The chants and shouts of pro-Palestinian demonstrators disrupted the entry to the Washington Hilton for this year’s White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, but once inside, attendees were greeted with what has become the usual scene: Celebrities on the red carpet, a crush for the security line and glitterati packed into a cavernous ballroom.
“I want to thank my wife for enduring lots of jokes and for agreeing to individually meet everyone in this room right after the ceremony,” the evening’s featured entertainer, Colin Jost, quipped about Scarlett Johansson, who posed for photos with a non-stop stream of attendees. She continued to do so later in the evening, at the Comcast-nbcu after party at the French ambassador’s residence.
Joe Biden laughs at Colin Jost as he entertains at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner.
The protests outside — now ubiquitous at any public event, much less one that mixes politics,...
“I want to thank my wife for enduring lots of jokes and for agreeing to individually meet everyone in this room right after the ceremony,” the evening’s featured entertainer, Colin Jost, quipped about Scarlett Johansson, who posed for photos with a non-stop stream of attendees. She continued to do so later in the evening, at the Comcast-nbcu after party at the French ambassador’s residence.
Joe Biden laughs at Colin Jost as he entertains at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner.
The protests outside — now ubiquitous at any public event, much less one that mixes politics,...
- 4/28/2024
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
MSNBC’s Joy Reid took on two of Donald Trump’s most faithful scions Thursday in a segment for “The ReidOut,” saying threatening letters that Stephen Miller and J.D. Vance wrote to universities reflect an emboldened approach after the Supreme Court’s ruling that effectively struck down affirmative action in colleges.
Reid, in a conversation with activist and former president/director-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund Sherrilyn Ifill, drew a line connecting the language of the Supreme Court’s majority decision and the talking points of the late conservative radio talk-show host Rush Limbaugh.
Reid then pointed to what she called a direct outcome — letters that Miller, Trump’s former senior White House adviser, and Vance, the U.S. senator from Ohio who was endorsed by Trump, sent to law schools and top universities threatening them with repercussions if they attempted to subvert the ruling.
“Cause they’re only...
Reid, in a conversation with activist and former president/director-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund Sherrilyn Ifill, drew a line connecting the language of the Supreme Court’s majority decision and the talking points of the late conservative radio talk-show host Rush Limbaugh.
Reid then pointed to what she called a direct outcome — letters that Miller, Trump’s former senior White House adviser, and Vance, the U.S. senator from Ohio who was endorsed by Trump, sent to law schools and top universities threatening them with repercussions if they attempted to subvert the ruling.
“Cause they’re only...
- 7/7/2023
- by Jeremy Bailey
- The Wrap
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P-Valley creator Katori Hall, Ja Rule, Jemele Hill and former NAACP Legal Defense Fund president Sherrilyn Ifill are among the public figures mourning the death of Migos rapper Takeoff.
The 28-year-old rapper, born Kirshnik Khari Ball, died after a shooting early Tuesday outside of a bowling alley in Houston, a rep for Migos confirmed to the Associated Press.
The Grammy-nominated rap trio from Georgia also includes Quavo and Offset, who’s married to Cardi B. The group had a memorable first-season cameo on Atlanta, and creator Donald Glover gave the group, and their Hot 100-topping single “Bad & Boujee,” a shout-out during his 2017 Golden Globes acceptance speech.
“I’d like to thank the Migos — not for being on the show, but for making ‘Bad and Boujee,’” Glover said.
Backstage he added of the group, “I think that they’re The Beatles of this generation...
P-Valley creator Katori Hall, Ja Rule, Jemele Hill and former NAACP Legal Defense Fund president Sherrilyn Ifill are among the public figures mourning the death of Migos rapper Takeoff.
The 28-year-old rapper, born Kirshnik Khari Ball, died after a shooting early Tuesday outside of a bowling alley in Houston, a rep for Migos confirmed to the Associated Press.
The Grammy-nominated rap trio from Georgia also includes Quavo and Offset, who’s married to Cardi B. The group had a memorable first-season cameo on Atlanta, and creator Donald Glover gave the group, and their Hot 100-topping single “Bad & Boujee,” a shout-out during his 2017 Golden Globes acceptance speech.
“I’d like to thank the Migos — not for being on the show, but for making ‘Bad and Boujee,’” Glover said.
Backstage he added of the group, “I think that they’re The Beatles of this generation...
