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By When Thurgood Marshall founded the Legal Defense and Education Fund under the NAACP umbrella in 1940, America was embroiled in racial discrimination and early fights for civil rights. Eighty years later, the charge against our nation's inequities and injustices is Sherrilyn Ifill, who first joined the organization in 1988 as an assistant counsel in the area of voting rights.Following a 20-year hiatus from the institution in order to teach law at the University of Maryland, where she accomplished groundbreaking centered on civil rights, discrimination, and lynchings in the 21st century, Ifill returned in 2013 to take the reins as the seventh president and director-counsel of LDF. She was the second woman ever to do so, behind .

Fremantle has acquired a 25% stake in Henrik Bastin’s Fabel Entertainment, the international development and production outfit behind Prime Video’s cop drama series Bosch.

HELLO! diary, Lorraine Kelly shares some very exciting news on behalf of herself and her daughter Rosie. Find out what they've got in store for fans below...READ: Lorraine Kelly reveals awful health realisation during the pandemicOne of the things I love and that brings me such a lot of joy is the WHAT IF podcast I do with my daughter Rosie.

“The Wizard of Oz” graced the silver screens, a prized piece from the set is going up for auction for the very first time.The Tin Man’s oil can from the 1939 technicolor fantasy is being sold for $200,000, according to TMZ.Kruse GWS Auctions is holding the sale and noted on the product description page that film historians say this is one of five oil cans used during filming, while other experts say there were three.The container can be seen at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles.The can is currently on loan to the museum through November 2022.According to the auction house, the museum was also interested in letting the winning bidder keep the golden prop at the gallery after the loan agreement is satisfied in November.The item will come with a redacted copy of the loan agreement for the Academy Museum as well as an insurance appraisal of $1 million.The iconic musical starred Judy Garland as the wide-eyed Dorothy, with Frank Morgan, Ray Bolger, Bert Lahr, Jack Haley, Billie Burke and Margaret Hamilton completing the ensemble cast.Garland’s blue gingham dress from the movie was finally found last year after being missing for almost 50 years.The costume was mysteriously lost in 1972 and was found on the Catholic University campus in Washington, DC in June 2021.The college’s lecturer and operations coordinator for drama and music, Matt Ripa, unearthed the dress as he was cleaning out an area of one of the school’s buildings.

Rupert Grint's role on Apple TV+'s is rubbing off on his 1-year-old daughter, Wednesday G. Grint.

Move over Colin vs Cuthbert, Aldi is returning its attention to fragrance dupes rather than party cakes.The budget supermarket is set to launch £5.99 alternatives to some very pricey designer fragrances, saving shoppers up to £102 a bottle. With Mother’s Day approaching, Aldi is also eyeing up the home spa market, with a pampering gift set in a similar style to a gorgeous Rituals favourite.The supermarket version will cost £8.99 compared to £20.90 for the premium Ritual of Sakura version.

Regé-Jean Page, 33, and girlfriend Emily Brown made an appearance together at the Dunhill GQ pre-BAFTA filmmakers dinner in London on March 9, looking adorable as they walked hand-in-hand into the event. Regé-Jean looked dapper as always, in a crisp, black tux, pairing the look with stylish black loafers.

Alexisonfire have announced their first studio album in 13 years, ‘Otherness’ – listen to new track ‘Sweet Dreams Of Otherness’ below.The Canadian post-hardcore band’s most recent full-length effort, ‘Old Crows/Young Cardinals’, came out back in 2009 – two years before they announced that they were separating.They reunited for a number of live shows in 2015 and shared their first track in nine years, ‘Familiar Drugs’, in 2019.Having been announced as part of the Slam Dunk Festival 2022 line-up, Alexisonfire have returned today (March 10) with news of their long-awaited fifth record. ‘Otherness’ is due to arrive on June 24 via Dine Alone – you can pre-order/pre-save it here.Speaking of the group’s explosive new single, lead singer George Pettit explained: “This song was largely Dallas’ [Green] brainchild, but over the course of writing this record it became more of a mission statement for the band.“It’s kind of about performance and embracing a newfound confidence in a state of peculiarity.”An animated accompanying video by actor/director Jay Baruchel (This Is The End, Random Acts Of Violence, How To Train Your Dragon) will premiere on Alexisonfire’s official YouTube channel at 11:15pm GMT tonight – check out the clip above.The forthcoming ‘Otherness’ contains 10 new songs in total, including ‘Committed To The Con’, ‘Conditional Love’, Dark Night Of The Soul and ‘Reverse The Curse’.

Khloe Kardashian looked stunning as she worked out in a bright pink set from Glasgow brand Bo + Tee.

