Peter Bart: Will Hollywood Icons Topple Like Confederate Statues In Current Cancel Culture?

Fleetwood Mac bandmate Peter Green, who died today (July 25).Guitarist Green was one of the group’s co-founders alongside drummer Fleetwood in London in 1967.In a statement shared with Rolling Stone, Fleetwood said: “For me, and every past and present member of Fleetwood Mac, losing Peter Green is monumental!“Peter was the man who started the band Fleetwood Mac along with myself, John McVie, and Jeremy Spencer.

Greg Evans Associate Editor/Broadway CriticSaturday Night Live‘s Weekend Update anchor Colin Jost calls the week in 2015 when then-presidential candidate Donald Trump hosted the show “surreal,” and in retrospect not such a great idea.Interviewed by Andrea Mitchell on her MSNBC show today, Jost said he wrote about the episode in his new memoir A Very Punchable Face (a reference to his own mug) to give readers a sense of what SNL‘s Trump Week was like behind the scenes.

Peter Bart Editor-At-LargeGroundbreaking ideas seem in short supply at the moment. This summer’s streamer hits drew big audiences but did not resonate in terms of novelty.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorAt the hour when California Governor Gavin Newsom normally holds his coronavirus news conference, the state’s Secretary of Health and Human Services, Dr. Mark Ghaly, delivered a presentation on the state’s actions thusfar and the rationale for them.

Peter Bart Editor-At-LargeWith dealmaking on an uptick, record sums are being paid for hot material, while the “asks” for star talent are often met with pushback. Those, at least, are the reports from the battlefront.

Bruce Haring pmc-editorial-managerLA Pride, which annually draws huge crowds to West Hollywood in celebration of LGBTQ+ history and people, is leaving West Hollywood.Christopher Street West, the nonprofit organization that produces LA Pride, sent a letter to the West Hollywood City Council on Tuesday announcing the move of the annual parade and festival as of 2021.

The family of hit musical series Glee suffered another tragic loss as the body of actress Naya Rivera was found, almost six days after a search and rescue operation began at Lake Piru. Officials confirmed Naya Rivera's death as she went missing after an apparent drowning incident while boating with her 4-year-old son.

Peter Andre couldn't hide his amusement at wife Emily's outfit during a furniture shopping trip after spotting a striking resemblance between her bright yellow ensemble and IKEA's signature carrier bag.

Garcelle Beauvais is getting what’s hers.

Also Read: Dixie Chicks Change Name to 'The Chicks:' 'We Want to Meet This Moment'In addition to his post, Timberlake shared a video from the ACLU and legal director Jeffrey Robinson that explains that the erection of monuments in the South saw a spike in construction around the time of the early 1900s when “Birth of a Nation” was still being shown in the White House” and during the Civil Rights era in the ’60s.“If we plan to move forward, these monuments must come down.

Justin Timberlake is all for tearing down Confederate monuments.

Justin Timberlake is calling for Confederate statues to be removed and noted that more than half of them are in the South, where he is from. The 39-year-old singer, a Tennessee native, took to Instagram on Monday to push for action amid protests across America.

Justin Timberlake made a passionate plea for change in his home state of Tennessee on Monday (July 6). In an Instagram post, Timberlake, 39, joined Taylor Swift in urging officials to take down or relocate Confederate memorials in the midst of the country's national reckoning about racial justice."When we protest racism in America, people think we are protesting America itself.