Man living with ALS for almost 25 years knocks skydiving off his bucket list Johnson is one of the longest survivors of ALS. He’s lived with the disease for almost 25 years, getting assistance from the team at Shirkey Hospice in Richmond, Missouri. He has traveled to ... 06/17/2024 - 6:57 am | View Link
Boston Celebrates 10th Anniversary of ALS Ice Bucket Challenge and Honors Pete Frates' Legacy Boston celebrates the 10th anniversary of the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, honoring Pete Frates' legacy and continued fundraising efforts. 06/14/2024 - 8:12 am | View Link
Frates family marks 10-year anniversary of ALS Ice Bucket Challenge Pete Frates died in 2019 at age 34, seven years after his ALS diagnosis. Pete was an inspiration to all of us - even to Pete's own heroes. Today, Boston Bruins legend Ray Bourque helps carry this ... 06/13/2024 - 4:25 pm | View Link
10th anniversary of ALS ice bucket challenge celebrated in Boston The Peter Frates Family Foundation celebrated the 10-year anniversary of the ALS ice bucket challenge Thursday.Former Bruin Ray Bourque attended the celebration 06/13/2024 - 3:42 pm | View Link
Ten years since first 'Ice Bucket Challenge,' how ALS research has progressed It's been 10 years since the Ice Bucket Challenge launched, a global phenomenon that changed the fight against ALS forever. 06/13/2024 - 3:35 pm | View Link
Wednesday marks Juneteenth, the federal holiday commemorating the day enslaved people in Texas first learned of their emancipation. It’s an occasion for Americans to reflect on how much progress has been made since that day in 1865, while also acknowledging how much work there is left to do. One area for reflection is to consider how Black people are represented in American culture
A Netflix documentary called Black Barbie, to be released Juneteenth (June 19), hopes to playfully jumpstart those conversations.
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The film examines the creation of the first Black Barbie doll in 1980 and features Black celebrities who had Barbie dolls made in their likeness.
NEW YORK — “The Outsiders,” a gritty adaptation of the classic young adult novel, became the essence of a Broadway insider on Sunday, winning the Tony Award for best new musical on a night when women made strides.
The musical based on the beloved S. E. Hinton book is about rival gangs of haves and have-nots in 1960s Oklahoma.
NBCUniversal is tapping an outside company to help it bring a broader array of viewers and advertisers under its media tent. Group Black, a collective that aims to spur the development of Black-owned and Black-produced media, will curate programming and develop new original content for a new hub on NBCU’s Peacock streaming service known as […]
The third time’s the charm. Jonathan Groff has won his first Tony Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical for “Merrily We Roll Along.” Groff played Franklin Shepard alongside Lindsay Mendez and Daniel Radcliffe who also won his first Tony Award at the 77th Annual Tony Awards, which […]
“Deadpool & Wolverine” will enjoy a release in mainland Chinese cinemas on July 26, simultaneous with its North American outing. And, despite hailing from what is arguably Marvel’s most adult franchise, the film will incur only “minimal cuts” for its China release. All foreign films entering China require permission to be imported, to clear censorship […]
Series “Barzakh,” starring top Pakistani actors Fawad Khan and Sanam Saeed, has set a streaming date. The six-episode series is produced by Waqas Hassan and Shailja Kejriwal for Zindagi, the Indian subcontinent focused programming block on streamer ZEE5 Global. It is helmed by critically acclaimed director Asim Abbasi who also directed Zindagi’s first Pakistani original “Churails” and the feature film “Cake,” which […]