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John Phillips/Getty Images(LONDON) -- The fallout over JK Rowling’s anti-trans tweets continued with GLAAD, Emma Watson and the cast of FX’s Pose weighing in on Wednesday, as the Harry Potter creator attempted to clarify her statements. Rowling, in a lengthy essay on her blog's website, wrote that it was "time to explain myself on an issue surrounded by toxicity." The intensely personal essay continued with Rowling revealing for the first time that she is the victim of domestic and sexual abuse, while detailing […]

Scott Gries/A&E(LOS ANGELES) -- A&E has canceled its hit reality show Live PD amid continuing protests against police brutality and allegations the show’s crew filmed the death of a Black man while in police custody and subsequently destroyed the footage. A&E said in a statement obtained by The Hollywood Reporter on Wednesday, that it would “determine if there is a clear pathway to tell the stories of both the community and the police officers whose […]

Photo: Bettina Strauss/The CW -- © 2020 The CW Network, LLC. All rights reserved.(LOS ANGELES) -- CW executives are assuaging concerns that Ruby Rose's exit from Batwoman puts her character Kate Kane/Batwoman in jeopardy.  The show's executive producer and creator Caroline Dries personally assured fans that the network has no intention to kill off the character. Rose broke ground by playing television's first on screen lesbian superhero.  Last month, the actress shocked fans by announcing her departure from the series after just one season.   […]

Vertical Entertainment(NEW YORK) -- The new thriller Inheritance, starring Lily Collins and Simon Pegg is now available for streaming on demand. In the film, Patrick Warburton plays Collins' father, a powerful man whose death leads her to face down his mysterious past, and a dark secret he's been hiding.  Without giving too much away, it's a VERY dark secret, and her inheritance is something no heir would want. "He's complicated," […]

Photo by Gotham/GC Images(LOS ANGELES) -- Eddie Redmayne, star of JK Rowling's Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them franchise, is the latest colleague to criticize the Harry Potter creator for comments she made that were flamed as being anti-trans.  In a statement to Variety, Redmayne said in part, "Respect for transgender people remains a cultural imperative...As someone who has worked with both J.K. Rowling and members of the trans community, I wanted to make it […]

Photo by Isa Foltin/Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) -- Anna Kendrick made a name for herself in the Pitch Perfect series, which spawned the Billboard top 10-charting song "Cups" -- but before belting it out with the Bellas in 2012, she hung out with a different Bella in 2008. Kendrick played Jessica Stanley, one of the human friends of Bella Swan -- played by Kristen Stewart -- in the Twilight movie series.  While the 34-year-old actress is thankful that the Twilight Saga led to bigger opportunities, she says […]

ABC/Ida Mae Astute(NEW YORK) -- On Tuesday, after that day's funeral of George Floyd, Sex and the City star Sarah Jessica Parker took to social media to show her support for the Black Lives Matter movement. In a post of yellow text on a black background, SJP noted on Instagram, "Today Mr. Floyd is laid to rest." She added, "However this historic march toward justice and equality, this unstoppable movement in his name and countless others' is […]

© 2019/Fox Media LLC(LOS ANGELES) -- Long-running animated favorite The Simpsons, Netflix's Stranger Things, and the Emmy Award-winning real-life drama When They See Us are among the winners of this year's Peabody Awards.  Each year, the awards salute, "the most compelling and empowering stories released in broadcasting and digital media during 2019."  Cicely Tyson was honored with a Career Achievement Award, an "honor...reserved for individuals whose work and commitment to broadcasting and digital media have left an indelible […]