Famous Celebrity: Betty White Dies: The Golden Girls and Mary Tyler Moore Show Star Was 99

1. https://people.com/tv/betty-white-the-golden-girls-and-hot-in-cleveland-star-dead-at-99/

2. https://www.thelist.com/721911/betty-whites-cause-of-death-what-we-know-so-far/

Famous Celebrity: Betty White Reveals Her Secrets to a Happy Life at 100: 'I'm So Lucky to Be in Such Good Health'

 

https://people.com/tv/betty-white-reveals-her-secrets-to-long-happy-life-at-100-exclusive/?amp=true

Sports: NFL Hall of Fame coach, broadcasting icon John Madden dies at 85

 

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/32953839/nfl-hall-fame-coach-broadcasting-icon-john-madden-dies-85?platform=amp

Human / LGBTQ Rights: From Bhutan to Botswana, LGBTQ rights advanced in unexpected places in 2021

https://amp.dw.com/en/from-bhutan-to-botswana-lgbtq-rights-advanced-in-unexpected-places-in-2021/a-60217589

Movies / T.V. Shows: Top 10 Best Acting Performances of 2021

 

https://youtu.be/ccWJybcEge4

Religion / Happy Holidays from my church/congregation: Northwest Unitarian Universalist Congregation

https://www.facebook.com/nwuuc/videos/643148566709006/

Movie Actor / Director: Is Denzel Washington Close To Retiring From Acting? The A Journal For Jordan Director Shares Thoughts On His Career

https://www.cinemablend.com/movies/is-denzel-washington-close-to-retiring-from-acting-the-a-journal-for-jordan-director-shares-thoughts-on-his-career

History: Why America Is at War Over the History of Slavery

https://www.gq.com/story/clint-smith-year-of-the-brave/amp

Science: The scientist in Botswana who identified omicron was saddened by the world's reaction

 

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2021/12/16/1064856213/the-scientist-in-botswana-who-identified-omicron-was-saddened-by-the-worlds-reac

Music: The 50 best songs of 2021

 

https://amp.popbuzz.com/music/features/best-songs-2021/

Religion: What religion are you? ‘None’ now most common in US

 

1. https://www.syracuse.com/us-news/2021/12/what-religion-are-you-none-now-most-common-in-us.html?outputType=amp

2. https://amp.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/dec/15/us-religious-affiliation-study-results

Technology / Music: The Story Behind Kanye West's Stem Player

https://amp.www.complex.com/music/kanye-west-stem-player-alex-klein-interview/

Movie: Sonic the Hedgehog 2, Official Trailer (2022)

 

https://youtu.be/fv_d8zSmVtA

Entertainer / Music Celebrity News: Jury Finds Former ‘Empire' Actor Jussie Smollett Guilty on 5 of 6 Charges That He Faked Racist Attack

1. https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/jury-finds-former-empire-actor-jussie-smollett-guilty-on-5-of-6-charges/2704190/?amp

2. https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/us/live-news/jussie-smollett-trial-verdict-watch-12-09-21/index.html

3. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10285801/amp/Kim-Foxx-woke-Chicago-DA-tried-help-Jussie.html

Movie: Is Netflix's True Story based on real life?

 

https://www.hellomagazine.com/film/20211201127887/netflix-true-story-is-kevin-hart-new-show-based-on-real-life/?viewas=amp

Music / Spotify: My Top Songs of 2021 - Spotify

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF1EUMDoJuT8yJsl?si=X6pyZDJgRFaOgy2J0cAV_Q

Human Rights Campaign: World AIDS Day Session 4: Being Balenciaga: A Journey As House in The Fight to End HIV

 

https://youtu.be/ph874rjEzEE

Human Rights Campaign: World AIDS Day Session 3: Rewriting The Narrative: Our Stories Are Our Future

https://youtu.be/q5CMbiw5amw

Human Rights Campaign: World AIDS Day Session 2: Global perspectives on HIV/AIDS

 

https://youtu.be/huKHM1qBhqM

Human Rights Campaign: World AIDS Day Session: Uplifting Trans Voices

 

https://youtu.be/gf_ctdmc3_4

LGBTQ+ / Health Resource: LGBTQ+ Health Guide

 

https://www.drugwatch.com/health/lgbtq/

Entertainer / Music Celebrity News: Former ‘Empire’ Star, Jussie Smollett’s Trial on Monday

 

https://youtu.be/6zet3QdlzZo

Out Style and Life: 12 LGBTQ milestones we’re thankful for this year

 

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna6672

T.V. Series: Will Smith reboots Fresh Prince of Bel-Air with a grittier tone

 

https://www.polygon.com/platform/amp/22798800/bel-air-reboot-teaser-trailer-peacock-will-smith

Human Rights Campaign presents Honoring Trans Awareness Week: A Reading of “Calvin” and Panel Discussion

 

https://youtu.be/OIyf_mgC1P0

Human Rights Campaign presents: Work in Truth: Workplace Readiness for LGBTQ Students

https://youtu.be/DCivb_gVzxU

Sports: Braves have a World Series Parade to celebrate championship!