- 11/1/2022
- by Hilary Lewis
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Starting June 10th, When We All Vote hosted the first Culture of Democracy Summit featuring When We All Vote Co-Chairs Chris Paul, Selena Gomez, Liza Koshy, Bretman Rock and Kerry Washington, Former Attorney General Eric Holder, Magic Johnson, Doc Rivers, David Hogg and more.
Michelle Obama, When We All Vote Founder and Co-Chair
The four-day nonpartisan convening brought together artists, athletes, academics, grassroots organizers and business leaders to discuss the role different industries play in protecting and strengthening democracy through voter registration, education, mobilization and culture change.
More than 1,000 people convened at the Banc of California Stadium in Los Angeles for the final day of the Summit.
Special Summit Announcements
During the final day of the Summit, Lyft announced that the company will provide transportation grants to Historically Black College and University (Hbcu) students participating in When We All Vote’s Vote Loud Hbcu Squad Challenge in the fall.
When...
Michelle Obama, When We All Vote Founder and Co-Chair
The four-day nonpartisan convening brought together artists, athletes, academics, grassroots organizers and business leaders to discuss the role different industries play in protecting and strengthening democracy through voter registration, education, mobilization and culture change.
More than 1,000 people convened at the Banc of California Stadium in Los Angeles for the final day of the Summit.
Special Summit Announcements
During the final day of the Summit, Lyft announced that the company will provide transportation grants to Historically Black College and University (Hbcu) students participating in When We All Vote’s Vote Loud Hbcu Squad Challenge in the fall.
When...
- 6/21/2022
- Look to the Stars
Raise your glass and toast to Time's 2022 Women of the Year! On March 8, International Women's Day, the honorees gathered in Los Angeles for the Time Women of the Year gala. The event comes days after the magazine announced this year's list of leaders: Human rights lawyer Amal Clooney, actress Kerry Washington, singer Kacey Musgraves, Pose star Michaela Jae "Mj" Rodriguez, Olympic gold medalist Allyson Felix, poet Amanda Gorman, president and CEO of Nasdaq Adena Friedman, founder and CEO of Rise Amanda Nguyen, health advocate Jennie Joseph, president and director-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund Sherrilyn Ifill, software engineer Tracy Chou and journalist Zahra Joya. "When...
- 3/9/2022
- E! Online
Update, 1:03 Pm Pt: Rick Santorum has responded to the pushback he’s received over comments he made about Native American culture.
In a statement, he said, “I had no intention of minimizing or in any way devaluing Native American culture.”
Speaking about the origins of the United States to a conference of the Young America’s Foundation, Santorum said, “We birthed a nation. From nothing. There was nothing here. Yes, we have Native Americans, but there isn’t much Native American culture in American culture. It was born of the people who came here, pursuing religious liberty, to practice their faith, to live as they ought to live, and have the freedom to do so. Religious liberty.”
The Council on American-Islamic Relations has called on CNN to drop Santorum as a commentator.
Nihad Awad, its national executive director, said in a statement, “CNN should never again invite Rick Santorum as...
In a statement, he said, “I had no intention of minimizing or in any way devaluing Native American culture.”
Speaking about the origins of the United States to a conference of the Young America’s Foundation, Santorum said, “We birthed a nation. From nothing. There was nothing here. Yes, we have Native Americans, but there isn’t much Native American culture in American culture. It was born of the people who came here, pursuing religious liberty, to practice their faith, to live as they ought to live, and have the freedom to do so. Religious liberty.”
The Council on American-Islamic Relations has called on CNN to drop Santorum as a commentator.
Nihad Awad, its national executive director, said in a statement, “CNN should never again invite Rick Santorum as...
- 4/26/2021
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
The subtitle for “Amend,” the new Netflix documentary series, is “The Fight for America.” It’s an apt description in many ways, both in the evolution of the U.S. Constitution that the six-part season describes — and in how those advances are understood in the present day.
Hosted by Will Smith, “Amend” presents a concise history of the Constitution’s 14th Amendment. Ratified in 1868, its first section spans just 80 words, but contains provisions for due process and equal protection that have become an engine for change across any number of areas of American life. To help make an overview of those shifts both powerful and accessible to the wide variety of potential Netflix viewers, figuring out how exactly to approach this expansive timeline was one of the project’s core challenges.
“Let’s say you’re a high school freshman and you’re watching this. We wanted you to be...
