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FX(NEW YORK) -- Get ready for a Pride Month Pose-a-Thon!Disney Television Studios and FX have announced a one-hour virtual Pose-a-Thon special featuring the cast and producers of FX’s Pose, to raise awareness for LGBTQ+ organizations.The special will be emceed by Emmy-winner Billy Porter along with co-star Mj Rodriguez and will air Friday, June 26 at 10 p.m. ET/PT on FX and Freeform.  You can also tune in that day at […]

Victor J. Blue/Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) -- Less than 24 hours after initially declaring they wouldn't require moviegoers to wear masks when theaters begin reopening next month, AMC Theaters has now reversed its position. In a statement to Variety, AMC notes their reasons for their earlier decision, and then declares, in part, "This announcement prompted an intense and immediate outcry from our customers. ...Accordingly, and with the full support of our […]

Photographer: Justin Vaseur (NEW YORK) -- Kendrick Sampson felt a deep connection to his latest film Miss Juneteenth, which follows the relationship between a former beauty queen and her headstrong daughter. In the film, which stars Nicole Beharie and Alexis Chikaeze, Sampson plays Ronnie, a loving but financially unstable father whose bad decisions threaten to derail his girlfriend's plans of having their daughter become Miss Juneteenth. Sampson tells ABC Audio that the film struck a familiar cord because […]

Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images for Turner (LOS ANGELES) -- George Clooney is donating $500,000 to the Equal Justice Initiative, People reports.In a statement announcing his contribution, he took a sarcastic jab at President Donald Trump."Thank you President Trump for 'making Juneteenth famous.' Much like when Bull Connor made 'Civil Rights' famous. My family will be donating 500 thousand dollars to the Equal Justice Initiative in honor of your heroic efforts," […]

Sasha Samsonova @2020 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. (NEW YORK) -- Sunday night on CBS, Harry Connick Jr. hosts United We Sing: A Grammy Salute to Unsung Heroes, which finds him and his filmmaker daughter Georgia embarking on a 1300-mile road trip to personally thank essential workers and front-line heroes of the COVID-19 pandemic. "We were in quarantine like everybody else, and we wanted to do something," Harry tells ABC Audio. "And […]

ABC/Lou Rocco(LOS ANGELES) -- Generation X'ers are delighting in the news that the beloved MTV cult-favorite show Daria is being revived for a 2020 spinoff.  The show, called Jodie, will be heading to Comedy Central as part of the channel's major programming shift focusing on adult animation. Deadline reports that Jodie, which will follow the adventures of Daria's friend Jodie Landon after she graduates from college and takes a crack at being an adult. Voicing Jodie […]

Disney Channel/Todd Wawrychuk(WASHINGTON, DC) -- Many young undocumented immigrants and their families held their breaths on Thursday when the Supreme Court announced their decision on DACA -- the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals act. In a surprise ruling, the nation's highest Court ruled 5-4 to uphold the Obama-era program, which extends legal protections to immigrants who arrived here illegally as children. Celebrities, many of whom are or descended from immigrants emotionally reacted to the […]

Dimitrios Kambouris/WireImage(NEW YORK) -- Ian Holm, the esteemed British actor best known recently for playing Bilbo Baggins in the Lord of the Rings films, has died at the age of 88.Holm’s agent confirmed his passing from Parkinson’s related illness to The Guardian, saying in a statement, “It is with great sadness that the actor Sir Ian Holm CBE passed away this morning at the age of 88. He died peacefully […]