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he first made his mark on the national stage. His forceful use of non-violent protest, boycotts and civil disobedience to address the deplorable racism and the legal, political and economic discrimination that Black Americans faced made him a compelling personality at a time when local and national TV news was strengthening as a cultural force.

Laverne Cox is returning to television with her brand new series Clean Slate!

started streaming on Netflix last spring, making the show, which aired its final episode on HBO in 2004, easily accessible to a younger audience.When the series premiered in 1998, protagonist Carrie Bradshaw (Sarah Jessica Parker) and her gal pals — Samantha Jones (Kim Cattrall), Charlotte York (Kristin Davis) and Miranda Hobbes (Cynthia Nixon) — were loved and celebrated for their sexual freedom, over-the-top fashions and frank discussions about their lives and the men in them.But Gen Z isn’t charmed by Carrie’s stylish wardrobe, witty turns of phrase and romantic escapades — and they’re taking to social media to lampoon her antics. “She cheats on Aidan, begs for him to take her back and cries that he ‘has to forgive her!’ She essentially stalks Natasha for most of the seasons whilst bashing her every step of the way,” said Emma Christopher, a 19-year-old college student in Alexandria, Alabama.

Laverne Cox returns to small-town life in Clean Slate, one of the late Norman Lear‘s last shows, at Prime Video.

Jon Stewart is blasting the GOP’s response to Southern California’s wildfire disaster, denouncing right-wing leaders’ urge to attach strings to relief funds as “psychotic” and mocking pundits’ baseless accusations that “DEI” or “woke” somehow contributed to Los Angeles’ now-ravaged neighborhoods.

Brittany Howard‘s new hardcore band, Kumite, have played their first show in Nashville on Sunday (January 12) night. Watch fan-captured footage below.Howard, best known for being the frontperson of Alabama Shakes, was joined on stage at East Nashville’s Basement East by members of Nashville hardcore band Second Spirit.

Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts will be playing in an NFL Playoff Wild Card weekend game today (January 12) against the Green Bay Packers.

Bo Nix is playing in his first NFL playoff game as the quarterback of the Denver Broncos, and while watching, you might be wondering about his personal life.

Travis Barker‘s children – Landon and Alabama – have evacuated their home amid the disastrous LA Wildfires.Both of the legendary Blink-182 drummer’s kids took to their official social media accounts to share that they have vacated their home following the Pacific Palisades wildfires that have been spreading throughout Los Angeles and demolishing the city.As reported by Billboard, 21-year-old Landon took to his Instagram stories to share a selfie with the caption: “Just evacuated praying for everyone the fires have [affected].”His sister, Alabama Barker, also gave an update on her Instagram stories and wrote: “Just evacuated from my home due to wildfires in Los Angeles, please be safe !! They are saying the fires are spreading football field amounts in seconds.” In a separate story, she wrote: “Pray for California.”Earlier this week (January 7), a series of raging wildfires swept Los Angeles, California, and are still burning strong. The wildfires have forced over 150,000 residents and counting out of their homes, with thousands of houses, vehicles and more being destroyed.The entertainment world has been reacting to the current state of the wildfires with Star Wars legend Mark Hamill sharing that he had to evacuate from his home in Malibu.

Ellise Shafer The National Theatre production of Oscar Wilde’s “The Importance of Being Earnest,” starring Ncuti Gatwa, has unveiled a trailer ahead of its cinema release on Feb. 20. The trailer begins with Gatwa, dressed to the nines in a pink gown and matching gloves, playing a piano riff before leaning back to give viewers a sassy wink.

ongoing wildfires in Los Angeles that have forced over 150,000 people to evacuate from their homes.The wildfires that began on Tuesday (January 7) have quickly morphed into five concurrent fires in separate neighbourhoods, causing well over 150,000 residents to flee from their homes. At the time of writing, per CNN, there have been at least five confirmed deaths from the fires, which are worsening from the strong Santa Ana winds.The five major neighbourhoods being destroyed by the wildfires are the Palisades, Eaton, Woodley, Hurst and Lidia.

