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Animated TV comedy 'The Simpsons' will no longer have white actors voice non-white characters, said producers in a statement on Friday. Other white actors, including Mi

'The Simpsons' ditches using white voices for characters of colour

Animated TV comedy 'The Simpsons' will no longer have white actors voice non-white characters, said producers in a statement on Friday. Other white actors, including Mike Henry of animated series 'Family Guy' and Kristen Bell of 'Central Park', have also said they will no longer voice characters of colour.&nbsp;The announcement comes amidst widespread racism protests over the killings of Black American George Floyd by police.

Animated TV comedy 'The Simpsons' will no longer have white actors voice non-white characters, said producers in a statement on Friday. Other white actors, including Mike Henry of animated series 'Family Guy' and Kristen Bell of 'Central Park', have also said they will no longer voice characters of colour. The announcement comes amidst widespread racism protests over the killings of Black American George Floyd by police.

Actress Priyanka Chopra Jonas and 'Bodyguard' actor Richard Madden have started shooting for Russo Brothers' upcoming spy thriller series 'Citadel' in Lo

Actress Priyanka&nbsp;Chopra Jonas and 'Bodyguard' actor Richard Madden have&nbsp;started&nbsp;shooting for Russo Brothers' upcoming spy thriller series 'Citadel' in London.
Announcing the news,&nbsp;Priyanka&nbsp;posted&nbsp;a photo of the warm welcome she received on her first day of the shoot and thanked her team for the lovely surprise.
The photo shows Priyanka&nbsp;posing beside a big bouquet of white button roses sent to her by the producers.&nbsp;

Singer Shawn Mendes has penned a heartfelt note for his girlfriend Camila Cabello on her 24th birthday. Taking to Instagram, the Canadian singer shared a beautiful pic

Singer Shawn Mendes has penned a heartfelt note for his girlfriend Camila Cabello on her 24th birthday.
Taking to Instagram, the Canadian singer shared a beautiful picture featuring himself with the birthday girl.
He said that Camila was among the best people he ever had the privilege of knowing, saying that there was no one who was kinder, braver or more beautiful than she was.
He also expressed his love for her saying that he loved her more and more with each passing day and called her 'mi Vida' which means 'my life' in Spanish.

'Country' star Dolly Parton has got her first jab of the Covid-19 vaccine in Nashville. The 75-year-old star sang her popular single by replacing the words

'Country' star Dolly Parton has got her first jab of the Covid-19 vaccine&nbsp;in Nashville.&nbsp;
The 75-year-old star sang her popular single by replacing the words 'Jolene' with 'vaccine' to inspire others to get vaccinated.
'Dolly gets a dose of her own medicine', the singer wrote as she shared the video on her Twitter handle.&nbsp;
The Grammy-winning legend&nbsp;took the vaccine developed by Moderna.

Hollywood star Alec Baldwin and his wife Hilaria Baldwin have welcomed their sixth child, a baby girl, five months after giving birth to their fifth child. The couple

Hollywood star Alec Baldwin and his wife Hilaria Baldwin have welcomed their sixth child, a baby girl, five months after giving birth to their fifth child.
The couple have named the newborn Lucia.
Taking to Instagram, Hilaria posted a picture of the baby and wrote that Lucia was &lsquo;a dream come true&rsquo;.
However,&nbsp;the couple have not provided insight as to whether they used a surrogate or adopted the child, something many people have been speculating on social media.
Reacting to trolls and irked by comments about his wife&rsquo;s pregnancy, the &lsquo;Departed&rsquo; star snapped at the followers asking them to &lsquo;mind their own business&rsquo;.

Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter Taylor Swift has lashed out at streaming giant Netflix after one of its series 'Ginny and Georgia' allegedly made took

Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter Taylor Swift has lashed out at streaming giant&nbsp;Netflix after one of its series 'Ginny and Georgia' allegedly took a jibe at the singer's past relationships. Calling it a 'lazy, deeply sexist joke' Swift shared&nbsp;the&nbsp;screenshot of the dialogue on Twitter and asked the OTT platform&nbsp;to stop degrading hard-working women by referring to these tasteless jokes as funny. Swift further called out Netflix&nbsp;for its apparent hypocrisy and said after airing her documentary Miss Americana last year 'this doesn&rsquo;t look cute on them'.&nbsp;Netflix has not yet commented on the criticism, nor has anyone associated with Ginny and Georgia.
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Hollywood actor Gal Gadot who is basking in the success of her latest release 'Wonder Women' has announced she is expecting her third child with husband Yaron Vars

Hollywood actor Gal Gadot&nbsp;who is basking in the success of her latest release 'Wonder Woman', has announced that she is expecting her third child with husband Yaron Varsano. Gal Gadot&nbsp;posted a happy family&nbsp;picture on Instagram&nbsp;&amp; wrote 'Here were go again'. The picture shows Gal Gadot&nbsp;posing for the camera along with her husband&nbsp;and two daughters.

Actress Priyanka Chopra opened up about facing negativity from her own fraternity. Speaking about the not-so-welcome response she received from the South Asian com

Actress Priyanka Chopra opened up about facing negativity from her own&nbsp;fraternity. Speaking about the not-so-welcome response she received from the South Asian community when she first forayed into Hollywood.
Priyanka&nbsp;told BBC&nbsp;in an interview, that while she and few other brown actors are trying to push for inclusivity in Hollywood, she continues to get picked on for no reason.
'The White Tiger' actress further added she&nbsp;notices a lot of people are protective about her, but she also gets negativity from a lot of people who have known her for a really long time.&nbsp;

Chloé Zhao has made Golden Globes history. Zhao, who directed ‘Nomadland’ is the first woman of Asian descent and second woman ever to win the b

Chlo&eacute; Zhao&nbsp;made history at the Golden Globes as she won the best director award for her work on&nbsp;Nomadland. Chlo&eacute; who directed &lsquo;Nomadland&rsquo; is the first woman of Asian descent and second woman ever to win the best director award in the 78-year history of the Golden Globes.&nbsp;Zhao accepted the best director - motion picture virtually from Bryce Dallas Howard.&nbsp;The semi-fictional &lsquo;Nomadland&rsquo; which also took home the award for best drama, stars Frances McDormand as a woman named Fern who travels around America as a modern-day nomad.&nbsp;

Hollywood star Chadwick Boseman has been posthumously honoured with a Golden Golden 2021 for his performance as Levee in the Netflix musical period drama 'Ma Rainey's B

Hollywood star Chadwick Boseman has been posthumously honoured with a Golden Golden 2021 for his performance as Levee in the Netflix musical period drama 'Ma Rainey's Black Bottom'.
The late star won the award in the best actor (Drama) in a motion picture category.
Boseman's wife, Simone Ledward, accepted the award on his behalf on a Zoom call.
Boseman, died in August, 2020 at the age of 43 following a four year-long battle with colon cancer.

The Golden Globes Awards 2021 has officially kick started Hollywood's much awaited awards season this year. The first award of the night Best Supporting Actor (Film) -

The Golden Globes Awards 2021 has officially kick started Hollywood's much awaited awards season this year.
The first award of the night Best Supporting Actor for films went to Daniel Kaluuya for his performance in biographical drama&nbsp;&lsquo;Judas And The Black Messiah&rsquo;.&nbsp;
This was followed by John Boyega's win as the Best Supporting Actor -TV for the show&nbsp;&lsquo;Small Axe&rsquo;.&nbsp;
Catherine O'Hara won Best Actress - Musical/Comedy (TV) for her performance as Moira Rose in the hit show&nbsp;&lsquo;Schitt's Creek&rsquo; while&nbsp;Emma Corrin won the Best Actress - Drama (TV) for her role as Princess Diana&nbsp; in &lsquo;The Crown&rsquo;.&nbsp;
Mark Ruffalo, won Best Actor in a Miniseries or TV Film for&nbsp;&lsquo;I&nbsp;Know This Much Is True&rsquo;.
&lsquo;Schitt's Creek&rsquo;&nbsp;won the Best Musical/Comedy TV Series at the Golden Globe. The award for the best actor in this category went to Jason Sudeikis for the show&nbsp;&lsquo;Ted Lasso&rsquo;.

