Will Smith: I Was Called the N-Word 'More Than 10' Times by Philadelphia Police

The Masked Singer unmasked after being “tortured by her friends and family”, who were desperate to know who was behind the cute and cuddly Panda identity.The star mocked her own shocked reaction, likening it to witnessing a murder scene. Davina, 54, took to Twitter tonight to share her live reactions to the show’s final episode with her 2.7 million followers. After a close final with fellow contestants Mushroom and Robobunny, the character of Panda came out on top. Robobunny was the first finalist to be voted out, revealing himself to be Westlife star Mark Feehily, 41.Coming in second place was Mushroom, who the judges guessed correctly to be operatic sensation Charlotte Church, 35.When Panda was unmasked, she turned out to be none other than late nineties pop icon Natalie Imbruglia, 47.When Davina saw Natalie, she covered her hand with her mouth and screamed repeatedly. Including a clip of herself doing just that, Davina tweeted a string of laughing emojis with the caption: “It was like I’d seen a murder”.Davina also sent out another heartfelt tweet to Natalie, who admitted she was thrilled that people had found her character so funny during the show.“Arrrghhh @natimbruglia soooo cute x,” Davina wrote with a series of red love hearts.“‘I’ve never been funny  before’ yaaaaay!!!”This comes after Davina took to social media just minutes before the winner of the show was unmasked, complaining that her loved ones were “torturing” her for information.Addressing her 1.4 million Instagram followers in a video, she said: “I’m literally being tortured by my friends and family.”“Who is it?” a voice could be heard asking repeatedly in the background. “I’m not going to tell you!” Davina insisted, before another voice added: “You

Last year, director Roee Messinger debuted his film American Trial: The Eric Garner Story at the New York Film Festival, revealing his ambitious project — part documentary, part unscripted history — which imagines what could have happened if a grand jury had indicted NYPD officer Daniel Pantaleo in Garner's death. Garner died in 2014 after Pantelo placed him in a forbidden chokehold, with his final words, "I can't breathe," caught on video— an eerily similar scenario to the May police killing of George Floyd, who also said “I can’t breathe” as a Minneapolis officer kept his knee on Floyd’s neck for several minutes.

Grammy-winning rock band Bon Jovi released a new charity single called American Reckoning on Thursday.The song was directly inspired by the tragic killing of George Floyd on May 25 by four Minneapolis policemen.Lyrics referenced the late 46-year-old being unable to 'breathe' after having a knee on his neck for 'eight long minutes' during a counterfeit bill arrest.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorOn “The Adventures of Moon Man & Slim Shady,” a new tag-team single with Kid Cudi, Eminem slams New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees, police violence and offers some characteristically intricate rhymes about the coronavirus pandemic, George Floyd, protests and the messed-up state of the world.In a dig most likely inspired by Brees’ comments last month that he’d “never agree with anybody disrespecting the flag” by kneeling during the National Anthem — addressing the wider controversy surrounding former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick that the National Football League has desperately tried to move away from — Eminem slams Brees and then quickly moves on: I had hoop dreams, now I shoot threes

Eminem and Kid Cudi get a lot off their chests in the “Adventures of Moon Man & Slim Shady,” their fiery first collaboration.The new track, which dropped at midnight, crams-in all the hot-button topics that are keeping up Em, Kid and the rest of us, from the ridiculous debate over whether or not to wear masks, New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees, the police killing of African Americans, “dirty” cops and much more."Adventures" is wall-to-wall frustration, rap's sign o' the times.

The police officer who knelt on George Floyd’s neck before he died told him to stop yelling and said “it takes a lot of oxygen to talk" during his arrest, it has been revealed.

Derek Chauvin, the former police officer who was filmed with his knee on George Floyd's neck for nearly eight minutes, told Floyd that «it takes a heck of a lot of oxygen» to talk after Floyd exclaimed the police officers were going to kill him and that he couldn't breathe, transcripts of bodycam footage show. Floyd eventually became nonresponsive and died, and all four officers involved in his death have been fired and charged.According to the transcripts, which were filed in Hennepin County District Court as part of a motion to dismiss charges against one of the officers involved, Thomas Lane, Floyd repeatedly told the officers that he couldn't breathe during his arrest.

George Floyd, filed a motion Wednesday to dismiss the charges, according to CBS Minnesota. Lane has been charged with aiding and abetting second-degree unintentional murder and second-degree manslaughter.Lane's attorney, Earl Gray, said his client did not intend to further a crime when he held down Floyd's legs and feet, and that he «did not intentionally aid, advise, hire, counsel, or conspire with (Derek) Chauvin or otherwise procure Chauvin to commit second degree murder,» CBS Minnesota reported.The legal team released multiple documents to support dropping the charges, including transcripts from two body cameras that were worn during the fatal encounter.

racism while talking about the widespread Black Lives Matter protests following the death of George Floyd, who died when a white police officer knelt on his neck for over eight minutes during an arrest. And the Aladdin actor shared that he was ‘frequently’ stopped by police as he grew up in West Philadelphia in the 1970s. Speaking to political commentator and activist Angela Rye on her podcast On One With Angela Rye, Smith said: ‘I grew up under Mayor Rizzo.

