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EXCLUSIVE: Netflix is in talks with “Black-ish” and “BlackAF” creator Kenya Barris and “Happy” singer Pharrell Williams to develop a feature-length musical about Juneteenth – the commemoration of the end of slavery in the United States. Deadline understands that the streamer and the pair are in the early stages of working up a plan for …

Usher is advocating to make Juneteenth a federal holiday in an op-ed published in The Washington Post on Friday. Juneteenth, which falls on June 19, commemorates the end of slavery in the U.S. “Recognizing Juneteenth as a national holiday would be a small gesture compared with the greater social needs of black people in America,” …

Rio Tinto on Friday launched a board-led review into how the miner destroyed two ancient and sacred Aboriginal caves in Western Australia, stepping up its response to the blasts after weeks of public criticism and shareholder dismay. With state government approval, the world’s biggest iron ore miner destroyed two caves at Juukan Gorge, one of …

New York’s Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center both said on Thursday that they have canceled their performances for the rest of 2020, due to the coronavirus pandemic. The twin announcements from the two New York City landmarks signal that the city’s cultural life will be slow to return. In typical years, late September marks the …

Elon Musk has denied an allegation he had a ‘three-way affair’ with Johnny Depp’s ex wife Amber Heard, 34, and model Cara Delevingne, 27. It had been claimed in explosive new testimony that Musk and Delevingne had been involved in a secret three-way relationship in 2016. The court documents also allege Heard’s affair with Musk …

Kid Rock’s Nashville bar had its beer permit temporarily yanked for breaking a city coronavirus health order, a report said. Kid Rock’s Big Honky Tonk and Steakhouse was issued a five-day suspension by the Metropolitan Beer Permit Board after the downtown establishment was caught serving customers at its bar on Saturday night, The Tennessean reported. …

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.) told reporters on Thursday that Democrats were readying a possible $1.5 trillion infrastructure spending bill. There have already been various proposals to tie infrastructure spending to a coronavirus economic relief bill, although those efforts have so far not borne fruit. President Trump has stated that he would support an …

The Justice Department asked a judge on Wednesday evening to issue an emergency order to block the release of former national security adviser John Bolton’s upcoming book, saying the book contains government secrets. The move marks an escalation by the Trump administration of its civil suit filed Tuesday against Bolton, in which the government asked a court to …

The World Health Organization said Wednesday it is ending its trial of the drug hydroxychloroquine, the malaria drug promoted by President Trump and others as a treatment for coronavirus, citing data indicating the drug was not effective. The WHO found that there was “no apparent beneficial effect of hydroxychloroquine” and ended testing for the drug …

Coronavirus-stricken Broadway star Nick Cordero has lost 65 pounds in his ongoing battle against the illness, his wife revealed Wednesday night. Amanda Kloots gave an update on Cordero’s condition as she took questions on Instagram Live, telling fans that her husband is still “so weak.” “No, unfortunately not,” Kloots responded when asked if Cordero could …