Merriam-Webster Targeted Online With Threats of Anti-LGBTQ Violence, U.S Attorney Says

Kanye West isn't a fan of Kim Kardashian's new style. West apparently mocked one of Kardashian's fashion choices amid their divorce, the reality TV star admitted in the latest episode of "The Kardashians." "I got to a point where I would ask his advice for everything down to what I wear. Even now I’m having panic attacks, like what do I wear?" Kardshian explained.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorLaverne Cox will be honored as advocate of the year at the upcoming 2022 Webby Awards.The actor and producer will be recognized by the International Academy of Digital Arts & Sciences (IADAS) for her LGBTQ advocacy work.“Laverne Cox understands the true power of showing up by example,” Webby Awards president Claire Graves told Variety exclusively on Tuesday morning. “She is a clear, consistent and powerful voice advocating in defense of Black trans lives, and we are so proud to recognize her as the 2022 Webby Advocate of the Year, selected by a committee chaired by the NAACP and IADAS.”Hosted by comedian Roy Wood Jr., the Webby Awards will take place May 16 at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City.

Amanda Seyfried and Colin Firth are very ready for Mamma Mia 3.

Amanda Seyfried wears bright blue for Variety’s 2022 Power Of Women event held at The Glasshouse on Thursday (May 5) in New York City.

Amanda Seyfried believed in “The Dropout,” she wasn’t expecting it to become a phenomenon. “I’ve never carried anything like this before, and now that it’s all done, it’s been amazing,” she marvels. “I’ve never felt the impact of something so viscerally.

press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts, 34-year-old Jeremy David Hanson of Rossmoor, California, sent a series of threats to the dictionary company from Oct. 2 to Oct.

a stunning unanimous decision, finding that Boston violated the First Amendment free speech rights of an anti-LGBTQ group that had requested the city fly a Christian flag at city hall. That group, Camp Constitution, says part of its mission is to “expose some of the abuses and perversions that have brought our nation and economy so far down.”Like the Supreme Court’s very narrow decision in the Masterpiece Cake Shop case, the ruling, which is very specific, runs the risk of being used by the right to initiate more religion-based attacks against minority Americans.The decision, written by retiring justice Stephen Breyer, disturbingly also cites Boston allowing the LGBTQ Pride flag to fly in front of its city hall as an example of how the city granted many other groups’ requests but engaged in discrimination against the Christian group.“Between 2005 and 2017,” the decision reads, “Boston approved the raising of about 50 unique flags for 284 such ceremonies.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorRoyalty took the stand on Saturday night to advocate for LGBTQ+ equality.Golda Rosheuvel, the openly gay actor who plays the illustrious Queen Charlotte on “Bridgerton,” was presented the Equality Award at this year’s Human Rights Campaign gala in New York.“Being authentic and true to who I am has been something that I’ve championed in my own life, so to be able to get up there tonight and speak my journey is really important,” Rosheuvel told Variety before accepting her award. “That one person who’s struggling might hear it and be confident enough to step [up] in their own life.”The “Bridgerton” star later went on to tell the crowd, “nobody should have to choose between being publicly out and being a successful actor.” Rosheuvel recently opened up to Marc Malkin on the “Just for Variety” podcast about how a lesbian director once advised her to stay in the closet.

Ray J, Kim Kardashian’s ex-boyfriend, has accused the reality star of lying on The Kardashians, where she said that Kanye West flew out to California and met up with the singer to retrieve unseen footage of her sex tape. On Thursday’s episode of the new Hulu show, Kardashian revealed that West, her ex-husband, took an overnight trip to Los Angeles to pick up the remaining footage of her and Ray J’s sex tape. More specifically, Kardashian said that West got the tape, which was leaked in 2007, from Ray J himself.

“Frozen” fans are seeing double.

Kaley Cuoco is in a thankful mood!

Ben Affleck «may or may not have» asked star Emma Hernan to «grab… coffee a few times.» That's the claim the luxury real estate agent made in the new season of the hit Netflix show.During a chat with one of her BFFs, Chrishell Stause, the 30-year-old agent and entrepreneur played coy while teasing that the Oscar winner reached out to her on the exclusive dating app, Raya. At the mere mention of the dating app, Stause recalls the star going viral in April 2021 after it was revealed he was looking to meet someone on the dating app.That's when Hernan makes the revelation about Affleck reaching out to her, while adding that his opening line had something to do with their hometown of Boston.

Emma Hernan almost had a romance with Ben Affleck.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music CriticLittle Simz has become a bona fide star in her native England, but conquering America has run into a roadblock. The acclaimed hip-hop artist said Tuesday that she is canceling a U.S. tour that was to begin in May due to a lack of resources as an independent artist that would create a “huge deficit” for her if she carried out the shows as planned.“Hey guys, due to unforeseen circumstances I’ve been left with no option but to reschedule my US tour,” the artist wrote in a statement.