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LOS ANGELES — Tyler Perry wrote “we must never give up” in a heartfelt first-person essay in People magazine detailing his thoughts on racial injustice and police brutality against unarmed black people in America.
Perry said he almost passed on publishing his essay in the newest issue, released Friday.
“I'm exhausted from all the hate and the division, the vitriol that I see online from one to another,” the actor-writer-director writes. “I'm exhausted from seeing these kinds of senseless murders play out over and over again with nothing changing in our society.”
Perry wrote on various topics including how he felt after watching the death of George Floyd, a black man who died after being restrained in Minnesota by a white officer. He also touched on separate moments of being stopped and frisked in New Orleans and Atlanta.
NEW YORK — Jason Mraz has a new album coming out and he wants everyone to buy it and love it. But he's not going to make a penny on it.The two-time Grammy-winner has promised to donate all earnings from sales and streams of his reggae album “Look for the Good” — including his $250,000 advance — to groups working for racial equality and justice.“This is bigger than me,” Mraz tells The Associated Press from his ranch in Southern California. “Now the CD itself has a purpose. The record itself actually can go out and serve.”Sales will fund Black Lives Matter, San Diego Young Artists Music Academy, RISE San Diego, Grassroots Law Project, Center on Policy Initiatives and Equal Justice Initiative.“This is me putting my body and my music and my name on the line to say 'I stand with this movement and I want to help move this down the field toward a more equal and just world,”' Mraz said.“Look for the Good” was released Friday, also Juneteenth, a celebration of the end of slavery in the United States.
NEW YORK — Garrison Keillor will have two books out this fall — a novel and a memoir — marking his first releases since sexual harassment allegations were made against the author and humorist three years ago.Arcade Publishing announced Thursday that Keillor's “The Lake Wobegon Virus,” which continues his popular “Lake Wobegon” series and ties it to the current pandemic, is coming Sept. 8. Two months later, Arcade will release “That Time of Year,” a reflection on his childhood and “a good life, including mistakes, regrets, and a few medical adventures.”In his memoir, the 77-year-old Keillor will address the harassment allegations, which led to his being dropped by Minnesota Public Radio and The Washington Post.By Associated Press
