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Editor’s Note: On June 22, 2020, veteran editor and Sunwise Media co-founder Ri-Karlo Handy penned a guest column for Deadline on the wide ranging response to his social media call for Black union editors just days beforehand. As Americans took to the streets after the killings of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd to demand an end to institutional violence and racism in numbers unprecedented for decades, Handy turned part of the spotlight on Hollywood. The reaction to his outcry was almost immediate. It was also encouraging from unions, to schools, to studios and every other crevice of Tinseltown. Today, Handy examines what a difference the past two years have made, and what more there is to do as political and cultural sands appear to be shifting again.

a famous localized walk, and national dance fads into her big moment. Running through speaker-rattling, signature hometown cuts like Kendrick Lamar’s “Humble” and Tupac’s “California Love,” famed gymnast Nia Dennis scored a 9.5 (pushing the University of California to a win against Arizona State). She was on fire—for a cause.

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVO-T Fagbenle’s six-episode comedy series “Maxxx” makes quite a statement when it says, “The only way for a Black man to stay safe is to become famous.”It is quick and witty in the moment of the show about a former boy band member trying to reclaim fame, which Fagbenle wrote two years ago and was in production on in 2019, but it takes on even more poignancy now that the show is finally launching in the U.S. “Maxxx” premieres July 28 on Hulu after weeks of Black Lives Matter protests and calls for justice and police reform in the wake of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd’s (among other) murders.

Katy Perry wants her daughter to be "happy and healthy and safe". The 'Daisies' hitmaker is currently expecting her first child, a daughter, with her fiancé Orlando Bloom, and has said her one wish for her impending arrival is that she'll grow up in a safe environment.

Big Sean is opening up in a new video about how he really feels about being a black man in America.