Miami Heat & Boston Celtics Take A Knee During National Anthem In Light Of Capitol Hill Violence, Jacob Blake Ruling

The Casting Society of America will host a virtual town hall on February 1 and a three-day online open call for for Black actors from Feb. 19-21. Both events are part of CSA’s Black Actors Initiative, which is designed to effect real change in how actors in historically underrepresented communities are afforded access to job opportunities.

Amanda Gorman is about to make history at the 2021 presidential inauguration ceremony on Wednesday (January 20).

Olivia Munn was one of many who congratulated her ex, Joel Kinnaman, on his recent engagement to model Kelly Gale. The 40-year-old actress took to the comments section of Kinnaman's announcement post on Instagram to share some love, simply writing, "

Gallery: Kim Kardashian and Kanye West: A full relationship timeline (BANG Showbiz)The Hollywood actress - who also dated baseball star Aaron Rodgers between 2014 and 2017 - replied with a series of "100" emojis. Elsewhere, Wilmer Valderrama, Joel's showbiz pal, offered his congratulations after the couple announced their engagement.

Boston Mayor Martin Walsh, who was nominated last week to serve in President-elect Joe Biden’s Cabinet as labor secretary, was once linked to a federal probe alleging his associates had used illegal tactics to "strong-arm" local developers. Walsh faced scrutiny in 2016 after the Boston Globe reported that his name had surfaced during a federal investigation into allegations that unions had improperly pressured developers and businesses to hire union workers for their projects.

Freshman Rep. Kat Cammack, R-Fla., said Thursday she is still in "shock" at the events that unfolded in the U.S.

The Boston Celtics and Miami Heat knelt for the national anthem Wednesday night, saying they were playing “with a heavy heart” after a violent mob loyal to President Donald Trump was able to storm the U.S. Capitol and the decision earlier in the week by a Wisconsin prosecutor not to charge a police officer who shot a Black man last year.

The devices found near the Republican National Committee and Democratic National Committee headquarters in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday were actual explosive devices, according to a senior federal law enforcement official briefed on the investigations. Fox News first reported that multiple IEDs, resembling pipe bombs, were found near the Capitol grounds on Wednesday.

Violence and unrest erupted outside Trump-affiliated buildings across the country following hours of mayhem on Capitol Hill in Washington D.C., according to reports and posts shared on social media. Within hours of the U.S.

Leaders, officials and critics from America’s adversaries are taking aim at the U.S.

As he has so many times over the past decade and more, Barack Obama spoke directly to the chaos that enveloped Capitol Hill today and how it was an inevitable outcome of Donald Trump’s time in the White House.

pic.twitter.com/2QrAtszPaTIn addition, the teams put out a joint statement prior to the game, which explained why they were willing to play on Wednesday.«2021 is a new year, but some things have not changed,» the statement read. «We play tonight's game with a heavy heart after yesterday's decision in Kenosha, and knowing that protesters in our nation's capital are treated differently by political leaders depending on what side of certain issues they are on.

In the aftermath of the chaos at the U.S. Capitol, the Boston Celtics and Miami Heat contemplated boycotting their NBA game on Wednesday night.

Former chief assistant U.S. Attorney and Fox News contributor Andrew McCarthy took President Trump to task over the ongoing chaos that has taken place on Capitol Hill as a pro-Trump mob stormed the Capitol and disrupted the certification of President-elect Biden's election victory.  Amid the contentious debate over certifying the Electoral College results from the 2020 presidential election, demonstrators breached the Capitol on Wednesday, causing lawmakers to go into lockdown.

Hoda Kotb shared an emotional reunion with an old boss who she ran into while out for a jog in New York's Central Park.During her morning show, Today with Hoda and Jenna, the host explained that she was out in the park this week, when she saw a familiar, albeit masked face."I was going for a run in Central Park and I was all masked up & had my hat on… and I looked and there was a man who had his mask on and he was walking his dog, and I knew that face."MORE: Today's Hoda Kotb reveals emotional

LeBron James is upset officers won’t be charged in the shooting of Jacob Blake.

Protesters took to the streets of Portland on Tuesday following news of a Wisconsin prosecutor's decision not to press charges against a White police officer accused of shooting Jacob Blake over the summer.

https://t. co/m3iv1NZxQY "And not only in the black community but in the white community as well, who see moments like this happen to us, to happen to his family, to happen to [Blake] himself.

Protesters descended on the Kenosha County Administration Building in Wisconsin on Tuesday evening following the district attorney’s decision not to charge any of the officers involved in the August shooting of Jacob Blake, according to a report. "Seven shots in the back! No, that ain't right!" some of the around 60 protesters chanted outside the building, Kenosha News reported.

A post shared by Demi Lovato (@ddlovato)Another celeb who shared their outrage was Common, who posted a link to a story about the decision not to charge the officers, and wrote, "'An unjust law is no law at all.' Dr. Martin Luther King Jr."«An unjust law is no law at all.» Dr.