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Joe Otterson TV ReporterHBO has added nine more actors and actresses to the cast of the adaptation of Ta-Nehisi Coates’ “Between the World and Me.”Additional cast will include: Jharrel Jerome, Marc Bamuthi Joseph, Janet Mock, Jason Moran, Wendell Pierce, Mj Rodriguez, Kendrick Sampson, Yara Shahidi and Michelle Wilson. They join previously announced cast members Angela Bassett, Alicia Garza, Joe Morton, Phylicia Rashad, Tariq “Black Thought” Trotter, Courtney B.

Angelique Jackson Kenya Barris and Janet Mock were among the special honorees at Saturday’s 2020 AAFCA TV Honors ceremony, which celebrated the best in entertainment on the small screen. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the African American Film Critics Association’s second annual celebration was held virtually, with stars like Sterling K. Brown, Viola Davis, John Legend and Mindy Kaling accepting their awards from home.Barris picked up the Icon Award, presented by his “#Black-AF” co-star Rashi

Janet W. Lee Janet Mock, the writer, director and producer of “Pose,” will receive the African American Film Critics Association Adcolor Breakout Creative of the Year Award.

British is looking to shine a ray of hope on a bleak year.

Recently seen as an aspiring screenwriter in Ryan Murphy’s what-if Netflix saga “Hollywood”, Jeremy Pope has just landed a new role playing one of the most beloved entertainers of the 20th century.

Mike Fleming Jr Co-Editor-in-Chief, FilmEXCLUSIVE: The hot movie package du jour is Scandalous! This is a drama that has Jeremy Pope — freshly minted Emmy nominee for the Netflix series Hollywood — to play Sammy Davis Jr and Janet Mock (Hollywood and Pose) to direct a drama about the interracial love affair between the entertainer and actress Kim Novak, who at the time was the top box office draw in Hollywood.Pic will be produced by Jonathan Glickman, who is producing the upcoming Aretha

Janet Mock’s life completely changed. The author and activist found herself being courted by prolific TV creator Ryan Murphy, who had requested a meeting with her to discuss working in Hollywood on a new series,, which he had co-created with Steven Canals and Brad Falchuk.

Netflix is hosting a virtual Pride event featuring LGBTQ and allied celebrities like Laverne Cox, Chaka Khan, and Dolly Parton.

Tel Aviv Pride, 2019 (Image courtesy of Tel Aviv-Yafo Municipality, Guy Yechiel)

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVThe “Pose” writers’ room is small — only five people — and consists of hybrid writer-producers and writer-producer-directors.

Pete Hammond Awards Columnist/Chief Film CriticStars Jim Parsons and Patti LuPone, along with directors Janet Mock and Jessica Yu joined Deadline’s Contenders Television virtual event to discuss the Netflix limited series Hollywood, a seven-part show set in the Tinseltown of the ’40s but that puts a revisionist spin on things — a kind of wishful look at the town and the industry.“It was always going to be surrounding these outsiders who were looking in and wanting to be a part of the inside,“

Pride Month looks very different.

Pride Month, typically marked with parades and events celebrating the LGBTQ community as a whole, it’s important to remember that Pride started off as a protest.

Pride 2020 is here and the need for advocacy and activism is greater than ever.

celebration of Pride Month, ET is recognizing those who had an impact in the entertainment industry and helped shape pop culture over the past year.

RyanMurphy, the prolific showrunner and director, is the guest editor of the first-ever Pride Issue published by The Hollywood Reporter.

Fashion star Jason Bolden has claimed some top designers only work with black celebrities if they have “a white stylist”.

On Monday (June 1), a black transgender woman named Iyanna Dior was viciously attacked by a group of men at a gas station in Minneapolis, Minnesota, according to viral footage that has been posted and shared online.According to the clip (which Billboard will not post here due to its graphic violence), a group of about 20 cisgender men began beating Dior inside of the gas station while using derogatory slurs against her.Eventually, Dior was able to flee behind the store's counter as bystanders

When Janet Mock signed an overall deal with Netflix in 2019, she became the first transgender person to do so with a big media company. She talks with Ted Sarandos, chief content officer at Netflix, named by GLAAD the No.

By Danielle Turchiano

It’s the first look at Hollywood!

Netflix is home to some seriously powerful women, on screen and behind the scenes. Now the streaming giant is teaming up with the UN Women to celebrate the power of storytelling on International Women's Day.

By Nellie Andreeva

“The category is ‘stand in your truth,'” Emmy winner Billy Porter said as he presented to his “Pose” comrades at the 13th annual Essence Black Women in Hollywood Awards on Thursday afternoon.

Apple TV+ unveiled the trailer Visible: Out On Television, its documentary series about how the LGBTQ movement has shaped television, on Sunday at the Television Critics Association winter press tour on Sunday.

Janet Mock and Taylor Swift — Photos: GLAAD

By Dino-Ray Ramos

Taylor Swift is adhering to the wisdom of her 2019 pop song, “You Need to Calm Down.” Instead of getting mad, she’s getting GLAAD in 2020.