Hosted by Will Smith, “Amend” presents a concise history of the Constitution’s 14th Amendment. Ratified in 1868, its first section spans just 80 words, but contains provisions for due process and equal protection that have become an engine for change across any number of areas of American life. To help make an overview of those shifts both powerful and accessible to the wide variety of potential Netflix viewers, figuring out how exactly to approach this expansive timeline was one of the project’s core challenges.
“Let’s say you’re a high school freshman and you’re watching this. We wanted you to be...
- 2/22/2021
- by Steve Greene
- Indiewire
There’s an uncanny sense of repetition for the creators behind PBS’ “The Blinding of Isaac Woodard” — a feeling that they’ve told this story before. The tale of a Black serviceman beaten and blinded by police in 1946 took on an added air of history repeating when the “American Experience” episode was being filmed. “We did most of our principal photography at the height of the George Floyd protests,” said producer and director Jamila Ephron at Friday’s TCA Winter Press Tour panel for PBS.
The question, then, on everyone’s minds throughout the project was: How have things changed, if at all? “I learned…that it’s a constant battle,” Ephron said. She said it often felt like a continuous stream of police violence was happening while working on the project.
“What’s important is for people to understand that issues of police violence against Black people…have been...
The question, then, on everyone’s minds throughout the project was: How have things changed, if at all? “I learned…that it’s a constant battle,” Ephron said. She said it often felt like a continuous stream of police violence was happening while working on the project.
“What’s important is for people to understand that issues of police violence against Black people…have been...
- 2/5/2021
- by Kristen Lopez
- Indiewire
The Hollywood Reporter’s 14th annual Power Lawyers breakfast was one of countless spring events that was postponed due to the novel coronavirus pandemic, but the entertainment industry’s top attorneys finally got together in a virtual celebration on Wednesday.
This year’s event, which also celebrated THR’s inaugural group of New York Power Lawyers, featured a compelling keynote conversation between NAACP Legal and Educational Defense Fund president and director-counsel Sherrilyn Ifill and Jemele Hill, Atlantic contributor and host of the Jemele Hill is Unbothered podcast. The two discussed everything from what voter suppression looks like in 2020 to what Hollywood can ...
This year’s event, which also celebrated THR’s inaugural group of New York Power Lawyers, featured a compelling keynote conversation between NAACP Legal and Educational Defense Fund president and director-counsel Sherrilyn Ifill and Jemele Hill, Atlantic contributor and host of the Jemele Hill is Unbothered podcast. The two discussed everything from what voter suppression looks like in 2020 to what Hollywood can ...
- 12/16/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Hollywood Reporter’s 14th annual Power Lawyers breakfast was one of countless spring events that was postponed due to the novel coronavirus pandemic, but the entertainment industry’s top attorneys finally got together in a virtual celebration Wednesday.
This year’s event, which also celebrated THR’s inaugural group of New York Power Lawyers, featured a compelling keynote conversation between NAACP Legal and Educational Defense Fund president and director-counsel Sherrilyn Ifill and Jemele Hill, Atlantic contributor and host of the Jemele Hill Is Unbothered podcast. The two discussed everything from what voter suppression looks like in 2020 to what Hollywood can do ...
This year’s event, which also celebrated THR’s inaugural group of New York Power Lawyers, featured a compelling keynote conversation between NAACP Legal and Educational Defense Fund president and director-counsel Sherrilyn Ifill and Jemele Hill, Atlantic contributor and host of the Jemele Hill Is Unbothered podcast. The two discussed everything from what voter suppression looks like in 2020 to what Hollywood can do ...
- 12/16/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
In a conversation for The Hollywood Reporter’s Power Lawyers event on Wednesday, Sherrilyn Ifill, the president and director-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, and journalist Jemele Hill spoke about the importance of the Senate runoff races currently taking place in Georgia and how Hollywood can fight voter suppression.
“When I say it’s monumentally important, it’s like every person in this country will be affected by the outcome of the Georgia run-off,” said Ifill. “The same way people engaged in November is the way I hope they are engaging around January.”
In ...
“When I say it’s monumentally important, it’s like every person in this country will be affected by the outcome of the Georgia run-off,” said Ifill. “The same way people engaged in November is the way I hope they are engaging around January.”
In ...
- 12/16/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
In a conversation for The Hollywood Reporter’s Power Lawyers event on Wednesday, Sherrilyn Ifill, the president and director-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, and journalist Jemele Hill spoke about the importance of the Senate runoff races currently taking place in Georgia and how Hollywood can fight voter suppression.
