A government equality adviser who quit her post has told Sky News a speech from an equalities minister on “gay conversion” therapies was the “final straw”. Jayne Ozanne, a member of the government’s LGBT+ Advisory Panel, said she resigned on Wednesday because she felt that ministers were not acting quickly enough to ban the practice.
Month: March 2021
When it comes to diversity, inclusion and representation, Hollywood is far from where it needs to be, but we are seeing progress. However, there are many blind spots that have been overlooked and cracks in the foundation that are growing bigger and bigger each day. If it doesn’t fix them, the industry will have more
Application security company F5 Networks on Wednesday published an advisory warning of four critical vulnerabilities impacting multiple products that could result in a denial of service (DoS) attack and even unauthenticated remote code execution on target networks. The patches concern a total of seven related flaws (from CVE-2021-22986 through CVE-2021-22992), two of which were discovered
LG has shared a timeline for the rollout of Android 11 to some of its phones in the European market. Till now, only a couple of LG phones have received Android 11 including the LG Velvet 5G in South Korea. Now, it looks like the company will be pushing the update to some of its
The John Lewis Partnership has revealed it does not expect to reopen all its department stores as coronavirus lockdowns are eased. The company, which also includes the Waitrose supermarket chain in its stable, announced last year that it would not pay a bonus to its staff – known as partners – for the first time
Nicole Rayy knows the power of a sad song. Her new music video for her own single “Sad Song” — premiering exclusively on The Boot — encapsulates the gloomy sort of days when the only things that hit right are some sweet treats, a romantic movie and a downtrodden soundtrack. In the new clip, Rayy
Anthony Mackie thinks one single role helped him become Sam Wilson in the MCU. The Falcon and the Winter Soldier star talked to Variety about the upcoming series. It turns out the actor thinks that The Hurt Locker was the project that really pushed him into the spotlight for a lot of viewers. Alongside future
Coming to America 3 is already being worked on according to series star Eddie Murphy in a new interview. The comedian sat down with Live! with Kelly and Ryan to talk about what’s next for the franchise. Nobody expected Coming 2 America this time last year, but it came onto the scene and has made
Here lately, Miranda Lambert has been making a lot of noise with her new album and her new bar, Casa Rosa. On top of this, she’s also using her non-profit, MuttNation Foundation, to donate $250,000 to 50 animal shelters in all 50 states, who’ve at-large, been pounded by COVID-19. Lambert had this to say in
“Tell me a story.” This is the command that Roman (Bakary Koné), a new arrival at La Maca penitentiary — a forest-borne fortress just outside of the Ivory Coast’s capital, Abidjan — is given almost as soon as he arrives. It’s quite a welcome. Dismissed by the prison’s guards for the gang affiliations that landed
Celebrating excellence, originality, and accessibility in writing by women in English from across the world, the Women’s Prize for Fiction has announced its 2021 longlist. The longlist encompasses a wide range of genres, themes, and settings—from London to Hong Kong, Barbados to Brooklyn, among others—and features both established authors like Yaa Gyasi and Ali Smith and newcomers
“John The Revelator” a Divine prophet?….perhaps… but surely a Divine screenwriter, author, songwriter and singer/musician. John Fusco is responsible for “Crossroads” starring Ralph Macchio, “Young Guns”, “Hildalgo”, “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny”, and the Netflix series “Marco Polo”, and now a dramatic double album “John Fusco & the X-Road Riders” with the leading
If there’s anything people on the internet love more than cute animals, it’s tales of Reagan-era drug-induced depravity. So on Tuesday, when Variety reported that actor Elizabeth Banks’ upcoming project would focus heavily on a bear involved in a botched drug smuggling operation, people on social media reacted in much the same way a coke-addicted ursine
Zack Snyder’s Justice League will unveil what was once the Bigfoot of the film industry: the titular director’s true rendition of the 2017 DC megamovie from which personal tragedy initially incited his exit. Indeed, rarely does a legendary unrealized project manage to manifest in such a definitive manner. Yet, while the film’s imminent HBO Max
GLENDALE — Public elementary schools in Glendale will begin a phased return to in-person instruction on March 29, as coronavirus rates across Southern California continue to drop. On Tuesday, the Glendale Unified School District’s Board of Education directed district leaders to move forward with its plan for a phased return of elementary students to campuses.
A former Suits co-star of the Duchess of Sussex has led the reaction to Piers Morgan’s departure from Good Morning Britain. Patrick J Adams used Twitter to hit back at Morgan’s criticism of Meghan, saying there were “plenty of bridges for him to find work under”. Image: Patrick J Adams did not hold back on
Boris Johnson has demanded the “immediate release” of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe in a phone call with Iran’s president. A Downing Street spokesperson said: “The prime minister spoke to Iranian President Rouhani this afternoon. “The prime minister raised the case of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and other British-Iranian dual nationals detained in Iran and demanded their immediate release. “He
EXCLUSIVE: BrickHouse Talent is bolstering diversity and inclusion in the industry by launching the first agency division to represent culture and inclusivity advisors on set and in the writers’ room. The news comes after filmmakers and studios have recently doubled down on efforts to authentically depict people of color, dramatically changing the industry in front of
Cybersecurity researchers on Wednesday shed light on a new sophisticated backdoor targeting Linux endpoints and servers that’s believed to be the work of Chinese nation-state actors. Dubbed “RedXOR” by Intezer, the backdoor masquerades as a polkit daemon, with similarities found between the malware and those previously associated with the Winnti Umbrella (or Axiom) threat group
Google Pixel 5a will reportedly launch on June 11, a known tipster has shared on Twitter. The phone is expected to be similar to Google Pixel 4a in terms of design and its placement in the Pixel lineup. A separate report states the Google Pixel 5a as well as the Google Pixel 6 will have
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