Displaying all articles tagged:

Protests

black lives matter June 3, 2020

Keke Palmer Urges National Guard to March With ProtestersThe actress went on Good Morning America to discuss the confrontation.

By Charu Sinha
love / hate June 2, 2020

What Critics Said About Do the Right Thing When It PremieredSpike Lee’s 1989 film was called both “a devastating portrait of Black America pushed to the limit” and “a rancid fairy tale.”

By Rebecca Alter

instagram June 2, 2020

Taryn Manning’s Instagram Post Is Basically a Pro-Trump Bingo Card“Donald can be very nice actually.”

By Rebecca Alter
black lives matter June 2, 2020

Halsey Gave Medical Care to Protesters Injured by Police“This is war on Americans. This is everyone’s problem.”

By Justin Curto
black lives matter June 1, 2020

Cole Sprouse Arrested and Zip-Tied During George Floyd Protest“This is precisely the time to contemplate what it means to stand as an ally. I hope others in my position do as well.”

By Devon Ivie
instagram June 1, 2020

Lana Del Rey Posts Looting Video on Instagram, Gets Called Out by KehlaniDel Rey of recently dated a cop fame.

By Justin Curto
black lives matter June 1, 2020

Ariana Grande, Halsey, and More Celebrities Spent Their Weekends ProtestingFrom all over the country.

By Devon Ivie
close reads June 1, 2020

Cops Are Always the Main CharactersTV perfected the cop show, metastasized it, and then franchised it into ubiquity. How does that affect the way audiences think about police?

By Kathryn VanArendonk
protests June 1, 2020

J.R. Smith Beats Up Man Who Allegedly Smashed His Car Window During ProtestDuring Sunday’s protest in Los Angeles.

By Halle Kiefer
ugh May 31, 2020

Jake Paul Insists He Didn’t Participate in the Looting He FilmedPaul and his friends posted videos from inside an Arizona mall.

By Devon Ivie
george floyd May 30, 2020

Police Hit Insecure Actor Kendrick Sampson With Rubber Bullets at L.A. ProtestPolice also hit him with a baton.

By Charu Sinha
protests May 30, 2020

Killer Mike Addresses Atlanta Protesters in Emotional SpeechHe urged protestors to “go home.”

By Charu Sinha

2020 election May 29, 2020

Taylor Swift Tweets Directly at Trump: ‘We Will Vote You Out in November’She @ mentioned him!

By Justin Curto
protests Feb. 28, 2020

Portrait of a Lady on Fire Star Storms Out of Awards After Roman Polanski WinsPolanski skipped the César Awards to avoid a “public lynching” by feminist activists.

By Jordan Crucchiola
scene report Feb. 1, 2020

‘We Stand With Alexandra Waterbury’: Inside a West Side Story ProtestAbout two dozen people showed up on Friday to voice their disapproval over the casting of Amar Ramasar.

By Lila Shapiro
fire drill fridays Dec. 27, 2019

Lily Tomlin Closes Out Her 2019 in Handcuffs, Protesting Climate ChangeYou wore shorts to your family’s holiday party, and the Grace & Frankie star went to D.C. to do something about it.

By Halle Kiefer
know her Nov. 1, 2019

Jane Fonda Arrest Watch: The Actress Is Off to Jail for the Fourth Week in a RowCuffing season, but make it literal.

By Jordan Crucchiola
the law Nov. 1, 2019

How Jane Fonda Convinces Her Famous Friends to Get Arrested“They have a profound experience during the arrest,” she says.

By Jessica Goldstein
icons Oct. 26, 2019

Skilled Multitasker Jane Fonda Accepts Her BAFTA Award Mid-Arrest“I’m sorry that I’m not there, but as you may have heard I’ve been getting arrested.”

By Devon Ivie
protests Oct. 25, 2019

Jane Fonda Arrested Once Again, This Time With Special Guest Star Ted DansonFonda’s climate protests continue into a third week.

By Jackson McHenry
protests Oct. 18, 2019

Sam Waterston and His Cable-Knit Sweater Also Got Arrested With Jane FondaAt Fonda’s weekly climate protest in D.C.

By Jackson McHenry
#muterkelly Jan. 16, 2019

R. Kelly Protesters Gather Outside Sony Headquarters Demanding They Drop Him“We’re here and we’re never leaving until you drop R. Kelly.”

By Dee Lockett

arrests Oct. 4, 2018

Amy Schumer and More Celebs Arrested at Kavanaugh Protest in Washington, D.C.Amy Schumer and Emily Ratajkowski have been detained.

By Jordan Crucchiola
politics Sept. 6, 2018

Man Brings Trump Flag to Frozen, Is Forced to Let It GoWhat a use of the money it takes to get that ticket.

By Jackson McHenry
off-off-off-off-off-broadway Aug. 4, 2018

Broadway Performers, Rosie O’Donnell Plan Musical Protest Outside White HouseIf you’re in D.C., stop by their Off-Off-Off-Off-Off-Broadway show.