“When I say it’s monumentally important, it’s like every person in this country will be affected by the outcome of the Georgia run-off,” said Ifill. “The same way people engaged in November is the way I hope they are engaging around January.”
In ...
“When I say it’s monumentally important, it’s like every person in this country will be affected by the outcome of the Georgia run-off,” said Ifill. “The same way people engaged in November is the way I hope they are engaging around January.”
In ...
- 12/16/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
LeBron James said his emerging political nonprofit More Than a Vote has a lot more activity ahead of it beyond 2020.
“We didn’t want this to just be a one-off. Everyone heard about the election and we knew how important that was. But we’re not a one-off group and we’re not a one-off team,” he said Wednesday at the New York Times DealBook Online Summit. “The fight isn’t over. The fight is still there, and we know that, especially in the Black community. We’re fighting every day to be heard, to be respected, and to be inspired.”
Appearing alongside James was Sherrilyn Ifill, president and director-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund. The NAACP and More Than a Vote both worked to secure safe voting options despite Covid-19 as well as providing voters, especially in minority communities, with information and encouragement.
Along with the coronavirus,...
“We didn’t want this to just be a one-off. Everyone heard about the election and we knew how important that was. But we’re not a one-off group and we’re not a one-off team,” he said Wednesday at the New York Times DealBook Online Summit. “The fight isn’t over. The fight is still there, and we know that, especially in the Black community. We’re fighting every day to be heard, to be respected, and to be inspired.”
Appearing alongside James was Sherrilyn Ifill, president and director-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund. The NAACP and More Than a Vote both worked to secure safe voting options despite Covid-19 as well as providing voters, especially in minority communities, with information and encouragement.
Along with the coronavirus,...
- 11/18/2020
- by Dade Hayes
- Deadline Film + TV
Amid a year of the entertainment industry — and the nation as a whole — reckoning with the way it approaches issue of racial representation and gender parity, ViacomCBS is kicking off its annual inclusion week with an eye toward tackling those issues head on.
This year it will do so as an enlarged company following the merger of Viacom and CBS, and in a newly virtual environment due to the ongoing pandemic. The company’s inclusion week is a continuation of a similar event that first took place in the U.K. three years ago.
“This year, our goals are to continue this cadence of intentionality around demonstrate through our employees, our commitment to championing a culture that’s diverse, inclusive, and that actually creates a sense of belonging for them,” Marva Smalls, ViacomCBS’ global head of inclusion, told Variety.
“We also see it as a way of establishing a competitive...
This year it will do so as an enlarged company following the merger of Viacom and CBS, and in a newly virtual environment due to the ongoing pandemic. The company’s inclusion week is a continuation of a similar event that first took place in the U.K. three years ago.
“This year, our goals are to continue this cadence of intentionality around demonstrate through our employees, our commitment to championing a culture that’s diverse, inclusive, and that actually creates a sense of belonging for them,” Marva Smalls, ViacomCBS’ global head of inclusion, told Variety.
“We also see it as a way of establishing a competitive...
- 9/29/2020
- by Elaine Low
- Variety Film + TV
As 2020 began, nobody could have doubted that the presidential election would be the story of the year when it came to late-night talk shows. The hosts and their teams spent most of 2019 getting into fighting shape for Trump: The Rematch.
But a not-so-funny-thing happened on the way to the Oval Office. By late February, the shock of a deadly pandemic reaching U.S. shores blew the presidential race off the front pages. And then, just as the tide seemed to be turning on coronavirus, the brutal May 25 killing of George Floyd spurred a resurgent Black Lives Matter movement that has vastly overshadowed the race between presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden and President Trump.
The severity of the times has had a huge impact on late-night television. Shows produced in a remote format don’t lend themselves to stunts and games. The lurches in the national political landscape and the...
But a not-so-funny-thing happened on the way to the Oval Office. By late February, the shock of a deadly pandemic reaching U.S. shores blew the presidential race off the front pages. And then, just as the tide seemed to be turning on coronavirus, the brutal May 25 killing of George Floyd spurred a resurgent Black Lives Matter movement that has vastly overshadowed the race between presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden and President Trump.
The severity of the times has had a huge impact on late-night television. Shows produced in a remote format don’t lend themselves to stunts and games. The lurches in the national political landscape and the...
