'Wonka' ends the year No. 1 at the box office, 2023 sales reach $9 billion in post-pandemic best
Hollywood closed out an up and down 2023 with โWonkaโ regaining No. 1 at the box office, strong sales for โThe Color Purpleโ and an overall $9 billion in ticket sales that improved on 2022โs grosses but fell about $2 billion shy of pre-pandemic norms.
Paul Harding and Justin Torres are among the National Book Award finalists
Paul Hardingโs Maine-based historical novel โThis Other Eden,โ Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyahโs dystopian โChain-Gang All-Starsโ and Justin Torres' multi-generational โBlackoutsโ are among the fiction finalists for the National Book Awards.
Justice Jackson reports flowers from Oprah, designer clothing as Thomas delays filing disclosure
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson has disclosed that she received a $1,200 congratulatory floral display from Oprah Winfrey and $6,580 in designer clothing for a magazine photo shoot in her first months as the first Black woman on the Supreme Court.
Oprah delivers November surprise, endorses Fetterman over Oz
TV icon Oprah Winfrey is endorsing Democrat John Fetterman in Pennsylvaniaโs hotly contested Senate race and rejecting Republican Dr. Mehmet Oz. Winfrey helped launch Oz to stardom nearly two decades ago when she brought the heart surgeon on her popular daytime talk show as a regular guest.
Mamie Till depiction seen as tribute to Black female leaders
A new biopic about the mother of Emmett Till, the 14-year old Black boy whose lynching in Mississippi in 1955 catalyzed the U.S. civil rights movement, is being promoted as a tribute to Black women and Black mothers who are continuing her legacy and fight for justice, equality and equity.
Meghan speaks about her efforts 'forgiving' royal family
Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, says โjust by existing,โ she and her husband Prince Harry โupset the dynamic of the hierarchyโ when they were in the U.K. The former actress made headlines in Britain on Tuesday with with an interview with U.S. magazine The Cut.
Dems: Discovery, AT&T merger will hurt diversity, workers
House Democrats are raising concerns that the proposed merger of Discovery and AT&Tโs WarnerMedia, a $43 billion effort to conquer the world of streaming, could affect diversity efforts in Hollywood and particularly hurt Latinos, who are already deeply underrepresented.