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Kumail Nanjiani & Lupita Nyong'o Support DACA Dreamers At 90th Academy Awards
Kumail Nanjiani & Lupita Nyong'o Support DACA Dreamers At 90th Academy Awards Photo credit: screenshot ABC Television Network YTActors Lupita Nyong’o and Kumail Nanjiani used their presenting opportunity at the 90th Academy Awards last night to show strong support for "Dreamers," people who were brought to the United States as children and have…
Jimmy Kimmel Academy Awards Speech Touches on Sexual Harassment, Equality, Racism, Gun Control
Jimmy Kimmel Academy Awards Speech Touches on Sexual Harassment, Equality, Racism, Gun Control Photo credit: screenshot via Jimmy Kimmel Live YT Jimmy Kimmel, host of the 90th Academy Awards, used his opening monologue last night (March 4) to tackle a number of social justice issues affecting both the entertainment industry and society as a whole. In…
WATCH: Health Safety Software Company RL Solutions Pays Parking for 175 Strangers
WATCH: Health Safety Software Company RL Solutions Pays Parking for 175 Strangers Parking paid by RL Solutions on Random Acts of Kindess Day — photo courtesy of RL Solutions.It’s not surprising that RL Solutions, a safety software company for hospitals that has a Nelson Mandela quote on its landing page and programs ranging from infection prevention…
Major U.S. Sporting Goods Retailer Amends Gun Sale Protocol Following Parkland Massacre
Major U.S. Sporting Goods Retailer Amends Gun Sale Protocol Following Parkland Massacre The tragic mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida Feb.14 has successfully marshalled two forces proving audible above the din of the National Rifle Association (NRA) and its Second Amendment rhetoric: teenagers and commerce. In…
Juno Awards and Juno Week Events Help Foster Young Musicians
Juno Awards and Juno Week Events Help Foster Young Musicians Juno Cup 2017 — Rockers look on during skills competition, TD Place, Ottawa — photo courtesy of CARAS. To casual observers, the Juno Awards are star-studded, televised hoopla lionizing Canadian music and the business that supports it. But a closer examination of the Junos — and its attendant…
WATCH: David Schwimmer Gets Behind #ThatsHarassment Video Series Feat. Men Abusing Power
WATCH: David Schwimmer Gets Behind #ThatsHarassment Video Series Feat. Men Abusing Power The Boss #ThatsHarassment short film — screencapture via #ThatsHarassment Facebook channelA powerful series of six short films have been released that put various types of sexual harassment on notice. Collected under the banner #ThatsHarassment, the films by writer/…
WATCH: Andrew Cole's #NoJoke Anti-Bullying Trailer Features Patrick Stewart, Slash, Jane Lynch, More
WATCH: Andrew Cole's #NoJoke Anti-Bullying Trailer Features Patrick Stewart, Slash, Jane Lynch, More Andrew Cole — photo providedToronto-based musician Andrew Cole has spent the last few years confronting bullying and it turns out he's got a number of high-profile allies helping him with his cause. Cole's quest to record an anti-bullying song has…
Arkells Launch The Rally Concert Event To Support Refugee Health Charity
Arkells Launch The Rally Concert Event To Support Refugee Health Charity Arkells — photo via Big HassleCanadian rock band Arkells have launched their own hometown music festival in Hamilton, Ontario called The Rally and area refugee causes will benefit from the mega-concert. The event will take place June 23 at Hamilton's Tim Hortons Field and will…
Watch: Drake Challenges People To "Be Nice To Each Other" With God's Plan Video
Watch: Drake Challenges People To "Be Nice To Each Other" With God's Plan Video Drake comforts mother and son — screencap via Drake's YouTube channelDrake is using the release of his newest music video "God's Plan" to challenge people to "be nice to each other." Leading up to the release of "God's Plan" on Feb. 16, the pop star called the…
Read: Impassioned Articulate Common Sense Speech by Parkland Shooting Student Emma González on Stronger Gun Control
Read: Impassioned Articulate Common Sense Speech by Parkland Shooting Student Emma González on Stronger Gun Control Emma González — screencap via CNN YouTube channelStudent activists are making a strong push for stronger gun control laws in the wake of the Parkland, Florida shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School which left 17 dead. On Feb. 14,…
10 Important Songs For International Clash Day
10 Important Songs For International Clash Day The Clash — photo via Sony MusicWhen punk rockers The Clash were active between 1976 to 1986, the band led by Joe Strummer used their music to confront things like racism, police brutality, classism, terrorism, capitalism and pretty any other related cause that could negatively impact young people. More than…
Paul Simon Plans to Do Charity Shows After Farewell Tour
Paul Simon Plans to Do Charity Shows After Farewell Tour Paul Simon promo shot, 2016Paul Simon who begins his Homeward Bound – The Farewell Tour in Vancouver in mid-May, plans to follow it up with “the occasional” concert in a hall and “donate those earnings to various philanthropic organizations, particularly those whose objective is to save the planet,…
Recording Academy Announces Task Force After Uproar Over Women "Step Up" Comment
Recording Academy Announces Task Force After Uproar Over Women "Step Up" Comment Cyndi Lauper — screenshot from Grammy 2018 interview. Following upsetting and out-of-touch comments Recording Academy president/CEO Neil Portnow made after the Grammy Awards Sunday night (Jan. 28), calling for women to “step up” if they want to be executives in the…
Blues Brothers Winter Blues-themed Benefit Show To Support CAMH
Blues Brothers Winter Blues-themed Benefit Show To Support CAMH (L to R): Wayne Catania, Dan Akroyd, Kieron Lafferty — photo courtesy of the Phoenix Concert Theatre.There's going to be a Blues Brothers party in Toronto to combat the blues. More specifically, The Official Blues Brothers Revue, featuring Kieron Lafferty as the 1980's film character Elwood…
WATCH and READ Rapper Logic's Message at 60th Grammy Awards: Hate is Ugly
WATCH and READ Rapper Logic's Message at 60th Grammy Awards: Hate is Ugly Rapper Logic used his time in the Grammy Awards spotlight last night (Jan. 28) to declare that "hate is ugly" and "women are as precious as they are stronger than any man." Logic's hard-hitting message came during his performance of his suicide prevention anthem "1-800-273-8255…