What's streaming now: Dolly Parton rocks out, Godzilla stomps, 'The Crown' returns, 'Rustin' marches
This weekโs new entertainment releases include an album of rock songs by Dolly Parton, the first half of the final season of โThe Crownโ returns to Netflix and three dudes from โSaturday Night Liveโ get their first feature-film shot.
US Open honors Billie Jean King on 50th anniversary of equal prize money for women
After a rousing tribute from former first lady Michelle Obama, Billie Jean King on Monday celebrated the 50th anniversary of the U.S. Open becoming the first sporting event to offer equal prize money to female and male competitors, promising to never stop fighting to maintain that hard-won progress.
Jill Biden's travels show range of missions and emotions
Within the span of 36 hours this past week, Jill Biden went from clinking cups of beer with Doug Emhoff, the vice president's spouse, at a baseball game in Houston to joining the president in Florida to comfort families affected by the collapsed condominium building in Surfside.
Eddie Murphy inducted into NAACP Image Awards Hall of Fame
FILE - In this Jan. 12, 2020, file photo, Eddie Murphy accepts the lifetime achievement award at the 25th annual Critics' Choice Awards in Santa Monica, Calif. Murphy will be inducted into the NAACP Image Awards Hall of Fame this month. The NAACP announced Thursday, March 11, 2021, that Murphy will be inducted during the March 27 ceremony, which will air on CBS. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)LOS ANGELES โ Eddie Murphy was inducted into the NAACP Image Awards Hall of Fame at the organizationโs show that highlighted works by entertainers and athletes of color. Iโm very moved.โMurphy went on to send a message to Hall about his famous red leather suit from his 1983 stand-up special โDelirious.โโMy red suit was not that tight Arsenio,โ Murphy said. โI get a lot of cracks about that red suit.
Democrats assail Georgia law, make case for voting overhaul
He told reporters the Georgia law is an โatrocity" and the Justice Department is looking into it. Allies meanwhile plan to fight the Georgia law, and others, in court. He called as well for the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, which would restore some aspects of a landmark law struck down by the Supreme Court in 2013. Donald Trump, the former president who promoted false claims of election fraud, congratulated the Georgia governor and state leaders on the new law. 1 is vast, and its Senate counterpart would confront the new Georgia law by expanding voting by mail and early voting, both popular during the pandemic.
Michelle Obama aims to give a million meals in new campaign
This image released by Netflix shows former first lady Michelle Obama putting a chef's hat on Waffles, a furry puppet with waffle ears and holding Mochi, a pink round puppet, on the set of the children's series "Waffles + Mochi." Obama is launching the new Netflix childrens food show on March 16. (Adam Rose/Netflix via AP)Michelle Obama is launching a nonprofit campaign that aims to provide more than 1 million meals to food-insecure families in connection with the debut Tuesday of her childrenโs food show on Netflix. The โPass the Love w/ Waffles + Mochiโ initiative, named after the new series โWaffles + Mochi," is a collaborative campaign by the nonprofit Partnership for a Healthier America, its honorary chair Obama and Higher Ground Productions, the production company owned by the former first lady and her husband, former President Barack Obama. Roman says they will begin to roll out the campaign in cities that have the highest child poverty rates as the funds are raised.
Former presidents, first ladies urge Americans to get shots
(AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)WASHINGTON โ Four former presidents are urging Americans to get vaccinated as soon as COVID-19 doses are available to them, as part of a campaign to overcome hesitancy about the shots. Two public service announcements from the Ad Council and the business-supported COVID Collaborative feature Presidents Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter as well as first ladies Michelle Obama, Laura Bush, Hillary Clinton, and Rosalynn Carter. In a 60-second spot, the former presidents say what they're most looking forward to once the pandemic ends. It features Bush, Obama and Clinton encouraging vaccinations. The โIt's Up to Youโ campaign encourages Americans to visit www.GetVaccineAnswers.org to get the facts about the vaccines.