Television City Pledges $2 Million to Community, Diversity Initiatives in Wake of LAPD Presence at Protests

NEW YORK -- As protests erupted across the country following the death of George Floyd, every major entertainment company in Hollywood issued statements of support for the black community. But as unanimous as that show of solidarity was, it was also clear that this wasn't a fight Hollywood could watch from the sidelines.

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterTelevision City, which is owned by Hackman Capital Partners has pledged $2 million to support the Beverly/Fairfax District community in Los Angeles and promote diversity in the entertainment industry after being slammed for allowing the Los Angeles Police Department to set up shop in the studio complex during the Fairfax protest on May 30, which was a response to the death of George Floyd.“Television City has called this community home for nearly 70 years,

By Erik Pedersen

 Ben Affleck  and  Ana de Armas  are joining protesters in the fight against racial injustice following the death of George Floyd, 46. The couple, who has been quarantining together in Los Angeles, stepped out Tuesday morning to listen to protesters at the Save Venice March.

Jedward have joined the Black Lives Matter protests in Hollywood.

Keke Palmer is inspiring people all over the country after convincing the National Guard to take a knee with protesters in Los Angeles on Tuesday. 

Los Angeles Police Chief Michel Moore issued a formal apology late Monday night for a comment he made earlier in the day during a press conference covering the protests, looting and curfew in Los Angeles. Moore ignited a firestorm on social media when he said of looters that the death of George Floyd was "on their hands, as much as it is on those [Minneapolis] officers'." The reaction to the comment was swift.

Craig Gore, a writer whose work has included “S.W.A.T.” and “Chicago P.D.,” has been fired from the upcoming Law & Order spinoff for comments he made surrounding the protests.

Celebrities have continued to speak out as the protests that have swept the US in the wake of George Floyd’s death show no signs of stopping.

Paris Jackson was caught up in the violent protests in Los Angeles on Saturday, which prompted city Mayor Eric Garcetti to call for an overnight curfew in an effort to keep people off the streets.

By Bruce Haring

Chrissy Teigen always has a —and that applies to her as well. On Saturday, May 30, Teigen began to help protesters arrested for assembling in cities such as Minneapolis, New York, Los Angeles, and Atlanta after the death of George Floyd, a black man in Minneapolis who at the hands of a police officer who knelt on his neck while his coworkers held Floyd down or stood back and watched.