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Displaying all articles tagged:
Diversity
love fr
Nov. 30, 2022
Love Actually
Is So White It’s ‘Stupid’
But 20 years isn’t too late for Richard Curtis to right those wrongs.
By
Zoe Guy
alexa play chasing cars
May 11, 2021
Sandra Oh on Whether She’d Return to
Grey’s Anatomy
: ‘No’
“While I understand and I love it, I have moved on.”
By
Zoe Haylock
close reads
Mar. 24, 2021
Farewell to
Superstore
, a Show That Got Representation Right
For six seasons the series cultivated a genuine picture of working-class life: wide-ranging, nuanced, and always meeting at a myriad of intersections.
By
Kovie Biakolo
diversity
Mar. 16, 2021
HFPA Vows to Have at Least 13 Percent Black Membership by 2022
Following an open letter from over 100 PR firms demanding immediate, transparent change.
By
Halle Kiefer
diversity
Mar. 7, 2021
The HFPA Promises to ‘Build a More Inclusive Community,’ Address Racism
Time’s Up issued a response to the statement.
By
Rebecca Alter
diversity initiatives
Nov. 10, 2020
CBS Vows 50 Percent of Its Reality-Show Contestants Will Be People of Color
As part of a new diversity initiative for their unscripted programming.
By
Halle Kiefer
representation
Oct. 19, 2020
Sunita Mani Shares Letter
GLOW
Cast Sent Producers Seeking Better Representation
The
Evil Eye
actress says producers responded well to their request for concrete positive steps, before Netflix canceled the show.
By
Halle Kiefer
the academy
Sept. 8, 2020
The Academy Announces New Representation and Inclusion Standards
The standards will apply to Best Picture nominees.
By
Charu Sinha
hulu
Aug. 8, 2020
Zoë Kravitz Calls Out Hulu for Lack of Shows Starring Women of Color
“At least Hulu has a ton of other shows starring women of color we can watch. Oh wait.”
By
Charu Sinha
scarlet dot com
July 16, 2020
The Bold Type
’s Aisha Dee Calls For More Diverse Storytelling, Less Kat and Ava
“What would Kat do?”
By
Zoe Haylock
improv
July 6, 2020
Groundlings Community Calls Out ‘Whitest Improv Institution’ in Open Letter
“If you honestly believe that black life matters, prove it by taking the steps to make them matter on your stages.”
By
Megh Wright
marvel
June 28, 2020
Anthony Mackie Criticizes Marvel’s Lack of Behind-the-Scenes Diversity
“If you only can hire the Black people for the Black movie, are you saying they’re not good enough when you have a mostly white cast?”
By
Halle Kiefer
animation
June 25, 2020
Fixing Your Color-blind Casting Problem Is Actually Very Easy
Recasting animated voices is no harder than any other part of making a TV show.
By
Kathryn VanArendonk
improv
June 18, 2020
Improv Communities Demand Theaters Address Systemic Racism
Performers from UCB, Second City, iO, and the Groundlings want to hold their theaters accountable.
By
Megh Wright
first person
June 18, 2020
‘We Can’t Hire You’
Latino writer Alexis Pereira on the most discouraging TV job interview ever.
By
Alexis Pereira
lady a rises
June 17, 2020
Lady Antebellum Secedes From the ‘Antebellum’
They’ll share their new name with longtime blues singer Lady A.
By
Zoe Haylock
bachelor nation
June 14, 2020
Bachelor
Producers Take Responsibility for the Franchise Being Too White
And they “pledge to make significant changes to address this issue moving forward.”
By
Devon Ivie
the academy
June 12, 2020
The Oscars Are Opening Up More Seats at the Best Picture Table
The Academy is taking new steps to not be so white.
By
Nate Jones
conde nasty
June 10, 2020
Anna Wintour Takes Responsibility for
Vogue
’s ‘Hurtful or Intolerant’ Behavior
“It can’t be easy to be a Black employee at
Vogue
.”
By
Devon Ivie
every rose has its thorn
June 9, 2020
Bachelor
and
Bachelorette
Stars Demand Franchise to Stop Being So White
They’re encouraging others to sign a petition to cast a black Bachelor for season 25.
By
Devon Ivie
diversifying assets
May 22, 2020
Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead
Getting a Self-Described ‘Diverse Remake’
Okay.
By
Rebecca Alter
he’ll be there for you
Jan. 28, 2020
David Schwimmer Says He Fought for More Diverse
Friends
Casting
“I campaigned for years to have Ross date women of color.”
By
Devon Ivie
baftas so white
Jan. 10, 2020
Cynthia Erivo Turned Down BAFTAs Performance Over All-White Acting Nominees
The awards received criticism this week after no nominees of color made it into any of the four acting categories.
By
Halle Kiefer
lucy liu
May 1, 2019
Lucy Liu Talks Diversity at the Hollywood Walk of Fame
“I just wanted to act. I didn’t see any difference between myself and the mainstream world I lived in.”
By
Anne Victoria Clark
party report
Apr. 29, 2019
Avengers
Casting Director Says LGBTQ and Other Diverse Characters Are Coming
“You’re gonna see even more new faces.”
