politics
Octavia Spencer Offers Elon Musk’s DOGE Employees Poop Pie From ‘The Help’
"Bake sale for Washington to ALL DOGE employees and supporters," the Oscar winner wrote.
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Todd Haynes on Resistance, Reinvention and the Art of Letting Go
This year's Berlin Film Fest jury president talks about Donald Trump, the challenges for indie cinema, and what the AIDS crisis taught him about activism: "We have to really be careful about not yielding."
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NAACP Image Awards: Kamala Harris to Receive Chairman’s Award
The former vice president and 2024 Democratic presidential nominee will be recognized for her work in public service and leveraging her platform to drive meaningful change.
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BAFTA Awards: David Tennant Draws Applause With Donald Trump Joke in Opening Monologue
The host, returning for his second year in a row, welcomed an excited crowd to the biggest night in British film.
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Sheryl Crow Says “So Long Tesla,” Donates Money to NPR: “Under Threat By President Musk”
The Grammy-winning singer sold her Elon Musk-manufactured Tesla because she's no longer "willing to align" herself with the billionaire following his move into the Trump administration.
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Is the U.S. State Dept.’s Hollywood Outpost Toast?
American Film Showcase, a government-sponsored "cultural diplomacy" initiative housed at USC's film school that promotes progressive-minded movies abroad, has gone offline amid the new Trump administration's blitz of executive orders.
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Trump Says He Will Make Himself Chair of the Kennedy Center After Firing Board Members
The president said he had removed the chairman David Rubenstein, saying he did not “share our vision for a Golden Age in Arts and Culture."
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Lady Gaga Says “Trans People Are Not Invisible” as Grammys Get Political
The awards show, in a departure from the tone of other recent ceremonies and as the first such event during Donald Trump's second term, featured a number of comments about immigration and tariffs.
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Joy Villa Returns to Grammys With Trump-Inspired Red Cap: “I Love to See Rapists, Human Traffickers Deported”
The artist who made headlines during the Republican president's first term for her MAGA-supporting ensembles is back on the red carpet just weeks after President Trump began his second term.
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Trump Administration Responds to Selena Gomez Crying Over Mass Deportations With Mothers of Crime Victims
The singer and actress previously posted an emotional video regarding the deportation of undocumented immigrants, where she says through tears, "All my people are getting attacked … the children. I don’t understand."
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German Actors Protest Far-Right Vote in Parliament
A who's who of German talent signed an open letter calling for political leaders to "uphold democratic values" after a historic vote in the Bundestag that saw anti-immigration proposal pass with the support of the far-right.
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Madonna Slams Trump Administration for “Slowly Dismantling All the Freedoms We Have Been Fighting For”
The pop icon's comments come after the president signed an executive order barring transgender people from serving and enlisting in the military.
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