BBC America’s “Killing Eve” is facing backlash for what appears to be a stark lack of diversity in its writers room for season four. Eyebrows were raised on Friday night after one of the series’ writers, Kayleigh Llewellyn, tweeted a now-deleted post showing a screenshot of a Zoom call between the show’s writers. “15 weeks…
via ‘Killing Eve’ Faces Backlash for Lack of Diversity in Writers’ Room — Variety
Facebook fired an engineer who publicly — and vehemently — opposed the social-media giant’s inaction on Donald Trump, over a tweet criticizing a coworker for not cosigning a Black Lives Matter statement. 25 more words
“No Time to Die” will be releasing in U.S. theaters five days earlier than expected. The James Bond film’s Twitter account made the announcement on Saturday morning, revealing it will head to U.S. 24 more words
via ‘No Time to Die’ Release Date Moved Up Five Days in the U.S. — Variety
ABC News said it placed one of its senior executives on administrative leave after a Huffington Post report detailed alleged complaints about her behavior lodged by staffers to the human-resources department. 26 more words
CNN hosted a second town hall on Saturday in partnership with “Sesame Street.” This time, CNN anchor Erica Hill and CNN chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta taught kids and their families about coronavirus through lessons from beloved “Sesame Street” characters and special guests, including gold medal-winning Olympic gymnasts Simone Biles and Laurie Hernandez and…
via ‘Sesame Street,’ CNN Teach Kids About Coronavirus in Second Town Hall — Variety
Actors Tiffany Haddish and Lil Rel Howery joined a Black Women Lead protest on Friday outside of the iconic L.A. comedy club Laugh Factory, both giving powerful speeches in support of the Black Lives Matter movement. 26 more words
via Tiffany Haddish, Lil Rel Howery Speak Out at Black Lives Matter Protest (Watch) — Variety
British comedians Matt Lucas and David Walliams have apologized for the use of blackface in their BBC series “Little Britain.” Lucas and Walliams posted identical public apologies on Twitter at the same time on Saturday evening, days after Netflix, BBC on-demand service iPlayer and Britbox removed the series from their platforms. 6 more words
via ‘Little Britain’ Creators Apologize After Netflix, BBC Pull Show Over Blackface Concerns — Variety
UPDATED: Spike Lee has issued an apology for his comments defending Woody Allen against cancel culture in Hollywood. “I deeply apologize. My words were wrong. I do not and will not tolerate sexual harassment, assault or violence. 22 more words
via Spike Lee Apologizes for Defending Woody Allen Against Cancel Culture — Variety
President Trump announced on Twitter Friday night that he has decided to reschedule his June 19 rally in Tulsa, Okla., in observance of the Juneteenth holiday. 33 more words
via Trump Reschedules Rally Planned for Juneteenth ‘Out of Respect’ for Holiday — Variety
Fox News has removed a digitally altered photo that claimed to be from protests in Seattle when it was actually a combination of pictures from different cities. 30 more words
via Fox News Removes Altered Photo of Seattle Protests From Website — Variety
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