Studios Express Support for Abortion Rights but Don’t Commit to Specific Showrunner Demands

As Sherri Shepherd gears up for the launch of her daytime talk show, she got some advice from a bona fide professional -- Oprah Winfrey! In an interview with , the  host revealed that Winfrey reached out and offered her a wealth of wisdom. «I took 15 pages of notes until my fingers cramped up,» Shepherd said of the informative phone call.«I took a potassium pill because my fingers were cramped, and I couldn't write anymore,» she jokingly added. «I said, hold on, I have to commit this to memory because nobody will believe that I'm talking to and laughing with Oprah.»Shepherd revealed that Winfrey preached important lessons on maintaining a positive energy with her audience and not being too focused on the show's numbers. «One thing I took from Oprah is, she said, 'Sherri, the show is not about the ratings, it's about the energy.

Coronation Street star Jack P Shephard recently opened up about an 'awful' celebrity encounter he had - and now there's evidence. The actor, who is best known for playing David Platt in the ITV soap, suffered an awkward moment when he attended a festival at Knutsford's Tatton Park.

Latto has teamed up with Planned Parenthood to make a public service announcement about abortion rights in the wake of Roe vs Wade.The rapper, who has previously advocated for pro-choice, has urged viewers to join the fight for abortion rights and access after the US Supreme Court ruled to overturn Roe vs Wade, allowing states to individually set their own laws on abortion.“We already know who’s going to be hurt the most by these ridiculous abortion bans: Black women, Brown women, the LGBTQ+ community, and communities with low incomes,” Latto said in a statement.“Because of this country’s history of racism and discrimination, these folks already have a hard time getting the health care they need. We all deserve to be safe and it’s every person’s right to make decisions about their own bodies.”She concluded: “As an artist, I want to use my platform to let these politicians know: my body is for no one to control but me.”The Atlanta rapper was nominated for four awards at the MTV VMAs this weekend, including for the ‘Video For Good’ award for her new track ‘Pussy‘, a feminist anthem written response to the controversial overturning.Earlier this summer Latto spoke to Billboard about how to take action following the Supreme Court’s ruling.“To be a woman in this industry is hard.

Five-and-a-half months pregnant Billie and husband Greg Shepherd began to renovate their house in January 2021 but it has been delayed for some time for several reasons.The couple - who are parents to Nelly, eight, and five year old Arthur - are currently living in their first-family home until their construction masterpiece is complete, and Billie reveals that when they move out, her mum Suzie will move in. While the family wait to move into their mansion after a long wait, Billie - who is expecting her third child with Greg - gives OK! an update on how it's going as she hints she can't wait any longer. “It’s been a much longer process than we ever could have imagined,” admits Billie.

Family Diaries star Billie Shepherd delighted fans when she announced she was expecting her third child back in June with a beautiful Instagram post from her family holiday in Abu Dhabi. And in a new interview with OK! the pregnant star told us the moment, two months before her social media announcement, she found out she will be adding another child to her brood. “I just had a feeling I was pregnant,” recalled Billie, who says she and husband Greg Shepherd hadn’t been trying but weren’t exactly being careful either.

To the moon, Alice. No, Ralph Kramden isn’t involved, but that’s where NASA is headed, as it prepares its long-awaited launch of Artemis 1. That’s the renewable vehicles program that is the great hope for sending future manned missions back to the moon and potentially Mars.

Former top current executive at Apple TV+ and Sony Pictures Television Kim Rozenfeld has been tapped as SVP Current Television for Paramount Television Studios. He will oversee scripted projects for both the television studio and for Paramount +, reporting to Cheryl Bosnak, EVP and Head of Current for Paramount Television Studios and Paramount+.

In a surprise move, Film Independent shook up their annual Independent Spirit Awards this morning. The hipper sibling of the Oscars became yet another awards show to make the change to gender-neutral for its awards categories.

