No Rest For Angélique Kidjo: How The African Icon Is Keeping Busy (& Helping Others) In Lockdown

Cynthia Littleton Business EditorStorytelling will change, at least for a little while. The length of the work day will change and there’ll be new job specialities on the set.

Pete Davidson’s new film, The King Of Staten Island, helped him come to terms with the death of his firefighter father.The actor, who lost his dad in the 9/11 terrorist attack on New York City in 2001, portrays an aspiring tattoo artist, struggling to process the death of his father 17 years prior in the comedy he co-wrote.“I really wanted this to be cleansing for me,” the Saturday Night Live regular tells CBS This Morning.

made national headlines after a video he shot of a white woman in Central Park calling the police on him following a dispute over her failure to keep her dog on a leash is using his temporary platform to endorse New York City Councilman Ritchie Torres for an open congressional seat in the South Bronx.Cooper, an openly gay East Village resident, has a history of LGBTQ activism, including participating in a counter-protest against a 2011 rally held by then-State Sen. Ruben Díaz, Sr.

This historical film is another one of DuVernay’s projects, and it’s a powerful depiction of Martin Luther King Jr.’s 1965 marches from Selma, Alabama to the state’s capital in Montgomery.

The New York Times newsroom is in open rebellion over an op-ed the newspaper's opinion section published Wednesday that called for the army to be deployed into American cities to crush nationwide protests over police brutality and systemic racism. In reaction to the op-ed, written by Arkansas Senator Tom Cotton and titled "Send in the Troops," dozens of Timesstaffers began tweeting out the same message on Twitter Wednesday evening in an open show of anger and solidarity.

In the wake of the protests following the deaths of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, and Breonna Taylor, as well as the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic that is disproportionately affecting Black-owned small businesses, Bethenny Frankel is making a difference with her disaster relief initiative, B Strong. 

By Tim Dams

A simple “sorry” would have sufficed.

By Variety Staff

Even in lockdown, Martin Scorsese can’t keep from making movies.

Martin Scorsese self-shot a short film in his New York City home that saw him reflect on his self-isolation caused by the coronavirus pandemic through the lens of classic films. The 77-year-old director filmed the short for the BBC series “Lockdown Culture with Mary Beard,” which has seen many prominent Hollywood figures tell their stories of being in lockdown due to the pandemic through various creative means.

Martin Scorsese is set to join the ranks of David F. Sandberg and Lotta Losten, Spike Lee, Michel Gondry, and other filmmakers as people who have taken their time in COVID-19-induced lockdown to create something new.

British actor John Boyega sounded off on social media, apparently in response to the George Floyd death in Minnesota and the Central Park “Karen” incident in New York City. “F--- you racist white people,” the star of three “Star Wars” films says in a video that also includes a graphic sexual reference.

By Dave McNary

She taught single women about dating in New York City as feisty Samantha Jones in Sex and the City, and now Kim Cattrall is helping to raise funds for the people of Greater Manchester.

Hugh Jackman unloads his truck after doing some grocery shopping on Friday afternoon (May 22) in New York City.

This season of the “Real Housewives of New York City” features one new cast member, Leah McSweeney.

Little Richard was remembered not just as a rock ‘n’ roll pioneer but a man of generosity and faith at a memorial service at his alma mater where he was laid to rest Wednesday.

Little Richard was remembered not just as a rock ‘n’ roll pioneer but a man of generosity and faith at a memorial service at his alma mater where he was laid to rest Wednesday.