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Tiffany Haddish Cancels Atlanta Show Over Abortion Law
Actress and comedian Tiffany Haddish has can- celed her upcoming Atlanta performance because of Geor- gia’s new restrictive abortion law.
News outlets report that the “Girls Trip” star sent a state- ment to ticketholders Saturday, saying she cannot “in good faith” perform in Georgia un- less it withdraws the so-called heartbeat bill. Haddish had been scheduled to perform June 22 at the Fox Theatre.
The new law would ban abortion once a fetal heartbeat is detected, which can be as early as six weeks, before many women know they are preg- nant. Unless it’s blocked in court, it’s set to go into effect in 2020. The ACLU has already
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said the group will mount a legal challenge.
Major Hollywood studios have said they may reevaluate filming in Georgia if the law goes into effect.
Will Smith And Nas Invest In App Promoting Financial Literacy For Teenagers
Will Smith and Nas are two of the big names who are reportedly investing in a new financial literacy app geared at teenagers.
Step is reportedly Apple- Pay integrated, and aims to promote the importance of setting financial limits and providing guidelines so that young people can learn more about saving.
“Schools don’t teach kids about money,” Step co- founder and CEO CJ Mac- Donald said of the app. “We want to be their first bank ac- counts with spending cards, but we also want to teach fi- nancial literacy and respon- sibility. Banks don’t tailor to thisandwewanttobeaso- lution, teaching the next gen- eration of adults to be more
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responsible with money in the cashless era.”
Per Techcrunch, the app itself enables teens to access bank accounts that do not come with a minimum bal- ance or fees, and provides tips on how to manage money. It is led by Stripe, and saw backing from Will Smith’s Dreamers fund and Nas, raising just under $30
million in funding.
“To that end, Step has
been marketing directly to its future users, doing viral things like incentivizing sign- ups by giving users a dollar towards their bank accounts (when they come online) for each person that gets re- ferred and also signs up using a person’s code,” writes Techcrunch.
Diddy Sends Well Wishes
Tracee Ellis Ross To Executively Produce And Star In 'Daria' Spinoff 'Jodie'
To Cassie On Pregnancy
Announcement
MTV has dug into their archives with good reason. The network announced Thursday (June 13) Jodie, the first spin- off series from the cult classic Daria.
Tracee Ellis Ross will voice Jodie Landon, a fan fa- vorite from Lawndale High and an important character who helped spruce the show with wit and black girl magic in the 90s. Jodie will showcase the character's transition from col- lege to the workplace, specifi- cally the tech world.
While Jodie would techni- cally be hailed as an older mil- lennial (she graduated high school in the early aughts), the series will "satirize the post- college workplace and personal
Earlier this week (June 13), Cassie announced that she’s expecting her first child. “Can’t wait to meet out baby girl,” the “Me And You” singer captioned a photo of her and her boyfriend Alex Fine. “Love you always & forever.”
Following the announce- ment, Diddy, who was in a re- lationship with Cassie for a reported 10 years, posted his well wishes on Instagram. “Con- gratulations @Cassie and Alex,” Diddy wrote. “I wish you all nothing but love and happiness. God bless. LOVE.”
The pair separated earlier this year after an on-and-off re- lationship. Once they went their separate ways, Cassie and fit-
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ness professional Fine began
dating.
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adventures of Gen Z" instead. The series also marks the Viewers will also find Jodie first adult animated sitcom to exploring workplace culture, center around an African-
American female lead in nearly two decades.
social media in privilege and gender.
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Dave Chappelle Is Taking His Stand-Up To
Broadway This Summer
Dave Chappelle has an- nounced a five-Show Broadway engagement for July, and tick- ets for the event go on sale in just over a week.
Chappelle is giving fans the chance to see him served up the funny at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre. Billed as “Dave Chap- pelle Live on Broadway,” the limited run spans July 9-13, with tickets launching June 21 at 10 a.m. ET via Ticketmaster. The Ticketmaster Verified Fan presales begin June 18.
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