Warner Bros. Discovery has set the leadership team for its company’s newly structured Diversity, Equity and Inclusion group, headed by Chief Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Officer Asif Sadiq, with Karen Horne serving as SVP for North America, Rukasana Bhaijee as...
Manny Jacinto is going from The Good Place to… the Dark Side. Deadline reports that Jacinto has been cast in the forthcoming Star Wars series The Acolyte on Disney+. The new series comes from Leslye Headland and Lucasfilm, Jacinto joins previously announced...
Sierra Pettengill‘s documentary Riotsville,USA explains a lot about why things are the way they are when it comes to protests and the militarization of the police. America, amirite? Written by Tobi Haslett and narrated by Charlene Modeste, Riotsville,...
Everyone who attended D23 last weekend were looking forward to huge Fantastic Four casting news but alas, all they got was a confirmation from Marvel Studios boss Kevin Feige that WandaVision’s Matt Shakman would be directing the forthcoming big-screen...
While I was visiting our friendly neighbor to the north for TIFF, Anaheim hosted D23 and there was plenty of news, trailers, sizzle reels, and first-looks that dropped over the weekend. Here’s some of the news that DIASPORA was excited to see: American Born...
Fat Joe is teaming Sean “Diddy” Combs and LeBron James’ SpringHill for a new genre-bending pilot at STARZ that blends interviews with high-profile guests with an elevated documentary style format. Fat Joe will serve as host and executive producer of the...
The Black List and the UPS have unveiled their guest jury for their joint initiative The Be Unstoppable Film Project. The jury members will be Isabel Sandoval, Minhal Baig, and Natalie Morales. The announcement was made during the Toronto International Film...
There’s a little more ego in Toronto this week as swarms of Hollywoodians migrated to our friendly neighbors to the north for the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival (a.k.a. TIFF). The fest kicked off on September 8 with Netflix’s The...
The 1991 ensemble comedy Soapdish is a masterpiece. In fact, it is one of comedian and actress Cristela Alonzo‘s (Twitter, Instagram) favorite movie. I mean, it has an ALL STAR CAST that includes Sally Field, Kevin Kline, Whoopi Goldberg, Robert Downey, Jr.,...
