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Street protests in downtown Los Angeles Friday night resulted in the arrest of more than 500 people, as police battled to clear the streets after a night of violence that saw at least two LAPD vehicles set on fire.
Protesters physically battled police, smashed windows, looted and set items on fire during the…
A reporter for an NBC affiliate station in Louisville, KY was fired upon with rubber bullets Friday night during a live broadcast covering street protests in that city.
Kaitlin Rust, a journalist at WAVE 3, was live on the air when a man wearing a mask and vest that said “police” began firing rubber bullets at her and…
Tyler Perry is the latest Atlanta area celebrity to weigh in on the street protests taking place over the death of George Floyd, the Minneapolis man who died in police custody.
In social media posts this morning, actor/producer/director Perry asked for calm. He began on Twitter: “I'm not in Atlanta, but if I were I…
A rerun-heavy night saw an encore of ABC’s reality show Shark Tank tie for the win in the demo wars and also take home the crown for the largest audience of the night.
Shark Tank scored an 0.6, tied with a new FoxWWE Friday Night SmackDown for top honors in demos, but edging wrestling in total audience. Fox and ABC…
NASA and SpaceX is trying again Saturday to launch the Elon Musk-led company’s Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station with a pair of NASA astronauts aboard the company’s Crew Dragon spacecraft. The planned launch was postponed Wednesday due to weather concerns.
Today’s new window at Kennedy Space Center in…
President Donald Trump’s early Saturday tweetstorm took an oddly aggressive position, as the nation’s cities continued to erupt in protest over the death of Minneapolis man George Floyd earlier this week while in police custody.
Late on Friday, Trump was still trying to deal with the fallout of his Thursday tweet that…
The nation’s streets were filled with protesters Friday night, as angry reaction to the death of George Floyd continued to spread to at least 30 major US cities.
Floyd died in Minneapolis police custody on Monday, and a day later activists began protests in that city. Things have since escalated there and elsewhere…
The commercial industry never stopped once the coronavirus pandemic hit and TV and film production shut down. As people hunkered down under stay-at-home orders amid skyrocketing numbers of infections and death, commercial endorsement agents were flooded with requests from major brands which had to pivot quickly and…
Los Angeles Police were involved in physical confrontations tonight while attempting to detain some protesters in downtown L.A. during the third night of marches to decry the death of Minneapolis man George Floyd.
Local news showed police chasing some protesters through the streets near Pershing Square, but did not…
Jimmy Kimmel’s monologue was somber and serious tonight, as the late-night host shared his thoughts on the George Floyd death in Minneapolis and its aftermath.Â
Kimmel ran down the facts of the case as he saw them, and lamented “the senseless acts of violence that were brought on by a senseless act of violence,” and…
Apple has unveiled a first look at Ted Lasso, a new comedy series from Jason Sudeikis and Bill Lawrence that will premiere globally on Apple TV+ on Friday, August 14.
Sudeikis plays Ted Lasso, a small-time college football coach from Kansas hired to coach a professional soccer team in England, despite having no…
The Venice Film Festival has said they are bound and determined to do their event this year, even in light of the continuing Coronavirus pandemic. Now, the second wheel in the traditional Fall Festival Trifecta that launches awards season, Telluride, has sent an email to all, indicating that they intend to move ahead…
