Literary Icon Joan Didion Mourned By Director Griffin Dunne, California Gov. Gavin Newsom

Kanye West has made the argument that Black History Month – an annual commemoration of important people and events in the history of the African diaspora, celebrated every February in North America – is no longer relevant, instead declaring in a new video that February will henceforth be known as “Black Future Month”.The video shows West – who is legally known as Ye – standing in the centre of a hooded group and delivering a powerful speech on his upbringing and struggles as a Black man in modern America.“The system has been separating families in every way that they can, for years” he said, noting that he was separated from his mother (the first female head of the English department at Chicago State University) and his father (a Black Panther) at a young age, leading to a fractured relationship between West and the latter.He continued: “America is made to enslave us. What they ever gave us? We’d improve.

Anna Kendrick can just hardly believe she’s meeting THE Barbie in Rocket Homes and Rocket Mortgage’s 2022 Super Bowl commercial.

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Adele bagged three gongs at this year's BRIT Awards and dedicated her win to her ex-husband and son in a heartfelt speech.The 33-year-old chart-topper won three of the five awards she was up for during the ceremony and even performed her hit new song I Drink Wine, from her award-winning album 30.She was the star of the night and after winning her third and final gong for Album of the Year.She dedicated her win to her 9-year-old son Angelo Adkins and ex-husband Simon Konecki, 47, reports OK!.Trying to hold back the tears, Adele said: "I would like to dedicate this award to my son."And to Simon, his dad, this album was all of our journeys."The teary-eyed hit maker announced how proud she is of herself. She added: "And I'm very proud of myself for sticking to my guns."It was a night to remember for the Easy On Me singer as Adele took home the statues for Artist of the Year and Single of the Year with her catchy title track from her new album.Absolutely shocked by her win, the singer told the audience she couldn't believe a "little piano ballad" had managed to get the award over "all them bangers".

Liam Gallagher's children, Lennon and Molly Gallagher, made a rare public appearance at this year's BRIT Awards as they were snapped walking down the red carpet in style. .The eldest two children of the Oasis rockstar, Molly, 23, and Lennon, 22, posed up quite a storm ahead of their dad Liam's hotly anticipated performance.Snapped side-by-side, Molly and Lennon created quite a reaction as many noticed how uncanny their resemblance is to their rockstar dad, especially Lennon.Liam's son Lennon, who he shares with his ex-wife and former Emmerdale star Patsy Kensit, is his superstar dad's spitting image, reports OK!The 22-year-old straight-faced model rocked a messy brunette mop of hair and a contrasting dark brown belt for the evening, making him look like a much younger Liam.Sister Molly opted for a leather jacket and black maxi dress, which she paired with a pair of matching boots.The sibling duo ensured they were on hand to support their dad ahead of his iconic performance.

The WGA East, decrying the “negative impact” the Big Tech giants are having on ad revenue for news organizations, has submitted written testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Competition, Antitrust and Consumer Rights for its hearings on “Breaking the News – Journalism, Competition, and the Effect of Market Power on a Free Press.”

Nelly issued an apology on Tuesday after a sex tape he was in was posted to his Instagram Stories.'I sincerely apologize to the young lady and her family, this is unwanted publicity for her/them,' the Grillz artist, 47, told TMZ. 'This was an old video that was private and never meant to go public.'The clip involving the rapper, whose real name is Cornell Iral Haynes Jr., was captured by a number of users before it was deleted.

Director Kenneth Branagh made Oscar history with three of his new film Belfast's seven nominations for his work as a writer, director and producer.Branagh, 61, became the first person ever to receive nominations in seven separate categories - Best Actor (Henry V), Best Supporting Actor (My Week With Marilyn), Best Adapted Screenplay (Hamlet) and Best Live-Action Short (Swan Song), adding another Best Director nomination for Belfast along with Best Original Screenplay and Best Picture.He also becomes just the third person ever - after George Clooney and Warren Beatty - to be nominated in all five major Oscar categories, with the multi-hyphenate opening up about the nominations to Entertainment Weekly. Historic:Director Kenneth Branagh made Oscar history with three of his new film Belfast's seven nominations for his work as a writer, director and producer History:Branagh, 61, became the first person ever to receive nominations in seven separate categories - Best Actor (Henry V), Best Supporting Actor (My Week With Marilyn), Best Adapted Screenplay (Hamlet) and Best Live-Action Short (Swan Song), adding another Best Director nomination for Belfast along with Best Original Screenplay and Best PictureBranagh earned his first directing Oscar for his 1989 feature directing debut, Henry V, revealing what still remains the same about the job after all those years.'I was 27 years old when I started directing that first picture that was nominated as Best Director.

