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Zachary Quinto has spoken out to send a message to President Donald Trump after he made the decision to lift federal protections for transgender students, which were put in place by the Obama administration.

The 39-year-old actor urged the public to “fight for people who are striving to find their way in this world” while being honored at the US-Ireland Aliiance’s 2017 Oscar Wilde Awards held at Bad Robot on Thursday (February 23) in Santa Monica, Calif.

“I feel like as far as we’ve come in the last 120 years, there are protests going on tonight about the reversal of protections for transgender children in this country,” Zachary continued. “I believe it is all of our responsibilities to stand up and be authentic and be visible and fight for people who are striving to find their way in this world, even if it is not reflected back in the same way as everybody else. Oscar Wilde is someone who taught me that before I even knew it.”

Oscar-nominated actress Ruth Negga, Outlander star Caitriona Balfe, Martin Short, singer-songwriter Glen Hansard also received Oscar Wilde Awards, which recognize the contributions of Irish people in film, television and music.

Also in attendance at the ceremony was Zachary‘s boyfriend Miles McMillan, and Star Trek co-stars Chris Pine, Alice Eve and John Cho, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Sarah Paulson, J.J. Abrams, Lauren Cohan, Sarah Bolger, Shannon Woodward, Amy Shiels and Jason O’Mara.

Justin Hartley and Chrissy Metz repped their hit NBC series This Is Us while helping the Casting Society of America honor casting in film, TV, and theater.

The 39-year-old actor and the 36-year-old actress hit the red carpet at the 2017 Annual Artios Awards held at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on Friday (January 20) in Beverly Hills, Calif.

Also in attendance were J.J. Abrams, Max Greenfield, Joel McHale, and Justin‘s partner Chrishell Stause. Head to our gallery to see all the pics!

On Saturday, Justin and Chrissy took to Twitter to show their love for those who marched in the 2017 Women’s March.

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This Is Us has been renewed for two more seasons, and this video of Mandy Moore and the rest of the cast – Milo Ventimiglia, Sterling K Brown, Justin Hartley, and Chrissy Metz – reacting to the news is a total must see!

“#Thisis the moment we got the greatest news ever. Thank you @nbc (and our studio of @20thcenturyfox) for ordering 2 more seasons of a show that happens to be the best job I’ve ever had,” the 32-year-old actress captioned with the Instagram post. “Although NONE of it would be possible without the support of all of those who watch and love our show. We are forever grateful #thisisus”

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Pictured: Mandy with This Is Us co-stars Justin Hartley and Chrissy Metz at The Casting Society of America’s 2017 Artios Awards on Thursday (January 19), honoring the best in casting for film, TV, and theatre at dual ceremonies in Los Angeles and New York.

Also in attendance at the ceremony was Max Greenfield, Steven Yeun, Annette Bening, Constance Zimmer, Joel McHale, Missi Pyle, J.J. Abrams, Ron Livingston and wife Rosemarie DeWitt.

“It’s a shame we don’t like each other. Night out celebrating the lovely folks that help us get our jobs,” Mandy captioned in another post. “Thank you for championing all of us crazy actors, Casting Directors of the world!! ❤ #artiosawards #thisisus”

FYI: Mandy is wearing an Alex Perry dress, Sophia Webster shoes and Jennifer Meyer jewelry. Justin is wearing a Strong Suit suit.

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All hail Jon Hamm, who addressed the hairy elephant in the room when he took the stage at the 2017 Golden Globe Awards held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Sunday (January 8) in Beverly Hills, Calif.

“I’m really looking forward to the documentary of this year’s Golden Globes called Beard Parade 2017,” he quipped to actress Laura Dern before they presented the award for Best Actress in a TV Series/Drama.

Had we known our favorite fellas — Chris Pine, Chris Hemsworth, Ryan Reynolds — were going to rule out their razors before they stepped on the red carpet, we surely would have designed a drinking game for you.

Alas, we have the next best thing: a facial feast of hairy styles. And, yes, we name their beards.

Click inside to see the hottest bearded guys of the night…

J.J. Abrams is mourning the loss of Star Wars actress Carrie Fisher.

The director, who worked with Carrie on Star Wars: The Force Awakens, took to the Bad Robot Twitter account to express his thoughts about Carrie‘s passing in a touching handwritten note.

“You didn’t need to meet Carrie Fisher to understand her power. She was just as brilliant and beautiful, tough and wonderful, incisive and funny as you could imagine,” he wrote.

J.J. added, “What an unfair thing to lose her. How lucky to have been blessed with her at all.”

See his entire handwritten note below…

Natalie Portman is declaring that she is not as pregnant is everyone thinks she is!

“It’s weird because I’m a small person in general so you show a lot faster and a lot more when you’re small. Everyone thinks I’m about to pop and about to give birth at any minute but I have months to go,” the 35-year-old Jackie star expressed while making an appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Tuesday evening (November 29) in New York City.

Natalie revealed on the red carpet back in September that she was pregnant with her second child with hubby Benjamin Millepied.

Also during her appearance, Natalie teamed up with director J.J. Abrams in a game of Password against Jimmy and musical guest Neil Diamond – Watch after the cut!

That same day, Natalie joined director Pablo Larrain, producer Darren Aronofsky and writer Noah Oppenheim at their Official Academy Screening and panel for Jackie, hosted by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences at MOMA.

FYI: Natalie is wearing a Brandon Maxwell dress, Bally shoes and Sidney Garber jewelry on The Tonight Show, as well as a Alexander McQueen dress paired with Steven Madden shoes at the Jackie screening.

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Jesse Williams is mighty fine while posing for photographs at the premiere of America Divided held at Billy Wilder Theater at The Hammer Museum on Tuesday (September 20) in Westwood, Calif.

The 35-year-old actor/senor producer of the series was joined at the event by Common, J.J. Abrams and his wife Katie McGrath, Zoe Lister-Jones and her hubby Daryl Wein, and Aasha Davis.

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America Divided is an EPIX original limited docu-series executive produced by Norman Lear, Shonda Rhimes and Common, featuring narratives around inequality in education, housing, healthcare, labor, criminal justice and the political system – all woven into an eight-story, five-part series.

The show follows high-profile correspondents as they explore aspects of inequality related to their own biographies. Correspondents include: Common, Rosario Dawson, America Ferrera, Zach Galifianakis, Amy Poehler, Peter Sarsgaard, and Jesse – Watch the trailer below!

25+ pictures inside of Jesse Williams and others at the premiere of America Divided…More Here! »