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Robert De Niro gets candid about raising biracial children, it’s “scary”

ABC/Fred Lee(NEW YORK) -- As people around the world continue to protest, parents are forced to have difficult discussions with their children about what's happening-- including celebrities like Robert De Niro.  During an appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, the 76-year-old award-winning actor, who has six biracial children, was asked, "Have you had the conversation about race with your kids?" "My children are all half black and I don’t have … even […]

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Tom Hanks WWII Navy drama ‘Greyhound’ sails to Apple TV+ July 10

© 2019 CTMG, Inc. All Rights Reserved.(LOS ANGELES) -- Apple TV+ has announced that Greyhound, Tom Hanks' World War II film based on the C.S. Forester novel, will make its debut on July 10. The movie, originally slated for a theatrical run, follows Hanks as a U.S. Navy skipper who must lead an Allied convoy being stalked by wolf packs of Nazi submarines. Two-time Oscar winner Hanks wrote the screenplay to […]

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“I Take Responsibility” campaign featuring Kristen Bell, Sarah Paulson and others critically panned by activists

Christopher Polk/Getty Images for People's Choice Awards, Neilson Barnard/Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) -- As protests against police brutality continue for another week, another call has emerged that challenges white Americans to acknowledge their privilege and denounce racism.  In response, white celebrities like Kristen Bell, Justin Theroux, Kesha and others joined Confluential Content's "I Take Responsibility" Campaign, a joint effort with the NAACP. The video, entitled "I Take Responsibility," depicted the stars admitting what they could have […]

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Netflix and ill — researchers create bloated, balding “models” to warn against streaming addiction

iStock/sdominick(LOS ANGELES) -- Remember the Disney/Pixar movie WALL-E, which pictured the humans of the future as stubby, atrophied blobs addicted to their screens? That's not too far from reality, according to researchers who have created two "models" that could reflect all the negative effects of 20 years spent addicted to streaming.  Granted, this isn't exactly a scientific study -- it was commissioned by the website OnlineGambling.com -- but its researchers warn people against becoming […]

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Oscar winner Peter Farrelly could re-team with ‘Green Book’ star Viggo Mortensen for ‘Beer Run’

Michael Kovac/Getty Images for AARP(LOS ANGELES) -- Peter Farrelly, who won Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay for Green Book, is teaming up with one of the movie's Oscar-nominated co-stars for another based-on-real-life story.  According to Variety, Farrelly and Viggo Mortensen could collaborate on Farrelly's adaptation of the book The Greatest Beer Run Ever: A True Story of Friendship Stronger than War. The book, from Joanna Molloy and John "Chickie" Donohue, is based on Donohue's real-life adventure to track […]

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Adam Scott talks teaming up with Ryan Reynolds for new “self-aware” game show, ‘DON’T’

ABC/Guy D'Alema(NEW YORK) -- From comedies like Parks and Recreation to dramas like Big Little Lies, Adam Scott has done it all. But when he was approached to host the new ABC game show, DON’T, he initially didn’t think he was right for the job.“I just figured if anyone's asking me to do this, there must be something deeply wrong with them,” he tells ABC Audio. “I was just like, what? Why? Why me?”The prospect quickly […]

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‘Harry Potter’ studio Warner Bros. touts “inclusiveness” in response to JK Rowling’s controversial trans tweets

Photo by Amy T. Zielinski/Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) -- Warner Bros., which released the blockbuster Harry Potter films and its two Fantastic Beasts spin-offs, is responding to series creator JK Rowling's comments regarding trans women. Her comments on sex and gender identity led to a firestorm of controversy, and criticism from series stars like Emma Watson and Daniel Radcliffe -- and ultimately, a lengthy essay from Rowling herself. In a statement, Warner Bros. responded to Rowling, noting, "The events in the last several weeks have firmed […]

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Oops: Creator David Chase accidentally calls ‘Sopranos’ diner finale a “death scene”

L-R - Gandolfini, Chase/Photo By Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) -- (NOTE LANGUAGE) The Sopranos' creator David Chase is cursing himself -- and others -- after inadvertently spilling the beans about the show's closing sequence. It has been a scene hotly debated since The Sopranos ended its Emmy-winning run on HBO back in 2007: the late James Gandolfini's Tony Soprano has a quiet meal with his family at the New Jersey diner Holsten’s, with Tony picking Journey's "Don't Stop Believin' from a […]

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Jussie Smollett calls for transparency from Chicago cops

ABC/Lorenzo Bevilaqua(CHICAGO) -- The George Floyd protests struck a chord with Jussie Smollett, not just because of the obvious reasons, but because he feels that the police involved in his ongoing legal battle aren't telling the whole truth.  In legal documents obtained by TMZ, the former Empire star said,"As we see millions across the country rise up to protest and expose police misconduct, the City, by its refusal to produce the requested documents, is choosing to actively […]

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