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McKinley Franklin editor Marlene Clark, an actor who appeared on “Sanford and Son,” the horror movie “Ganja & Hess” and several other films of the ’60s and ’70s, died on May 18. She was 85. Clark starred in several films ahead of landing her breakout role as Lamont Lawson’s (played by Demond Wilson) wife Janet in “Sanford and Son.” She later starred in the 1973 horror movie “Ganja & Hess” alongside Duane Jones.  Clark was born and raised in Harlem, N.Y., and spent time in West Virginia during her summers. She returned to New York after attending Morristown Jr. College in Tennessee and enrolled in City College. While at school, Clark participated in school plays, igniting her interest in the acting world.

Comedy’s king of controversy is going on a short tour.From May 31 through June 2, Dave Chappelle is set to perform at three huge venues in West Virginia and Pennsylvania.First, the “Half Baked” star will drop into Charleston, WV’s Charleston Municipal Auditorium on Wednesday, May 31.After that, he’s set to headline at Pittsburgh’s PPG Paints Arena on Thursday, June 1. Finally, he wrap up the brief run at Philadelphia’s Wells Fargo Center with Philly natives The Roots joining him on Friday, June 2.What can we expect from these gigs?At a Chappelle show, it’s anyone’s guess.

Billy Porter and late LGBTQ activist Urvashi Vaid will be honored by Lambda Legal at their 2023 National Liberty Awards. The event will celebrate Lambda’s 50 years of a legal advocacy for the the LGBTQ community and is set to take place on June 8 at Glasshouse in New York City. The Liberty Awards will also host guests Becky Pepper-Jackson, a 12-year-old transgender girl speaking out against the anti-trans sports ban in her home state of West Virginia. Isaiah Wilkins, who will share how a Lambda lawsuit helped him fulfill his dream of serving in the armed forces. “In this moment, with states like Florida and others trying to silence and erase our communities, we must let our people, especially our young people, know what time it is: It’s time to fight back and counteract the fear and discrimination with love, joy and living unapologetically as our ourselves,” Porter in a statement on Tuesday. The “Pose” star will be honored with the Lambda Legal Liberty Award.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic Country star Brad Paisley visited Ukraine with a bipartisan delegation of centrist U.S. senators and sang in front of destroyed Russian military equipment in Kyiv’s Mikhailovsky Square, and on a nearby sidewalk. He performed solo acoustic versions of his own recent Ukraine-themed single “Same Here” as well as well as a Ukrainian-language folk song. Paisley was part of the trip undertaken by Democratic senator Mark Kelly of Arizona, Republican Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Democrat Joe Manchin of West Virginia, all of whom attended a news conference in the square. “I’ll bet you’ve never heard Brad Paisley sing in Ukrainian,” tweeted former presidential advisor Igor Novikov, posting video of the singer performing in the rain as reporters looked on.

Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer Fox Nation is moving further into reality TV with the launch of new series “The Real Hatfields & McCoys: Forever Feuding.” Launching April 24 on the Fox News-backed streaming service, the five-episode series “will spotlight the modern-day Hatfields and McCoys whose notoriously violence-ridden relationship has taken a contemporary twist. From the families’ brutal disputes in the 1800s to current 21st century issues, the program, set in West Virginia, highlights their ongoing rivalry.” Per Fox Nation, “Hatfield family members including Nancy Justus (the oldest surviving direct descendent of Devil Anse Hatfield), Missy Lester, Amber Bishop, Chad Bishop and Christopher Champagne will be featured on the program, while the McCoys’ Big Jim, Courtney Quick, Derek DeProspero, Casandra Champagne, James Quick and John Quick will appear.”

signed into law in 2021.However, Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas dissented, saying they would have granted Morrisey’s request.A federal judge previously blocked the law from taking effect while a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the ban proceeds.The plaintiff in the case, 12-year-old Becky Pepper-Jackson, is a transgender girl who tried to join her middle school girls’ cross-country team, but was informed that she would be barred from the team due to the law prohibiting transgender athletes from competing in female-designated sports.Pepper-Jackson sued state officials, her local school board, the West Virginia Board of Education, and the West Virginia Secondary School Activities Commission, arguing that the law is unconstitutional and discriminatory.In July 2021, U.S. District Court Judge Joseph Goodwin, of the Southern District of West Virginia, issued an injunction blocking the law from taking effect on the grounds that Pepper-Jackson was likely to prevail in her claim that the law is discriminatory.Six months later, Goodwin rejected Pepper-Jackson’s claim that the law violates Title IX, the federal law prohibiting sex-based discrimination, finding the ban constitutional and asserting that the state had a legitimate interest in ensuring cisgender female athletes are not disadvantaged by having to compete against athletes assigned male at birth.

seven broad issues including schools and education, healthcare, free speech, access to accurate IDs, public accommodations, weakening of civil rights laws, marriage, and more. The number of anti-LGBTQ bills introduced has more than tripled since mid-January, and far exceeded the total number of bills introduced in all of 2022, which was 278.Oklahoma has the most anti-LGBTQ bills so far at 35, followed by Missouri (34), Texas (29 bills), Tennessee (26), Iowa (28), Mississippi (24), Indiana.

