These United States: Brown v. Board of Education These United States: Brown v. Board of Education 02:53 In 1892, a mixed-race shoemaker from New Orleans named Homer Plessy was arrested for riding in a “Whites-only” railcar. Four years later in Plessy v. Ferguson, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld his arrest, and made “separate but equal” the law of the land. …
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Marlon Wayans ‘lost 20 lbs’ for ‘Scary Movie 6,’ teases ‘equal opportunity offenders’ (exclusive)
Marlon Wayans explains why he slimmed down to play Shorty in Scary Movie 6. The comedian and Him star teases they’re planning to bring back more Scary Movie alums besides Regina Hall and Anna Faris. Wayans says Scary Movie 6 will have “equal opportunity offenders,” saying, “Even sensitive people need to laugh at themselves.” Marlon Wayans is getting back into …
Read More »‘Vampire Diaries’ Star Nina Dobrev On Fight For Equal Pay To Male Co-Leads
Nina Dobrev is opening up about her fight for equal pay to her male co-leads on The Vampire Diaries. Dobrev starred opposite Paul Wesley and Ian Somerhalder on the CW supernatural teen drama for the first six seasons, playing different characters. The star was the female lead, Elena Gilbert, in the series, and also doubled as the devilish Katherine Pierce. …
Read More »Nina Dobrev Fought for Equal Pay on ‘Vampire Diaries’ for 6 Seasons
Despite being the lead of “The Vampire Diaries,” Nina Dobrev never made as much money as her costars, Ian Somerhalder and Paul Wesley. In “I Was Feeling Epic: An Oral History of The Vampire Diaries,” Samantha Highfill’s book released on Tuesday, Dobrev fought for seasons for equal pay. “Candice [King], Kat [Graham], and I were the three lowest-paid series regulars …
Read More »Nina Dobrev Talks Fight for Equal Pay to Vampire Diaries Male Co-Stars
Despite being the only actor playing multiple characters during the early seasons of The Vampire Diaries, Nina Dobrev has revealed that she was paid less than her fellow male co-stars Ian Somerhalder and Paul Wesley. The actress opened up about the behind-the-scenes equal pay battle in Entertainment Weekly editor Samantha Highfill’s new book, I Was Feeling Epic: An Oral History of The …
Read More »‘I Wasn’t an Equal to My Male Counterparts’
“It felt like they were saying that all the hard work I was putting into it didn’t matter to them and that I wasn’t an equal to my male counterparts, and so that was upsetting to me,” Dobrev said of her decision to leave after season 6. Nina Dobrev is finally pulling back the curtain on why she really walked …
Read More »All wins aren’t equal: Beating the Yankees was huge for Red Sox
Boston Red Sox’s Trevor Story, left, and David Hamilton, right, react after defeating the New York Yankees in a baseball game, Thursday, Aug. 21, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Pamela Smith) AP The most anxious among the many anxious moments for the Red Sox on Thursday came in the bottom of the seventh. With Boston clinging to its newly acquired one-run …
Read More »50 Million Views, Equal to Season 1
“Wednesday,” one of Netflix‘s biggest hits of all time, returned to the streamer with its second season on Aug. 4 and racked up 50 million views in its first five days of streaming. That puts it right on par with the debut of Season 1 n November of 2022. At the time, the Netflix Top 10 was ranked in order …
Read More »Equal health benefits earned in much fewer than 10,000 daily steps
A fitness tracker doesn’t care whether you run for the bus or wander through the grocery store. It simply counts. Those digital tallies have become a barometer of personal health and wellness, yet the “magic” 10,000-step goal that pops up on so many screens never came from a medical textbook. New evidence now suggests that you can bank most of …
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