Amber Ruffin is using her platform to highlight America’s “long and well-documented” record of bigotry against Asian people.
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women have been at the forefront of history-making moments in the United States.The National Women’s History Alliance selects and publishes a yearly theme for Women's History Month and 2021's is all about capturing the spirit of the challenging times we're living through.
Because of COVID-19, many of the women's suffrage centennial celebrations originally planned for 2020 were restricted, so the National Women's Alliance is extending the annual theme for 2021 to «Valiant Women of the Vote:
.Amber Ruffin is using her platform to highlight America’s “long and well-documented” record of bigotry against Asian people.
Katharine McPhee is opening up about her baby boy. The "American Idol" alum, 36, and her husband David Foster, 71, announced in February that they’d welcomed their first child together.
The March 16 shootings in Atlanta, Georgia have left a visible toll on “Emily in Paris” star Ashley Park.
Jon Burlingame The Academy music branch made Oscar history yesterday by nominating two films with Black composers for best original score: “Soul” and “Da 5 Bloods.”Prior to this, in the 86-year history of the category, only six films featuring Black composers were even nominated: “In Cold Blood,” “Shaft,” “The Color Purple,” “Round Midnight,” “Cry Freedom” and “BlacKkKlansman.”Herbie Hancock remains the only African-American composer to win in this category, for his jazz-filled “Round Midnight”
When the 2021 Oscar nominations were announced on Monday morning, more than one woman was nominated in the best director category for the first time, the first Muslim and Asian American performers were nominated for best actor, respectively, and several other notable records were broken.
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A pair of actors received historic best actor Oscar nominations on Monday.Riz Ahmed, nominated for his role in The Sound of Metal, became the first Muslim actor nominated in the category, whileMinari's Steven Yeun became the first Asian American actor to receive a best actor nomination. The nomination of Ahmed, the British Pakistani rapper and actor, follows two wins by Mahershala Ali in the supporting actor category for Moonlight (2016) and Greenbook (2018).
“Honestly, my head has not caught up to it,” Minari director/writer Lee Isaac Chung told Deadline in regards to the six Oscar nominations his American family drama received on Monday morning. “My heart is full but my head can’t wrap around what happened this morning.”
Steven Yeun just made Oscars history, becoming the first Asian American ever nominated for Best Actor. The recognition comes for his acclaimed performance in the film,, which picked up several nominations at the 93rd Academy Awards.Although the actor is the first Asian American to be nominated in the category, he’s also only the fourth man of East or South Asian descent to ever be recognized in the Academy Awards’ 93-year history.
Dysfunctional families make for great television. That’s why the media love stories about divorces, sex scandals and warring political parties. Throw in some celebrity stardust and the British monarchy and you’ve got 17 million Americans watching the latest spectacle with Oprah, who interviewed more than her share of warring couples back when she had a daytime talk show.
Nomadland and Rocks lead the pack of nominees for the BAFTA 2021 awards in the most diverse nominations list ever seen in the British Academy’s history, and coming just a year after it was embroiled in the #BaftaSoWhite controversy, sparking a 7-month review and overhaul of the voting rules and regulations.
Entertainment Squad has picked up the North American to Paper Spiders, a comedy-drama from director by Inon Shampanier. Lili Taylor, Stefania LaVie Owen, Ian Nelson and Peyton List star in the indie film, which will be released in select theaters on Mother’s Day weekend and will be available to rent and own on North American digital HD internet, cable, and satellite platforms starting on May 7.
The whole world is awaiting Meghan Markle’s interview with Oprah Winfrey to air with baited breath.The Duchess of Sussex and her husband Prince Harry, sat down with the American chat show host just a few weeks ago to film the chat where “nothing is off limits”. And now CBS have just released a third trailer, which looks to be very explosive indeed.
Haley Bosselman editorIn honor of Women’s History Month, Fox is teaming up with WriteGirl, a creative mentorship organization, as part of its ongoing “TV For All” initiative.Fox’s “TV For All” campaign launched at the beginning of 2020 in an effort to champion diverse voices in entertainment.