Television Humanitarian Awards Honor Billy Porter, Amy Poehler and More

National Geographic’s latest documentary, “The Last Ice” premiered this week with many A-listers in attendance.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorThe ACLU SoCal’s annual Bill of Rights Gala usually includes the presentation of several awards to celebrities, politicians and others for their support and advocacy of social justice at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel.However, this year’s event skipped the awards ceremony.

“Mean Girls” reunited in 2014 for an Entertainment Weekly photo shoot.The stars of the film, Lindsay Lohan, Tina Fey, Rachel McAdams, Amanda Seyfried and Lacey Chabert, were dressed like true Plastics in heels and high-end threads for the reunion.The women then sat down to share stories about what went down on the set, including never-before-revealed details about the movie.Fans of the 2004 film will be crushed to know just how close they came to seeing a “Mean Girls” sequel or who Fey had in

"Saturday Night Live" is widely known for its nearly relentless parodies of politicians during election season. The likes of Alec Baldwin, Will Ferrell, Tina Fey and Amy Poehler have played politicians on the show, and now, Jim Carrey and Maya Rudolph are suiting up to portray Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, respectively.

2020 Billboard Music Awards were postponed in April, the annual awards show will be back on Oct. 14.

Time magazine has released its annual TIME 100 list of the most influential people of the year, and it includes a number of LGBTQ people.Among those included in the list are producer and director Greg Berlanti, Taiwanese gay civil rights activist Chi Chia-wei, Black political activist Angela Davis, singer Halsey, actor Billy Porter, U.S.

: All seven seasons of the popular Amy Poehler series are leaving Netflix at the end of September. And October is only bringing more heartache: Charlotte's Web, Just Friends, are dipping out of your queues, so get in all those rewatches while you can.

A PSA urging the television industry to do more to create an all-inclusive environment aired during Sunday night’s Primetime Emmy Awards. In the star-studded 60-second PSA titled "See All,"stars including Lin-Manuel Miranda,Billy Porter, Isis King, Daniel Dae Kim, Nicole Scherzinger andJamie Chung called on industry leaders to make a greater effort toward fair cultural representation in programming and advertising.

Cynthia Littleton Business EditorJeffrey Katzenberg and the Motion Picture and Television Fund turned to Richard and Demi Weitz’s Quarantunes Zoom concert fundraising franchise to save this year’s edition of the Evening Before fundraiser tied to the annual Primetime Emmy Awards fete.“Succession’s” Jeremy Strong, George Clooney, “Schitt’s Creek’s” Dan Levy, “Pose’s” Billy Porter, Octavia Spencer, Sherry Lansing, Josh Groban and Deborah Cox were among the guests on the presentation which blended

Billy Porter is looking back on creating one of the most historic fashion moments in history.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorAmy Poehler is set to make her documentary directorial debut with a look at Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz.“Ron Howard at Imagine [Entertainment] came to and said, ‘Would you be interested in telling a story?’” Poehler said on Thursday night during the Creative Coalition Television Humanitarian Awards, where she was honored by Seth Meyers.

Billy Porter—now celebrated as fashion icon, LGBTQ+ activist, and star of Pose—has come a long way since he carved out his career on the Broadway stage, and now he has a slew of awards to show for it. After the 2019 Emmys ceremony, Porter is only one letter away from achieving EGOT prestige, the coveted combination of winning an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony Award.

Greg Evans Associate Editor/Broadway CriticThe upcoming season of Encores! at New York’s City Center will include an adaptation by Pose‘s Billy Porter of The Life, a musical last seen in New York on Broadway in 1997.Porter’s adaptation, which he’ll direct, is one of two upcoming Encores! productions reviving rarely staged Broadway musicals centering on Black lives; also in development is director Kenny Leon’s production of 1983’s The Tap Dance Kid.

Maya Rudolph and Amy Poehler to face two of the famous women they've impersonated on — Kamala Harris and Hillary Clinton.

Kamala Harris, Hillary Clinton and the women who play them on Saturday Night Live have raised more than $6 million for the Biden campaign in a Monday fundraiser. Clinton, the 2016 Democratic presidential nominee, says 100,000 people were on the Monday evening fundraiser, which featured Amy Poehler and Maya Rudolph.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterAmy Poehler and Maya Rudolph hosted a “grassroots” fundraiser on Monday, along with Kamala Harris and Hillary Clinton, that raised more than $6 million for the Democratic ticket.Separately, billionaire Haim Saban hosted a more intimate fundraiser with Joe Biden, priced at $500,000 per person. That event — also held virtually — raised $4.5 million.The grassroots fundraiser featured some discussion of the California wildfires and the Affordable Care Act.

Ted Johnson The latest Biden campaign fundraiser had plenty of statements about the importance of the next election, the urgency of defeating Donald Trump and all that is at stake for the future.But it also was a bit surreal, as Kamala Harris and Hillary Clinton joined with Maya Rudolph and Amy Poehler, who spoofed them on Saturday Night Live.“You’ve each played one of us on Saturday Night Live.

GALECA, the Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics, unveiled the inaugural Dorians TV Toast award winners at a virtual, live-streamed event on Sunday. Hosted by talk radio personality Karel, the two hour event recognized unique contributions in mainstream TV and featured a slate of stars such as Hugh Jackman, Regina King, Laverne Cox, John Oliver and Billy Porter.

Jordan Moreau The “Parks and Recreation” cast are reuniting for the second time this year.Several of the show’s stars, including Amy Poehler, Adam Scott and Nick Offerman, will hold a virtual event raising money for the Wisconsin Democratic Party.Aubrey Plaza, Retta, Jim O’Heir and series co-creator Michael Schur will also join in on the fundraiser, in addition to some surprise guests.

Parks and Recreation cast just can't stop reuniting for a cause.