Month: May 2020

WARNING: This story contains explicit language. John Boyega is speaking out about racism following the death of George Floyd, who died in police custody after complaining he could not breathe as a white police officer was filmed kneeling against his neck. The Star Wars actor took to Twitter on Wednesday and tweeted: “I really f—ing hate racists.”
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US voters would prefer a gay candidate over one that’s more than 70 years old. (Mark Wilson/Getty) The Pentagon has cancelled its annual Pride month event for the first time since the repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” due to coronavirus. “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” (DADT) was the official White House policy that barred openly
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Kathy Griffin is receiving backlash on social media after suggesting U.S. President Donald Trump should be injected with a “syringe with air inside” on Tuesday. The American comedian’s controversial words came in response to a tweet from CNN White House correspondent James Acosta, who shared a comment Trump reportedly made during a diabetes event at the
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Reliably supportive Republicans in Congress haven’t rushed to amplify the Scarborough theories—and some in the party have spoken out against them. Senator Mitt Romney was unsurprisingly the first to denounce the controversy. “I know Joe Scarborough. Joe is a friend of mine. I don’t know T.J. Klausutis. Joe can weather vile, baseless accusations but T.J.?
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The Trump administration took one of its most significant anti-environment steps yet back in March, when the Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Transportation officially replaced Obama-era fuel efficiency standards for cars and trucks. The move dismantled one of President Barack Obama’s strongest actions against climate change and replaced it with a new plan that’s
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Comediam Kathy Griffin garnered outrage from conservatives for tweeting about US president Donald Trump. (John Sciulli/Getty Images for Playboy Playhouse) Kathy Griffin is making headlines again for doing what she does best – being an indefatigable critic of Donald Trump. The American comedian skewered the US president with a satirical but since-deleted tweet Tuesday (May 26), the
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If you’ve been missing your Friends during the pandemic, sulk no longer. HBO Max is now streaming all 10 seasons of the hit NBC comedy nearly six months after the sitcom left Netflix, breaking hearts and ending rewatches everywhere. However, the highly-anticipated unscripted Friends reunion with Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew
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The Russell Simmons #MeToo documentary On the Record garnered its fair share of controversy at the Sundance Film Festival this year. From Oscar-nominated filmmakers Amy Ziering and Kirby Dick (The Invisible War), the documentary—which chronicles the long-term effects of hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons’s alleged misconduct on his accusers, who number around 20—received strong reviews and
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Few artists can say they’ve surmounted social-distancing obstacles as magically as Portuguese illusionist Helder Guimarães. The impact of social distancing on the performing arts needn’t be re-stated here: In one way or another, most installments of Deadline’s Coping With COVID-19 Crisis series have dealt with just that topic, as performers – or those aspiring to
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It’s game time this summer on Global TV with a new competition/comedy show, Game On!, premiering on May 27. Keegan-Michael Key hosts the new sports comedy entertainment show, which is equal parts comedy and game show. The genre-busting series pits two teams of three — captained by tennis champion Venus Williams and Super Bowl champion Rob
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If you’ve found yourself missing The Vampire Diaries terribly as of late, might we suggest that you make like a Salvatore and drown your sorrows in some excellent bourbon? The IRL Salvatore brothers, Ian Somerhalder and Paul Wesley, have decided to reunite to launch their own bourbon company, and they’ve called their new brand Brother’s Bond. We’d like to order
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