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Keke Palmer Says She Gets Recognized Most for Viral “Sorry to This Man” Meme

Keke Palmer Says She Gets Recognized Most for Viral “Sorry to This Man” Meme

Published by Sam Flores

Keke Palmer can still recall every word to a pivotal scene in Akeelah and the Bee, the 2006 film that put her on the map. Lip-synching the dialogue two decades later, Palmer tells Vanity Fair, “I love that little girl, you know? She was fighting for her life, okay?” Luckily, a young Palmer had costars Angela Bassett and Laurence Fishburne as mentors: “In so many ways, they were my first teachers in the industry.” While walking down memory lane for Vanity Fair’s Scene Selection, Palmer reflected on her three seasons as star of the Nickelodeon series True Jackson, VP, from 2008 to 2011. “I grew up watching Disney, Nickelodeon, always being like, Wow, it would be so cool to do something like that. We all did. And it actually happened,” says Palmer. “Like, I was just gagged beyond belief.” But headlining a TV show as a 15-year-old meant sacrificing parts of her childhood. “I had to grow up really fast,” says Palmer, “I had to not worry about having kid feelings because I was in …

SAG-AFTRA Communications Staff Union Voluntarily Recognized

SAG-AFTRA Communications Staff Union Voluntarily Recognized

Published by Daniella Wilson

SAG-AFTRA has voluntarily recognized a union for its communications and marketing staffers after a card count found that a majority were in support of organizing. After a third-party checker examined union support cards this week, the union, aligned with National Organization of Legal Services Workers, United Auto Workers Local 2320 (NOLSW), was certified. NOLSW already represents organizing staffers at SAG-AFTRA. Staffers joining the union after the vote include writers, magazine staffers, social media workers, audio and video producers, event planners and publicists. “We sincerely appreciate that SAG-AFTRA has been an efficient partner in this process,” the organizing committee said in a statement. “The certification of the SAG-AFTRA Communications Staff Union is a positive step toward a brighter future for the SAG-AFTRA Communications & Marketing Department, and we look forward to productive bargaining on our first contract.” SAG-AFTRA moved quickly to gauge support for the union after staffers went public with their organizing drive on March 26. In their initial statements, the organizing staffers made clear that they were seeking to improve wages and establish guardrails around the …

Idris Elba, Cynthia Erivo Recognized in U.K.’s New Year’s Honor’s List

Idris Elba, Cynthia Erivo Recognized in U.K.’s New Year’s Honor’s List

Published by Daniella Wilson

Britons ranging from Hollywood stars Idris Elba and Cynthia Erivo to a 102-year-old judo instructor have been named in King Charles III’s New Year’s honors list, an annual tradition that recognizes people for their contributions to U.K. public life. Elba, who starred as a drug dealer in The Wire and the President of the United States in A House of Dynamite, was knighted for his services to young people after he and his wife, Sabrina, founded the Elba Hope Foundation to target issues such as knife crime, education and poverty. The actor accepted the honor on behalf of the young people served by the charity. “I hope we can do more to draw attention to the importance of sustained, practical support for young people and to the responsibility we all share to help them find an alternative to violence,” Elba said. Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean, the ice dancing duo who won a gold medal at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, were also awarded top honors, with Torvill receiving a damehood and Dean a …