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Brilliant thespian, Viola Davis, revealed that she has some regrets about one of her Oscar-nominated roles. “Have I ever done roles that I’ve regretted I have, and ‘The Help’ is on that list. Being that role model and picking up that baton when you’re struggling in your own life has…
The Annenberg Inclusion Initiative at the University of Southern California recently reported that there has been little to no improvement in diversity on the big screen over the last decade. “There is a cacophony of voices crying out for change, but Hollywood hasn’t changed its hiring practices,” Stacy Smith, author…
The West Hollywood City Council voted Monday night to urge the removal of President Donald Trump’s star from the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The council cited a plethora of reasons for the vote including: his attacks on minorities, women, disabled people, and Muslims. However, Trump isn’t the first racist, alleged…
“Black Panther” has left an indelible mark on the film industry that can’t be denied. On Saturday, Ryan Coogler’s superhero film reached $665.4 million in domestic sales at the box office since its Feb. 16 nationwide release. It has now surpassed James Cameron’s 1997 film, “Titanic,” which earned $659.4 million…
Amandla Stenberg, 19, best known for her role in “The Hunger Games,” explained in a recent conversation at the TIFF Next Wave Festival in Toronto why she walked away from the audition process for Ryan Coogler’s box office smash, “Black Panther.” “One of the most challenging things for me to…
This year’s most fashionable look at the Golden Globe Awards will not be from the runway. Men and women attending the 75th Golden Globes will reportedly be wearing a simple black and white pin bearing the words “TIME’S UP.” At the start of the new year, just several months after…
Fashion model Keri Claussen Khalighi has accusedentrepreneur-producerRussell Simmons of sexual misconduct in 1991 when she was 17 and he was 34 years old. Khalighi said in a report published Sunday inthe Los Angeles Timesthat Simmons coerced her to perform a sex act and later penetrated her without her consent. She…
More than 300 women have come forward to accused movie director James Toback of sexual harassment. Among Toback’s latest accusers are actresses Rachel McAdams, Selma Blair and Julianne Moore, as well as NBC news anchor Natalie Morales. The Los Angeles Times first reported that at least 38 women had accused…
Amid recent sexual abuse allegations against Harvey Weinstein, Academy Award-winning actress Lupita Nyong’o is revealing that the film mogul harassed her as well. Nyong’o, 34, contributed a piece to The New York Times published Thursday extensively detailing her account of instances where she was in the presence of Weinstein. In…