- 7/8/2020
- by Cynthia Littleton and Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
The filmed version of Broadway’s smash hit “Hamilton” is drawing both praise and criticism, with some showering it with compliments of artistic “genius” and others noting the liberties taken with the total truth of the time.
The July 3 debut on Disney+ of the musical, written, composed by and starring Lin-Manuel Miranda, is set in the late 1700s and tells the story of one of America’s Founding Fathers, Alexander Hamilton, at a time when the new nation was wrought with slavery, social inequity and civil unrest.
Celebrities from across industries weighed in with their thoughts on Friday and Saturday, from “Frozen” actor Josh Gad calling the show “magical” and “pure genius,” to author Rozanne Gay saying it “dangerously elides they [sic] realities of slavery.”
Also Read: A 'Hamilton' Newbie's Take on the Disney+ Version of Lin-Manuel Miranda's Powerful Musical
“The first time I ever saw @DaveedDiggs on stage...
The July 3 debut on Disney+ of the musical, written, composed by and starring Lin-Manuel Miranda, is set in the late 1700s and tells the story of one of America’s Founding Fathers, Alexander Hamilton, at a time when the new nation was wrought with slavery, social inequity and civil unrest.
Celebrities from across industries weighed in with their thoughts on Friday and Saturday, from “Frozen” actor Josh Gad calling the show “magical” and “pure genius,” to author Rozanne Gay saying it “dangerously elides they [sic] realities of slavery.”
Also Read: A 'Hamilton' Newbie's Take on the Disney+ Version of Lin-Manuel Miranda's Powerful Musical
“The first time I ever saw @DaveedDiggs on stage...
- 7/4/2020
- by Margeaux Sippell
- The Wrap
For the second time in as many weeks, Vice President Mike Pence refused to utter the words Black lives matter. And this time, as part of his rationale, he used the name of the Civil Rights icon Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., twisting King’s words and legacy to justify his own inaction.
On Sunday, John Dickerson of CBS News’ Face the Nation asked Pence why he won’t say that Black lives matter.
“One thing protesters would like to hear is leaders say Black lives matter. You won’t say that.
On Sunday, John Dickerson of CBS News’ Face the Nation asked Pence why he won’t say that Black lives matter.
“One thing protesters would like to hear is leaders say Black lives matter. You won’t say that.
- 6/28/2020
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
Creative Artists Agency announced on Wednesday that it will host a virtual CAA Amplify Town Hall on Wednesday, June 17th. The event will bring together leaders in entertainment, sports, media, brands, technology and social justice in a call to action to end systemic racism. The discussions aim to provide critical action steps for real and permanent change.
Featured event speakers and participants will include:
Carmelo Anthony, NBA All-Star, Entrepreneur and Philanthropist
Joy Buolamwini, Founder of Algorithmic Justice League
Christian Cooper, Biomedical Editor and Comic Book Writer
Melody Cooper, Film, Television, Theater and Comic Book Writer
Patrisse Cullors, Artist, Writer and Co-Founder, Black Lives Matter
Arne Duncan, Managing Partner, Emerson Collective and Former U.S. Secretary of Education
Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director-Counsel, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund
Doc Rivers, Head Coach, Los Angeles Clippers
Kendrick Sampson, Actor, Activist and Co-Founder, Bld Pwr
Yara Shahidi, Actress, Producer and Change Agent
Adam Silver,...
Featured event speakers and participants will include:
Carmelo Anthony, NBA All-Star, Entrepreneur and Philanthropist
Joy Buolamwini, Founder of Algorithmic Justice League
Christian Cooper, Biomedical Editor and Comic Book Writer
Melody Cooper, Film, Television, Theater and Comic Book Writer
Patrisse Cullors, Artist, Writer and Co-Founder, Black Lives Matter
Arne Duncan, Managing Partner, Emerson Collective and Former U.S. Secretary of Education
Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director-Counsel, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund
Doc Rivers, Head Coach, Los Angeles Clippers
Kendrick Sampson, Actor, Activist and Co-Founder, Bld Pwr
Yara Shahidi, Actress, Producer and Change Agent
Adam Silver,...
- 6/17/2020
- by Tom Tapp
- Deadline Film + TV
In a recent Instagram post, Deadpool actor Ryan Reynolds announced that he and his wife, actress Blake Lively, had donated $200,000 to the NAACP’s Legal Defense Fund. The donation was made in support of the nationwide protests following the death of George Floyd, an African American man who was choked after being arrested for passing and possessing an insignificantly small amount of counterfeit currency.
