Lauren “Lolo” Spencer Wants To Tell Love Stories Centering Black Disabled Bodies

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorWhile it’s hardly top of mind given the tragedy of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, pop act AJR have canceled their upcoming concert date in the country, scheduled for October.“We are sad to announce that we will be cancelling our upcoming show in Russia,” the band wrote on social media. “Thank you to our Russian fans who oppose their country’s unprovoked and criminal behavior.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor“Euphoria” has continued to amass a growing audience of viewers for HBO — and now Twitter has confirmed that the hit drama series has produced the most activity of any show in the 2020s to date on the social network.Ahead of the season finale this Sunday (Feb. 27), Twitter said “Euphoria” was the most-tweeted about show of the decade so far in the U.S.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter“This Is Us” star Lyric Ross has signed on for a role in the upcoming Marvel series “Ironheart,” Variety has confirmed with sources.Ross joins previously announced cast members Dominique Thorne and Anthony Ramos. As previously reported, The show follows Marvel character Riri Williams (Thorne), a genius inventor and the creator of the most advanced suit of armor since Iron Man. Ross is believed to be playing Williams’ best friend.

Selome Hailu Charles Dance has been cast in Hulu’s “Washington Black” in the recurring role of James Wilde.James is the father of Erasmus and Titch (Tom Ellis) Wilde. He is described as an esteemed scientist and inventor whose shadow looms over the entire story, bearing down with the enormous weight of patriarchy, empire and duty. At his core, Wilde is a man fighting to give himself permission to love the way he must, even as he reckons with his failings as a father.

Naman Ramachandran The 2022 London Screenings (March 1-4) unfold next week in a capital where COVID-19 restrictions have just been removed entirely, and buyers from all around the world are expected to attend in person and virtually to acquire the best of British and international programming. All the major distributors have a plethora of content to offer across genres and formats, and a series of screenings, meetings and events are taking place both in-person and online.Variety has surveyed the goods from international distributors including Banijay Rights, Fremantle, Entertainment One, Endeavor Content, BBC Studios, Blue Ant International, DCD Rights, Passion Distribution, Studiocanal, All3Media International, ITV Studios, TVF International, Boss Nova, Rabbit Films, Warner Bros.

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine unfolds, Sky News has decided to air two daily, hour-long specials dedicated to covering the crisis across its TV, radio and digital/social media platforms.Starting on Monday (Feb. 28), the British outlet will air the specials each day at 1 p.m. and 7 p.m — with programming coming from Sky News’ team of correspondents both on the ground and at home.

LOVE Island's Chloe Burrows has hit back a troll who branded her "thick" and told her to stick to promoting Botox and fillers. The social media spat began when Chloe tweeted: "Why am I seeing tweets about ww3???!!!!!" Her question was in relation to some Twitter users fearing Russia's attack on Ukraine could lead to a global war.

Angelina Jolie shared a message of prayer Thursday for the citizens of the Ukraine as the country is invaded by Russia. Jolie also used her social media reach to share a statement on the Russia-Ukraine conflict in her capacity as Special Envoy for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).

BBC News’ Clive Myrie began his career as a BBC foreign correspondent in 1996.

Sharing a selfie, Dianne penned: “Shes back on the gram.“I had a 2 week digital detox that was seriously so refreshing !“Thanks for all your msgs seeing if I was ok. (sic)“I’m totally fine I have been busy working on loads of exciting things.“Anyway I hope your all well and happy.” (sic)Dianne added: “P.s is it really February already ?!”Fans were relieved to hear that she was doing well, as they posted to the comment section.Fellow Strictly star Graziano Di Prima said; “Welcome back sista!!” (sic)@Hannahwatso.n wrote: “Omg yay she’s back !“I have missed seeing you on here but hope you’ve enjoyed your time away from the social media world.” (sic)

Ukraine is unsuccessful, Western officials have warned. The West is concerned that Vladimir Putin could unleash high-power thermobaric weapons that vaporise bodies and crush internal organs if their 'schedule' is slowed down further by Ukrainian resistance forces.

Sharon Osbourne remains defiant that she'll never return to The Talk or CBS after she was axed last year.The 69-year-old TV host didn't have anything pleasant to say about the network as she blasted the programme to TMZ.She told the publication: "I would never go back to that show because CBS sucks big time d***."Meghan Markle and Prince Harry appeared on Oprah Winfrey's show delivering a bombshell interview which caused much upset across the globe.A good friend of Sharon's, Piers Morgan, had said on a live episode of Good Morning Britain that he didn't believe Meghan's account.This led to an on-air row with weatherman Alex Beresford which saw Piers storm off.Later, the news anchor was asked to apologise for his actions on the programme, however he refused and decided to hand in his notice.Sharon stepped in to defend her pal Piers on her own CBS show which ended in a wild debate with host Sheryl Underwood.Ozzy Osbourne's wife was accused of being "racially insensitive" by many of The Talk viewers who were watching at home.Sharon told her co-hosts on the show: "Why is it that because I supported a longtime friend and work colleague for years, people go 'well you must be racist because he’s racist.'"No. I support his freedom of speech.

After retreating on Thursday due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, U.S. stock markets rebounded sharply today as bargain-hunters bought in and investors cheered news of possible diplomatic talks.

EXCLUSIVE: Neve Campbell has inked with new representation including The Gersh Agency, Anonymous Content for Management and attorneys Johnson Shapiro Slewett & Kole.

Hayden Panettiere is giving fans an update on the whereabouts of her daughter Kaya amid the crisis in Ukraine.

Benedict Cumberbatch and Kodi Smit-McPhee are continuing their tour around the world while promoting The Power of the Dog!

Pete Davidson didn’t deactivate because of Kanye West and his supporters bullying him off the platform.

The American Idol judges did an interview together on Jimmy Kimmel Live!

KFC Radio earlier this week for an interview in which he revealed that he pitched “The Departed 2.” The sequel would have potentially also starred screen legends Robert De Niro and Brad Pitt.But alas, Warner Bros. didn’t go for it and the rest is history.

Hilarious footage from a January 2021 episode of the popular CBS game show is going viral on social media as it shows an “awkward” contestant struggling to make her way off stage. Christopher Ward shared the clip on TikTok and Twitter Wednesday after watching a rerun of the show and noticing the editing fail. In the scene, the female contestant makes her way onto the stage to spin the show’s “big wheel” in front of host Drew Carey.

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