The lifelong Angeleno has watched this drama unfold like the rest of us. He shares his thoughts on what’s unfolded and taps his own frustrations and experiences to advise how to turn the industry’s receptiveness to get involved in anti-racist causes into a tipping point that might mean not only an increase in inclusive film and TV projects but more decision-making executives of color.
Broadcast and cable networks will be covering Thursday’s memorial service for George Floyd, whose death at the hands of Minneapolis police on Memorial Day has sparked days of mourning and protests throughout the country and the world against police violence and racism.
The first of several memorial services for Floyd…
Three Wall Street analysts offered positive sentiments Thursday about the prospects for Cinemark, the No. 3 U.S. exhibitor, after it outlined plans to reopen movie theaters in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Executives’ comments during a conference call with analysts Wednesday included an upbeat outlook for Warner…
New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees apologized Thursday after drawing widespread criticism for saying that he “will never agree with anybody disrespecting the flag of the United States of America or our country.”
“I would like to apologize to my friends, teammates, the City of New Orleans, the black community, NF…
The Senate moved to confirm President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the global media agency that oversees the Voice of America.
Michael Pack, a documentary filmmaker, would serve as CEO of the U.S. Agency for Global Media, which also provides grants to overseas outlets like Radio Free Europe and Middle East…
ABC’s “Wonderful World of Disney” presentation of Pixar’s Upwon Wednesday in broadcast primetime, delivering a 0.7 rating in the adults 18-49 demographic and 3.36 million viewers. That’s a two-tenths lift from last week’s presentation of Thor: The Dark World, and it led in to a new episode of Marvel's Agents of S.H.I…
The Peabody Awards, which had to postpone its scheduled June 18 winners ceremony in what was to be its first time held in Los Angeles, said Thursday it is now canceling the event. Winners instead will be announced next week and be accepted via video.
The plan calls for the Peabodys to reveal the recipient of its…
The death of George Floyd under the knee of a white police officer in Minneapolis has triggered nationwide reflection on systemic racism in America. While the focus since Floyd's killing has been on policing, the Netflix documentary series The Innocence Files widens the lens to interrogate bias and misconduct in the…
Amanda Seales is saying farewell to daytime talk show The Real.
"My contract is up … and I didn't renew it because it doesn't feel good to my soul to be at a place where I cannot speak to my people the way they need to be spoken to," Seales said during an Instagram Live earlier this week. "And where the people who…
In an open letter titled “Speaking Up on Racism,” Apple CEO Tim Cook said it was vital to confront “the everyday experience of deeply rooted discrimination.”
The tech exec did not identify a specific dollar amount, but said the company is “donating to organizations including the Equal Justice Initiative, which…
EXCLUSIVE: Here’s a first English-language trailer for action-superhero movie Major Grom And The Plague Doctor, whose characters are based on the cult Russian comic book series published by Bubble Comics.
Filmed in the Russian city of St. Petersburg, the Batman-esque story follows a police officer who confronts a…
Rep. John Lewis (D-GA), who is fighting pancreatic cancer, gave his first network interview since the protests over the death of George Floyd started across the country.
“You cannot stop the call of history,” Lewis told co-anchor Gayle King. “You may use troopers. You may use fire hoses and water, but it cannot be…
The line-up has been set for the 2020 edition of Bridging the Dragon, an initiative run by the Cannes Marche du Film in collaboration with the Sino-European producers.
The two-day program focusing on China will look to address questions surrounding how the pandemic will affect the Chinese market from production and…
