- EntertainmentLA Times
Viewer demand for TV shows with diverse casts outstrips supply, report says
Audience demand for TV shows with diverse casts outpaced their supply in the last three years, according to a new study that challenges Hollywood assumptions about which programming travels well.
- EntertainmentLA Times
GLAAD report: Last year's movies failed to include enough queer people of color
Led by movies including "Booksmart" and "Rocketman," LGBTQ representation in film saw its highest recorded year in 2019, but racial diversity dropped.
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Viola Davis regrets starring in 'The Help': 'I betrayed myself, and my people'
The award-winning actress and "Vanity Fair" cover star also spoke about the lack of diversity in Hollywood.
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Shia LaBeouf's new movie 'The Tax Collector' called out: '#Brownfacing 2020 style'
The trailer for "The Tax Collector" prompted complaints about LaBeouf "brownfacing" and his character fueling stereotypes.
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Comedian Cristela Alonzo says her white partner made 3 times more money for former ABC sitcom 'Cristela'
Alonzo said she was paid less than her writing partner on her 2014-2015 show.
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Women and People of Color Still Underrepresented Behind the Scenes, Study Says
Representation of women and people of color in feature films has never been better in Hollywood —?if it's on screen. The film industry's efforts to diversify leading roles and especially a movie's main cast have paid off admirably over the past decade, according to a new study from UCLA's social sciences division and the UCLA […]
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GLAAD: LGBTQ Series Regulars on Broadcast TV Hit All-Time High
The percentage of LGBTQ series regulars on broadcast television in the 2019-2020 season has reached a record high of 10.2%, according to GLAAD's annual "Where We Are on TV" report," up from 8.8% in the previous season. That's 90 out of 879 series regulars on broadcast scripted primetime TV. The study also found that LGBTQ […]
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Hollywood Blockbusters Featured Record Number of Lead Roles for Women, People of Color in 2018
Hollywood movies offered up more meaty roles for women and people of color in 2018, a sign that public pressure on the film business to become more inclusive appears to be yielding results. "Black Panther" and "Crazy Rich Asians" may have generated the lion's share of press attention for shattering barriers, but they were just […]
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Latino Community Largely Ignored in Hollywood Films, New Study Finds
Only 3% of the top 100 grossing films from 2007 to 2018 featured Latino actors in lead or co-lead roles, according to a new study conducted by USC Annenberg’s Inclusion Initiative in partnership with the National Association of Latino Independent Producers (NALIP).What’s more, only 4.5% of all speaking characters across all films were Latino, despite the demographic representing the largest ethnic group in America. Latinos make up 18.3% of the U.S. population, and according to the study, 77% of
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Scarlett Johansson: 'I should be allowed to play any person, or any tree, or any animal'
After pulling out of a role where she was set to play a transmasculine man last year, actress Scarlett Johansson says she can play ‘any person’ she wants.
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Lena Waithe calls out Will Smith, Denzel Washington for not doing more to support black-led films
The writer/producer/actress behind the upcoming thriller "Queen & Slim" was speaking about whether getting movies made by black directors into theaters will soon be easier.
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Are movie ratings sexist? 'The Hustle' stars Anne Hathaway and Rebel Wilson think so
Actresses sound off on the "extremely unfair" gender gap in comedy and bring the receipts.
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Marvel Studios plans to reveal one of its characters is gay
Marvel Studios plans to reveal one of its characters is gay
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How 'Shazam' became Hollywood's most diverse superhero movie yet
DC's latest movie features the first multicultural family in a studio superhero film.
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Defending 'Miss Daisy': Writer Alfred Uhry reflects on controversial Best Picture 30 years later
As the ascension of "Green Book" this year stirs comparisons, the writer of the much-debated Best Picture winner defends his work 30 years later.