Cutting out calls and endlessly buffering TikTok videos could be a thing of the past as more next generation phone masts are set to be bolted on to streetlights in Scotland as part of a scheme to boost connectivity.

Maane Khatchatourian News Editor, Variety.comActor and filmmaker Griffin Dunne paid tribute to his aunt, acclaimed author Joan Didion, who died on Thursday at 87.Dunne said Didion, who was the subject of his haunting 2017 Netflix documentary “Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold,” “wrote about grief to find out what she felt, but ended up giving hope and meaning to those who needed it most.”“Yesterday morning I said goodbye to my Aunt Joan for the last time,” Dunne, the son of Didion’s brother-in-law, author Dominick Dunne, said in a statement on Friday. “Yesterday morning her enormous readership also began their goodbyes to Joan Didion, one of the greatest writers of our time.

“Fifty percent of all of the sequenced genomes identify themselves as Omicron,” said California Governor Gavin Newsom on Wednesday. He was speaking of the positive Covid tests and wastewater in the state that have been examined for new cases of the variant. Newsom then hinted that numbers to be released today would be even higher.

Joan Didion was a novelist and journalist who won the National Book Award for Nonfiction for her 2005 book “The Year of Magical Thinking.”Didion got her start at Vogue magazine after winning their 1956 Prix de Paris essay contest. She began to rise as a notable young writer in the 1960s, with her first novel “Run, River” as well as articles for magazine including Life, Esquire, and the Saturday Evening Post.

David Muir left fans feeling emotional following his latest social media post, as he paid a heartfelt tribute following a heartbreaking loss.MORE: David Muir's heartwarming photo from home has fans gushingUpon learning of the tragic passing of writer and journalist Joan Didion, the Good Morning America star took to his Instagram stories to pay his respects.He uploaded a picture of the cover of her 2005 book The Year of Magical Thinking, and below it simply wrote: "RIP Joan Didion."WATCH: GMA's Michael Strahan rockets into spaceSoon after, he shared another post in remembrance, this time linking to a story and tribute to the writer by The New Yorker on their social feed.While the loss is surely an emotional one for writers and journalists

Joan Didion, who died today at age 87, and her husband, John Gregory Dunne, sustained a uniquely frosty but profitable relationship with Hollywood over the years. As novelists and screenwriters, they earned top-dollar for their screenplays, and often accepted rewrites, yet also critiqued the foibles of the studio system.

Barack Obama called June "one of our sharpest and most respected observers of American politics and culture” when he presented her with the National Humanities Medal in 2012.Recently, Joan was the subject of a Netflix documentary titled The Center Will Not Hold, which was directed by her nephew Griffin Dunne.Many have taken to social media to pay their respects to the late author.Twitter user GNCordova wrote: "Damn. Rest in peace Joan Didion.

reports. She was 87 years old.Didion began her career in the '60s, when she won a magazine essay contest.

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Joan Didion, the author of five novels including the National Book Award-winning The Year of Magical Thinking who also excelled in essays and has screenwriting credits including the 1976 version of A Star Is Born, died Thursday of complications of Parkinson’s disease in Manhattan. She was 87.

Carmel Dagan Staff WriterJoan Didion, the author revered for her coolly dispassionate essays and novels such as “Play It as It Lays,” has died, her publisher confirmed to The New York Times on Wednesday. She was 87.

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California Governor Gavin Newsom announced today that the state had recorded nearly 11,000 new cases of Covid-19 over the past 24 hours. That marks a 100% increase from the daily number of 5,400 new cases recorded just one week ago.