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EXCLUSIVE: The Black List and Women in Film, Los Angeles have set Ana Brown (Trash Pandas), Audrey Rosenberg (Wild Animals), Christina YR Lim (Gyopo), Rebecca Christian (Sankofa Selah), Sabeen Amanat Farooq (Burn Your Idols) and Zoey Towner (Great American Highway) as the participants for their fifth consecutive…

UPDATE: Lil Nas X continued his BET jihad today, releasing the artwork for his new single, "Late to Da Party." The art depicts him urinating on a BET Award that's already soaking in bodily fluid in a toilet. He added insult to the injury with a minute-long "Star Wars"-esque text crawl that addressed how BET "betrayed"…

The reception to Eddie Murphy’s Coming 2 America on Amazon Prime Video last year provided Amazon marketing chief Ukonwa Ojo’s point when she said Thursday at Cannes Lions that “it's not possible to reach diverse audiences without diversity.” Ojo, Global Chief Marketing Officer for Amazon Prime Video and Amazon…

Elliot Page spoke to Seth Meyers on Late Night last night how The Umbrella Academy incorporated the actor’s own personal transition into Season 3 of the show, which premieres today on Netflix. “With Steve Blackman, the showrunner of Umbrella,” Page said, “When we first talked about it he seemed really excited about…

The CAA Amplify summit will make its in-person return on June 22 featuring speakers across entertainment, sports, media, technology, and social justice. The summit brings together a diverse group of key influencers and industry decision-makers to explore the role business plays in advancing culture and justice for…

EXCLUSIVE: Back for a third year, the Latinx List has added some significant streamer sinew for 2022. Netflix has now come on board with the scriptwriting initiative to offer WGA minimum script deals to two selected scribes. With five original feature films and five original pilot scripts to be chosen, the submission…

Master, Black Monday and Girls Trip star Regina Hall has revealed how honing her acting and writing skills helped her overcome a period when the roles she landed felt "stagnant and didn't show my range." The actress and producer was speaking at a panel at ad market Cannes Lions exploring the impact of women on…

Almost three months after the Oscars, Will Smith’s on-stage slap of Chris Rock continues to spark a discussion. Asked what the Oscar smack means for the future safety of comedians during a panel Thursday at Tribeca Festival, Alonzo Bodden said he isn't worried. "I'm not going to get slapped on stage," he said. "That…

Universal's Global Talent Development & Inclusion today announced the debut of the Universal Writers Lab. The new initiative is mean to elevate the Universal Writers Program experience, which the studio launched in 2014. The lab – one of the only studio writing programs dedicated to feature films – aims to increase…

Comedian Jerrod Carmichael, who came out earlier this year in his much-praised HBO special Rothaniel, had some words for fellow stand-up Dave Chappelle about the latter’s stances on gender, trans rights and cancel culture. “I think, a lot of times, people who offer nothing truthful or meaningful about themselves then…

EXCLUSIVE: The Sundance Institute has set the participants and projects for its Documentary Edit and Story Lab, which this year returns to Utah’s Sundance Resort after a two-year hiatus. The list consists of filmmaking partners Jude Chehab and Fahd Ahmed (Q), Jalena Keane-Lee and Diana Diroy (Standing Above the…

Although set in the Republic of Ireland, this slight but surprisingly powerful film will hit a raw nerve in countries all over Europe in the wake of the Ukrainian refugee crisis. More specifically, it will likely have an impact on the U.K. arthouse circuit, after the British government's recent, controversial decision…