Culture Shift
NBC Sports and Making Space Partner on Development Program for Disabled Talent
NBC Sports and Making Space have teamed on a new program aimed at increasing the presence of disabled talent within NBC Sports’ coverage and portfolio. Making Space, a technology and media company focused on supporting disabled, low income and traditionally underrepresented communities, will provide NBC Sports with a pre-trained talent pipeline for its properties and […]
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CAPE, The Asian American Foundation Unveil Study on AAPI Creative Executive Experience
Two major Asian American entertainment advocacy nonprofits are partnering to help Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander creative executives advance in the industry. With support from The Asian American Foundation, CAPE surveyed current and former creative execs, ranging from assistant level to the C-suite, on their experiences working in the business. What they found […]
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Reality TV Features More Onscreen Female Representation Than Scripted, Study Finds
It should perhaps come as no surprise that reality television more accurately represents real-world gender distribution than its scripted series counterparts. The latest Boxed In report from San Diego State’s Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film found that during the 2022-23 season, women accounted for 50 percent of characters or participants […]
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Just One Protagonist in the Top 1,600 Theatrical Films From the Last 16 Years Was Native American, Study Finds
As the Native American star of a major Hollywood movie, Killers of the Flower Moon’s leading lady Lily Gladstone will be in rare company, but just how rare? That’s what the Annenberg Inclusion Initiative set out to analyze in its latest research brief, using its long-running data collection on the 100 highest-grossing theatrical movies from […]
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With Eye On Live Events Growth, Endeavor Unveils Latino-Focused Consumer Report (Exclusive)
Endeavor is looking to take the Latino market seriously. Its in-house data insights firm, Endeavor Analytics, presented a report on recent U.S. Hispanic and Latino entertainment consumer trends during a Hispanic Heritage Month-themed Endeavor Impact session on Thursday. Titled “Movers of Culture,” the report makes the case for why brands and marketers should be mindful […]
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Culture Shift: Why Is Hollywood Ignoring the Data When It Comes to Latino Representation? (Guest Column)
As a Latino, I have the privilege of understanding the rich tapestry of our culture, one woven with vibrant threads of heritage, resilience and passion. Latino culture is as diverse as the U.S. itself, a beautiful kaleidoscope of traditions, flavors, sounds and histories. We run the multicultural/multiracial gamut, including Indigenous, Afro Latinos, Asian Latinos, those […]
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With ‘American Fiction,’ Cord Jefferson Scorches the Entertainment Machine — But “Never Wanted to Police Blackness or Art”
[This story contains spoilers from American Fiction.] It’s not often that a filmmaker gets to premiere their project to an audience they’ve set their hyperspecific comedic sights on. But it’s an experience first-time director Cord Jefferson can now claim after his new film, American Fiction, made its east coast debut at the Hamptons International Film […]
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“There’s Always a New Battlefront”: How NewFest, New York’s LGBTQ Film Festival, Is Still Surviving
When the 2023 edition of NewFest kicks off on Thursday in New York, the LGBTQ film festival will proudly mark a historic milestone: 35 years of serving LGBTQ audiences and filmmakers. That anniversary will begin with the Oct. 12 opening night premiere featuring Netflix’s Rustin, followed by 14 days of virtual and in-person programming across […]
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Disney, Universal Host Second Cohort of MPA-EICOP Entertainment Law and Policy Fellowship (Exclusive)
Disney and Universal are the next two studios to participate in the MPA-EICOP Entertainment Law and Policy Fellowship, aimed at diversifying those industry pipelines. Now in its second year, the paid program – a partnership between the Motion Picture Association and the Entertainment Industry College Outreach Program – offers two recent law school graduates the […]
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‘Here Lies Love’ Teams With Gold House, The Asian American Foundation for Broadway Ticket Initiative
Broadway’s Here Lies Love, the disco-pop musical from David Byrne and Fatboy Slim about the infamous former First Lady of the Philippines Imelda Marcos, is launching a new ticket initiative tied to Filipino American Heritage Month. In an effort to increase access to the historic musical, which features Broadway’s first all-Filipino cast, Here Lies Love‘s producers have partnered with Gold House and The Asian […]
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The Demographics of Movie Stardom: Who Sells the Most Tickets, Gets the Best Reviews
What makes a box office winner? Conventional wisdom, inferred by the business decisions of studios and distributors, is that movies starring white male protagonists — the most relatable of human beings — are the most reliable guarantor of high ticket grosses. As such, those are the films in which companies place the lion’s share of […]
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Sterlin Harjo and Jhane Myers Among Honorees at IllumiNative’s First Indigenous House: LA (Exclusive)
IllumiNative is honoring Native American leaders and artists at the inaugural Los Angeles edition of its Indigenous House. Reservation Dogs showrunner Sterlin Harjo (Seminole/Muscogee Creek) and Prey producer Jhane Myers (Comanche/Blackfeet) are among the recipients of the first Native Power Builder Awards, alongside NDN Collective director of policy and advocacy Jade Begay (Diné/Tesuque Pueblo), U.S. […]
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