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Lawyer, founder of the Equal Justice Initiative and author of Just Mercy Bryan Stevenson took the stage at CAA Amplify to talk about the Warner Bros. film based on his book. But before he was joined by the film’s stars Michael B. Jordan and Jamie Foxx and director and writer Destin Daniel Cretton, he talked about what…

CJ Jones was born with the ability to hear but due to spinal meningitis, he became deaf and his first language was American sign language. With support from his parents and perseverance to go against the naysayers, he performed a one-man show, became a stand-up comedian and made his way to the big screen with a role…

The third CAA Amplify kicked off with a panel featuring Always Be My Maybe and Fresh Off The Boat’s Nahnatchka Khan;  stand-up comedian and Patriot Act host Hasan Minhaj and NBA All-Star, President of the NBA Players Association and producer Chris Paul spoke about the current landscape of storytelling for marginalized…

CAA announced today that they will host their third annual CAA Amplify June 24 in Ojai, Calif. The invitation-only event is a convening of diverse leading artists and executives from the most impactful organizations in entertainment, sports, media, brands, technology, and social justice. Hosted in partnership with the…

While Lee Daniels always had the directing bug, there was a time when he took fate and the fate of those of his fellow unemployed African American actors into his own hands: He became a talent manager. “It was pre-Spike Lee and post blaxploitation, and they (Hollywood) didn’t know what to do with us. I was directing…

When it comes to diverse voices across film, TV and streaming, “it’s not enough to make one thing,” said Emmy winning Master of None EP Alan Yang at this morning’s CAA Amplify conference, “you’ve got to make that show better than all the other shows out there, it has to be the best.” “When you get that freshness…

ABC Entertainment president Channing Dungey, filmmakers Lee Daniels (The Butler) and Jon M. Chu (Crazy Rich Asians), California Attorney General Xavier Becerra and chairman of NBCUniversal International Group and NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises Cesar Conde are among those who will take part in CAA Amplify’s…