pig and growing a garden.

Olympic legend Sir Mo Farah is to race in this year's Great Manchester Run, it has been confirmed. The four-time gold medallist, who this week celebrated his 39th birthday, will line-up on at the event for the first time since he claimed victory at the event four years ago.

Michele Amabile Angermiller How are we supposed to live without Michael Bolton? “American Song Contest” doesn’t have to answer that question just yet, as Connecticut-based Bolton and his song “Beautiful World” could still place next week through a combination of votes through fans and jurors. But the early lead on night one of NBC’s U.S.

Today, Ugandan rapper and activist Ecko Bazz drops his new album Mmaso. A feverish and entirely gripping vision of post-industrial rap, Mmaso harnesses the fire-and-brimstone presence of Saul Williams with the grim, gunmetal sonics of Kanye West's Yeezus and latter-day The Bug.

Thor, but the 41-year-old actor is about to be a married man. Hiddleston is reportedly engaged to 37-year-old Zawe Ashton following the couple’s attendance at this weekend’s BAFTAs. His date donned a rock of a diamond ring on her left hand.

EXCLUSIVE: Films from Kenya, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Africa and Uganda have been unveiled in the final selection of North American streamer Topic and Statement Films’ program to support, develop and finance projects from female African filmmakers.

Chelsea Handler, 46, has been one of the most accomplished standup comedians for years! After gaining tons of success from her E! series Chelsea Lately, fans have felt a special connection to her, and she’s gone on to much success, creating docu-series like Chelsea Does and Hello Privilege. It’s Me, Chelsea for Netflix, in addition to a talk series and a comedy special called Uganda Be Kidding Me. Throughout her career, she’s also been open with her fans about her relationships, including her most recent beau, fellow comic Jo Koy, 50. Find out everything you need to know about Jo and Chelsea’s exes here!

Video: Kanye West reveals he told Kim Kardashian to stop letting daughter wear lipstick on TikTok (The Independent)Spice Girls return to perform at Wembley Stadium 21 years laterCarlos Marin performs at Il Divo first live show in New York CityKanye West hands out free Yeezy footwear to Ugandan childrenBohemian Rhapsody - Trailer 2Tory Lanez addresses Megan Thee Stallion shooting allegations on InstagramThe Weeknd announces future Grammys boycott following nominations snubRapper Slim 400 dead at 33: Gunned down in Los AngelesTravis Scott gives first interview since Astroworld tragedyDamon Albarn says he ‘watched climate change in action’Influential bassist Robbie Shakespeare dies aged 68Dave and Fredo join Stormzy on stage at GlastonburySoulja Boy blames Kanye West for getting him kicked off of other tracksBlake Shelton and Gwen Stefani are marriedPink fan Victoria Anthony sings at Pink concertJohn Lennon's killer denied praolePeter Jackson Reveals How 'Get Back' Restored The Beatles Footage And Sound'Forever grateful for everything you do for me. You're my rock, I couldn't do it without you.

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Protestors in Kenya demanded equal access to education for LGBTIQ students (Pic: @fahe_k / Twitter)

EXCLUSIVE: HBO Max is developing music-infused adult animated comedy Storytown, from Kevin Hart’s HartBeat and Michael D. Ratner’s OBB Pictures.

election thief and Kainerugaba as an overweight and “intellectually bankrupt” soldier who hopes to succeed his father as president.“They keep moving him around,” Kiiza said of the security forces. “They have defied court orders to release him, of course with impunity."Police spokesman Fred Enanga declined to comment on Rukirabashaija's whereabouts, saying it was now a matter for the attorney general's office.

Forest Whitaker has joined global economist and author Dr. Dambisa Moyo to become the latest among a group of African business leaders and ex-basketball players to invest in NBA Africa. They are strategic investors who bring money, brainpower and activism to the body. Whitaker’s Oscar came from The Last King of Scotland, playing the tyrannical former Ugandan leader Idi Amin.

Climate campaigner Greta Thunberg has criticised the final agreement made at the COP26 summit in Glasgow, describing its content as "very vague".

The Department of Home Affairs has again been accused of discriminating against LGBTIQ+ asylum seekers, this time a gay Ugandan couple.

UK sales and distribution outfit Blue Finch Films has boarded worldwide rights to the documentary Once Upon A Time In Uganda, which is set to have its world premiere at Fantastic Fest next month.

Viewers of Friday’s episode of This Morning found themselves getting emotional after an orphan teared up while paying tribute to the late Denise Robertson. Fred Ssemmanda was 11 when he first met the This Morning agony aunt in Uganda - and she ended up having a huge impact on his upbringing.

The President of Uganda, Yoweri Museveni

Three human rights lawyers who were detained for “promoting homosexuality” and then deported from Tanzania almost four years ago are suing the government.

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Disney EMEA Animation Studio this morning unveiled a group of new and returning animated kids projects out of Europe and Africa. Among the new titles is Kizazi Moto: Generation Fire, a 10-part sci-fi anthology executive produced by Oscar-winning Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse co-director Peter Ramsey.

crocodile. The largest lake in Africa, Lake Victoria in Uganda, is home to a 75-year-old crocodile called Osama, named after the terrorist behind the 9/11 attack, who has killed and eaten 80 people.

After spending four nights in jail and enduring alleged abuse, 39 people arrested in a raid on an LGBTQ+ shelter in Uganda have been granted bail.

Forty-four people in Uganda have been arrested and allegedly subjected to police abuse and torture in a raid on an LGBTI+ youth shelter in Kampala.

Kate Middleton is marking International Day of the Midwife with a very special interview.

The Parliament of Uganda has passed a new anti-gay bill that tightens the country’s existing ban on sex between people of the same sex.

reports.Lawmakers told the Independent that the new law would not be thrown out in court, like the country’s infamous “Kill the Gays” bill. Introduced in 2013, it proposed the death penalty for same-sex sexual relations.That was later reduced to life in prison and the bill was signed into law in 2014, drawing international condemnation.

Sally Struthers is looking back on her decision to step back from working with Save the Children after almost 30 years. 

Akon has announced that he’s planning on building another city in Africa while his first is still in progress.For the past few years the singer has been busy building a city in his native country of Senegal, for which he secured $6billion (£4.3bn) funding.Speaking in a press conference on Monday (April 5), Akon revealed that a new futuristic city will be coming to Uganda in the coming years.