 

https://youtu.be/7f_MHcFp9_s

Sports: The Atlanta Braves shut out the Astros 7-0 to become World Series champions

https://www.npr.org/2021/11/03/1051704261/the-atlanta-braves-shut-out-the-astros-7-0-to-become-world-series-champions

Mental Health Awareness / Black Men: Chance the Rapper says the idea to ‘man up’ is harmful to Black men’s mental health

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/chance-the-rapper-man-up-black-men-mental-health-213050956.html#origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F&cap=swipe,education&webview=1&dialog=1&viewport=natural&visibilityState=inactive&prerenderSize=1&viewerUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Famp%2Fs%2Fwww-yahoo-com.cdn.ampproject.org%2Fc%2Fs%2Fwww.yahoo.com%2Famphtml%2Flifestyle%2Fchance-the-rapper-man-up-black-men-mental-health-213050956.html%3Fusqp=mq331AQGsAEggAID

Tech. Update: APP-SOLUTE NIGHTMARE - WhatsApp will be blocked on MILLIONS of iPhones and Androids TOMORROW

 

https://www.the-sun.com/tech/3942559/whatsapp-iphone-android-blocked-models-when/amp/

Out Politics And Policy: 8 LGBTQ candidates who could make history in November

 

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna3940

Human Rights Campaign: HRC in Action Live!

 

https://youtu.be/KEPepn3hJgA

Movie: How Denzel Washington Helped Prepare Michael B. Jordan For His Work On Creed 3

 

https://www.cinemablend.com/amp/movies/how-denzel-washington-helped-prepare-michael-b-jordan-for-his-work-on-creed-3

National Columbus Day: Why the U.S. celebrates Columbus Day?

 https://youtu.be/fNqOGhDMm8k

National Coming Out Day: YouTube #PrideNeverEnds

https://youtu.be/QapoGqlP8yc

Celebrity Music: Drake’s 30 greatest songs – ranked!

 

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/sep/02/drakes-30-greatest-songs-ranked

Celebrity Tribute: Chadwick Boseman: Michael B. Jordan, Viola Davis & More Pay Tribute to Late Actor on Anniversary of His Death

 

https://www.msn.com/en-us/movies/celebrity/chadwick-boseman-michael-b-jordan-viola-davis-more-pay-tribute-to-late-actor-on-anniversary-of-his-death/ar-AANQHPC?li=BBnb2gh

Education: For Some College Students, Remote Learning Is a Game Changer

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/23/health/covid-college-disabilities-students.html

Sports / Spotify / Discussion: Muhammad Ali Special Part 1, With Sugar Ray Leonard and Jonathan Eig

 

https://www.theringer.com/platform/amp/2021/8/17/22628571/muhammad-ali-special-part-1-with-sugar-ray-leonard-and-jonathan-eig

Sports: MLB umpires show discrimination against non-white players, according to new study

 

https://sports.yahoo.com/amphtml/mlb-umpires-show-discrimination-against-non-white-players-according-to-new-study-191649525.html

https://www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article/68963/moonshot-a-new-study-shows-umpire-discrimination-against-non-white-players/

T.V. Show / Movie: 10 Guinness World Records About Superhero Movies And TV

 

https://screenrant.com/guinness-world-records-superhero-movies-tv/amp/

Outer Space / Science: Scientists Accidentally Find a 'Very Exciting' Unique Exoplanet Has More Water Than Earth

 

https://www.newsweek.com/scientists-accidentally-find-very-exciting-unique-exoplanet-more-water-earth-1613902?amp=1

The Toyko 2020 Olympics / Sports: Simone Biles wins medal in highly anticipated Olympic return

https://nypost.com/2021/08/03/simone-biles-returns-to-olympic-competition-in-balance-beam-final/amp/

The Tokyo 2020 Olympics / Sports: Gymnastics superstar Simone Biles withdraws from vault and uneven bars finals at Tokyo Olympics

 

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2021/07/30/sport/simone-biles-withdraws-vault-bars-intl-hnk/index.html

Entertainer / Music / LGBTQ Celebrity News: Judge allows Jussie Smollett’s lawyer to stay on the case

