The latest on Sean Penn, R. Kelly, and TV series’ new seasons

Sean Penn ups fight against Covid-19 with relief expansion
LOS ANGELES: Sean Penn’s organization Community Organized Relief Effort (Core) administered more than 1.3 million Covid-19 tests within five months, and currently operates in 32 locations throughout the U.S.

Actor Sean Penn and founder of Core at one of their Covid-19 testing sites at Crenshaw Christian Center AP PHOTO

Core is focused on giving free tests to low-income communities and frontliners. The Oscar winner hopes Core’s initiative can help slow the spread of the virus.

Despite the concerns, Penn said the workers give him hope.

“They’re out on these tarmacs hour after hour, day after day, six days a week,” he said. “It’s growing and they just keep at it. So you can only have some kind of hope.”

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Attorney: R&B singer R. Kelly attacked in federal detention
CHICAGO: Steve Greenberg, the lawyer for R. Kelly — who is awaiting trial on child pornography, sexual assault, and other charges — tweeted that the singer was assaulted by a fellow detainee at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Chicago.

R. Kelly AP PHOTO

Greenberg says he has received conflicting information on the extent of Kelly’s injuries.

“We have not been provided any information from the jail, nor has Mr. Kelly called,” Greenberg wrote. “We are hopeful that he was not seriously injured.”

A Federal Bureau of Prisons spokesman, citing privacy and safety reason, wouldn’t confirm or deny the attack on Kelly.

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NBC sets November return for ‘This Is Us,’ ‘Chicago’ dramas
LOS ANGELES: NBC said it will bring “This Is Us” and other scripted series back in November despite the industry’s production shutdown.

The cast of ‘This Is Us,’ (from left) Milo Ventimiglia, Mandy Moore, Sterling K. Brown, Jon Huertas, Justin Hartley, Chrissy Metz, and Susan Kelechi Watson AP PHOTO

“This Is Us,” the drama starring Mandy Moore and Milo Ventimiglia, will kick off its fifth season. That will be followed by the return of the “Chicago” drama franchise.

The Mariska Hargitay-led “Law & Order: SVU” will start its record-building 22nd season.

“The Voice” and coaches Kelly Clarkson, John Legend, Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani will be back at work in October.

“Weakest Link,” with host Jane Lynch will premiere, and Ellen DeGeneres’ “Ellen’s Game of Games,” will return.

Source: TheManila Times