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Stephen Curry is calling for the release of Brittney Griner.

EXCLUSIVE: Victoria Monét and DJ D-Nice will join a lineup of other celebrities at a get-out-the-vote rally in Atlanta on Tuesday for When We All Vote, the organization founded by former First Lady Michelle Obama.

Rudie Obias editor If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. The 2024 WNBA season is just around the corner starting on Tuesday, May 14. This year, we can watch heated matchups featuring superstars like Caitlin Clark, Angel Reese, Cameron Brink, A’ja Wilson, Breanna Stewart, Brittney Griner, Sabrina Ionescu, Nneka Ogwumike and Alysha Clark all coming up on the schedule.

We’re totally buggin’! Alicia Silverstone returns as Clueless character Cher in one of the many star-studded commercials set to air during Super Bowl LVII.

2022 ESPY Awards, Steph Curry used his platform to deliver an impassioned message about Brittney Griner, the imprisoned WNBA star who has spent the past five months behind bars in Russia.Joined by Griner's teammate Skylar Diggins-Smith and fellow WNBA star Nneka Ogwumike, Curry explained said that, amid the night's celebration, they needed to «acknowledge one [athlete] who isn't here» — Griner.«Because Brittney isn't just on the Phoenix Mercury, she isn't just a member of her team in Russia, she isn't just an Olympian, she's one of us — the team of athletes in the room tonight and all over the world, a team that has nothing to do with politics or global conflict,» Curry shared.Ogwumike detailed all of Griner's innumerable accomplishments, sharing, «BG is a WNBA champion, she's an eight-time WNBA all-star, a national champion in college, an Olympic Gold Medalist, an athlete who has fans all over the world, and a human being whose predicament commands our attention.»«It's been 153 nights now that BG has been wrongfully detained thousands of miles away from home, away from her family, away from her friends, away from her team,» an emotional Diggins-Smith shared. «All throughout that time, we've kept her in our thoughts and in our hearts, even though we know that's not nearly enough to bring her home.»«We cannot stop fighting for her, we cannot believing for her, and we will not stop hoping for the day we can welcome her home safely,» Curry concluded, before all three declared in unison, «We are BG.»Later in the evening, Megan Rapinoe took home the ESPY Award for Best Play, and used her acceptance speech to also show her love for Griner, and emphasize the importance of keeping the fight going.«BG deserves to be free.

Candace Parker and Nneka Ogwumike to Skyler Diggins-Smith and Rhyne Howard, every woman on the court wore the name of Brittney Griner proudly in support of the detained player. Their confidence was unmatched and their energy was positive yet competitive, which was all the makings of a highly-anticipated game between the best players in the league.

Kim Kardashian is breaking the internet… AGAIN!

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorSteve Buscemi has gone bowling before — but not quite like this.The actor, who played the bothersome kegler Donny Kerabatsos in the 1998 film “The Big Lebowski,” is hanging out at a bowling alley once again, and this time he’s at the center of activity. In a new series of Super Bowl ads for Anheuser-Busch InBev’s Michelob Ultra, the “Boardwalk Empire” star works at the Superior Bowl, where athletes including Peyton Maning, Serena Williams, Jimmy Butler, Nneka Ogwumike, Brooks Koepka and Alex Morgan hang out and help promote a suite of Ultra products.“I didn’t even try and bowl while I was there,” says Buscemi, who did in fact get bowling lessons for the Coen Brothers’ “Lebowski,” but hasn’t really thrown strikes and spares in a while.

LeBron James’ son, Bronny James, is following in his father’s footsteps and getting into the business world at an early age. The high school junior is only 17, but he’s got a great role model to follow when it comes to setting up his future.

Jay-Z visited LeBron James and Maverick Carter’s talk show “The Shop: Uninterrupted” on Friday, participating in a roundtable that also include WNBA player Nneka Ogwumike, “The Shop” co-creator Paul Rivera and Bad Bunny.

Tina Knowles, 66, reveals that she’s had the “painful” discussion with her grandson Julez, 16 — Solange Knowles‘ son and Beyoncé’s nephew — if he’s ever pulled over by cops. Solange and Beyonce’s mom shares the advice she’s given Julez on the Oct. 20 episode of OWN Spotlight: Black Women OWN The Conversation – Vote!, which airs at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT. Tina appears alongside fellow guests Yvette Nicole Brown, Valerie Jarrett, Brittany Packnett Cunningham, Valerie Jarrett and Nneka Ogwumike in this Oprah Winfrey Network special that will focus on matters related to voting and the Black community, but Tina takes the floor when the subject turned to cops.