Heather Morris Apologizes After Defending Late ‘Glee’ Co-Star Mark Salling In Controversial Tweets

GLAAD, the queer (LGBTQ) media advocacy organization, announced that it will honor award-winning actress, singer, and activist Michaela Jaé (Mj) Rodriguez with the Stephen F. Kolzak Award at the 33rd Annual GLAAD Media Awards in Los Angeles at the Beverly Hilton on Saturday, April 2, 2022.

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“villain.” Disgruntled puzzlers continue to gripe that the New York Times is making their beloved Wordle “too hard.” The publication is now being accused of “trolling millennials” with Wednesday’s Wordle of the day, with many players deeming it so obscure only “Bob the Builder” could solve it. The latest incident of puzzle panic comes a week after the blockbuster game migrated to the website of the Times, which bought it from creator Josh Wardle in January for an “undisclosed” seven-figure sum.The viral brain teaser — in which players get six tries to guess a new five-letter word each day — has become a staple of puzzle lovers of late.

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Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaBrenda Deiss, a former NASA secretary who became an unexpected movie star with her role as a tough-talking matriarch in “Red Rocket,” died Monday in Clear Lake, Tex., from complications following a stroke she suffered in January. She was 60. A spokesperson for “Red Rocket” confirmed Deiss’ death to Variety.Deiss came to acting late in life.

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Wilson Chapman editorMichaela Jaé Rodriguez will be honored with the Stephen F. Kolzak Award at this year’s GLAAD Media Awards, the organization announced Wednesday.Now in its 33rd year, the GLAAD Media Awards honor film, TV and media that advance the representation of LGBTQ+ people and topics.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorWhile A+E’s History Channel sets out to tell the story of Abraham Lincoln in a documentary over three nights  it will also tell the stories of formerly enslaved people who were also an important part of that era in a mini-series backed by one of its advertisers.Ancestry is sponsoring a three-part miniseries that will accompany the Lincoln work, which debuts February 20, the latest in A+E’s efforts to craft bespoke programming segments that burnish ad messages while at the same time keeping viewers tuned to the programing for which they originally came.“To me, this is not a commercial break, this is not a ‘brought to you by,’” says David DeSocio, executive vice president of ad sales marketing and partnerships at A+E Networks, in a recent interview. “It’s a continuation of the story, but on a very personal level.” Each of the content segments accompanying the “Lincoln” project will be introduced by Christy Coleman, executive director of the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation in Williamsburg, VA, and a contributor to the documentary.

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planned sale to Najafi Companies for $173 million, individuals with knowledge of the talks told TheWrap. In an SEC filing, ErosSTX confirmed that the company had received another offer under the go-shop process that was previously outlined in the initial terms of the sale, but did not name Lionsgate as the potential buyer.

Glee star Heather Morris has apologised for a series of now-deleted tweets about her co-star Mark Salling.The actress, who played Brittany in the show, shared a statement on Twitter responding to her own series of tweets speaking out against a fan-edited photo of the Glee cast that had put a vomit emoji over Salling’s face.In 2015, Salling was arrested for downloading more than 50,000 images of child pornography and sexualized images of children on his laptop, as well as 4,000 other photos and 160 videos of child pornography on a flash drive.He died by apparent suicide in 2018, shortly after he agreed to plead guilty to the charges.Morris had written on Twitter about only being able to grieve the deaths of late co-stars Cory Monteith and

Heather Morris is apologizing to anyone who felt triggered by the recent comments she made about her late Glee co-star Mark Salling. After someone placed a vomit face emoji over Mark‘s face in a tweet about Glee, Heather spoke out to defend the memory of Mark and said it’s “incredibly tough” to act like his death is “invisible.” Before he committed suicide in January 2018, Mark pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography.

After significant backlash, Heather Morris is walking back her recent comments about former Glee co-star Mark Salling.

Update 12/22/2020: Heather issued an apology on Monday (Dec. 21) evening for her comments. “To all those who felt triggered by my message, I want to sincerely apologize for the harm I caused,” she tweeted. “Whether you, a friend, a family member has been a victim of pedophilia, I realize my words may have been insensitive to your experience and for that, I can’t express enough how sorry I am.”

Heather Morris apologized after facing backlash for defending her late Glee costar Mark Salling.“To all those who felt triggered by my message, I want to sincerely apologize for the harm I caused,” the actress, 33, tweeted on Monday, December 21. “Whether you, a friend, a family member has been a victim of pedophilia, I realize my words may have been insensitive to your experience and for that I can’t express enough how sorry I am.”pic.twitter.com/qiiYdhSu1y— heather (@HeatherMorrisTV) December 22, 2020Morris made headlines on Thursday, December 17, when she responded to a retweet from her former costar Kevin McHale about the 10th anniversary of Glee’s Christmas episode.

Heather Morris is apologizing after a series of tweets about her late co-star Mark Salling. The 33-year-old star took to Twitter on Monday night, sharing a statement after days of back and forth with commenters online. «To all those who felt triggered by my message, I want to sincerely apologize for the harm I caused,» Morris wrote.

Heather Morris is apologizing to anyone who felt triggered by the recent comments she made about her late Glee co-star Mark Salling.