“We contributed $200,000 to the NAACP Legal Defense Fund,” the couple stated in their lengthy but thoughtful post. “We stand in awe of this organization and its leader, Sherrilyn Ifill. And this is just a start.” In the paragraphs that follow their announcement, Reynolds and Lively share their thoughts on the history of racial violence in America, and express their sympathies for the cause which the protesters are fighting for.
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“We contributed $200,000 to the NAACP Legal Defense Fund,” the couple stated in their lengthy but thoughtful post. “We stand in awe of this organization and its leader, Sherrilyn Ifill. And this is just a start.” In the paragraphs that follow their announcement, Reynolds and Lively share their thoughts on the history of racial violence in America, and express their sympathies for the cause which the protesters are fighting for.
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- 6/3/2020
- by Tim Brinkhof
- We Got This Covered
The U.S. Supreme Court issued a unanimous opinion Monday that sends the racial discrimination case filed by entrepreneur Byron Allen back to an appellate court with a stricter definition of the bias that Allen needs to prove in order for the lawsuit to proceed in federal court.
The ruling came down in Comcast’s favor on the question of the legal test, or causation standard, that the court should apply in determining the merits of Allen’s claim and whether the lawsuit should be allowed to proceed. Comcast attorneys argued that Allen needed to prove that race was the sole factor in Comcast’s decision not to cut a deal to carry a group of cable channels owned by Allen’s Entertainment Studios. Allen’s team had argued that it only needed to demonstrate that race was a “motivating factor” in Comcast’s denial of a deal for the case to proceed.
The ruling came down in Comcast’s favor on the question of the legal test, or causation standard, that the court should apply in determining the merits of Allen’s claim and whether the lawsuit should be allowed to proceed. Comcast attorneys argued that Allen needed to prove that race was the sole factor in Comcast’s decision not to cut a deal to carry a group of cable channels owned by Allen’s Entertainment Studios. Allen’s team had argued that it only needed to demonstrate that race was a “motivating factor” in Comcast’s denial of a deal for the case to proceed.
- 3/23/2020
- by Cynthia Littleton
- Variety Film + TV
Bet has unveiled its lineup of guests and participants for the inaugural social impact conference, Meta Convened by Bet Networks. The two-day invitation-only event takes place June 20-21 in Los Angeles and serves as a lead-up to Bet’s annual Bet Experience and Bet Awards.
The event brings together some today’s leading thought leaders from across sectors to explore opportunities for long-term impact. Guests scheduled to attend include Queen Latifah, Tyler Perry, Lee Daniels, Charles King, Rev. Al Sharpton, Jemele Hill, Donna Brazile, DJ Khaled, Hill Harper, Charles Phillips as well as member of The Exonerated Central Park Five Yusef Salaam. Perry will serve as the conference’s opening speaker.
“Bet Networks is uniquely positioned to convene thought leaders from across sectors for this timely dialogue about the power of media, entertainment and technology to positively impact the African American community,” said Scott Mills,...
The event brings together some today’s leading thought leaders from across sectors to explore opportunities for long-term impact. Guests scheduled to attend include Queen Latifah, Tyler Perry, Lee Daniels, Charles King, Rev. Al Sharpton, Jemele Hill, Donna Brazile, DJ Khaled, Hill Harper, Charles Phillips as well as member of The Exonerated Central Park Five Yusef Salaam. Perry will serve as the conference’s opening speaker.
“Bet Networks is uniquely positioned to convene thought leaders from across sectors for this timely dialogue about the power of media, entertainment and technology to positively impact the African American community,” said Scott Mills,...
- 6/19/2019
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
President Donald Trump has slammed Spike Lee hours after the director won the Oscar for best adapted screenplay for “BlacKkKlansman.”
President Trump tweeted that it would be “nice if Spike Lee could read his notes, or better yet not have to use notes at all, when doing his racist hit on your president…” He went on to talk up his record, saying he has “done more for African Americans” than “almost any other Pres!”
Lee did not directly call out the president in his acceptance speech. He talked about a choice between love and hate and called on people to “mobilize” ahead of the next election. He also talked about black history and his own relatives, notably his grandmother, who he said had put him through college.
“Before the world tonight, I give praise to our ancestors who have built this country into what it is today along with the genocide of its native people,...