The Beverly Hilton hotel in California will be empty on March 1, Monday, apart from the hosts Tina Fey and Amy Poehler as the 78th Golden Globes ceremony kick

Hosts Tina Fey and Amy Poehler&nbsp;will be the only ones at&nbsp;the Beverly Hilton hotel in California on March 1 as the 78th&nbsp;Golden Globes ceremony kicks off virtually this year. With no red carpet either, no fashion extravaganza, or even a semblance of a star-studded gallery audience, the Hollywood A-listers will most&nbsp;likely join the ceremony from their homes.&nbsp;However, there are bound to be some surprises in store.
Netflix film 'Mank'&nbsp;dominates&nbsp;the nominations with six nods, followed by The&nbsp;Trial of&nbsp;the&nbsp;Chicago 7 with five, joined by&nbsp;'The Father', 'Promising Young Woman' and Chlo&eacute; Zhao's&nbsp;'Nomadland' with four nominations each.
In the television category, 'The Crown' leads the pack with six nominations, followed by Schitt's Creek with five nominations and Ozark and The Undoing with four nominations each.&nbsp;
Viola Davis,&nbsp;Andra Day,&nbsp;Vanessa Kirby,&nbsp;Frances McDormand. &amp;&nbsp;Carey Mulligan are up for best actress in a drama category.&nbsp;While&nbsp;late Chadwick Boseman,&nbsp;Riz Ahmed,&nbsp;Anthony Hopkins,&nbsp;Gary Oldman&nbsp;and&nbsp;Tahar Rahim are the candidates&nbsp; in the best actor category
'The Father', 'Mank', 'Nomadland', 'Promising Young Woman', and 'The Trial of the Chicago 7' are up against each other for the Best Picture in a drama category.
This year's ceremony will be presented by&nbsp;Awkwafina, Joaquin Phoenix,&nbsp;Renee Zellweger, Kevin Bacon, Sterling K Brown, Tiffany Haddish, Kate Hudson &amp; Margot Robbie among others.

American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift has announced that she is cancelling all pending shows of her 'Lover Fest' tour due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Sharing the sad n

American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift has announced that she is cancelling all pending shows of her 'Lover Fest' tour due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Sharing the sad news on social media, Taylor wrote that she is disappointed as she won&rsquo;t be able to see her fans in person.
She added that she is sorry the shows can't be rescheduled, as the unprecedented pandemic has changed everyone&rsquo;s plans and no one knows what the touring landscape is going to look like in the near future.&nbsp;

Singer Lady Gaga’s two French bulldogs, which were stolen by thieves who shot and wounded the dogwalker have been recovered unharmed on Friday. According to the

Singer Lady Gaga&rsquo;s two French bulldogs, which were stolen by thieves who shot and wounded the dog walker, have been recovered unharmed.
According to the Los Angeles police, an unnamed woman who was not involved with the original theft brought the dogs to LAPD's Olympic Community Police Station and Gaga's representatives confirmed they were the pop star's dogs.
Gaga's dogwalker Ryan Fischer is being treated at hospital and is currently in stable condition.

BTS Army globally took to Twitter to demand a public apology from the radio host.

German radio network Bayern 3's presenter Mattias Matuschik has invoked the BTS Army's wrath worldwide after his tweet with 'racist' comments against the K-pop band went viral.
Calling the band 'similar to a&nbsp;virus like Covid-19', Matuschik&rsquo;s reacted to BTS&rsquo; recent MTV Unplugged program and wrote that they should 'go on a 20-year vacation to North Korea'.
Matthias also slammed BTS for covering 'Fix You' by Coldplay, calling it sacrilege and blasphemy and said that he hopes a vaccine for them would be available soon.
BTS Army globally took to Twitter to demand a public apology from the radio&nbsp; host.
However, Bayern 3 has issued a response, saying that Matthias was simply playing a character and that he got carried away under the guise of 'exaggerated excitement'.
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'Harry Potter' star Emma Watson's fans can now officially breathe easy. After just about a week of Twitter meltdowns and long, heartfelt goodbyes to the actress, rumou