 

https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/judge-allows-jussie-smolletts-lawyer-to-stay-on-the-case/amp/

T.V. Show: ‘Arthur’ Is Ending After 25 Years

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/28/arts/television/arthur-final-season.amp.html

Film / Movie: King Richard Trailer

 

https://youtu.be/UhERVJTmGBM

Future Movie: Black Panther 2 Set Video Gives Surprise First Look At Marvel Sequel

 

https://screenrant.com/black-panther-2-set-video-wakanda-throne-location/amp/

https://cosmicbook.news/black-panther-2-leak-chadwick-boseman-t-challa

T.V. Show / MTV: MTV Cribs is Returning to Television

 

https://www.mtv.com/video-clips/1storx/mtv-cribs-mtv-s-cribs-returns-with-big-guests-and-bigger-houses

Comic Book / Spotify Podcast: Batman: Unburied Casts Black Panther's Winston Duke as Bruce Wayne

 

https://comicbook.com/dc/amp/news/batman-unburied-winston-duke-bruce-wayne-jason-isaacs-alfred/

T.V. Show: Dallas Cowboy, Roy Williams - MTV Cribs (video clip) | MTV

https://www.mtv.com/video-clips/90b8yd/mtv-cribs-roy-williams

80s Hip-Hop Icon: Biz Markie, Hip-Hop’s ‘Just a Friend’ Clown Prince, Dies at 57

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/16/arts/music/biz-markie-dead.amp.html

Future Space Travel: Watch live as Jeff Bezos launches into space on Blue Origin's first passenger flight

 

https://news.yahoo.com/watch-live-jeff-bezos-launches-134700891.html

Future Space Travel: Richard Branson Lands After Virgin Galactic Space Trip

 https://www.wsj.com/amp/articles/richard-bransons-virgin-galactic-set-for-travel-to-space-in-sunday-flight-11626002209

Former T.V. Celebrity: Bill Cosby filing to recoup ‘hundreds of thousands’ of dollars for wrongful incarceration, publicist says

 

https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/bill-cosby-filing-recoup-hundreds-thousands-dollars-wrongful-incarceration-publicist.amp

Movie: PRINCIPAL PHOTOGRAPHY UNDERWAY ON ‘BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER’

 

https://www.murphysmultiverse.com/principal-photography-underway-on-black-panther-wakanda-forever/

Storytellers / Childhood Trauma / Health Care: Good storytellers get better health care — but childhood trauma confuses the narrative

 

https://theconversation.com/amp/good-storytellers-get-better-health-care-but-childhood-trauma-confuses-the-narrative-162311

Former T.V. Celebrity: Bill Cosby released from prison after court overturns his conviction

https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2021/06/30/court-overturns-bill-cosbys-sex-assault-conviction-bars-further-prosecution.html

Climate Change: Dueling heat waves are baking the East and West Coasts. One is going to be worse than the other

 

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2021/06/26/weather/heat-wave-forecast-west-east-coast/index.html

Video Games: What Made Sonic the Hedgehog Such An Influential Video Game

 

https://www.sonicstadium.org/2021/06/what-made-sonic-the-hedgehog-such-an-influential-video-game/amp/

New Federal / National Holiday: Senate and House of Representatives passes bill to establish Juneteenth as a national holiday

1. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/senate-passes-bill-to-establish-juneteenth-as-a-national-holiday/ar-AAL5g0l?li=BBnbcA1

2. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-race-and-ethnicity-juneteenth-lifestyle-holidays-3cc3b7a56ec97b0bae3dbdff1da092ee

Film / Movie: Space Jam: A New Legacy Reveals Full List of Soundtrack Artists

 

https://comicbook.com/movies/amp/news/space-jam-new-legacy-soundtrack-artists-list/

T.V. Series: ‘Selena’ writers say Netflix series disrespected the singer — and staff

 

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2021-06-11/netflix-selena-the-series-showrunners-untitled-latinx-project-latino-gap?_amp=true

Future Film / T.V. Series: With every new story, director Barry Jenkins argues for hope. The director of Moonlight and The Underground Railroad keeps reaching for connection

 

https://www.polygon.com/platform/amp/22510959/barry-jenkins-films

Science / NASA: Don’t Miss the Breathtaking “Ring of Fire” Solar Eclipse

https://scitechdaily.com/dont-miss-the-breathtaking-ring-of-fire-solar-eclipse/amp/

LGBTQ Celebrity: Lil Nas X Makes Some Saucy Promises to His Fans to Kick Off Pride Month

https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/pride/9580954/lil-nas-x-pride-month-tweets/