Hollywood actors Jamie Foxx and Channing Tatum were among the hundreds of mourners packed into a Houston church for the funeral of George Floyd.
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Imagine delivering 30 million pounds of seafood a year along the east coast, from Hoboken to Virginia Beach, and all points in between. With thirty trucks in their fleet, it’s been the primary business model for locally-based seafood wholesaler, Profish, for over three decades. As with nearly everything these days, COVID-19 lodged a big, nasty hook in the operation, which faced reduced purchasing from its largely restaurant-based clientele, everyone from The Cheesecake Factory to Mandu.
Hollywood actors Jamie Foxx and Channing Tatum were among the hundreds of mourners packed into a Houston church for the funeral of George Floyd.
Making this year’s graduation ceremony extra special, some of the biggest celebrities in the entertainment industry joined YouTube’s virtual graduation and celebrated the Class of 2020. The long list of stars included Beyoncé, BTS, Katy Perry, Taylor Swift, Barack and Michelle Obama, Lizo, Jennifer Lopez, Lady Gaga, and many more.
“I know this probably wasn’t the type of graduation you thought you’d have,” said Taylor Swift in a video sent out to all the quarantined graduates of 2020. She spoke to her young fans and people around the world through Youtube’s global virtual commencement ceremony, which hoped to bring together newly graduated people in a way that couldn’t happen this year because of the coronavirus.
Zack Teperman is the father of a 2-year-old daughter, and he reached out to Tom Hanks to get the two-time Oscar winners thoughts on the classic “high-five, down low, too slow” bit. Speaking with TMZ, Teperman says he asked Hanks at what age he thought it was appropriate to pull his hand away from his daughter for the “too slow” move. He included a photo of him and his daughter performing a high-five.
Killer Mike appeared on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert on Monday (June 1) to speak about what white Americans can do to help the Black Lives Matter movement.The conversation started when host Stephen Colbert opened up a much-needed dialogue with the rapper and activist about how white people in the U.S. can serve as better allies to the black community amid the ongoing nationwide protests in the wake of George Floyd's death.
Warner Bros. is offering its film “Just Mercy,” the biopic on civil rights defense attorney Bryan Stevenson starring Michael B. Jordan and Jamie Foxx, for free rentals in the month of June in support of the Black Lives Matter movement.
Taylor Swift has condemned U.S. leader Donald Trump for threatening violence in the wake of anti-police brutality protests in Minnesota.
Following escalating protests in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in response to the police killing of George Floyd, a 46-year-old Black man, President Donald Trump via Twitter threatened violence through the military against protesters.Taylor Swift, in a rare political statement, hit back at Trump's tweet, writing, "We will vote you out in November."Protests have erupted across the country following the killing of George Floyd, a 46-year-old Black man who an officer suffocated by pinning down Floyd's
Tom Hanks wants to acknowledge students completing their education in the middle of a global crisis.
Gap has a new collection of face masks and there are nearly 20 different styles to choose from!
The singer turned up the intensity as she stripped down the setting for a half-solo TV outing.
Although Taylor Swift’s 2020 touring plans have been postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic, the superstar presented her fans with a special performance with the Taylor Swift City of Lover Concert, a powerful special that aired on ABC on Sunday night (May 17).
To make up for the cancellation of graduations around the country, one very special guest showed up to help send the students off into the future. Former President Barack Obama gave two different commencement speeches this weekend, one for the graduates of historically black colleges and universities, and one that was aired as part of Graduate Together: High School Class of 2020 Commencement, which was streamed across all the major networks Saturday night.
1. Taylor Swift City of Lover ConcertSpecialTaylor Swift never got a chance to mount a full-scale tour behind last year’s Lover LP (her upcoming summer shows have been postponed due to COVID-19), but the singer managed to stage and film one gig on Sept. 9, 2019, at L’Olympia Theater in Paris. Songs featured in the one-off show include Death by a Thousand Cuts, Cornelia Street and The Man, as well as older hits Red, I Knew You Were Trouble and Blank Space.When: Sunday on ABC
Fans eagerly awaiting a collaboration between Katy Perry and may have to wait a little bit longer.Perry released the music video for "Daisies," the first single off her upcoming new album, on May 15, and there's no Swift to be found. This was a surprise to some stans, who had pieced together what they thought was that the song was a duet between the .And now, another disappointment: During an interview with Hits Radio UK, Perry said there's not a project with Swift in the works...yet.
BTS has collaborated with a few international singers. They have given a song to groove on with Boy Wit Luv, featuring Halsey, a redefined version of ON with Sia from their Map of the Soul 7 album and a new version of Make It Right and Who with Lauv.
2 min read A painting of the once gay patron Saint Sebastian is now open for sale in a unique auction for a piece of artwork that the artist Owe Zerge hung in his home until his death.