African-American actress and singer Nichelle Nichols (pictured), who broke new ground in portraying black women on television and film in the 1960s, has died at the age of 89. Nichols played Lieutenant Nyota Uhuru in the original version of Star Trek, a groundbreaking role for the time, and she also starred in the first… kiss between a black woman and a white man on American television.

(…) According to the organization’s announcement yesterday, Vassilis Kekatos will be the President of the Jury of the 45th International Drama Short Film Festival. The festival, which this year runs from 5 to 11 September, credits the Greek director, who has also had a brilliant career in short films, culminating in his Palme d’Or at Cannes.

(…)​​​​​​​​A controversial verse from her new song “Heated,” which is featured on her recent album Rennaisance, is set to be re-recorded by Beyoncé after critical comments she received for using derogatory language. towards people with special needs. The verse in question contains the word spaz, which is sometimes used in the English-speaking world as an insult to people who have been diagnosed with spastic cerebral palsy. It is noted that the American rapper Lizo recently made exactly the same modification to the lyrics of her songs.