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HBO is doling out $100,000 to national, regional and local LGBTQ+ organizations featured as locations in the third season of its Emmy, Peabody and GLAAD award-winning unscripted series “We’re Here.” The six recipients include PFLAG Fort Worth, MS Capital City Pride, Pride of Southern Utah, TriVersity Pride Center, Equality Florida and Lambda Legal.The show follows Caldwell Tidicue (Bob the Drag Queen), “Eureka” D. Huggard (Eureka O’Hara), and D.J.

EXCLUSIVE: CAA has signed actor Roman Banks for representation.

Standing up for herself — and for moms everywhere. Keke Palmer slammed the Houston airport for what she called “breast milk discrimination.”

It’s been well over six years since Joseph Fiennes appeared as Michael Jackson in a controversial never-to-be-air episode of the British fantasy series Urban Myths, and he still has regrets.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Joseph Fiennes expressed regret to The Observer over his decision to play Michael Jackson in a pulled 2017 episode of Sky Arts’ anthology series “Urban Myths.” The episode centered on Jackson taking a post-9/11 road trip with Marlon Brando (Brian Cox) and Elizabeth Taylor (Stockard Channing). Fiennes’ casting as the music icon generated whitewashing backlash, and the episode’s trailer ignited outrage over Fiennes’ lighter skin tone and prosthetic nose to play Jackson. “I think people are absolutely right to be upset,” Fiennes said. “And it was a wrong decision. Absolutely. And I’m one part of that — there are producers, broadcasters, writers, directors, all involved in these decisions. But obviously if I’m upfront, I have become the voice for other people. I would love them to be around the table as well to talk about it. But you know, it came at a time where there was a movement and a shift and that was good, and it was, you know, a bad call. A bad mistake.”

Jack Lee, part of the influential Los Angeles band The Nerves in the 1970s and later a hit songwriter, died May 26 in Santa Monica, Calif. at age 71. He died after a long battle with colon cancer.

Jennifer Garner steps out in an all-white look for a Party Down event!

Amazon’s Alexa will no longer sound like Samuel L. Jackson and Melissa McCarthy.

Angelique Jackson Grammy winner Erykah Badu has joined the all-star ensemble for Netflix’s feature adaptation of August Wilson’s “The Piano Lesson.” The singer-songwriter (“What Men Want”) will make a cameo, delivering “her soulful sound and eclectic style” with musical performances in the film,” starring Oscar winner Samuel L. Jackson and John David Washington. Jackson and Washington reprise their roles from the highly successful Broadway revival of Wilson’s play, which recently received two Tony Award nominations (best revival of a play and best performance by an actor in a featured role in a play for Jackson).

A man was left 'stunned' by the local council after he filled in a 'dangerous' pothole himself.

Coronation Street spoilers follow. Faye Windass has made a major confession over her feelings for Jackson in Coronation Street. Craig Tinker is resorting to blackmail over Faye's involvement in the hit-and-run accident with elderly man Ted Spear as a means to stop her from going off with Jackson and her daughter Miley.

James 'Arg' Argent most recently took his singing talents to a charity boxing event in London's Covent Garden on Saturday evening. The event drew in a celebrity guest list including actor Ed Westwick, who looked very impressed with Arg's singing ability as he sat in the audience. The Gossip Girl star, 35, was spotted filming the former TOWIE star as he sang a rendition of Frank Sinatra's Fly Me to the Moon.

Clayton Davis Senior Awards Editor Fun fact that Hollywood actors hate to admit… people get older. The natural progression of life, Hollywood has engaged in de-aging effects for older actors to play younger versions of their characters, whether it’s in a franchise or standalone film — such as Robert DeNiro in “The Irishman,” Samuel L. Jackson in “Captain Marvel” and most recently, Harrison Ford in “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.” Like most new technology that comes into the industry, it takes some getting used to. However, with more than two dozen high-profile experiments thus far, the misfires greatly outweigh the successes. De-aging effects in Hollywood still need to be fine-tuned, and Hollywood should only use it once we can perfect the technique.

Off the market! Charlize Theron has a new man in her life, model Alex Dimitrijevic, Us Weekly can exclusively confirm.

ITV soap watched as Faye was left stunned after discovering ex Jackson and her estranged daughter Miley (Frankie-Jae Simmonds) had moved back to the UK. Deciding to get back involved in their lives, it's clear that old feelings started to blossom as she reconnected with Jackson, despite recently agreeing to marry Craig. However, in scenes set to air next week, it looks as though Faye finally makes her mind up on who she wants to be with.

Peter Andre has gushed about his "incredible" night on Saturday, 13 May, when he paid tribute to the late Michael Jackson in concert at the famous London Palladium theatre.The 50 year old star joined forces with the National Philharmonic Concert Orchestra to celebrate the music of Michael Jackson and the Jackson Five at the concert.The dad of four posted a video to Instagram of him onstage singing at the event, which was taken by someone in the crowd. In the caption, Peter wrote: "Last night was incredible on so many levels. It was on my bucket list for celebrating 30 years to do this and that box is ticked.

