Media advocacy organization Define American has released the 2021 edition of “Telling Authentic Immigrant Stories: A Reference Guide for The Entertainment Industry”m a comprehensive reference tool written for content creators, studios and production companies...
Dr. Stacy L. Smith, the Annenberg Inclusion Initiative and Women in Animation have partnered for a second time to women’s participation across industries — this time in the VFX sector of the entertainment business. The quantitative study titled “Invisible in...
Wicked director Jon M. Chu revealed that Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande will play Elphaba and Glinda, respectively, in the forthcoming feature adaptation of the Tony-winning musical. Daniel Dae Kim is joining the cast of Netflix’s live-action version of Avatar:...
Insecure executive producer and Amy Aniobi is continuing her journey as a writer, creator, storyteller and producer with her own super special production company appropriately called SuperSpecial, Deadline reports. The Emmy-nominated producer has brought on former...
The CAA Foundation and the Pop Culture Collaborative have teamed to help bolster underrepresented storytellers with the newly launched initiative Evolutionaries, a collective of movement leaders, cultural organizers, and civic activists who are harnessing the power...
Ash Goh Hua, a New York-based filmmaker, and féi hernandez, a Los Angeles-based writer and illustrator, are the winners of Define American‘s 2021 Creative Fellowship project grant. Both winners will receive $5,000 to fund their creative projects. Aligning...
The 3rd annual MACRO X HBCU Entertainment Summit is set and it’s gonna be good! The in-person event will take place October 23 at Atlanta’s Atlantic Station. The fest will host an array of panels and programming, a pitch competition, food trucks, giveaways...
Let’s be honest. As the controversy around Netflix, the Dave Chappelle comedy special The Closer and the trans community (including those that work for the streamer) continued to unfold since the special debuted, it has become a mess that even Marie Kondo...
Just because Hispanic Heritage Month comes to an end today, doesn’t mean that we need to stop celebrating our Hispanic, Latinx/Latine siblings. The Untitled Latinx Project (ULP) and Harness aren’t playin’ when it comes to bolstering Latinx/Latine...
