Activists say the swift release of older and immunocompromised prisoners is necessary and could potentially save hundreds of lives. Composite: Guardian Design/Courtesy of the familiesThe women survived abuse, war and cancer, and are now held in California prisons with rising Covid-19 outbreaks by Sam Levin in Los AngelesCalifornia’s governor, Gavin Newsom, is facing mounting pressure, including from a top state official, to grant clemency to dozens of elderly and vulnerable women who are serving long sentences in prison and are at high risk of death from coronavirus.

CBS has picked up three more multi-cam comedy pilots, including one from “Crazy Rich Asians” author Kevin Kwan. Kwan’s project is titled “The Emperor of Malibu.” In the series,  when the son of a Chinese billionaire announces his engagement to an American woman, his outrageous family descends upon the couple to win their son back and test drive the American dream.

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Morgan Kohan has some disappointing news about When Hope Calls. In a recent interview, she hinted that she likely would not return for a second season of the When Calls the Heart spinoff series. Morgan Kohan says ‘When Hope Calls’ is a ‘beautiful world’  When Hope Calls follows two sisters, Lillian (Kohan) and Grace (Jocelyn Hudon), who run an orphanage in the small town of Brookfield. The characters were introduced in the 2018 When Calls the Heart holiday special, The Greatest Christmas Blessing.

R. Kelly's legal trouble continues to mount and mount, this time over a lawsuit that he allegedly was never aware of. Moreover, according to new court documents reportedly obtained by TMZ, he blasted a $10.5 million August judgement awarded against him to a group of women. The judge in this case oversaw the case of six females who sued the artist and his alleged former manager Donnell Russell for reportedly sabotaging and shutting down a New York City screening of the Surviving R.