Wilson Chapman editor The 2023 Independent Spirit Awards will implement gender neutral acting categories, Film Independent announced on Tuesday. The award ceremony, which honors the best in independent filmmaking and television production, will now present three film acting awards and two TV acting awards that are all gender neutral. The gendered film categories — male lead, female lead, male supporting and female supporting — have been eliminated, in favor of a lead performance and supporting performance category. Both will feature 10 nominees each, as opposed to the gendered categories which included five nominees. In addition, a new best breakthrough performance category has been added, which will feature five nominees of any gender.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorControversial podcast host Joe Rogan came out swinging in a heated conversation about abortion rights with guest Seth Dillon, CEO of right-wing satire site Babylon Bee.On Tuesday’s episode of “The Joe Rogan Experience,” exclusively distributed on Spotify, Rogan hosted Dillon in a wide-ranging discussion about American political culture. (The episode is available at this link.)Among other topics, the duo discussed the Supreme Court’s decision in June to overturn Roe v.

EXCLUSIVE: Blockchain tech company GoldenArk via its subsidiary GoldenArk Media, and independent film start-up Cherry Blossom Studios enter into $10M partnership deal.

Elizabeth Banks stars in the new trailer for “Call Jane” by director Phyllis Nagy. Taking place in 1968 Chicago, the movie is inspired by true events and captures the zeitgeist in the late ’60s regarding safe and legal abortions.

Carson Burton Wattpad Webtoon Studios has expanded its structure with a new animation division and a variety of hires and promotions across international film and television departments. The expansion marks the first large reorganization the company has undergone since veteran TV executive David Madden joined the studio as head of global entertainment in July.Television executive Sera Tabb has joined Wattpad Webtoon Studios as head of global television, and Lindsey Weems Ramey has been elevated to head of global film.

EXCLUSIVE: An anthology series about the early days of the Russian invasion of Ukraine is in the works from Red Arrow Studios International and FILM.UA.

Lady Gaga took a moment out from her set to vouch her continued support for abortion rights and gay marriage.It comes in the wake of the US Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade, the 1973 court case that made abortion legal on a federal level.

Sheri Shepherd is looking to the legends of daytime TV for inspiration. Fresh off her move to New York City for the show's launch, Shepherd said she's hoping to incorporate Ellen Degeneres-style humor with Oprah-esque interviews when premiers on September 12 on Fox. «A little bit of Ellen,» Shepherd told ET's Rachel Smith. «A little bit of inspiration of Oprah, a lot of the laughter of Ellen and put that together, and then you got Sherri and I am like, let’s go!» In advance of her show's first season, Shepherd named Lizzo, Michelle Obama, and Michael B.

GMB's Ben Shephard shared the sweetest photo alongside his beautiful wife, Annie as the pair stepped out for a romantic date night in London on Thursday.MORE: Ben Shephard breaks silence after Kate Garraway cancels GMB job to care for husband Derek DraperThe husband-and-wife duo were pictured in front of the very glamorous bar at the Royal Opera House enjoying a lavish date night watching Professor Brian Cox's show Horizon's Live.WATCH: Ben Shephard addresses Kate Garraway's absence from showCaptioning the post, Ben wrote: "Out on a school night! @royaloperahouse Thanks @profbriancox, what an experience! #horizonslive."READ: Ben Shephard shares rare photo of son Jack - and cracks 'hilarious' dad jokeSEE: Ben Shephard reveals wife's 'struggle' over shock injury as he makes GMB returnThe husband and wife duo looked so loved up in the sweet snap. Ben looked super smart in a navy blue polo top and wife Annie, who matched her husband, looked effortlessly beautiful in an outfit in the same shade.

Seth Meyers returned to studio on Wednesday night after recovering from a second bout of COVID-19 – or as he joked, the virus’ “Season 2 pick-up” – and, beyond his return, he celebrated Kansas’ big win on abortion rights. Of course, Meyers also celebrated how angry it probably made Justice Brett Kavanaugh.On Tuesday night, voters in Kansas overwhelmingly rejected the idea of removing a woman’s right to an abortion from the state constitution, showing up in record highs and voting against a measure that would do just that.

Elisabeth Hasselbeck returned to “The View” on Wednesday, Aug. 3 as the daytime talk show marks its 25th season on the air.

Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 decision which affirmed abortion access as a constitutionally protected right.