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The New York Times is coming off a stellar Oscar season that saw two of its films earn Academy Award nominations: the short documentary A Concerto Is a Conversation, and the feature doc Time. Now it's got a fresh slate of contenders for Emmy season. The media outlet's documentary series for FX Network, The New York Tim…

Ava DuVernay’s collective ARRAY keeps on amplifying voices and artists to help push systemic change and representation with the release of W.J. Lofton’s Breonna Taylor-inspired visual poem Would You Kill Go Too? Lofton is the second artist commissioned for ARRAY’s Law Enforcement Accountability Project (LEAP), a fund…

The Louisville police department is moving to oust the officer who fired the shot that killed Breonna Taylor, a 26-year-old Black emergency room technician, during a flawed early morning raid on her home. The department is also seeking to fire a second officer who obtained a judge’s approval for the poorly planned…

Film and TV mogul Tyler Perry has donated $100K to the legal defense fund of Kenneth Walker, the boyfriend of Black medical worker Breonna Taylor who was died in her own home at the hands of Louisville Metro Police Department plainclothes officers Jonathan Mattingly, Brett Hankison, and Myles Cosgrove. Mattingly, who…

Charles Barkely kept his silence about the Breonna Taylor ruling during Saturday’s NBA pregame coverage after he received backlash for comments about the Kentucky attorney general’s decision. A day after the Kentucky official indicted Louisville Detective Brett Hankinson on low-level charges of wanton endangerment in…

Two Louisville Metro Police officers were shot tonight as protests broke out in response the grand jury’s decision not to charge three of the city’s officers involved in the March 13 killing of Breonna Taylor. A spokesman said at a news conference that both officers were being treated at a local hospital and that…

Kentucky native George Clooney, watching none of the officers get charged for causing the death of Breonna Taylor after tragedy resulted from a “no knock” warrant that resulted in a kicked-in door, a hail of police bullets and the death of an unarmed woman, was moved to issue a statement to Deadline after the Kentucky…

Refresh for updates Hollywood isn’t heeding an admonition from the Kentucky attorney general about celebrity opinions on today’s grand jury indictment – or lack therof – in the Louisville police shooting death of Breonna Taylor. “30 pieces of silver is the price for which #JudasIscariot betrayed #Jesus!,” tweeted D.L…

(Updated with Ben Crump tweet & KY AG remarks) A grand jury in Kentucky decided today to indict a Louisville cop with low level criminal charges in the fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor earlier this year. Not directly addressing Taylor’s death nor demands for accountability, former Louisville Detective Brett Hankison…

The theme of tonight’s Primetime Emmys was ‘Come As You Are’ in the pandemic, and for Limited Series Watchmen Lead Actress winner Regina King and Limited Series Mrs America Supporting Actress winner Uzo Aduba it meant using their fashion to bring light to the Black Lives Matter movement. Both winners wore T-shirts…

UPDATE: In an upset, 8-1 shot Authentic won the Kentucky Derby, holding off the charge of favorite Tiz the Law down the stretch and clocking in for the victory at 2.61. EARLIER: There are no fans allowed at today’s running of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs racetrack in Louisville, Kentucky. But there’s plenty…

On March 13, 2020, 26-year-old emergency medical technician Breonna Taylor was shot in her own home by Louisville police after they executed a no-knock search warrant that was not issued for her. To this day, the officers responsible for her death, Louisville Metro Police Sgt. Jonathan Mattingly, Officer Myles…