John Lewis, the civil rights leader and long-time congressman who died in 2020, left a legacy in the creation of a foundation to carry on his push for young people to stay civically engaged — what he called “good trouble.”
In Washington, D.C. this week, Alfre Woodard and Common were among the figures who helped officially launch the effort, at a gala in the Schuyler ballroom at the Hamilton Hotel. It included a performance by Common, as well as a preview of a series of conversations called the Good Trouble talk. This one featured Common and Charlayne Hunter-Gault. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Rep. James Clyburn (D-sc), Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-ga) and Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-ga) also spoke.
The event raised money for the John and Lillian Miles Lewis Foundation, named for Lewis and his wife, who died in 2012. The organization got its tax exempt status in 2019, but after his illness and then the Covid pandemic,...
In Washington, D.C. this week, Alfre Woodard and Common were among the figures who helped officially launch the effort, at a gala in the Schuyler ballroom at the Hamilton Hotel. It included a performance by Common, as well as a preview of a series of conversations called the Good Trouble talk. This one featured Common and Charlayne Hunter-Gault. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Rep. James Clyburn (D-sc), Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-ga) and Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-ga) also spoke.
The event raised money for the John and Lillian Miles Lewis Foundation, named for Lewis and his wife, who died in 2012. The organization got its tax exempt status in 2019, but after his illness and then the Covid pandemic,...
- 5/20/2022
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
The New Yorker Festival will once again be a largely virtual affair this year, though a number of in-person events will also be held outdoors, at Brooklyn’s Skyline Drive-In.
The 22nd annual edition of the festival will take place October 4 to 10.
Amy Schumer, Stanley Tucci, Aimee Mann and Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl are among the confirmed participants, with more to be announced over the coming days. There will also be a preview screening of Stephen Karam’s The Humans, a film adaptation of his Tony Award-winning play, as well as an event focused on HBO limited series Scenes from a Marriage.
The festival has attained a notable profile on the fall cultural calendar over the past two decades, offering the Condé Nast-owned magazine new revenue opportunities. Prior to the pandemic, dozens of festival events would typically unfold simultaneously at multiple indoor venues across the city, among them Town Hall,...
The 22nd annual edition of the festival will take place October 4 to 10.
Amy Schumer, Stanley Tucci, Aimee Mann and Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl are among the confirmed participants, with more to be announced over the coming days. There will also be a preview screening of Stephen Karam’s The Humans, a film adaptation of his Tony Award-winning play, as well as an event focused on HBO limited series Scenes from a Marriage.
The festival has attained a notable profile on the fall cultural calendar over the past two decades, offering the Condé Nast-owned magazine new revenue opportunities. Prior to the pandemic, dozens of festival events would typically unfold simultaneously at multiple indoor venues across the city, among them Town Hall,...
- 9/13/2021
- by Dade Hayes
- Deadline Film + TV
The list of Peabody Award winners for 2013 was announced today prior to the formal ceremony scheduled to take place on May 19th. The large list, 46 winners in total this year, is highlighted by shows such as "Orange is the new Black," "Scandal," "House of Cards," "Breaking Bad," and "Orphan Black." Named after George Foster Peabody, the awards are the oldest in broadcasting and designed to recognize excellence across that spectrum. There are no categories for the Peabody Awards and no set number of winners – the judges simply decide whether a submission is deserving or not. Winning requires a unanimous vote from the 16 member board. Consequently, this year has 46 winners whereas last year there were 39. Ira Glass, who is also hosting the ceremony in May, made the announcement about the recipients on CBS's early show, "CBS This Morning," along with Charlayne Hunter-Gault, a Peabody board member. Glass's program, "This American Life,...
- 4/2/2014
- by Josh Lasser
- Hitfix
Diane Haithman contributes to Deadline’s TCA coverage. Included on today’s TCA panel on PBS’s new documentary The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross With Henry Louis Gates (along with Gates and journalist Charlayne Hunter-Gault) was a grown-up Ruby Bridges, known for being the first black child to attend a public elementary school in the South (1960, age 6, New Orleans). She revealed that she was taught alone in one room for a full year by a teacher from Boston because many of the local teachers refused to teach black kids. “I never missed a day of school and neither did she,” Bridges said. After the panel, Deadline asked Bridges for her comment about two stories of involving race that have recently dominated the news: The high-profile George Zimmerman case and the less highly-charged instance of Paula Deen confessing under oath to having used the N-word. On Zimmerman: “Being a mother myself,...
- 8/7/2013
- by THE DEADLINE TEAM
- Deadline TV
Daily NPR newsmagazine Morning Edition is soliciting the help of correspondents Gwen Thompkins and Ofeibea Quist-Arcton for its week long featurette of burgeoning African powerhouses in culture, art and literature. "Emerging Voices" will broadcast drive time snippets showcasing the contributions of five contemporary artists inspired by the continent's bountiful influences and varied past.
Africa-assigned journalists Thompkins and Quist-Arcton will moderate the segment with profiles, interviews and sound clips gathered from the reporting field. Additional reports from Johannesburg will be filed by correspondent Charlayne Hunter-Gault.
Each day "Emerging Voices" will study a new rising star in African culture.
Teddy Afro, a commercially successful singer in Ethiopia, is often compared to reggae great Bob Marley. His music decries the country's repressive autocratic regime and eases the passing of his current prison sentence for complicity in a traffic-related fatality.
Africa-assigned journalists Thompkins and Quist-Arcton will moderate the segment with profiles, interviews and sound clips gathered from the reporting field. Additional reports from Johannesburg will be filed by correspondent Charlayne Hunter-Gault.
Each day "Emerging Voices" will study a new rising star in African culture.
Teddy Afro, a commercially successful singer in Ethiopia, is often compared to reggae great Bob Marley. His music decries the country's repressive autocratic regime and eases the passing of his current prison sentence for complicity in a traffic-related fatality.
- 7/31/2009
- icelebz.com
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