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Hollywood is slowly catching up with its increasingly diverse audience. But it still has a long way to go before those who create films and TV shows match the ethnic and gender makeup of those who watch them. Dr. Darnell Hunt , dean of UCLA’s Division of Social Sciences and professor of Sociology and African American Studies, has been following these trends for more than two decades. Speaking today at SAG-AFTRA’s #Stop the Hate Week, he provided eight years of data showing that Hollywood has been making steady gains in diversity and inclusion. But it has been so far behind the diversity curve for so long that it will have to redouble its efforts if it ever hopes to reach true parity. “Somewhere around 2043, demographers tell us, the US will become a majority minority country,” he said. “In fact, we’re becoming more diverse by a little bit less than half a percent each year in terms of people of color’s share of the population.” In 1960, minorities made up only about 15% … [Read more...] about SAG-AFTRA’s Stop The Hate Week: UCLA’s Darnell Hunt Offers Data Showing Gains By Women & Minorities

Starz has picked up to series horror comedy pilot Shining Vale , starring Courteney Cox , Greg Kinnear and Mira Sorvino . The project, from Trial & Error co-creator Jeff Astrof and Divorce creator Sharon Horgan, has received an eight-episode order. Lionsgate has joined Warner Bros. Television to co-produce the series in association with Aaron Kaplan’s Kapital Entertainment, Astrof’s Other Shoe Productions as well as Horgan and Clelia Mountford’s Merman. This marks Kapital’s first series for Starz. The pickup brings Kaplan’s tally to 10 series currently on the air, nine of them through Kapital Entertainment — A Million Little Things, American Housewife and the upcoming Women of the Movement on ABC; The Neighborhood and The Unicorn on CBS; the upcoming Housebroken on Fox, American Auto on NBC and Shining Vale on Starz, as well as The Chi on Showtime and the International Emmy-winning Delhi Crime on Netflix. Two of the series are headlined by … [Read more...] about ‘Shining Vale’ Horror Comedy Starring Courteney Cox, Greg Kinnear & Mira Sorvino Gets Starz Series Order

UPDATE, Friday AM: This list will be updated on a regular basis: As we first told you (scroll down) Hollywood’s 94-year-old TCL Chinese Theatre is reopening today, however for tours only. This will be followed by Imax showtimes of Tenet on Monday with a full official ribbon-cutting/reopening ceremony on Monday March 29 with all four directors of current and previous Godzilla and King Kong movies in honor of Legendary/Warner Bros’ Godzilla vs Kong ‘s opening on Wednesday. Film Directors Adam Wingard ( Godzilla vs. Kong ) , Michael Dougherty ( Godzilla: King of the Monsters ) , Jordan Vogt -Roberts ( Kong: Skull Island), and Gareth Edwards ( Godzilla ) as well as Josh Grode, CEO of Legendary Entertainment will be present. Starting Wednesday when Godzilla vs. Kong opens, Imax tickets for select seats at the Chinese Theatre will be $5 for two weeks. In conjunction with promo partner, The HollyGold Foundation, 1K movie tickets will be donated to low-income … [Read more...] about TCL Chinese Theatre Reopening In Time For ‘Godzilla Vs. Kong’ – Updated L.A. Exhibition Rundown

At the conclusion of North Dallas Forty wide receiver Phil Elliott, played by Nick Nolte, gets blackballed by his team owner for “smoking a marijuana cigarette.” After being presented with a photo that shows Elliott toking up, the team owner patronizes Elliott and says, “Illegal drugs are forbidden by the league rules Phil, you know that.” To which Elliott replies: “Jesus, smoking grass, what are you kidding me? If you nailed all the ballplayers who smoked grass, you wouldn’t even be able to field a punt return team. Besides that, you give me the hardest stuff in Chicago just to get out of the goddamn locker room. Hard drugs!” Though North Dallas Forty is technically fictional and came out nearly 40 years ago, its story is a classic example of the same-shit-different-day phenomenon. In recent weeks, Bills linemen Marcell Dareus and Seantrel Henderson were each suspended four games for using marijuana. And Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott caused a scandal by simply … [Read more...] about Inside NFL’s Backwards Marijuana Policy

Even in a world as volatile as the film industry, Thomas Vinterberg has had some serious ups and downs. After becoming the toast of Cannes in 1998 with his Dogme film Festen , the Danish director fell sharply from grace with the follow-up It’s All About Love and endured several commercial flops before returning to favor with his provocative 2012 Oscar nominee The Hunt . His latest, the drinking drama Another Round , could have set him back to square one—as shooting began, his teenage daughter died in a car crash, and its Cannes premiere was scuppered by the Covid-19 pandemic—but somehow it prevailed, sweeping festival prizes across the globe and bringing Vinterberg back to the Oscar conversation. Related Story Thomas Vinterberg On A Rare Oscar Double Play And How Personal Tragedy Moved Him To Finish 'Another Round' In His Daughter's Memory - Behind The Lens DEADLINE: What do the Oscars mean to you? THOMAS VINTERBERG : Since my childhood it has … [Read more...] about Best Director Nominee Thomas Vinterberg Says ‘Another Round’ Is About “Letting Go Of Control, Allowing Yourself To Fail”