Mondaire Jones poised to become first openly gay Black member of Congress

Oliver Stone is unhappy with the state of Hollywood. The Oscar-winning writer-director-producer recently spoke with New York Times Magazine, slamming Tinseltown for becoming too sensitive toward political correctness and coronavirus.

NEW YORK -- New fiction from Andre Aciman, Tayari Jones and Rufi Thorpe will be available this summer as audiobooks only. The producer-distributor Audible announced Monday that Jones' “Half Light” and Aciman's "The Gentleman from Peru" will be among five original stories going on sale in August.

NEW YORK -- Colson Whitehead keeps winning awards. Already this year's recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for fiction and the Orwell Prize for political fiction, Whitehead is now being honored by the Library of Congress.

Dade Hayes Finance EditorNew York City began work Thursday on a prominent, yellow-lettered “Black Lives Matter” mural on the street in front of Trump Tower.New York Mayor Bill de Blasio, long a critic of Donald Trump’s presidency and the drain of his Manhattan headquarters on city’s resources, has backed the mural as a necessary show of solidarity with the movement. Black Lives Matter demonstrations against police brutality and racial injustice have swept across the U.S.

Amanda N'Duka pmc-editorial-managerLionsgate and media maven Oprah Winfrey have partnered with 2020 Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones and The New York Times to develop Hannah-Jones’ interactive project, The 1619 Project, along with the NYT podcast, 1619, into an expansive portfolio of films, television series and documentaries, unscripted programming and other forms of entertainment.Launched in August of 2019, on the 400th anniversary of the arrival of the first enslaved

Dade Hayes Finance EditorMajor League Baseball, in the face of mounting logistical challenges due to COVID-19, released its official 60-game season schedule Monday.The long-delayed campaign, with teams playing barely one-third of their customary 162 regular-season games, will kick off July 23 with two marquee matchups televised by ESPN.

The gay party crowd of Fire Island Pines, NY will almost certainly here from New York Governor Andrew Cuomo after an epic July 4 weekend Covid fail that saw hundreds of bare-faced, shirtless partiers jam the fabled enclaves beaches, bars and house parties tighter than their speedos.

Jennifer Lopez and her fiancé, Alex Rodriguez, honored New York City graduates with an inspiring message for the class of 2020. The couple — who are both New York natives — teamed up with Mayor Bill de Blasio and Schools Chancellor Richard A.

Tom Grater International Film ReporterCineworld, the UK cinema chain that also owns U.S.

NEW YORK -- Kimberly Jones, the author and activist whose "How Can We Win?” video following the murder of George Floyd was shared online by Lebron James and Trevor Noah among others, has a deal for two books. Henry Holt and Company announced Thursday that for the first book Jones will expand upon the 3-minute video, in which she likened the economic history of Blacks in the United States to a rigged game of monopoly.

A member of the New York City Council is poised to become the first LGBTQ Latino person of African descent elected to Congress after he appears to have won his primary on Tuesday.

NEW YORK -- “The Big Bang Theory” actor Mayim Bialik is teaming with DC Entertainment on a project that joins superhero power to the power of science. DC Entertainment announced Thursday that Bialik will collaborate with popular comic writers and illustrators on a story collection that features Batman, Superman, the Flash and others in search of such mysteries such as why polar ice melts and what can be found at the bottom of the sea.

The New York Post reported today that Jenny Slate And Kristen Bell’s step-down from voicing TV characters this past week hasn’t stopped the controversy surrounding the topic. In case you missed it, the aforementioned actresses stepped down from Big Mouth due to accusations of “white-washing.” In response to the controversy, social media users pointed out that a black man, James Earl Jones, had voiced Darth Vader in Star Wars without subjection to accusations of racism.

NEW YORK -- Kimberly Jones, the author and activist whose “ How We Can Win ” video following the murder of George Floyd was shared online by Lebron James and Trevor Noah among others, has a deal for two books. Henry Holt and Company announced Thursday that for the first book Jones will expand upon the 3-minute video, in which she likened the economic history of Blacks in the United States to a rigged game of monopoly.

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