Mura Masa funds new programme to train black women in live music roles

John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentCimarrón, an ambitious pan-Latin American production shingle, is readying new high-profile features by Cannes-prized Agustín Toscano and Sundance best director winner Lucía Garibaldi as it gears up to shoot its first drama series in Mexico and Brazil, backed by two global platforms.Cimarrón, headquartered in Uruguay’s Montevideo and with offices in Brazil and Argentina and service company operations in Mexico, is working on four international

Beyonce has delighted fans by releasing a surprise new song titled Black Parade, shortly after announcing a project by the same name to support black-owned businesses.

American television is going through a game show boom. Sure, we generally see an influx of fun and games permeating our living rooms each year as the summer months roll around, but this year seems to have presented us with more bizarre game shows in the vein of what international viewers may be used to in their home countries.

Peter White Television EditorJuneteenth, the commemoration of the end of slavery in the United States, was a focus for last night’s late-night talk shows.Many of the shows featured interviews and sketches based on today’s celebration with calls from hosts and guests calling for states to follow Virginia, New York and Texas and make it a national holiday.Jimmy Kimmel had Pharrell Williams on his ABC show.

the New York Times reported. He replaced them with Trump political appointees, the Times says, and installed himself as chairman.Also Read: Trump Administration's Lawsuit Against John Bolton Won't Prevent Book From Coming Out, Legal Experts SayAccording to the Times, Fang will remain executive editor at Radio Free Asia due to a condition in her contract when she was appointed in November.

Selena Gomez has been letting some other people do the talking on her Instagram this week in order to teach about the work of black activists and history of systemic racism.After earlier ceding the stage to Black Lives Matter co-founder Alicia Garza, New Yorker writer and Columbia University professor Jelani Cobb and Harvard University African & African American Studies professor Sarah Elizabeth Lewis, among others, on Wednesday (June 10) Gomez passed the mic to activist and rapper Killer

Chad Michael Murray is parlaying his “One Tree Hill” fame to support Black organizations.

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They were all in attendance at yesterday's protest

NFL quarterback Drew Brees can add one more fumble to his career total. The New Orleans Saints star is the latest public figure to spark backlash over his comments surrounding his beliefs on the National Anthem and the United States flag.  On Wednesday, Yahoo Finance interviewed Brees and asked him about his stance on the recent nationwide protests in response to George Floyd's death, who was killed by a Minneapolis police officer on Monday, May 25.

Drew Brees is getting called out by major athletes including LeBron James and Aaron Rodgers.

New York City police officers surrounded, shoved and yelled expletives at two Associated Press journalists covering protests Tuesday in the latest aggression against members of the media during a week of unrest around the country. Portions of the incident were captured on video by videojournalist Robert Bumsted, who was working with photographer Maye-E Wong to document the protests in lower Manhattan over the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis.

"Inaction is what got us here. Let's move on this together and seize this opportunity for action"

At the end of last week and into the weekend, thousands of Americans in cities like Minneapolis, Louisville, Columbus, Chicago, New York, and more gathered to protest police violence in light of the recent deaths of unarmed civilians George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and more. Soon, the movement had grown global, with notable demonstrations in New Zealand, England, Germany, Italy, and other European countries taking place, as well.

Though she's about as far away as physically possible from the heart of the protests around the police-related death of Minneapolis resident George Floyd at her home in New Zealand, Lorde shared some of her decidedly mixed feelings about joining the now-global movement decrying the latest death of a black man at the hands of police in the United States in a weekend note to fans on her email list."I’ve been following this week’s events in the States from New Zealand.