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Journalists Under Fire: Reporters Covering Protests Face Rubber Bullets, Tear Gas, Arrests
By Brian Steinberg LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) – MSNBC anchor Ali Velshi usually gets to do his job from the comfort of a New York studio, surrounded...
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Lil Yachty, J. Cole, Halsey, Nick Cannon, More Artists Take to the Streets to Protest George Floyd’s Death
By Jem Aswad LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) – There’s been no shortage of musicians sounding off on social media, calling for an end to police violence and...
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YouTuber Jake Paul Gets Backlash for Filming Looting at Arizona Mall
By Jordan Moreau LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) – YouTuber Jake Paul came under fire after a video emerged on Twitter of him being around looters in an...
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Lady Gaga Calls Donald Trump ‘a Fool and a Racist,’ Urges Support for Black Community
By Jazz Tangcay LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) – Lady Gaga took to her social media platforms to express her anger over the senseless killing of George Floyd...
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Seth Rogen, Steve Carell, Harry Styles, Don Cheadle and More Donate to Minnesota Freedom Fund
By Jordan Moreau LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) – Following the death of George Floyd, many celebrities have come together to raise money for the Minnesota Freedom Fund...
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Global Protests for George Floyd Staged in Berlin, London and Toronto
By Manori Ravindran LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) – The untimely death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis law enforcement officers has prompted global protests in...
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Ramy Youssef on Casting Mahershala Ali, Sparking a Lindsay Lohan ‘Renaissance’ and ‘Ramy’ Season 3
By Will Thorne LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) – Much like many other producers and showrunners, Ramy Youssef has spent his quarantine editing remotely, frantically trying to finish...
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‘Mother Dough’ – a ‘History of Bread, Woman and Struggle’ – Wins First Iberseries Pitch
By John Hopewell LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) – Argentina’s “Mother Dough,” a four-part doc series portraying how women have fed humanity through their work at home and...
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‘Dark City Beneath the Beat’: Film Review
By Guy Lodge LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) – “We dance in the streets because we don’t have anywhere to go now.” There is much that sticks and...
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Joe Biden Urges Peaceful Protests: ‘We Must Not Allow this Pain to Destroy Us’
By Manori Ravindran LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) – Joe Biden has urged Americans to protest peacefully, and to not let their anger over the death of George...