Pharrell Williams unhappy with public schools in Virginia; opening private network for low-income families

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargePlaying John Brown in Showtime’s limited series “The Good Lord Bird” required an intensity from star and executive producer Ethan Hawke that pushed him to his limits. “It was the first time I knew what having a heart attack might feel like,” Hawke told Variety’s Awards Circuit podcast.

It's been over 30 years since the first episode of  aired on NBC, but many of the show's themes and messages are still relevant in today's society. Jasmine Guy and Kadeem Hardison reunited over a video call to chat with ET about their adventure with their former castmates on E!'s new series,  how they tackled the difficult issues and why those conversations are still significant.  began airing in 1987, focusing on students at Hillman College, a fictional historically Black college in Virginia.

Miss America and a fertility specialist — made a bold proclamation to her now-wife, Abbott Jones. Downs “sort of joked that she was the only woman in Alabama who could get me pregnant,” Jones, 37, told The Post.

Sharing her journey! Nearly two weeks after welcoming twins via C-section, Lauren Burnham is showing her postpartum body.

No time like the present! Ashley Iaconetti is ready to start a family with Jared Haibon.

tennis icon Arthur Ashe on Monument Avenue in Richmond, Virginia, a strip commemorating those who fought for the Confederacy.The film questions the notion of adding Ashe among the slaveholders for “inclusion” purposes.“We’re not going to make the Confederacy better by adding a contextual plaque or by adding a Black tennis player nearby,” Hunt said. “None of these are good.

The News & Advance.Lynchburg Police spokesperson Carrie Dungan said police are investigating to see whether the shooting stemmed from a domestic dispute.

Shirley Halperin Executive Editor, MusicA year ago, in the thick of the coronavirus pandemic, Pharrell Williams braved air travel to head to his home state of Virginia and stand beside Governor Ralph Northam as he called for Juneteenth, marking the day in 1865 (June 19) when the last slaves in Texas learned of the 1863 Emancipation Proclamation, to be declared a state holiday.The politician, a doctor by trade, had been in office less than two years and had already found himself marred in

Bittersweet. Lauren Burnham and Arie Luyendyk Jr. brought their newborn son home on Tuesday, June 15, but couldn’t bring his twin sister along just yet.

First look! Lauren Burnham and Arie Luyendyk Jr. debuted their newborn twins via Instagram on Monday, June 14.

living with his parents, Betty and Ron. On Sunday's episode of, Brandon confronted his parents when they ignored him and his wife, Julia's, request to not make a big deal about them getting married at a party that was supposed to be for Ron's 70th birthday, leading to a big blowup.While Julia has been unhappy living on Brandon's parents' farm in Virginia for some time now, Brandon has always been hesitant to leave due to them saving money by living with his parents.

Indie anxiety auteur Jim Cummings’ work is always trembling nervously with the hum or uneasy apprehension. His brilliant debut, “Thunder Road” throbbed with the cringe-y tension of a grieving divorcee policeman on the verge of a nervous breakdown, and his follow-up, “The Wolf of Snow Hollow” layered murder mystery genre elements and the idea of the “toxic male beast within” on top of his signature jittery agitation.

Royalty Brown is one brave little girl! The seven-year-old hit up the Sky Zone Trampoline Park with her cousin Madison Brown in Richmond, Virginia on June 10th for a fun birthday bash. Royalty proudly showed off her ziplkine skills, smiling and laughing the entire way — right across the foam zone! She then fell in but got right back for round two.

Pharrell Williams‘ non-profit organisation is set to launch a number of private schools for low income students in his home state of Virginia.Through his YELLOW non-profit, Williams will open multiple schools, with the first confirmed to be in the town of Norfolk.“If the system is fixed and unfair, then it needs to be broken,” Williams said in a press release of the project, which will see winners chosen by lottery and is open to third, fourth and fifth graders as The Virginia Pilot reports.“We

Leah Messer took some time away from her daughters, twins Alannah and Aleeah, 10, and Adalynn, 7, to take a girls’ trip. The 29-year-old reality star enjoyed a weekend getaway to Virginia Beach, and on June 8 she shared a series of pics from the trip to her Instagram page.

Sometimes, the most tragic types of deaths are the ones caused by mundane activities we do every day — which is exactly how a Virginia man lost his 2-year-old son this week.