Voting Rights Activist Stacey Abrams Lands Emmy Nod for ‘Black-ish’ Election Special

Willie Nelson and his fans made a statement at the Texas Capitol on Saturday when they sang the country star’s "Vote ‘Em Out" song in reference to state-proposed voting restrictions. More than a thousand spectators were present at the "Moral March for Democracy" rally, according to The Associated Press.

EXCLUSIVE: Kevin Bacon, Simon Helberg and Carrie Preston are joining Primetime Emmy winner Kyra Sedgwick’s second feature directorial Space Oddity from the 2016 Black List script.

“I’ve learned more in the past two years about the word – you know, people say the word ‘love’ and what that means to love somebody,” Sandra Bullock said in a 2013 interview with Entertainment Tonight. “Maybe people spend too much time looking. I think we spend too much time looking for things that are more things that society wants us to look for and that we get from a magazine rather than that are really worth it.”

EXCLUSIVE: LeBron James’ SpringHill Company, Drake’s DreamCrew Entertainment and Uninterrupted Canada are teaming up on the documentary Black Ice, an in-depth look at the experience of Black hockey players.

Stand Up To Cancer will return for its seventh biennial televised fundraising special with Anthony Anderson, Sofia Vergara, Ken Jeong & Tran Ho serving as co-hosts.

EXCLUSIVE: Cinedigm has acquired North American rights to the coming-of-age thriller What Breaks the Ice, with plans to release the film in select theaters, on demand & digital this fall.

Bob Moses was a civil rights activist known for his work in the South registering Black voters in the 1960s.Moses was working as a high school teacher in New York City in 1960 when he was inspired to relocate to Mississippi to help register Black voters. He became known for his calm determination even in the face of violence – he once continued registering voters even after he was hit in the head with a knife handle, later seeking medical attention and getting nine stitches.

Stacey Solomon was treated to a “special breakfast” by fiancé Joe Swash as she unplugged for a weekend of relaxation and bliss with her beloved family. Former EastEnders actor Joe, 39, then decided to take the opportunity to shower his wife-to-be with love and attention.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargePublic broadcaster KCET, which had led all local TV stations in nominations for the this year’s Los Angeles Area Emmy Awards, also wound up taking home the most (for the fifth year in a row), with nine awards. It was followed by Telemundo’s KVEA and Spectrum SportsNet, both of which landed six.The Television Academy announced the 2021 Los Angeles Area Emmy Award winners in an in-person ceremony at its North Hollywood headquarters on Saturday.

multiyear overall deal with Apple, and the studio in a record deal acquired Heder’s film “CODA,” which won the Sundance Grand Jury Prize and Audience Award. It will be released on Apple TV+ on August 13.

Snapchat parent Snap stock surged 9% Thursday as the company reported a blowout second quarter with beats on the top and bottom line and for daily active users, which hit 293 million — up 23% from the year ago.

EXCLUSIVE: Sony Pictures International Productions has acquired global remake rights to Price Of Parenting (Mes très chers enfants), the upcoming French comedy directed by Alexandra Leclère, whose credits include the French box office hits The Price To Pay and The Roommates Party.

Gloria Richardson was a civil rights activist known for her role in intense protests in early-1960s Cambridge, Maryland.Richardson became involved in the civil rights movement in the early 1960s, becoming a leader of the Cambridge Nonviolent Action Committee (CNAC), an associate of the famed Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). She worked to survey the Black residents of Cambridge and determined they were most concerned about severe inequalities in housing, jobs, and education.

Lady Gaga has been on a sultrier streak as of late, being able to stun fans with looks that have erred on the more "risky business" side of things.READ: Lady Gaga takes on the city in a strawberry pink ensemble and her fans can't take itThe singer recently added legs to the menu in a new picture she posted to her Instagram to ring in a special day for a special someone.WATCH: Lady Gaga sunbathes inside her Malibu mansionGaga posted a picture of herself wearing a black gown with a high slit as

President Joe Biden called a wave of new voting restrictions in Republican-led states the “most significant threat to our democracy since the Civil War.”

No one’s saying it will be easy, but actress Renée Elise Goldsberry and songwriter Kristen Anderson-Lopez came a little closer today to the rarified EGOT status with their respective Emmy Award nominations.

Oprah Winfrey just landed her eighth Primetime Emmy nomination. On Tuesday, it was revealed that was up for Outstanding Hosted Nonfiction Series or Special at the 73rd annual Emmy Awards. The explosive special, which marked Harry and his wife’s first interview since leaving the royal family, was seen by over 49.1 million viewers worldwide when it debuted in March.

Jessica Walter received a posthumous Emmy Award nomination today for her voice role in Archer, the animated series on FXX.