By Halle Kiefer
sports page July 15, 2018

Pussy Riot Says They Were Behind the World Cup Final DisruptionFour people ran onto the field during the second half.

By Devon Ivie
protests July 9, 2018

Campaign to Taunt Trump With ‘American Idiot’ Ahead of U.K. Visit Is WorkingNow can you hear the sound of hysteria?!

By Dee Lockett
families belong together march June 30, 2018

Lin-Manuel Miranda Sings Hamilton Lullaby at Families Belong Together Protest“We’re here because there’s parents right now who can’t sing lullabies to their kids,” he told protesters. “This is for those parents.”

By Halle Kiefer
bill cosby trial Apr. 9, 2018

Topless Protester Arrested at Cosby Retrial Used to Be on The Cosby ShowThe woman arrested during the first day of the Bill Cosby retrial has been identified as Nicolle Rochelle, an actress who appeared on The Cosby Show.

By Natalie Hope McDonald
gun control Feb. 25, 2018

Oprah Compares Parkland Student Activists to the Civil-Rights Movement“That’s the reason I championed it. Because I feel the echoes of the past in the spirit of what they’re trying to achieve.”

By Halle Kiefer
Feb. 16, 2018

Three Billboards–Inspired Protest Demands Gun Control Action From Marco Rubio“Slaughtered in school. And still no gun control?”

By Jordan Crucchiola
protests Aug. 16, 2017

Mark Ruffalo and Michael Moore Led a Protest Outside Trump TowerThe protest also served as a vigil for Heather Heyer.

By Tolly Wright

arrests July 24, 2017

James Cromwell Arrested Yet Again, This Time for Protesting at SeaWorldThe American Horror Story actor wore a T-shirt that read “SeaWorld Sucks” while addressing patrons through a megaphone.

By Halle Kiefer
protests June 30, 2017

James Cromwell Sentenced to 7 Days in Jail Over New York Energy Company ProtestThe Young Pope actor refused to pay fines stemming from the 2015 sit-in.

By Halle Kiefer
protests June 19, 2017

Protesters Interrupt Shakespeare in the Park’s Trump-Like Julius Caesar AgainThe production closed Sunday night.

By Jackson McHenry
controversies June 17, 2017

Protesters Interrupt Trump-Themed Production of Julius Caesar“You are all Goebbels,” one protestor shouted, referencing Joseph Goebbels, Hitler’s minister of propaganda.

By Halle Kiefer
art and design 2017 Apr. 20, 2017

22 Artists, Critics, and Curators on What Makes Protest Art SuccessfulWe asked what works they’d found most powerful in the current climate — and what works from the past they felt inspiring in new ways.

By Rachel Corbett
art and design 2017 Apr. 20, 2017

Is Political Art the Only Art That Matters Now?The art world is going to war with Trump. If it doesn’t shoot itself in the foot first.

By Carl Swanson
protests Feb. 20, 2017

Russell Simmons Protested Trump’s Travel Ban at We Are Muslim Too Rally“We are here unified because of Donald Trump. We want to thank him for bringing us together.”

By Tolly Wright
protests Jan. 26, 2017

Iranian Actress to Boycott Oscars Over Trump“Trump’s visa ban for Iranians is racist.”

By Dee Lockett
protests Jan. 26, 2017

Shia LaBeouf Arrested at Trump Protest#FreeShia.

By Karen Brill
women’s march Jan. 26, 2017

Cyndi Lauper Criticizes Madonna’s March SpeechGirls just wanna have broadly digestible protest rhetoric.

By Karen Brill

shia labeouf Jan. 23, 2017

Shia LaBeouf Shouts a Racist Troll Off His Anti-Trump Livestream Exhibit At the actor’s Museum of the Moving Image installation.

By Halle Kiefer
women’s march Jan. 22, 2017

Bruce Springsteen on Women’s March: ‘We Are the New American Resistance’Springsteen couldn’t be with the protesters in body, but boy is he there in spirit.

By Karen Brill
protests Jan. 22, 2017

T-Swift, Zendaya, More Support Women’s MarchTaylor Swift, Jessica Chastain, and Zendaya are among the supporters.

By Karen Brill
protests Jan. 21, 2017

See Scarlett Johansson’s Speech at Women’s March“Don’t give up your power.”

By Karen Brill
protests Jan. 21, 2017

Ashley Judd Performs ‘I Am a Nasty Woman’ Poem at Women’s March on Washington“I feel Hitler in these streets, a mustache traded for a toupee.”

By Karen Brill
protests Jan. 21, 2017

Protesters Channel Princess Leia, Carrie Fisher at Women’s MarchTaking cues from a rebel icon.

By Karen Brill
scene report Jan. 20, 2017

Shia LaBeouf, Jaden Smith, and Woke Teens — Undivided — Protest Donald Trump“I don’t have any answers.”

By Dee Lockett
Jan. 20, 2017

‘Late Night’ Writers Amber, Jenny, and Ally Explain Why They’re Going to […]Tomorrow’s Women’s March in Washington DC marks the biggest organized rally after the inauguration, so during last night’s Late Night, Seth […]

By Megh Wright