EXCLUSIVE: Marie Zeniter has joined film distribution and sales company Utopia as VP of Sales.

Chris Evans rarely posts pictures of himself on social media, so it's natural that when he does, it causes quite a stir among his fans, as it did with his latest Instagram post.MORE: Chris Evans shares trailer for upcoming Buzz Lightyear movie - and fans all have the same thoughtThe actor took to his social feed to share a rare selfie of himself simply on his couch sporting some facial hair and a tousled yet fluffy hair do.WATCH: Chris Evans stars as Buzz Lightyear in new trailerHe commented on the state of his hair while saying: "Fluffy hair [check] #ghosted," a reference to the project he is currently working on titled Ghosted, and fans very quickly took to the comments section to react.The snap racked up over a million likes within the first two hours of posting and many immediately began raving over the star's appearance.RELATED: Jonathan Van Ness reveals why you really shouldn't sleep with your hair downOne wrote: "#fluffyhairdontcare," while another added: "The new hairstyle fits you perfectly Mr Evans," with a third also saying: "I MEANNNN."Many were simply thrilled to see that he had posted a picture of himself after quite a while, as one fan put it: "STOP HE POSTED HIMSELF," and another quipped: "Chris I need 3-5 business days to recover from this selfie." Chris had fans abuzz with his latest fluffy-haired selfieThe Marvel star prefers to keep his own appearance off social media after only joining Instagram in 2020 because, as he put to Jimmy Kimmel: "I guess I caved.""I feel like such an old man; I feel so late to the party. You know what it is? I had too many good pictures of my dog.

The stage is set as we roll into the Scottish Cup quarter-finals this weekend.

Amanda Bynes looks to be removing her face tattoo that she debuted over two years ago.

Janey Godley has revealed that she can't see how she'll "make it through the year" in a very honest social media post.

MAJOR Scottish car retailer Macklin Motors has launched the first phase of a significant recruitment drive after being awarded the Toyota franchise in the west of the country.

Meet Exa! Three months after Grimes and Elon Musk welcomed their baby girl via surrogate, the singer is breaking down the unique name.

This is heartbreaking.

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Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker can’t keep their hands off each other… and we love it!

New beginnings. Amanda Bynes may have loved her heart tattoo once upon a time, but the 35-year-old actress has decided to remove the ink on her face. 

It’s only two and a half months until Memorial Day Weekend and the start of summer!

Gearbox Software has announced the post-launch content plans for Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands, including a Fortnite crossover, season pass DLC , and more.The developer confirmed that the Borderlands spin-off game will be getting four pieces of DLC (downloadable content) all of which will be included in the season pass.Each DLC can be accessed through the “Mirrors of Mystery” content packs – which can also be bought separately – that will take players to a new world featuring five levels and a final boss fight at the end. The Butt Stallion Pack bonus will also include cosmetics that will arrive on launch day.In addition to the new levels and boss fights, Gearbox confirmed a new class will be arriving post-launch as well with its own unique skills and skill tree, although the finer details have yet to be revealed.Several versions of Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands are now available to preorder, including the standard edition, the Next-Level edition (which includes the full game and the Dragon Lord Bonus Pack), and the Chaotic Great Edition.

Cardi B gave fans a tiny peek at her second child with Migos rapper Offset, but she's making sure that people don't get too greedy about invading her privacy!On Tuesday, the 29-year-old rapper tweeted a lament over her 6-month-old's aching gums as he teethes. «Ugh I wish I can take my sweet baby teething pain away.

Vanessa Bryant shared the news that her family welcomed a new furry addition. “My girls are happy. ❤️ Big Boy~ Loki

Other than Grimes revealing that she’d had a second child with tech entrepreneur Elon Musk via surrogate, the singer detailed what her daughter Exa Dark Sideræl Musk‘s full name means for a Thursday March 10 profile in Vanity Fair.  The 33-year-old singer (whose real name is Claire Boucher) revealed that she and the 50-year-old billionaire call their daughter Y, but like their first child X Æ A-Xii (X AE A-XII), their daughter’s name has a very special meaning.

Peaky Blinders‘ season six premiere date on Netflix has been revealed!

A pensioner has been rushed to hospital after being hit by a vehicle in Glasgow.

Sam Heughan teased his relationship status on the Drew Barrymore Show this week after being spotted locking lips with a mystery brunette.

A lorry driver who turned into a junction on the A811 near Arnprior without being able to see what was coming, killing a mum-of-four, was jailed this week.

Nick Cannon‘s talk show has been canceled after only one season on the air.

Staff at a Scots care home where a patient has died from Covid-19 fear catching the virus because of a lack of personal protection equipment (PPE).