PHILADELPHIA -- For a few months last year, "Queer Eye" star Tan France and the rest of the Netflix show's Fab Five lived in Philadelphia's Old City, fanning out each day to help the people he calls "heroes" improve their lives with everything from new wardrobes and hairstyles to new ways of thinking about their work and maybe even their places ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS -- Sara Sidner makes sure to never cry at work, not while covering the Libyan civil war, Mumbai terrorist attacks or riots in Ferguson, Mo.

Last Sunday, she broke her rule.

It happened when Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo unexpectedly dropped by the site where George Floyd perished and agreed to chat with the CNN ...Read more

Indie music artists are joining in the chorus of voices decrying police brutality on the black community.

Phantogram, Jesse Malin, Jay Watts, Matthew Caws of Nada Surf, Bartees Strange, Lonemoon, Rogue Wave, Lateef the Truthspeaker, Crashing Hotels, Nick Andre, Worriers, Sulene, Superchunk and Damon & Naomi are among the acts who have ...Read more

"Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless -- like water," said Bruce Lee of a revelation that unlocked a deeper, more spiritual level of martial arts for him. "Now you put water in a cup, it becomes the cup; You put water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle; You put it in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now water can flow or it can crash. Be ...Read more

Gabrielle Union has filed a complaint of employment discrimination against production companies Fremantle and Syco, NBC and Simon Cowell after reporting alleged racist behavior on the set of "America's Got Talent."

Using language from NBC's recent statement about Black Lives Matter, a statement released Thursday on Union's behalf claims that ...Read more

Run the Jewels was supposed to be on the road right now with Rage Against the Machine -- two of music's most politically engaged groups barnstorming the country in the run-up to a presidential election that feels more consequential with every passing day.

Alas, the tour was delayed until 2021 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Yet America's ...Read more

"Star Wars" actor John Boyega risked professional fallout and delivered a powerful speech at a Black Lives Matter protest in London's Hyde Park on Wednesday.

His impassioned remarks about George Floyd's killing in Minneapolis highlighted racism and police brutality in Boyega's native United Kingdom and resonated worldwide.

"I'm speaking to you...Read more

Television networks continue to respond to the anguish and outrage sweeping across the nation in the wake of George Floyd's death at the hands of Minneapolis police officers with special programming.

Here's the latest:

--Coming Friday night is "Race Matters: America in Crisis" (9 p.m. EDT, PBS).

This hourlong "PBS NewsHour Special" will be ...Read more

I write today as a critic, a consumer and a citizen, on the subject of the Criterion Channel. It's one of the bright lights of the streaming universe, with an unerring curatorial eye on where we've been and what we need to bring along with us as a film culture.

When I can afford it, I get my $10.99 monthly membership's worth, no sweat. Plus, ...Read more

LOS ANGELES -- Variety Editor in Chief Claudia Eller was placed on administrative leave late Thursday, less than 24 hours after a heated Twitter exchange over the lack of newsroom diversity.

The dust-up came late Wednesday after Variety published an opinion column written by Eller, in which she acknowledged that she and other editors in chief ...Read more

LOS ANGELES -- For much of 2020, the developers at the Santa Monica-based studio Riot Games have been prepping for the release of "Valorant," a highly competitive video game that seems predestined to become the next esport sensation. After all, over the past decade, Riot's "League of Legends" has been the most popular esport in the world -- its ...Read more

You've been watching TV, right?

I mean, in between learning a new language, training for a future triathlon and stress-baking enough bread to fill three grocery aisles, you've probably had a few spare moments to reduce your streaming watch lists to zero and finally do that deep dive into Michelangelo Antonioni's movies on the Criterion Channel ...Read more

More electric hum than internal combustion vroom, the motorsports documentary "And We Go Green" efficiently introduces Formula E to a broader audience. The fledgling all-electric auto racing circuit, launched in 2014, has garnered a devoted following internationally but, despite holding Formula E races in Long Beach, Miami and New York, has made...Read more

In just under an hour, "Ursula von Rydingsvard: Into Her Own" manages to cover nearly 80 years in the life of the vibrant sculptor whose work-intensive art draws directly from nature and is then forged into almost mythological creations. While director Daniel Traub has little time to dive too deeply, the documentary serves as a fascinating ...Read more

The drama surrounding "Glee" alum Lea Michele has somehow gotten messier.

On Wednesday, multiple members of the original "Glee" cast, along with a producer for the TV series, shared their thoughts on the controversy as Michele's apology sparked another backlash. Earlier this week, actress Samantha Marie Ware accused Michele of subjecting her to...Read more

CHICAGO -- Citing "an abundance of caution," organizers for Milwaukee Summerfest have decided to cancel the major summer event, originally scheduled for June to early July, then moved to September.

In a statement, Don Smiley, president and CEO of Milwaukee World Festival, said:

"After careful, diligent, and thoughtful consideration and out of ...Read more