By
Scott Huver
diversity
Feb. 1, 2019
The Grammys Are Trying to Bring Inclusion Riders to the Music Industry
The power of Frances McDormand only grows.
By
Dee Lockett
grammys
Oct. 4, 2018
Recording Academy Invites 900 Women and People of Color to Vote for Grammys
The nominations committees are now also majority female.
By
Dee Lockett
snl
Sept. 25, 2018
Natasha Rothwell Says
Saturday Night Live
Is ‘Hyperaware’ of Diversity Problem
“The true evidence of diversity on that show will be longevity.”
By
Megh Wright
couldn’t help but wonder
Sept. 7, 2018
Sarah Jessica Parker Says
Sex And The City’s
Lack of Diversity Seems ‘Tone-Deaf’
Unlike Samantha Jones, the show has not aged well.
By
Halle Kiefer
Nov. 1, 2017
New Study Finds That Only 4.8% of TV Writers Are Black
A new study by a UCLA professor has resulted in some stunning proof that television still has a long, long way to go when it comes to diverse […]
By
Megh Wright
Sept. 5, 2017
The Search for
Madame Liu-Tsong
In 1951, Anna May Wong was TV’s first Asian-American leading actor. And then her groundbreaking show disappeared.
By
Nicole Chung
diversity
Aug. 23, 2017
Deadpool 2
Crew Believe Lack of Diversity Contributed to Stuntwoman’s Death
“The producers put pressure to have somebody of the same sex and ethnicity in a position she wasn’t qualified to be in.”
By
Dee Lockett
diversity
Apr. 2, 2017
Marvel VP of Sales Says Fans Seem Uninterested in Diversity or Female Characters
“What we heard was that people didn’t want any more diversity. They didn’t want female characters out there.”
By
Karen Brill
Mar. 28, 2017
Aaron Sorkin Says That He Is, in Fact, Aware of Hollywood’s Diversity Problem
He would like you to know that he’s known about Hollywood’s lack of parity before last weekend.
By
Hunter Harris
lowering the veil
Mar. 26, 2017
Aaron Sorkin Reportedly Surprised to Learn Hollywood’s Diversity Problem Exists
“Are you saying that women and minorities have a more difficult time getting their stuff read than white men?”
By
Karen Brill
Mar. 22, 2017
Julie Andrews’s New Netflix Show Might Be the Most Diverse Children’s Show Ever
VIDEO: It’s incredible to see.
By
Jared T. Miller
british tv
Mar. 20, 2017
Thandie Newton Says There Aren’t Good Roles for People of Color in the U.K.
“I can’t do
Downton Abbey
, can’t be in
Victoria
, can’t be in
Call the Midwife
.”
By
Jackson McHenry
grammys 2017
Feb. 14, 2017
Recording Academy President Says Grammys ‘Don’t Have a Race Problem’
He also claims Kanye didn’t perform because of “medical concerns.”
By
Tolly Wright
white af
Nov. 30, 2016
Gilmore Girls
’ Lack of Representation: A Tumblr
Connecticut is rough.
By
Dee Lockett
diversity
Oct. 23, 2016
Producer Effie Brown Breaks Down How Shame and Money Lead to More Diversity
“Our weapon is our voice and our bullets are our dollars.”
By
Julia Edelman
Oct. 6, 2016
Oyelowo: People of Color ‘Expunged’ From History
“That’s not diversity.”
By
E. Alex Jung
emmys 2016
Sept. 19, 2016
8 Takeaways From a Remarkably Diverse Emmys Ceremony
In the last two years, actors of color have won as many Emmys as they had won in the decade before.
By
Jackson McHenry
diversity
Aug. 23, 2016
Michelle Obama Explains Why Representation in Pop Culture Matters
“For so many people, television and movies may be the only way they understand people who aren’t like them.”
By
Nate Jones
diversity
Aug. 19, 2016
Kubo and the Two Strings
Director Addresses Whitewashing Controversy
“We’re basically color-blind in terms of how we cast our films.”
By
Nate Jones
Aug. 18, 2016
FX CEO John Landgraf Explains Why Networks Should Take a ‘Quantum’ […]
Back in November, Variety published a breakdown exploring diversity in TV directing jobs at ten networks, and even though all the networks were […]
By
Megh Wright
good deeds
Aug. 12, 2016
Nate Parker Starts Sundance Fellowship for Directors of Color
He was also given the Sundance Institute’s Vanguard Award.
By
Dee Lockett
tca 2016
Aug. 5, 2016
Black-ish
Creator Kenya Barris Is ‘So Tired of Talking About Diversity’
“I will be so happy when diversity is not a word.”
By
Karen Brill
emmys 2016
July 14, 2016
Breaking Down the Diversity of the 2016 Emmy Nominations
It’s better than last year, and way better than 2014.
By
Devon Ivie
and
Jackson McHenry
cena says
July 4, 2016
John Cena Values Diversity in His U.S. of A
John Cena has a special Fourth of July message for you.
By
Karen Brill
theater
June 24, 2016
Lin-Manuel Miranda Thinks This Year’s ‘Amazingly Diverse’ Tonys Was a Fluke
“We lucked into one of the most extraordinarily diverse seasons we’ve ever seen in the history of Broadway.”
By
Kit Steinkellner
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