The NASA scientist’s life was documented in Hidden Figures, the Oscar nominated film. The film starred Taraji P. Henson as Katherine, with Octavia Spencer and Janelle Monae also starring.
“We’re saddened by the passing of celebrated #HiddenFigures mathematician Katherine Johnson. Today, we celebrate her 101 years of life and honor her legacy of excellence that broke down racial and social barriers,” NASA tweeted out on Monday (February 24).
Katherine‘s work with NASA played a key role in the Apollo 11 moon landing.
The 50-year-old actress has teamed up with her school friend Elise McCredie and director Tony Ayres to create a six-part drama called Stateless from NBCU.
Stateless centers on four strangers — from a flight attendant to an Afghan refugee — who find themselves caught up in one of Australia’s many immigration centers, THR reports. Cate, who plays a fictional cult leader, is joined by an ensemble cast that includes Yvonne Strahovski, Dominic West and Jai Courtney.
Pictured: Cate Blanchett all smiles while attending the Plot Point Party during the 2020 Berlin International Film Festival at Stilwerk on Sunday (February 23) in Berlin, Germany.
“Big shout out to all of our first responders around the country – thanks for risking your lives every day…and Multiple musical notes all night long,” Katy posted afterwards, with a video of her thanking the firefighters personally.
Big shout out to all of our first responders around the country – thanks for risking your lives every day…and 🎶 all night long 🎶 #AmericanIdol 🙏🏻 pic.twitter.com/QYSfLu2vkO
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Ricky Martin wants his music to make a bigger impact!
While talking to The Associated Press last month, the 48-year-old singer talked about how his next album is influenced by his native Puerto Rico it’s political turmoil as people struggle to recover from Hurricane Maria and a recent 6.4 magnitude earthquake that killed one person and destroyed hundreds of homes amid a 13-year recession.
“I’m going to use my music to carry the message of all those who aren’t being heard,” Ricky expressed (via Billboard). “When I returned to the studio, everything that I had done musically expired because I had poetic material in my head to share with the world after what happened in the streets of Puerto Rico.”
Ricky said the album will be titled Movimiento and will contain 12 songs. “In all of them, I will in some way express everything that I experienced,” he said, alluding to the demonstrations. “All of the stories I heard from people who simply were not being heard.”
Pictured: Ricky Martin all smiles while receiving a plaque at the 2020 Viña del Mar International Song Festival held on Sunday (February 23) in Valparaíso, Chile.
Atypical has been renewed for a fourth – and final – season on Netflix.
“I’m thrilled we’ll be doing a season four of Atypical. And while I’m so sad to be nearing the end of this series, I am extremely grateful to have been able to tell this story,” creator and showrunner Robia Rashid said in a statement (via THR). “Our fans have been such beautiful, vibrant supporters of this show. Thank you for being so open to Sam’s voice and stories, and those of the entire Gardner family. It’s my hope that the legacy of Atypical is that more unheard voices continue to be heard and that even after this series ends, we keep telling funny, emotional stories from underrepresented points of view.”