President Trump tweeted that it would be “nice if Spike Lee could read his notes, or better yet not have to use notes at all, when doing his racist hit on your president…” He went on to talk up his record, saying he has “done more for African Americans” than “almost any other Pres!”
Lee did not directly call out the president in his acceptance speech. He talked about a choice between love and hate and called on people to “mobilize” ahead of the next election. He also talked about black history and his own relatives, notably his grandmother, who he said had put him through college.
“Before the world tonight, I give praise to our ancestors who have built this country into what it is today along with the genocide of its native people,...
- 2/25/2019
- by Stewart Clarke
- Variety Film + TV
An officer with the Baltimore Police Department has resigned after he was captured on video repeatedly punching a civilian, who was later hospitalized for a broken or fractured jaw and injuries to his eye socket, nose, ribs and left leg. While the Bpd has declined to release the name of the now-former officer, he was identified on social media over the weekend following the incident as Arthur Williams. Attorney Warren Brown, who is representing the victim, Dashawn McGrier, later confirmed Williams’ identity to the Baltimore Sun. Williams’ partner that day,...
- 8/13/2018
- by Amelia McDonell-Parry
- Rollingstone.com
In today’s roundup, Gloria Estefan joins “One Day at a Time” Season 3, and CBS News hired Michele Perez Exner as its communications director for Washington, D.C. and “Face the Nation.”
Dates
The Creative Artists Agency has announced that its second annual CAA Amplify will begin on Wednesday in Ojai, Calif., featuring guest speakers Carmelo Anthony, Xavier Becerra, Joy Buolamwini, Julian Castro, Jon M. Chu, Cheo Hodari Coker, Cesar Conde, Lee Daniels, Channing Dungey, David Fizdale, Thelma Golden, Vanita Gupta, Sherrilyn Ifill, Lisa Ling, Al Madrigal, Gina Prince-Bythewood, Heather Rae, and Alan Yang. At the event, filmmakers, activists and business people will discuss topics ranging from creative processes to criminal justice reform.
Casting
Gloria Estefan will guest star in a Season 3 episode of Netflix‘s “One Day at a Time.” Estefan, who also sings the series theme song, will play Mirtha, the baby sister and enemy of Rita Moreno...
Dates
The Creative Artists Agency has announced that its second annual CAA Amplify will begin on Wednesday in Ojai, Calif., featuring guest speakers Carmelo Anthony, Xavier Becerra, Joy Buolamwini, Julian Castro, Jon M. Chu, Cheo Hodari Coker, Cesar Conde, Lee Daniels, Channing Dungey, David Fizdale, Thelma Golden, Vanita Gupta, Sherrilyn Ifill, Lisa Ling, Al Madrigal, Gina Prince-Bythewood, Heather Rae, and Alan Yang. At the event, filmmakers, activists and business people will discuss topics ranging from creative processes to criminal justice reform.
Casting
Gloria Estefan will guest star in a Season 3 episode of Netflix‘s “One Day at a Time.” Estefan, who also sings the series theme song, will play Mirtha, the baby sister and enemy of Rita Moreno...
- 6/25/2018
- by Christi Carras
- Variety Film + TV
ABC Entertainment president Channing Dungey, filmmakers Lee Daniels (The Butler) and Jon M. Chu (Crazy Rich Asians), California Attorney General Xavier Becerra and chairman of NBCUniversal International Group and NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises Cesar Conde are among those who will take part in CAA Amplify’s invitation-only event June 27 in Ojai.
This is the second year the agency has held the event, which brings together leading artists and executives of color from entertainment, sports, media, brands, technology and social justice to discuss and accelerate the growth of inclusion.
Those also scheduled to be in attendance will be NBA all-star, entrepreneur, producer, and philanthropist Carmelo Anthony; Algorithmic Justice League founder Joy Buolamwini; former U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Julián Castro; Luke Cage executive producer, creator, and showrunner Cheo Hodari Coker; New York Knicks head coach David Fizdale; director and chief curator of The Studio Museum in Harlem Thelma Golden...
This is the second year the agency has held the event, which brings together leading artists and executives of color from entertainment, sports, media, brands, technology and social justice to discuss and accelerate the growth of inclusion.
Those also scheduled to be in attendance will be NBA all-star, entrepreneur, producer, and philanthropist Carmelo Anthony; Algorithmic Justice League founder Joy Buolamwini; former U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Julián Castro; Luke Cage executive producer, creator, and showrunner Cheo Hodari Coker; New York Knicks head coach David Fizdale; director and chief curator of The Studio Museum in Harlem Thelma Golden...
