EXCLUSIVE: Award-winning director, actress, dancer, choreographer and producer Debbie Allen is adding talk show host to her resume.
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questionnaire, which surveys candidates about their stances on various issues prioritized by the LGBTQ political group.Issued every two years, the questionnaire grades mayoral, Council, and attorney general candidates — in both the primary and the general elections — on the depth and thoroughness of their answers, in addition to holding GLAA’s preferred positions on various issues. Candidates are rated on a scale of -10 to +10, with points awarded for answers that align with GLAA’s positions, as well as their record on LGBTQ rights.
Points may be docked for any anti-LGBTQ advocacy or actions deemed hostile to the community.To assist candidates in completing the survey, GLAA mails candidates a brief outlining why it supports particular positions along with the questionnaire, and how those positions are beneficial to the LGBTQ community.Among the issues emphasized in GLAA’s 2022 brief are: deeply affordable housing for people earning less than 30% of the Area Median Income, strengthening inclusionary zoning, expanded access to housing voucher programs, decriminalizing sex work, repealing the subminimum wage for tipped workers, funding the Office of Human Rights in a way that ensures it can resolve its case backlog, establishing overdose prevention facilities, utilizing oversight to reform the way D.C. jails operate — especially with regard to transgender inmates — and divesting from the Metropolitan Police Department to fund anti-poverty and anti-violence programs.All candidates who returned questionnaires were graded on their responses.
EXCLUSIVE: Award-winning director, actress, dancer, choreographer and producer Debbie Allen is adding talk show host to her resume.
The Queens handyman who fatally stabbed his estranged lover nearly 60 times and stuffed her body into a duffel bag has pled guilty.
Dahmer continues to make a killing for Netflix by dominating Nielsen’s U.S. streaming chart for the week of Oct. 3-9..
The huge achievements of people from the region with additional support needs have been celebrated.
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It’s interesting to see a documentary exploring the challenges for a new mother returning to work – and when that new mother happens to be a prima ballerina, the results are especially fascinating. Laura Kaehr’s engrossing documentary Becoming Giulia won the Audience Award at the Zurich Film Festival, and follows the charismatic Giulia Tonelli, an Italian dancer at the Zurich Opera. Shot over three years, it’s an insight into her profession as well as a portrait of parenthood and, as the film evolves, life in lockdown.
might be heating up again after the shared pics of her birthday arrangements on Instagram.Among the dozens of bouquets of white and pink roses was a single Diptyque candle. The fragrance? Jasmin. She captioned the image with a single white heart emoji.As a refresher, Kardashian and Davidson first met on Saturday Night Live in 2021, where the two starred in a sketch together as Aladdin and…Princess Jasmine.
EXCLUSIVE: George Gallo (The Comeback Trail) is teaming with Green Book Oscar winner Nick Vallelonga to produce The Accidental Gangster, a new thriller based on reformed gangster Orlando ‘Ori’ Spado’s bestselling autobiography of the same name. The former will also direct from a script by the author’s son Anthony Spado and David Steenhoek.
the LA Times reported, but was taken into custody following the sentencing.Walker, an actor and rapper best known for his role in “Superfly,” was convicted of raping six people and sexually assaulting another on April 18.However, Walker was acquitted of an additional three charges, including two charges of forcible rape.Prosecutors said the attacks occurred between 2013 and 2018, and included three under age victims.City news service said Walker lured victims through promises of introducing them to famous people or taking them to music video shoots.
Trai Byers and Grace Gealey are expecting their first child. The former 'Empire' co-stars - who played Andre Lyon and Anika Calhoun respectively in the musical drama series - have been married for six years and the 39-year-old actress showed off her growing baby bump as they walked the red carpet for the opening night of her husband's Broadway production 'The Piano Lesson'. Grace shared photos from the premiere - including one of her cradling her bump - on her Instagram account and wrote: “Words absolutely fail when it comes to describing how deeply and overwhelmingly proud we are of you, @traibyers (sic)" The couple did not reveal any other details about their pregnancy, including when the baby is due, or if they know the sex of the unborn tot.
Amy Adams and Darren Le Gallo are stepping out for breakfast.
Trai Byers and Grace Gealey are expecting!
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Ye faced criticism for tweets viewed as anti-Semitic hours after he was suspended from Instagram Friday, as Sarah Silverman and Jamie Lee Curtis led Hollywood stars speaking out against the since-deleted Twitter post. "Kanye threatened the Jews yesterday on twitter and it’s not even trending," Silverman tweeted on Sunday afternoon. "Why do mostly only Jews speak up against Jewish hate? The silence is so loud." Before his post was removed from the platform on Saturday evening, he wrote, "I'm a bit sleepy tonight but when I wake up I'm going death con 3 On JEWISH PEOPLE The funny thing is I actually can't be Anti Semitic because black people are actually Jew also You guys have toyed with me and tried to black ball anyone whoever opposes your agenda." Curtis shared his tweet with her fans as she pleaded with Ye to stop his harmful rhetoric.