Viola Davis and Stacey Abrams on Oscar Season, Politics and Wielding Their Power as Black Women

Chrissy Teigen may have a lot in store for 2022 as she seemingly hinted at the possibility of adding a new family member to her brood. The Cravings cookbook author and veteran supermodel, 36, sparked the speculation after she shared a snap of needles and capsules alongside a pink cartoon uterus to her Instagram Stories recently, per TMZ. With the makings of an egg retrieval procedure in the post and the caption, “Here we go again,” it appeared Chrissy was teasing a pregnancy via surrogacy.

Lindsey Pearlman, best known for her parts on General Hospital, Chicago Justice, and other popular television shows, has been found dead in Los Angeles just days after being reported missing. She was 43.

Katharine McPhee is getting candid about the body image issues she experienced while pregnant with her son, Rennie, now 11 months.

Morgan Stewart and husband Jordan McGraw have welcomed their second child into the world!

There’s less than a week left in the game on Celebrity Big Brother‘s third season and another contestant was evicted on the Friday night (February 18 episode). Let’s do a recap of everyone’s status this season!

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EastEnders for 36 years until he quit 13 months ago.Since then, he’s pocketed millions including a reported £250k for his appearance on I’m a Celebrity. He has also starred in the play Looking Good Dead as well as flogging personalised videos for fans on Memmo for a reported £40 a pop. But Adam has been raking in the big bucks with his company XL Management.The firm paid a total of £496,188 in Corporation Tax in 2020 and 2021 combined – based on a fifth of its taxable income of around £2.5m.Adam directs the company alongside Beverley, who he split from in 2019 after 22 years of marriage. But the actor is the majority shareholder with most of the control. Friends of Beverley’s recently told The Sun she was “short on money”. "She has really struggled financially and relied on food donations on occasion recently from family and friends,” they added.The publication reported Adam is making interim payments to Beverley until they settle the divorce.The Express has contacted a representative for Adam for comment. Earlier this year, Adam admitted he would consider returning to EastEnders if the producers asked him - which they might well do soon after the news broke that Danny Dyer is departing as Mick Carter. “They’ve got to come up with a storyline, they’ve got to ask me to go back,” he told The Mirror. “The timing has got to be right for me to go back because I don’t know what else I’m ­going to be doing.”Ian, the longest-serving character on the soap, was last seen fleeing in the night after his wife Sharon Watts (Letitia Dean) tried to poison him. A source told The Mirror: “The bosses want Adam back and are prepared to pay – and he knows that. “The ratings are suffering at the moment and they need a big boost like Ian Beale

Beach House kicked off their US tour in Pittsburgh last night (February 18), and they gave live debuts to a number of tracks from new LP ‘Once Twice Melody’.The Baltimore duo – comprised of Victoria Legrand and Alex Scally – released the follow-up to 2018’s ‘7’ in four separate parts, with the final instalment arriving yesterday.Beach House’s show at Pittsburgh’s Stage AE saw them give multiple songs from the album –  ‘Pink Funeral’, ‘Superstar’, ‘Masquerade’, ‘New Romance’ and the title track – their live debut.You can check out some clips from the show below:‘Once Twice Melody’ (Live debut)‘Silver Soul’‘Dark Spring’‘PPP’‘Pink Funeral’ (Live debut)‘Lazuli’‘Beyond Love’‘Superstar’ (Live debut)‘Bluebird’‘Masquerade’ (Live debut)‘Myth’‘Drunk In LA’‘Take Care’‘New Romance’ (Live debut)‘Somewhere Tonight’‘Girl Of The Year’‘Space Song’‘Lemon Glow’Beach House will kick off a UK and European tour in May; the stint includes a headline performance at the O2 Academy Brixton in London – remaining tickets can he found here.The full schedule is as follows:MAY 202121 – The National Stadium, Dublin23 – Barrowland Ballroom, Glasgow24 – Manchester Academy, Manchester26 – O2 Academy Brixton, London28 – De Roma, Antwerp30 – Ancienne Belgique, Brussels31 – L’Olympia, ParisJUNE 20212 – Paloma, Nimes4 – Primavera Sound Festival, Barcelona7 – Carlswerk Victoria, Cologne8 – Columbiahalle, Berlin9 – Falkoner Centre, CopenhagenSpeaking in a recent interview with NME, Beach House singer Victoria Legrand described ‘Once Twice Melody’ as “the most all-consuming album that we’ve ever worked on”.“We became so fully submerged in this universe,” she explained.

Tori Amos has revealed that she was just three years old when she wrote her first song.Speaking in a new interview, the ‘Cornflake Girl’ hitmaker discussed her musical upbringing and how she began playing the piano when she was a toddler.“No one taught me how to play the piano. It’s just something I was able to do from a young age,” Amos told Reader’s Digest (via Contact Music).