- 6/25/2018
- by Anita Busch
- Deadline Film + TV
In mid-April, Starbucks faced a publicity nightmare when two black men were arrested in a downtown Philadelphia store after an employee called the police when they declined to leave. The video of their arrest went viral, receiving millions of views on Twitter and leading to a firestorm of criticism and calls for boycotts. Two days later, Starbucks announced it would close its stories nationwide for a day of “racial-bias education.”
A few weeks later, Starbucks contacted filmmaker Stanley Nelson; it wanted to hire him to make a short film. “They came directly to us,” said Nelson, the founder of Firelight Media and the director of several documentaries about the African-American experience, including “Freedom Riders” and “The Black Panthers: The Story of Black Colleges and Universities.”
Nelson, who was referred to the company by NAACP director Sherrilyn Ifill, said he was keen to contribute to the bias training workshops. “I felt...
A few weeks later, Starbucks contacted filmmaker Stanley Nelson; it wanted to hire him to make a short film. “They came directly to us,” said Nelson, the founder of Firelight Media and the director of several documentaries about the African-American experience, including “Freedom Riders” and “The Black Panthers: The Story of Black Colleges and Universities.”
Nelson, who was referred to the company by NAACP director Sherrilyn Ifill, said he was keen to contribute to the bias training workshops. “I felt...
- 5/30/2018
- by Eric Kohn
- Indiewire
On Friday, April 27, global music and entertainment platform, Tidal is honored to partner with the Equal Justice Initiative (Eji) to celebrate the opening of the National Memorial for Peace and Justice and the Legacy Museum in Montgomery, Al with a livestream of the Concert for Peace and Justice.
The show will feature performances from The Roots, Usher, Common, Brittany Howard from Alabama Shakes, and Kirk Franklin, plus very special guests. Beginning at 7:30 Pm Ct audiences world-wide will be able to watch as history happens on Tidal.com/Eji. While the livestream will be available to members and non-members alike, new Tidal customers will be eligible for a free three-month trial.
“The Eji is excited to partner with Tidal to bring this event to a global audience,” said Eji Director Bryan Stevenson. “The issues America is facing today are deeply rooted in a history that is familiar to so many worldwide.
The show will feature performances from The Roots, Usher, Common, Brittany Howard from Alabama Shakes, and Kirk Franklin, plus very special guests. Beginning at 7:30 Pm Ct audiences world-wide will be able to watch as history happens on Tidal.com/Eji. While the livestream will be available to members and non-members alike, new Tidal customers will be eligible for a free three-month trial.
“The Eji is excited to partner with Tidal to bring this event to a global audience,” said Eji Director Bryan Stevenson. “The issues America is facing today are deeply rooted in a history that is familiar to so many worldwide.
- 4/11/2018
- Look to the Stars
Melissa McCarthy has already proved she knows her way around Sean Spicer‘s podium, but this time, she took her act to the streets.
On Friday, the actress was spotted in full “Spicey” costume, rolling down N.Y.C.’s 58th street on a podium on wheels.
Losing her patience at one point, McCarthy-as-Spicer waves someone out of her path as she yells, “Come on. Come on!”
The sight brought joy to many passersby, some of whom took to Twitter to share clips and jokes.
So guys…this just happened on 59th St in NYC. @melissamccarthy @Nbcsn #Spicey pic.twitter.
On Friday, the actress was spotted in full “Spicey” costume, rolling down N.Y.C.’s 58th street on a podium on wheels.
Losing her patience at one point, McCarthy-as-Spicer waves someone out of her path as she yells, “Come on. Come on!”
The sight brought joy to many passersby, some of whom took to Twitter to share clips and jokes.
So guys…this just happened on 59th St in NYC. @melissamccarthy @Nbcsn #Spicey pic.twitter.
- 5/12/2017
- by Tierney McAfee
- PEOPLE.com
Talk about one helluva surprise!!! The NAACP didn't get a heads-up about Michael Jordan's $1 million donation -- they learned about it Monday, at the same time everyone else did ... and they couldn't be happier! "Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. was thrilled to learn that Michael Jordan will be making a $1 million grant," the org. said in a statement to TMZ Sports. In fact, the NAACP's Legal Defense Fund president, Sherrilyn Ifill,...
- 7/25/2016
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
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