Mj Rodriguez, Padma Lakshmi, Yvette Nicole Brown Among the Creative Coalition’s 2021 TV Humanitarian Award Honorees

Padma Lakshmi is speaking out about the upcoming season of Top Chef, which is going to be filmed in Houston, Texas.

@GovAbbott‘s heinous bills,” Lakshmi wrote on her Twitter page on Wednesday. “Our show highlights the small businesses that hire the very same women, BIPOC ppl & low-income folks that these laws harm most.”Texans are up against so much right now- a hateful anti-abortion bill, erasure of voting rights, and a humanitarian & Constitutional crisis at the border.Houston is one of the most diverse cities in the U.S.

Scott Huver For attendees of the seventh annual Creative Coalition Television Humanitarian Awards, which resumed its in-person festivities Saturday after a virtual event last year, Hollywood’s social-charitable scene inched considerably closer to normalcy.

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Brittany Snow, Justin Hartley, MJ Rodriguez are being honored for using the power of their celebrity for social good!

Justin Hartley and wife Sofia Pernas couple up for the Television Academy’s Reception to Honor 73rd Emmy Award Nominees held at Television Academy on Friday (September 17) in Los Angeles.

Time magazine has revealed its annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world – the 2021 list includes Billie Eilish, Lil Nas X and Dolly Parton.The annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world was published yesterday (September 15) – with each individual in the list receiving a lengthy tribute from a person of similar influence.Eilish’s entry was written by 2020 inductee Megan Thee Stallion, who wrote: “Billie Eilish is a unique soul, with a voice, style and attitude

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorZendaya, Marlee Matlin and Jean Smart have been named Women in Film 2021 Crystal Award honorees. Formerly, the Crystal + Lucy Awards, the annual benefit supports WIF’s educational and philanthropic programs and its advocacy for gender parity for women throughout the industry.Also honored will be “Coda” writer Sian Heder, “Hacks” actress Hannah Einbinder and producer Ashley Levinson.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeNow that the three Creative Arts Emmys ceremonies have wrapped, attention turns to the big event: Next Sunday’s Primetime Emmys telecast on CBS.

The 2021 Creative Arts Emmy Awards were held this weekend across three ceremonies and dozens of awards were handed out!

RuPaul is on a roll!

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeGo ahead and put your money on another Emmy competition program win next Sunday for “RuPaul’s Drag Race.” If the Creative Arts Emmys are any indication, and they usually are, Television Academy voters are ready to give the VH1 show a fourth consecutive victory in the category.That would tie “RuPaul’s Drag Race” with “The Voice” as the second-most honored series in the competition category since it began in 2003.

Ming-Na Wen goes all out in a fluttery gown for the 2021 Creative Arts Emmys at Microsoft Theater on Saturday night (September 11) in Los Angeles.

All good things … must come to an end — but they also may lead to other good things. This Is Us‘ final season will debut in January 2022 and wrap up later that year, leaving the award-winning cast open for new projects.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeBut despite the difficulty in organizing the events as the COVID -19 pandemic’s Delta variant causes a spike in cases, producer Bob Bain says he’s relieved to once again oversee these in-person shows.“We’re hoping for something that — in terms of energy — feels a lot more like the prior shows that we used to do at the Microsoft Theatre than last year, when it was all virtual and Zooms that no one really wants to watch,” Bain says.

Sacha Baron Cohen was named recipient of the Icon Award at the 24th annual GQ Men Of The Year Awards in association with BOSS.

Watching her words! Padma Lakshmi is intentional about instilling a positive body image in her 11-year-old daughter, Krishna.