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EXCLUSIVE: GLAAD has named Bill McDermott as the LGBTQ advocacy group’s new Chief Development Officer. In his new position, McDermott be on GLAAD’s senior leadership team, which sets the organization's advocacy work as well as the fundraising initiatives to support that work. He will lead GLAAD's annual fundraising…

Robin Thede has always had affection for sketch comedy. In fact, when she was little girl, her parents let her stay up late to watch Saturday Night Live — but only up until Weekend Update. When In Living Color came out, Thede was even more submerged in the world of sketch with a trailblazing show that included people…

Lee Daniels Entertainment is partnering with Represent by Original Media Ventures (OMV), an inclusive community of diverse storytellers, to launch a new diversity-focused creative workshop which will take place September 25-28 on Los Angeles. The career workshop gives aspiring creatives from underrepresented…

EXCLUSIVE: Ava DuVernay has named Tilane Jones as the President of ARRAY, the trailblazing film collective dedicated to the amplification of films by people of color and women. With more than a decade of experience in film and non-profit spaces, Jones has been with the company since its launch in 2010. In the newly…

When Blinded By the Light first premiered at Sundance, it immediately became a buzzy crowd-pleaser that was picked up by New Line. That was in January. As we near the end of summer, the musical dramedy has maintained its buzz like the longevity and energy of a Bruce Springsteen song. Directed by Gurinder Chadha (Bend I…

In one of the first episodes of the eleventh cycle of America’s Next Top Model, the supermodel hopefuls were all buzzing and talking about one particular contestant by the name of Isis King. In one particular moment, amidst all the curiosity, when they were gossiping with shifty eyes, one girl called over the woman in…

NBC’s push for diversity and inclusion continues as it unveils the 2019-2020 classes for Female Forward and the Emerging Director Program, two pioneering scripted initiatives to increase the representation of female and ethnically diverse directors by creating a pipeline into scripted television. The initiatives stand…

The Producers Guild of America has revealed the graduates from their 15th annual Power of Diversity Master Workshop. 14 producers representing eleven projects in TV, film, and documentary have completed the eight-week workshop, led by PGA member Chairs Sasheen R. Artis and Matt Johnson. The workshop, which is free and…

Oscar-winning actress Octavia Spencer is set to receive the Inspiration Award at the 2019 GLSEN Respect Awards. GLSEN, an education organization working to create safe and inclusive K-12 schools for LGBTQ youth, will present Spencer with the award at the annual gala which will take place on October 25 at the Beverly…

On Monday, IMDb revised its policy in regards to the publication of removal of birth names after the backlash for publishing the birth names of transgender performers without their consent — also known as “deadnaming”. Prior to the revisions, performers issued complaints about the difficulty in removing birth names…

EXCLUSIVE: Actor, writer, director and producer Dan Levy will be honored by GLAAD with the Davidson/Valentini Award at the 2019 GLAAD Gala in San Francisco. Named after GLAAD’s first executive director Craig Davidson and his partner Michael Valentini, the award is presented to an LGBTQ media professional who has made…

IMDb has revised its pre-existing policy in regards to the publication of removal of birth names. The revisit to the policy was a result of the backlash the site received earlier this year for publishing the birth names of transgender performers without their consent. The practice is known as “deadnaming”, the outing…