Patrick Stewart and Duchess of Cornwall to speak at event on gender inequality

Angelina Jolie wants women to feel empowered despite the challenges of gender inequality in society.The Maleficent star, 45, joined former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and Morning Joe host Mika Brzezinski on Wednesday, July 8, for a conversation with the National Democratic Institute about how women perceive themselves.“Women contribute so much, they are giving, are nurturing by nature, are community-building by nature, are strong, are intelligent, and yet what is it that’s holding us

he confesses on chat shows is his delight and certainty that he has gone far. Far from his native Yorkshire and at times miserable home life.

[email protected] And even though there won’t be 6,500 fans screaming at the top of their lungs in Hall H, Comic-Con organizers are planning an event befitting its lofty stature that will take place two weeks from now, just when the in-person con would have been held.“Everybody is committed to trying to make something the fans can enjoy and can interact with and have that community feeling, even though it will be not in person,” Comic-Con International spokesperson David Glanzer told TheWrap.

Comic-Con has some big plans ahead for their upcoming virtual event this year.

[email protected] event is starting to take shape, with several studios and networks jumping in to bring their shows and movies into fans’ living rooms with almost entirely prerecorded panels.AMC is hosting presentations for its “Walking Dead” universe and “NOS4A2,” while Disney is prepping 11 different panels, including a career retrospective on Nathan Fillion, who stars on ABC’s “The Rookie.” And Disney+ will make its Comic-Con debut with three virtual Q&As, including one for Nat Geo’s “The

Meghan Markle will be one of the guest speakers at an upcoming gender equality event.

Sir Patrick Stewart still can’t talk about his final scene with longtime Star Trek co-star Brent Spiner without getting choked up.The actor admits he and his old friend had to do a lot of personal preparation before shooting Commander Data’s death scene on Star Trek: Picard, because it was so emotional.“I get choked up talking about it,” he said during a recent SAG Foundation Conversations interview.

[email protected], will be almost entirely prerecorded, TheWrap has learned exclusively.SDCC expects to run 300 to 400 online panels between July 23-26 and almost all of them will be pre-recorded by studios and networks and submitted in advance, a spokesperson for Comic-Con International told TheWrap Monday.According to the representative, the organization does not currently “anticipate anything live” for [email protected], but it is possible there will be “live elements to some

Meghan Markle did more than just show off her cooking skills during her quiet visit to Homeboy Industries last week with Prince Harry. She apparently flexed her Spanish speaking ability, Father Greg Boyle, the group’s founder, told People.

Nearing his 80th birthday, Sir Patrick Stewart is finally ready for the project he once feared taking on — his memoir. The award-winning actor best known as Capt.

NEW YORK -- Nearing his 80th birthday, Sir Patrick Stewart is finally ready for the project he once feared taking on — his memoir. The award-winning actor best known as Capt.

Patrick Stewart inspired Henry Cavill after the Superman actor messed up a major audition in the early days of his acting career. Henry and Patrick recently came together for Variety’s Actors on Actors.

X-Men reunion this weekend for a coronavirus benefit sketch – you can see how it went down below.The sketch, which was part of the Global Citizen: Unite For Our Future event, saw Hugh Jackman – who played Wolverine in the hit franchise – chatting with co-stars Halle Berry, Sir Patrick Stewart and Famke Janssen to celebrate the movie’s 20th anniversary.Midway through the call, Reynolds interrupted the conversation.

Dominic Patten, Pete Hammond One way or another, the 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards look certain to take place in September and the quality of Comedy contenders that will be in the running at the Jimmy Kimmel hosted event is no laughing matter.So, in these tense times in America, comedy and who will be the frontrunners is what we are almost all about on this week’s episode of Deadline’s TV Talk podcast – as you can hear here:Now, with no Fleabag or Veep in the race this year, the likes of The Good

Comic-Con has some big plans ahead for their upcoming virtual event this year.

Kristen Stewart and Maggie Gyllenhaal have both directed short films made during lockdown for Netflix.Shot during the Covid-19 crisis, the two stars’ works are part of the streaming service’s new compendium of shorts, Homemade, which features five to seven-minute shorts by 17 filmmakers that capture the experience of quarantine.According to Variety, the project, which has been overseen by filmmaker Pablo Larrain, who will direct Stewart in a new Princess Diana biopic, can also be watched as one

Ramin Setoodeh New York Bureau ChiefOn “The Witcher,” Henry Cavill sheds Superman’s suit in favor of weighty armor and a blond wig to battle monsters as Geralt of Rivia, adapted from Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski’s fantasy books. The call to save humankind is nothing new for Patrick Stewart.

Kristen Stewart and Maggie Gyllenhaal have both directed short films made during lockdown for Netflix.