Just as the holiday season was going into full-blown commercial overdrive last month, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters launched a nationwide strike against Amazon, primarily among its delivery drivers, that ended on Christmas Eve. Arguably, the roots of this labor dispute against the multi-trillion-dollar goliath can be traced back to 2021, when workers at the Amazon Fulfillment Center in Staten Island, New York, waged a union campaign. Led by Chris Smalls, who had been fired earlier for protesting working conditions amid the COVID pandemic, the movement faced considerable headwinds – from Amazon, of course, which, through its anti-organizing efforts, had thwarted a similar effort in Alabama, but also from the national unions, including the Teamsters, who were slow to throw their support behind the nascent Amazon Workers Union (AWU).

EXCLUSIVE: Wonder Project, the recently launched faith-based indie studio from Kelly Merryman Hoogstraten and Jon Erwin, has launched development on The All-Girl Filling Station’s Last Reunion, an adaptation of the New York Times bestselling novel by Fannie Flagg, to be produced by and star Country Music Hall of Fame member Reba McEntire.

Addie Morfoot Contributor The Sundance Film Festival has added two documentaries from directors Andrew Jarecki‘s and Bao Nguyen to its 2025 documentary lineup. Jarecki’s docu, titled “The Alabama Solution,” is about, per the film’s press release, “incarcerated men who defy the odds to expose a cover-up in one of America’s deadliest prison systems.” “The Alabama Solution” is the fourth project that Jarecki has debuted at Sundance. Twenty-two years ago, in 2003, the director’s inaugural film, “Capturing the Friedmans,” had its world premiere in Park City.

Lawmakers in more than a dozen states have introduced at least 120 bills explicitly targeting the transgender community or seeking to roll back rights or legal protections for trans individuals, according to transgender journalist Erin Reed.Reed, who has been tracking anti-transgender legislation for her Erin in the Morning Substack, reported that the number of bills introduced before the start of 2025 state legislative sessions is 120 — a 50% increase from the 80 bills pre-filed before the start of the 2023 legislative calendar.The bulk of the bills have been introduced in Texas and Missouri, but lawmakers in 11 other states have also embraced anti-transgender legislation as a priority for the upcoming year.That list includes Alabama, Arizona, Georgia, Indiana, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, Ohio, South Carolina, Washington State, and Wyoming.All those states, with the exceptions of Nevada and Washington, have Republican-controlled legislatures and passage of anti-transgender legislation is widely considered to be a fait accompli.Republicans have championed anti-transgender causes in recent years — some because they hold arch-conservative social views, but many others because they see such legislation as a wedge issue that they can use to rally Republican base voters in election years.In last year’s presidential election, President-elect Donald Trump successfully attacked Democratic nominee Kamala Harris over her past support for transgender rights.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Tim Cook, CEO of Apple, will personally give $1 million to President-elect Donald Trump‘s inaugural committee — the latest move by a Big Tech exec to cozy up to the incoming president. Apple itself not expected to make any donations to the incoming president, according to a report Friday by Axios, which first reported on Cook’s planned million-dollar donation. “Cook, a proud Alabama native, believes the inauguration is a great American tradition, and is donating to the inauguration in the spirit of unity,” per Axios’s report, citing anonymous sources.

UPDATED with quarterfinal results: The College Football Playoff bracket was finalized December 8, setting the stage for the first year of a 12-team postseason that will crown a national champion January 20 in Atlanta.

This isn’t what any of us wanted to hear… As we previously reported, 1-year-old K

Alabama Barker has shared an update on a recent report that she was hospitalized.

hospitalized for nicotine withdrawal. The 19-year-old daughter of Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker and former Miss USA Shanna Moakler took to her Instagram Story on Tuesday after the report on Monday, which claimed she was “recently” sent to the hospital after she stopped vaping. Alabama said she wanted to “clarify” details about the timeline of her hospitalization.“Hello everyone, I just want to clarify that I was not in the hospital this month or last,” the “Vogue” rapper wrote.

This is one hell of a clapback!