Kanye West has praised rapper Jack Harlow, calling him one of the “Top Five [artists] out right now”.On Friday (February 18), Harlow released ‘Nail Tech’, his first new music in over a year. The track, which arrived alongside a video that stars City Girls rapper Yung Miami, has been received positively among fans, debuting at Number Two on the US Spotify chart.One particular fan of the track includes Kanye West – now legally known as Ye – who took to Instagram yesterday (February 18) to heap praise on the Kentucky rapper.“This n***a can raaaaaaap bro,” Ye captioned a screenshot of the ‘Nail Tech’ video. “And I’m saying n***a as a compliment Top 5 out right now.”Harlow caught wind of West’s endorsement, calling it “one of the greatest moments my life”, while sharing a screenshot of Ye’s post.A post shared by Jack Harlow (@jackharlow)Harlow released his debut album ‘That’s What They All Say’ at the end of 2020 and despite a series of high-profile collaborations with the likes of Lil Nas X, Eminem and Ty Dolla $ign, it’s been over a year since he last shared a solo track.He dropped his collaborative summer jam “SUVs (Black on Black)” with Pooh Shiesty back in August.Meanwhile, West is gearing up to release ‘DONDA 2’, the follow-up to his acclaimed 2021 album ‘DONDA’, which is due to arrive on Tuesday (February 22).

Richard Madeley has denied that he is becoming the “new Piers Morgan” after taking up more regular appearances on Good Morning Britain.Richard, 65, has filled controversial mouthpiece Piers shoes nicely on the popular ITV show since his departure, regularly making comments that spark conversation among viewers.His most recent debate causing moment came when he questioned if death threats received by politicians are a “big deal” causing viewers to compare him to Piers Morgan “wrapped in woolly, comical jibes.”Richard has now spoken out about the comments in a chat with Express.co.uk as he vehemently denied the comparisons.He said: “I am part of a team, I am not, I repeat NOT the new or next Piers Morgan. I am me.

Viola Davis is opening up about the moment her career shifted.In the “Black Women of Awards Season” issue of , out now, Davis speaks about representation in Hollywood and the role that completely changed how she looked at her career.«I got , and that’s when my career shifted. And all I was, was exhausted.

Variety.Speaking on Carey, who released her memoir, “The Meaning of Mariah Carey,” in September and premiered her Magical Christmas Special” on Apple TV+ this past December, Robertson continued, “Given a career of her magnitude, we really could have done it anytime. At this point, she’s more than earned the right to be recognized at some point.

Stacey Abrams, Ziwe Fumudoh and Nicole Byer are among the cultural figures and notable creators set to appear in YouTube Originals’ Black History Month Celebration, Black Renaissance. Also joining the YouTube special are H.E.R., Anderson .Paak, Kelly Rowland, Bob the Drag Queen, Maurice Harris, Yung BBQ, TwinsthenewTrend, Sherrie Silver, Oumi Janta, Donté Colley and Hollywood Movement.

Angelique Jackson The African American Film Critics Association (AAFCA) has selected Mariah Carey, George C. Wolfe, Stacey Abrams’s “All In” and Netflix as its special achievement award honorees for the 12th annual AAFCA Awards.Carey will receive the Innovator Award, while Wolfe earns the Salute to Excellence.

Palm Springs International Film Awards will honor a who's who of major awards season contenders: The acting honorees include Riz Ahmed, Viola Davis, Andra Day, Daniel Kaluuya, Carey Mulligan, Leslie Odom, Jr., Gary Oldman and Yuh-Jung Youn, with an ensemble award for, directing award for Chloé Zhao and career achievement for Anthony Hopkins.The festival and film awards gala will not take place as an in-person event this year due to the ongoing pandemic, but ET will be exclusively sitting down with all the winners and honoring the honorees on Entertainment Tonight on Feb.

Stacey Abrams will headline South by Southwest as a keynote speaker, event organizers announced Thursday morning. The Democratic politician and voting rights activist will sit for a conversation with writer N.K.

With its film line-up previously announced, the SXSW Film Festival has unveiled its keynote and a very robust second round of featured speakers. This year’s online edition of SXSW kicks off on March 16 and continues through March 20.

It is truly unfortunate that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has disqualified Branford Marsalis’ riveting original score for the Netflix feature adaptation of the August Wilson play Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom.  AMPAS’ current rule is that a movie’s music needs to be comprised of 60% of original score, and apparently this feature love letter to 1920s jazz and blues falls under that quota. Marsalis’ fingerprints are all over the movie from arranging the jazz standards to providing a big note to Viola Davis (scroll down to listen).

Travis Merriweather, who was pivotal in ICM Partners’ push into racial equality issues, voter mobilization and its clients’ political engagement over the past year, has been promoted to Senior Political Strategist at the agency.

Palm Springs International Film Awards. The 55-year-old actress is the recipient of the Desert Palm Achievement Award, Actress for her role in .“Viola Davis is one of the most celebrated actors of her generation from her powerful roles on stage and screen including and ," said Festival Chairman Harold Matzner. «In her latest film,, Davis fully embodies the famous blues singer Ma Rainey in an explosive and memorable performance, which is sure to receive an Academy Award nomination.