Month: June 2020

Sad news for Jeopardy! fans: the popular trivia show will run out of new episodes next week. Jeopardy! was among the first TV productions to make changes as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. In early March, the show decided to stop filming in front of a live studio audience, with host Alex Trebek’s stage 4 pancreatic cancer factoring
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Billy Porter has said that “LGBT+ Black folks are people too” in a passionate speech about racism and discrimination in the United States. The Pose star addressed anti-LGBT+ prejudice within the Black community in a video posted today (June 5), and spoke about the violence faced by Black trans women. “As a Black queer man
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MTV’s True Life series is going to the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic. The network announced True Life Presents: First-Time First Responders, a new self-shot special spotlighting millennial volunteer first responders working through the coronavirus pandemic in New York City. True Life Presents: First-Time First Responders will follow Rhanell aka Nurse Barbie, a 31-year-old
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Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse has quickly emerged as one of the quintessential comic book movies. Soon after the first movie wowed audiences everywhere, talk of spin-offs began, with fans crying out for a movie focused on Hailee Steinfeld’s Spider-Gwen. In a recent interview, Steinfeld offered an update on a potential Spider-Gwen standalone adventure, and whether
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Gary Miller/FilmMagic Anna Kendrick is reflecting on her protesting experience. During her virtual visit to The Late Late Show, the Trolls World Tour star recalled participating in a Black Lives Matter protest earlier in the week. “My experience was really positive,” she told host James Corden. “It was really moving and meaningful. And I found it
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LAPD Chief of Police Michel Moore with protesters in the Fairfax District on Saturday, May 30, 2020 in Los Angeles, CA. (Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times via Getty) The head of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) was told to “suck my d**k and choke on it” in the public comment section of a
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Elvis Costello has shared a new song. It’s called “No Flag.” Give it a listen below. Costello recorded “No Flag” earlier this year in Helsinki’s Suomenlinnan Studio. When asked about the choice of recording location, Costello, explained: “I wanted to go somewhere nobody knew me. So, this is ‘The Helsinki Sound.’” Last year, Costello and
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Arrow Video is excited to announce the June rollout of titles on their subscription-based Arrow Video Channel, including the exclusive debut of Miguel Llans&ó’s Jesus Shows You the Way to the Highway. A hit on the international festival circuit, the film boasts an Irish-accented Joseph Stalin, a kung-fu-fighting Batman, a mix of Afro-futurism, Cold War
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With a court hearing scheduled Thursday and flights unavailable, attorneys representing Ahmaud Arbery‘s family say they “started losing hope” they’d be able to attend—that is until Jay-Z offered to help.  According to Instagram posts shared by Blerim Elmazi and S. Lee Merritt, the rapper lent his private plane to the legal team so they could make it to
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We need books about police violence and racism more than anything right now. Luckily, some small presses are offering their ebooks about police violence for free in the wake of protests against the murder of George Floyd. Load up your favorite e-reading device with these free ebooks and do the work to change your thinking
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Steve Priest, the bassist who also sang in the London glam rock band the Sweet, has died. Priest’s bandmate Andy Scott confirmed the news in a Facebook post. He was 72. Priest joined the Sweet in 1968 and stayed with the group for all of their nine studio albums. They disbanded in 1982. The band
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