Will Smith revealed he has been called the N-word by police officers on “more than 10 occasions” as he reflected on the Black Lives Matter movement.The 51-year-old actor spoke to political commentator and activist Angela Rye on her podcast, On One With Angela Rye, about his own experiences with racism throughout his life. Will grew up in Philadelphia, and was just four years old when the notoriously racist Frank Rizzo went from chief of police to becoming the mayor of the state, and the instances of racially-motivated incidents of police brutality increased dramatically under his watch.

Jamie Foxx ain’t got time for the bullsh-t” — aka, Kanye West, who declared on July 4th that he’s running for president in the upcoming 2020 election. Jamie expressed his disdain for the latter in the comments section of a post by former NBA player, Stephen Jackson — a close friend of the late George Floyd. Stephen, who’s been at the forefront of the Black Lives Matter movement following Floyd’s death, called Kanye’s presidential bid “clown sh-t” on Instagram, alongside a photo of Kanye, 43, hugging President Donald Trump. In the picture, Kanye, who’s previously expressed his support for Trump, is wearing a “Make America Great Again” hat (seen below).

When Netflix announced that its celebrated series “Dear White People” had seen a massive increase in viewership during the social justice protests that erupted following George Floyd‘s death it was admittedly a “weird consolation prize” for creator Justin Simien.

Jorja Smith has shared a new video for her cover of St. Germain‘s ‘Rose Rouge’ – watch it below.Set to land on the upcoming Blue Note ‘Re:imagined’ album, Smith’s cover of the 2000 single has now been released with a hard-hitting video that features various clips from some of the recent anti-racism protests that have been taking place around the world following the death of George Floyd.“We have to continue the conversation around injustices that are and have been inflicted upon black people all over the world,” Smith said in a statement.

George Floyd and Breonna Taylor are still ongoing. The call to eradicate the systemic racism plaguing our country is ongoing.

Well that backfired. After Donald Trump called a Black Lives Matter mural planned for outside the Trump Tower a “symbol of hate,” New York City pressed forward with artwork across all five boroughs. The most recent was massive letters on the street outside the Federal Courthouse in lower Manhattan, spelling out the words Black Lives Matter. This is exactly what’s intended for outside Trump’s former home.

Rome Flynn, 28, has been using his celebrity platform to spread awareness and show support for the Black Lives Matter movement. The How to Get Away With Murder actor and singer, who released his latest hit, “Keep Me In Mind” in April, first joined protesters in Los Angeles following the tragic death of George Floyd on May 25. HollywoodLife spoke EXCLUSIVELY with the Emmy Award-winning star who explained what he witnessed during the protests and why there must be “unity” among police and protesters during the BLM initiative.

Monty Python star Sir Michael Palin is calling for an honor bestowed upon him and others by Queen Elizabeth II to have its insignia changed because it has imagery that is reminiscent of George Floyd's death — the medal depicts the Archangel Michael defeating Satan by standing triumphantly on his neck. The comedy actor is joining the chorus of people in the U.K.

She has been vocal about the George Floyd protests on her Instagram account.And Zoe Kravitz made yet another political statement as she picked up coffee to-go in New York City on Tuesday.The daughter of Lenny Kravitz, 31, was spotted wearing a censored N.W.A. 'F**k the Police' T-shirt as she took her dog Scout on a walk.

Captain America: The Winter Soldier. Since then, he’s been in seven different Marvel universe films and they all have one thing in common: lack of diversity.Sound about White, right?In light of recent protests, petitions and public call-outs following the death of George Floyd, the star of the upcoming Disney Plus television series The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, is speaking out on Marvel’s lack of diversity behind-the-scenes in an interview for Variety‘s Actors on Actors issue with fellow actor Daveed Diggs.“What are the ways that you find yourself interacting with the moment?” Diggs asked Mackie about Black Lives Matter.

Police Scotland was an “epiphany” in his career as he spoke in the wake of riots sparked by the death of George Floyd.Chitwood said he had been heavily influenced by a trip to Scotland in 2015 where he was trained in techniques aimed at reducing the use of force and firearms.He was one of dozens of US law enforcement officials who spent several days at Tulliallan, Police Scotland’s training centre and headquarters near Stirling.He said: “It was an epiphany to sit there and watch. They have to use their wits.