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Juneteenth 2021 It took 156 years but Juneteenth was finally made a Federal Holiday in 2021. In a rare show of bipartisan unity, Congress voted almost unanimously to consecrate the date in which Texas slaves were notified of the emancipation (two years after it had been promulgated).

Yellow, Black and White is one of Russia’s leading entertainment groups. Renowned in the country for both film and TV, YBW is the studio behind Gold Diggers, the hit TV series that’s already been seen by 25 million Russians.

As summer TV looks sad, if not bleak amidst reruns and a lack of original programming due to the pandemic shutdown, there seems to be a clearer picture emerging as to what themes speak to audiences and may continue to thrive in the fall. The average number of new shows on network TV in the past three summers was roughly 50.

For over 40 years the HFPA has recorded famous and celebrated actresses, actors, and filmmakers. The world's largest collection of its kind - over 10,000  items - is now in the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences Margaret Herrick Library.

Before an actor goes on stage in the theater, in a nod to superstition, it is accepted to tell them to ‘break a leg' to wish them good luck. Somehow Scott Eastwood took the term a bit too literally and showed up in Bulgaria to begin shooting The Outpost with a broken ankle.

22-year old Daisy Edgar-Jones and her 24-year old co-star Paul Mescal had many intimate scenes as Marianne and Connell, who fall in love in Hulu’s TV-series Normal People. The TV series is based on Sally Rooney’s bestselling novel Normal People from 2018 and is directed by Lenny Abrahamson and Hettie Macdonald.

Josh Gad Josh Gad s one of Hollywood’s most versatile actor-comedian-singers who has enjoyed success both in front and behind the camera through his 18-year career.   This 39-year-old Florida native is known for roles in such movies as The Internship, 21, Love & Other Drugs, Jobs, The Wedding Singer, A Dog’s Purpose and A Dog’s Journey, Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express, and most recently, Artemis Fowl.

It is always a pleasure to interview Bette Midler and this last time was no exception. She spoke to the HFPA virtually from her home in New York about the Netflix series The Politician created by Ryan Murphy, where she plays Chief of Staff to a seasoned State Senator from New York (Judith Light) running for re-election against a millennial (Ben Platt) whose mother (Gwyneth Paltrow) is running for Governor of California.

Doing the Work is a series profiling key recipients of HFPA Philanthropy. From the very first moment you meet Dr.

Stana Katic was struggling with phone reception when we caught up to talk about the long-awaited third season of her drama series, Absentia. The actress previously known for eight seasons as Detective Kate Beckett on the series Castle, says her technology issues are not surprising, as she’s been spending her Covid19 lockdown on a remote Californian property she describes as “off the grid”, with husband Kris Brkljac and their extended family, including parents, nieces, and nephews who are all helping tend the veggie garden and feed the chickens.