'Harry Potter' star Emma Watson's fans can now breathe easy.
After about a week of Twitter meltdowns and long, heartfelt goodbyes to the actress, rumours of her retirement have officially been debunked.
The 30-year-old's manager Jason Weinberg has denied the report in a statement and said that Emma's social media accounts are dormant but her career isn't.
Emma was last seen on screen in 2019 as Meg March in 'Little Women', directed by Greta Gerwig.

The teaser for Zack Synder’s ‘Army of the Dead’ is out. Set in post-apocalyptic Las Vegas, the film’s teaser shows the undead staging a h

The teaser for Zack Synder&rsquo;s &lsquo;Army of the Dead&rsquo; is out.&nbsp;
Set in post-apocalyptic Las Vegas, the film&rsquo;s teaser shows the undead staging a heist at a casino.&nbsp;
The zombie film has an extraordinary cast with Dave Bautista and Ella Purnell in lead. Bollywood actress&nbsp;Huma Qureshi&nbsp;is also&nbsp;a part of the film.
'Army of the Dead&rsquo; will start streaming on Netflix from May 21.&nbsp;

Marvel's upcoming Disney+ series 'Loki' finally has a release date. Producers have shared that the series will start streaming on Disney+ from June 11, which is a

Marvel's upcoming Disney+ series 'Loki' finally has a release date. Producers&nbsp;have shared that the series will start streaming on Disney+ from June 11, which is a month later than it was originally planned.
'Loki' follows the story of the 'God of Mischief', played by actor Tom Hiddleston,&nbsp;as he steps out of his brother&rsquo;s shadow. The events on the show&nbsp;take place after the events of 'Avengers: Endgame'.
Hiddleston will be joined by Owen Wilson, as Mobius M. Mobius, a member of Time Variance Authority (TVA), that polices the timeline and multiverse.&nbsp;
&nbsp;Loki&nbsp;also features Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Sophia Di Martino, Wunmi Mosaku, and Richard E. Grant.

Grammy-winning singer Billie Eilish has opened up about her biggest fear & reveals that she cannot imagine being a bad person to anyone. Speaking about her fea

Grammy-winning singer Billie Eilish has opened up about her biggest fear &amp; revealed that she&nbsp;cannot imagine being a bad person to anyone. Speaking about her fear during an episode of&nbsp;'The Late Show With Stephen Colbert', Billie confessed that the idea that somebody could meet her and have a bad experience would make her want to jump off a cliff. Billie added that she&nbsp;wanted to be the artiste that she would want to be a fan of.&nbsp;

South Korean boy band BTS' Jungkook has once again changed his look and has dyed his hair.

South Korean boy band BTS' Jungkook has once again changed his look and has dyed his hair. The group's maknae took to Twitter to share a selfie that revealed he dyed his hair blue all by himself.
The new photo has sent the BTS' fandom, ARMY into a frenzy. While many fans approved of Jungkook&nbsp;changing hair colour others wondered why he was switching it so often.
Some wondered if the hair colour change has something to do with his mixtape.&nbsp;

Hollywood actor Gal Gadot has opened up about a time, when she was on the verge of quitting acting. Sharing a black & white photograph from a camera test

Hollywood actor Gal Gadot&nbsp;has opened up about a time, when she was on the verge of&nbsp;quitting acting. Sharing a black &amp; white photograph from a camera test that was conducted for 'Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice', Gal Gadot&nbsp;wrote that she will always be&nbsp;grateful to filmmaker Zack Synder for casting her and believing that she could bring Diana to life.&nbsp;
Stating that the photo makes her very nostalgic, Gal said it is&nbsp;proof that everything happens for a reason, and it is from a time when she was on the verge of giving up acting.&nbsp;

Animated TV comedy 'The Simpsons' and other shows are ending the use of white actors to voice characters of colour

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