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Lizzo

Lizzo documentary coming to HBO Max

Popstar Lizzo will be the subject of a new documentary coming to HBO Max later this year. Lizzo announced the project at Warner Bros. Discovery Upfront in New York. Directed by Doug Pray (exec …
lenny Hendty

Broadcasters agree to stop using the catch-all BAME acronym

UK broadcasters have made a commitment to end the use of the acronym BAME “wherever possible” in favour of specificity, as recommended by a report from the Lenny Henry Centre for Media …
Colin-Kaepernick

Teaser trailer for Colin Kaepernick series, Colin in Black and White released

A teaser trailer for Colin Kaepernick and Ava DuVernay’s upcoming Netflix limited series Colin in Black & White has been released. The six-episode scripted drama chronicles Kaepernick’s …
Uprising Steve McQeen

Watch: Steve McQueen’s Uprising docuseries on BBC

Last year, Sir Steve McQueen impressed audiences with Small Axe, a five-part anthology series set within London’s West Indian community during the late 1960s and early 1980s. The five short …
cancel cutlrue and activism

The cultural divide between Cancel Culture and the rest of us

We have witnessed widely publicised examples of tension between social justice activists and those who advocate for restraint. The most recent example is the Cancel culture movement and its backlash …
Samantha Bee

Samantha Bee faces backlash over Ivanka Trump comments

Samantha Bee has been the focus of Cancel Culture backlash ever since she made an admittedly poor choice of words while describing Ivanka Trump on her television show, Full Frontal. The 48-year-old …

Columbus Short tells his side of things

Columbus Short has had a weird year; I think we can all agree on that. But what happened?  From being charged for misdemeanour spousal battery, aggravated assault and losing his job on Scandal, Short …
columbus short

Columbus Short leaving Scandal TV drama

Columbus Short, who played Harrison on Scandal, will not be returning to the ABC series. Short has been involved in his own scandalous tales in real life so it shouldn’t come as a surprise. ABC …

Jennifer Lawrence fan spends $25,000 to look more like the celeb

A 30-year-old Jennifer Lawrence fan spent $25,000 on plastic surgery to look like the actress. The mother of a 5-year-old underwent several procedures, including breasts augmentation, and fat grafts …
columbus short

Scandal actor Columbus Short arrested after bar fight

I do love a bit of celeb gossip but I normally don’t like to go too deep into people’s business if I like them. Since learning that Scandal actor Columbus Short allegedly sucker-punched a …

Samuel L Jackson dons an I’m not Laurence Fishburne t-shirt

Seems like Samuel L Jackson still has a bee in his bonnet over the awkward moment when he had to roast a reporter for mistaking him for Laurence Fishburne. Jackson posted a photo of himself on Twitter …

Alfre Woodard to play first Black woman TV President in NBC pilot State of Affairs

Alfre Woodard is slated to play the first Black female President of the free world in NBCs drama pilot State of Affairs. In what has been described as Scandal meets the West Wing, Woodward will be …
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On this day in 1934 The Night of the Long Knives took place. It was a pivotal purge by Adolf Hitler to eliminate SA leaders and consolidate his power within Nazi Germany.
On this day in 1960 the Republic of Congo (Léopoldville) was officially declared independent.

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