Brad Pitt, Sandra Bullock, Oprah Winfrey, Jamie Foxx and more stars took the time to honour essential workers amid the coronavirus pandemic in Harry Connick Jr.’s CBS special, “United We Sing: A Grammy Tribute to the Unsung Heroes”, on Sunday.
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The death of George Floyd has brought about an unprecedented cultural reckoning over race and discrimination.
These things are being re-examined in all sorts of businesses, relationships, and other aspects of life, and the television industry is no exception. Following weeks of civil unrest and Black Lives Matter protests, Bob Iger hosted a town hall for Disney and ABC regarding racism within the media conglomerate.
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Brad Pitt, Sandra Bullock, Oprah Winfrey, Jamie Foxx and more stars took the time to honour essential workers amid the coronavirus pandemic in Harry Connick Jr.’s CBS special, “United We Sing: A Grammy Tribute to the Unsung Heroes”, on Sunday.
In a new interview, Lupita Nyong’o has urged people to not become "complacent" about Black Lives Matter.Discussing her desire to speak out about the movement, Nyong'o said, "I’m a member of that society and what is happening, it’s personal."The actress is narrating Discovery's nature documentary series Serengeti, and if she receives an Emmy nomination in the outstanding narration category for her work, she will be the third Black woman to do so.Lupita Nyong'o is speaking out in support of the
Frisco has released an emotive new protest song, ‘Black Man’ – you can listen to the song below.The song, which explores race inequalities and the recent death of George Floyd while in police custody, was released today (June 19).
Philonise Floyd cried as he remembered the “big brother” he’d never see again, George Floyd, during a heated House Judiciary Committee hearing on June 10. “I’m tired. I’m tired of the pain I’m feeling now and I’m tired of the pain I feel every time another black person is killed for no reason. I’m here today to ask you to make it stop. Stop the pain. Stop us from being tired,” Floyd told the lawmakers, who he implored to make sure his brother’s cruel death wasn’t “in vain.”
Back in 2018, Michael B. Jordan’s production company, Outlier Society Productions, joined the growing movement to support inclusion riders in contracts, to help make Hollywood more inclusive.
In an attempt to combat the racial inequality in the USA, Michael B. Jordan called for Hollywood to invest in black staff during a protest.
Michael Strahan is adding his voice to the conversation about the protests throughout North America after the deaths of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery and Breonna Taylor.
Gayle King is opening up about her own emotional coverage of the police killing of George Floyd and the fear she feels for her own son facing systemic racism in America. King joined the hosts of on Thursday via video chat, and the journalist teared up rewatching her report of Floyd's murder, in which she cried while reporting on his death.
CL is speaking out in support of Black Lives Matter.
Gayle King broke down in tears as she spoke on The Talk about George Floyd‘s death, and her fears about what could happen to her own son. The CBS This Morning host, 65, is worried about the repercussions of her 33-year-old, Will Bumpus Jr., doing things as innocuous as walking his dog and being killed because of the color of his skin.
Lauren London showed once more how resilient she is after the tragic passing of Nipsey Hussle, by doing an interview where she opened about police brutality with Jada Pinkett Smith. Smith also tackled the political unrest going in this country after the killing of George Floyd.
Televangelist Pat Robertson publicly scolded President Donald Trump during “The 700 Club” Tuesday, saying that his response to the unrest after George Floyd’s death “isn’t cool.”
Big Sean is opening up in a new video about how he really feels about being a black man in America.
In response to the murder of George Floyd by white police officers in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Equality Florida is hosting a virtual LGBTQ Black Lives Matter town hall on Wednesday (June 3).
Oprah Winfrey and Gayle King got very candid about the state of racism in the U.S. in a livestreamed conversation on Facebook.