To the programme, briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. And you can be part of the conversation. Today were asking is the stance in hollywood, seen today at the Golden Globes ceremony, leading to change elsewhere . Are you seeing change where you were, for example, for some of the environment you are operating in . What is your experience . Comments to bbcthebriefing. Lets begin with that ceremony that is under way in los angeles. It has a lwa ys is under way in los angeles. It has always been seen as the first of the glitzy award shows leading up to the oscars. But this year, the issue of Sexual Misconduct and harassment has taken centre stage in perhaps what is the first test of how this most glamorous of industries is handling a series of high profile Sexual Assault scandals. Many actors are wearing black to highlight a campaign against abuse and harassment, and some winners, including Oprah Winfrey, made powerful and emotional speeches about speak
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Laverne Cox, George Wallace to star in comedy series set in Alabama
Updated Feb 23, 2021;
Posted Feb 23, 2021
Alabama native Laverne Cox arrives at the 71st Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday, Sept. 22, 2019, at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. In the years 2014 to 2020, Cox earned four Emmy nominations for her portrayal of Sophia Burset on Orange Is the New Black. (Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)
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In the half-hour series, Cox plays a trans woman who returns to her Alabama hometown after 17 years and reunites with her estranged father, Henry (played by Wallace). He’s the old-school owner of a car wash, and according to a description of the show, “Henry has a lot of soul searching to do when the child he thought was a son returns as the determined, proud, trans woman, Desiree.”
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