Queen Latifah has revealed she thought she would never make it in Hollywood, due to her look and size.
01.06.2024 - 20:17 / variety.com
Elizabeth Taylor Shonda Rhimes’ showrunner reign in Hollywood has seen many sunny days. The smash hit return of “Bridgerton” and her visionary career were celebrated during Sesame Workshop’s annual benefit in New York City last night where she was presented with the Joan Ganz Cooney Award. “Stories should not look like the gatekeepers.
Stories should look like the world,” Rhimes said from the stage while being honored at the gala which benefited the nonprofit media and educational organization behind “Sesame Street.” After accepting the award from presenter Oprah Winfrey, Rhimes reflected to the audience at Cipriani 42nd Street on how the children’s program influenced her life and established her advocacy for inclusivity. “I spend a lot of time talking about how the best storytelling acts as both a window and a mirror. A window to view into somebody else’s life and a mirror to reflect your own.
That window and mirror allow for empathy and insights.” The starry crowd including Martha Stewart and Lucy Liu along with president and interim CEO of Sesame Workshop, Sherrie Westin, listened as Rhimes spoke: “The sponge in me absorbed it. And now it’s so ingrained in how I experience the world without even having to think about it. I’ve made sure that the window and mirror are part of every show I write.” Winfrey also spent time speaking from the podium about the role the showrunner has had over the years in the industry.
“Both Shonda and ‘Sesame Street’ understand the impact that reflection can have for television audiences whether young or old. Shonda herself has said that the number of women who have become doctors because of Meredith Grey on ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ is just magical to her. And how many people of color or LGBTQ+
.Queen Latifah has revealed she thought she would never make it in Hollywood, due to her look and size.
Jamie Lang The Annecy Animation Festival hosted its closing ceremony on Saturday, where there were two clear winners from the main feature film competition. Adam Elliot’s “Memoir of a Snail” took Annecy’s top award, the Cristal for best feature, and Gints Zilbalodis’ “Flow” scooped just about everything else.
Gayle King got herself into a mess saying too much about her famous bestie’s health — and now she’s getting herself out of it! Very fashionably, might we add!
Shonda Rhimes will be on hand for a right royal London Stock Exchange opening tomorrow morning as Netflix reveals a major UK Bridgerton spending landmark.
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are taking applications for new friends.According to Princess Diana’s former butler, Paul Burrell, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex have allegedly been losing touch with their pals in Hollywood.“Harry and Meghan’s circle is getting smaller and smaller,” Burrell told Closer on Wednesday. “I think the A-list stars are dropping like flies.
Oprah Winfrey. Yesterday, King shared the news that Oprah had to cancel her appearance on CBS Mornings due to a stomach issue, describing some of her symptoms in detail. Today, she shared a message and a video from Oprah herself.
CBS Mornings. King, who is also on CBS, revealed during the scheduled segment that Winfrey was unable to appear on the show due to a “serious” stomach bug.King explained: “She had some kind of stomach thing – stomach flu – stuff was coming out of both ends.
Oprah Winfrey was forced to miss a scheduled appearance on CBS this week after she was hospitalised over a "very serious" illness. According to a close friend, the talk show host had to be put on an IV after "stuff was coming out both ends".The 70 year old was due to feature on CBS Mornings on Tuesday, 11 June to promote the book Familiaris by David Wroblewski, the latest addition to her renowned Oprah's Book Club. However, show anchor and close friend Gayle King informed viewers of Oprah's absence.
Oprah Winfrey, 70, has been hospitalized after a stomach virus took hold of her. The media mogul had a scheduled appearance on CBS Mornings to reveal her book club pick on June 11, but she was a no-show due to her illness.
Best friends know everything about each other! And sometimes those same best friends end up spilling more tea than they probably should…
Oprah Winfrey is recovering after being hospitalized this week.
Oprah Winfrey was hospitalized with a stomach virus, her friend Gayle King revealed on CBS Mornings.
Oprah Winfrey was hospitalized for “some kind of stomach thing,” her best friend, Gayle King, revealed on Tuesday.Winfrey, 70, was supposed to drop by King’s “CBS Mornings,” but skipped out on the appearance due to being under the weather.“She had some kind of stomach thing — stomach flu — stuff was coming out of both ends,” the news anchor, 69, explained.“I won’t get too graphic. Needless to say, she ended up in the hospital, dehydration, had to get an IV, it was a very serious thing.”A spokesperson for Winfrey told Page Six that the billionaire “is recovering following a stomach flu and received an IV due to dehydration at the recommendation of her doctor.”“She is resting and feeling better every day,” the statement concluded.Winfrey had planned to introduce author David Wroblewski and his book, “Familiaris,” which is the latest pick for her book club.“I wanted to make it clear that [the book] matters to her and it really bothered her that she couldn’t be here today.
Jessica Alba’s mini-me is all grown up. The Honey star welcomed her first child, Honor Marie, on Jun 7, 2008, with her husband, Cash Warren, and today is her 16th birthday.In honor of her exciting milestone, the mom of three shared a touching post with never-before-seen photos of her pregnancy and Honor throughout the years.
The Hollywood Reporter, she considered it, thinking: “‘Well this is something I can tell my grandchildren about.'”“Obviously she told them anyway.”Per the review, the documentary then cuts to von Furstenberg’s “grown granddaughter saying that turning those two down at the height of their fame was a ‘really epic’ move.”Von Furstenberg’s documentary premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival on June 5. It debuts on Hulu June 25.In it, the Belgian fashion designer talks about splitting from husband Prince Egon von Furstenberg of Germany in 1983 after 14 years of marriage.“Divorce for me was freedom,” she says in the doc, per THR.Von Furstenberg also looks back on partying at the iconic New York City nightclub Studio 54 when she became single.“I was with Warren Beatty and Ryan O’Neal on the same weekend,” she recalls.
Shonda Rhimes is teasing what is to come from the final four episodes of Bridgerton season three.
President Joe Biden honored Pride Month with a proclamation on Friday calling out “dangerous and hateful anti-LGBTQ+ laws” while the Biden-Harris administration also debuted new resources via the White House LGBTQ+ Community Safety Partnership.
Station 19 will be ending tonight and executive producer Shonda Rhimes is saying goodbye ahead of the series finale.
The Station 19 series finale airs tonight, and producer Shonda Rhimes couldn’t let it pass without a special farewell.
Mariska Hargitay will receive the Anniversary Tribute for “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit,” Peter Morgan will receive the Creator Tribute for “The Crown” and Lulu Wang will receive the Spotlight Tribute for “Expats.” The tributes will be presented during the inaugural ceremony on June 4 at Cipriani 25 in New York City. “In launching the 2024 Gotham TV Awards, we’re proud to carry on a longstanding Gotham Awards tradition in honoring iconic artists and creators who have enriched the landscape and pushed the boundaries of TV, making an indelible impact on the medium,” said Jeffrey Sharp, executive director of The Gotham Institute.