Pharrell Williams, Ellen DeGeneres & More Call For Juneteenth To Be Made A National Holiday, Launch New Pledge

producers are speaking out after former employees claimed the show had a «toxic work environment.» In a statement given to ET on Friday, Mary Connelly, Ed Glavin and Andy Lassner, executive producers of Ellen DeGeneres' daytime talk show, expressed their regret over the former employees' experience on the set.«Over the course of nearly two decades, 3,000 episodes, and employing over 1000 staff members, we have strived to create an open, safe, and inclusive work environment.

Major problems continue for Ellen DeGeneres and her hit daytime talk show…

Ten former employees of The Ellen DeGeneres Show are reacting via BuzzFeed to claims that there is a “toxic work culture” behind the scenes at the show. Ellen DeGeneres herself has been making headlines this year after coming under fire by several celebrities, staff members, a bodyguard and social media campaigns calling out her alleged unfriendliness.

Ellen DeGeneres is mourning the death of her dog Wolf.  The 62-year-old talk show host announced the pet's passing via Instagram on Thursday. "Last night we had to say goodbye to our dog Wolf," she wrote alongside a photo of herself and Portia de Rossi cuddling with the poodle-Maltese pooch on their wedding day.

Pharrell Williams on a new unscripted project.The streamer has ordered docu-series, Voices of Fire, that will explore the singer's hometown community of Hampton Roads, Virginia as it builds one of the world’s most inspiring gospel choirs.

Also Read: Pharrell Williams on How He Got Virginia to Make Juneteenth an Official State Holiday (Video)Here is the official description:“Voices of Fire follows Pharrell Williams’ hometown community as it builds one of the world’s most inspiring gospel choirs. Pharrell’s uncle and a well-respected musical genius in the area, Bishop Ezekiel Williams and his core team of influential gospel leaders will venture out into Hampton Roads to find undiscovered talent.

Elizabeth Wagmeister Senior CorrespondentPharrell Williams has set a gospel series, titled “Voices of Fire,” at Netflix, Variety has learned.The show will follow the musician’s uncle, Bishop Ezekiel Williams, a well-respected musical genius in the area of Hampton Roads, Va., which includes Pharrell’s hometown of Virginia Beach.

‘mean’ and ‘rude’ behind the cameras.A report suggested that falling ratings for The Ellen DeGeneres Show might mean the show could be taken off air, with TVNewsCheck reporting that the show’s ratings fell 14%.However, representatives for the show’s production company Telepictures told The New York Post: ‘Telepictures can confirm it’s untrue.’Comedian Kevin T Porter recently branded Ellen ‘notoriously one of the meanest people alive’ in a Tweet.Ellen has not publicly commented, but a source

Ellen DeGeneres has announced a star-studded lineup of new show!

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorEight-time Grammy winner Usher Raymond penned an impassioned and informative essay in the Washington Post today arguing that, while the Fourth of July should be celebrated, for black people “Juneteenth is our authentic day of self-determination. It is ours to honor the legacy of our ancestors, ours to celebrate and ours to remember where we once were as a people.

ABC's Black-ish creator Kenya Barris and Grammy-winning artist Pharrell Williams are in talks with Netflix to develop a feature musical inspired by Juneteenth, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. Happy singer Williams and Mimi Valdes will co-produce via their I Am Other banner, while Barris will produce through his Khalabo Ink Society production venture.

What shoes are fit for an 89-year-old woman trekking nearly 1,400 miles from Fort Worth, Texas to Washington, D.C. to fight for Juneteenth, the day slavery ended in America, to be recognized as a national holiday?

Pharrell Williams is reportedly being tapped to produce a feature-length musical about Juneteenth for Netflix.According to Deadline, the Happy hitmaker is having conversations with bosses at the streaming service, along with Black-ish and BlackAF creator Kenya Barris, to work on the project about the holiday, which commemorates the end of slavery in the United States.While discussions are in early stages, sources confirmed it is a separate project to the live musical that was previously

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix is in talks with “Black-ish” and “BlackAF” creator Kenya Barris and “Happy” singer Pharrell Williams to develop a feature-length musical about Juneteenth – the commemoration of the end of slavery in the United States.Deadline understands that the streamer and the pair are in the early stages of working up a plan for the project, and details about storyline are under wraps, although sources say it is a separate project to the live musical that they announced in 2018.Williams

Also Read: Pharrell Williams on How He Got Virginia to Make Juneteenth an Official State Holiday (Video)Pharrell on Thursday night went on “Kimmel” and revealed that he had just come from Virginia and convinced Gov. Ralph Northam to make Juneteenth a state holiday.“I called them and said, ‘Man, this is important for not only your own legacy, but the legacy of Virginia,” Williams told Jimmy Kimmel.