Coronation Streets Faye Windass is set to be making an emotional exit from the show in the coming weeks.

Martin Scorsese’s 1990 crime classic, died in his sleep on May26, 2022 when he was shooting a new film in the Dominican Republic. The star, who was 67 when he died, was shooting movie Dangerous Waters. Officials have now confirmed Liotta’s cause of death was due to heart and respiratory system issues.

Faye Windass is presented with a difficult decision to make in upcoming Coronation Street scenes, after ex-boyfriend Jackson Hodge recently told her he will be moving away. Jackson (played by Joseph William Evans) has accepted a new job offer which means he will be relocating to Slough shortly, along with his and Faye's (Ellie Leach) daughter Miley Hodge (Frankei-Jae Simmonds). Jackon, whose feelings for Faye have began to develop again, asked Faye to join him and Miley in moving away from Weatherfield shortly after she accepted boyfriend Craig Tinker's (Colson Smith) proposal, leaving her torn between her ex and young daughter or her new fiancé.

Goodfellas actor died aged 67 in May last year in his sleep in the Dominican Republic, where he was shooting the film Dangerous Waters.According to documents obtained by TMZ, officials in the Dominican Republic have categorised his death as natural and nonviolent, citing acute heart failure, respiratory insufficiency and fluid in the lungs, officially known as pulmonary edema.It’s also reported that he suffered from atherosclerosis – where arteries become narrowed by a build-up of plaque, which can increase the risk of a heart attack or stroke.Liotta had his breakthrough role in Martin Scorsese’s 1990 crime film Goodfellas, where he played Henry Hill. He also played Shoeless Joe Jackson in 1989’s Field Of Dreams.His other notable credits include Something Wild, Cop Land, 2001’s Hannibal, Blow, The Place Beyond The Pines, TV series Shades Of Blue and recently, Cocaine Bear.The actor had his last TV role in Apple TV+ series Black Bird opposite Taron Egerton, where he played his on-screen father.At the time of his death, Scorsese paid tribute to Liotta, writing: “I’m absolutely shocked and devastated by the sudden, unexpected death of Ray Liotta.

EXCLUSIVE: Simon Rex (Red Rocket) and Chris Cooper (Little Women) will star alongside Bryan Cranston, Allison Janney, Benjamin Evan Ainsworth and Jack Champion in Everything’s Going To Be Great, the new film that Jon S. Baird is directing for eOne and Astute Films. No character details have been disclosed.

King of Horror 30 years ago. That’s what happened when Michael Jackson enlisted Stephen King to work on a short film tentatively titled “Is This Scary?” In it, the “Thriller” singer would play a man in a mansion who has to defend himself against an angry mob of townspeople accusing him of scaring their children.“People in this town felt that this person on the hill was weird and strange and scary,” says King in “Think Twice: Michael Jackson,” a new podcast available on Audible and Amazon Music. “And the kids were kinda like, ‘Yeah, we sorta dig this guy!’”But in an eerie twist, 12 days into shooting “Is This Scary?” — on Aug.

This year's I'm A Celebrity... South Africa campmates express their disappointment at having to vote one of their campmates to leave in Tuesday's episode. The end of Monday night's show saw the celebs being informed that it was down to them to vote who to leave, and they then did so via a secret ballot.

EXCLUSIVE: Wendell Pierce (The Wire) and Erika Woods (Blue Bloods) have joined the Season 3 cast of Starz’s Power Book III: Raising Kanan in recurring roles.

Janet Jackson got an apology she didn’t ask for.

Bubbles, Michael Jackson’s pet chimpanzee, turned 40 and celebrated with a party befitting the King of Pop’s pet.“He did get a cake — but it’s a special ape-healthy cake,” said Patti Ragan, founding director at the Center for Great Apes in Wauchula, Fla., the “retirement home” where Bubbles has lived since 2005.“We frost it with mashed bananas and add a little bit of blue food coloring … and then we wrote his name in blueberries,” Ragan said. The theme, fittingly, was bubbles.“We had tubs of bubble bath.

Proud fathers! Fatal Attraction is a pretty dark show, but its stars — including Joshua Jackson and Reno Wilson — still found time to bond over how much they love their kids.

Jodie Turner-Smith, is a big fan of seeing him have sex on-screen. And it looks like the British model-actress will get her fill when hubby’s latest project, the erotic thriller series “Fatal Attraction,” debuts April 30 on Paramount+.The show, based on the 1987 film starring Glenn Close and Michael Douglas, follows an affair that threatens the lives of a cheating man (Jackson) and his wife (Amanda Peet). “Jodie is not fussed about my sex scenes.

Keke Palmer is sharing her advice for her fellow new moms.

Tupac Shakur was murdered, meaning he's been gone longer than the 25-year-old was alive. Throughout his life, the rapper's ambitions warred with his personal struggles as his portrayal in the media fought to outshine his rising star onscreen. Since his death, many have tried to encapsulate how his legendary music career and passion for acting influenced hip-hop long after he died.