Russian troops invaded Ukraine and, like many people around the world, he felt helpless at the images of people fleeing their homes.“The world felt like it was in a new place that it hadn’t been in decades,” the three-time Grammy winner recalls.On Friday, the one-year anniversary of the war’s start, Paisley is releasing a new song called “Same Here,” featuring Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaking proudly about his country and people.The song is Paisley’s first from his new record, “Son of the Mountains,” to be released later this year on Universal Music Group Nashville.The West Virginia native wrote the song with Lee Thomas Miller (co-writer on Paisley hits “The World” and “Perfect Storm”) and Dawes frontman Taylor Goldsmith. It’s a three-part narrative that reflects on universal similarities, despite distance and language.While it doesn’t mention Ukraine specifically, the song ends with Paisley and Zelenskyy in conversation, recorded during a video call.

A year ago, country star Brad Paisley watched the news on television as Russian troops invaded Ukraine and, like many people around the world, he felt helpless at the images of people fleeing their homes.

An absolute tragedy has struck the small community of Pax, West Virginia as an 11-week-old boy was found dead in the aftermath of a heavy storm.

LL Cool J is looking back on his time on The longtime star of the outgoing CBS procedural reflected on playing Special Agent Sam Hanna for 14 seasons in an exclusive sit-down on the ET stages with Nischelle Turner on Thursday, where he acknowledged he has learned quite a lot from playing the same character for a decade and a half.«Taught me a lot,» he shared. «Because day in and day out, I work with people from all over the country and all over the world.

Astronomy experts have came across some "mysterious" radio signals that they believe may have come from aliens.

A filmmaker who worked with America's most inbred family described his first meeting with the Whittakers as 'like a scene out of Deliverance'. Mark Laita spoke about his experience with the family in a new documentary and compared it to the 1972 thriller movie, the Mirror reports.

The mysterious case of a missing woman from Vienna, West Virginia, has taken a disturbing turn…

Turkey time! Some celebrity parents can’t help themselves when it comes to dressing their kids up for the holidays — and Thanksgiving is no exception.

EXCLUSIVE: Rob Morgan (Smile) will produce and star in the crime film Dixie Crystal, based on the real-life FBI Operation of the same name, from brother filmmakers Conor and Jake Allyn (No Man’s Land).

An infant in Phoenix, Arizona tested positive for fentanyl in the second such case police have encountered in less than a week. Phoenix Police responded to the latest case at 10 a.m. local time on Wednesday, discovering an infant that tested positive for exposure to fentanyl.The infant was treated and is expected to survive, with police saying the baby was placed in the care of the Department of Child Safety, according to a report from Fox 10.

Leah Messer's former fiancé, Jaylan Mobley, has moved out of their shared home in West Virginia after the two split up earlier this week.The news about the Teen Mom cast member was revealed on Friday, and TMZ obtained photos of the reality television personality's ex packing his belongings in a U-Haul van the day prior.The media figure was said to have moved his items into an apartment located 45 minutes away from the home. Gone: Leah Messer's former fiancé, Jaylan Mobley, has moved out of their shared home in West Virginia after the two split up earlier this weekSources spoke to TMZ and told the media outlet that Messer, 30, will remain in the house with her daughter Adalynn, aged nine, and twin girls Aliannah and Aleeah, aged 12.It was pointed out that the reality television property picked up the home for $515,000 this past April.

The state of West Virginia is receiving around $1.7 million in federal funding over five years for a behavioral health program treating adults with serious mental illness. The money will be used to serve people living with mental illness who are also living with a physical health condition, chronic disease or substance use disorder, according to a West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources news release.

Two weeks after marrying Teen Mom: The Next Chapter star Cheyenne Floyd, Zach Davis was sentenced to jail after pleading guilty to a DUI charge in 2020.

It’s over. Leah Messer and Jaylan Mobley split less than two months after getting engaged.