Pan Pacific Park is located in a family-friendly area of Los Angeles, filled with local shops and across the street from Park La Brea known for being home to Angeleno newbies. Right next door to the park is The Grove, an outdoor mall that is adjacent the iconic Original Farmers Market, an L.A. institution that…
As HBO’s unscripted series We’re Here ends its inaugural season, it ushers in Pride month — and there isn’t a better way to do that than with celebrated drag queens Shangela, Eureka O’ Hara and Bob the Drag Queen. The gag-worthy queens traveled across the country and visited different small towns where they would…
In The EddyAndre Holland continues to show us his diverse acting chops with the role of Elliott, a jazz pianist who used live be big time in New York but has since moved to Paris where he co-owns the struggling titular club. Before he was schooling us in jazz, we saw him scare things up in the Hulu horror series Castl…
During a time where people of color — specifically Black people — and members of marginalized communities are being treated with injustice, CAA is looking to push the needle with new efforts that aim to foster the agency’s commitment to diversity and inclusion.
CAA has taken action and appointed Lisa Joseph Metelus to…
EXCLUSIVE:Netflix has acquired the worldwide rights to the Sam Feder-directed documentary Disclosure. The feature-length docu is set to debut on the streaming platform on June 19 — a perfect release date considering June is Pride Month.
Disclosure made its premiere at Sundance earlier this year and puts a spotlight…
As virtual festivals become more front and center until in-person fests make a comeback, Seed&Spark has launched their new online screening platform starting June 5 with virtual events NewFilmmakers LA, Cineola and Big Read: Our Stories, Our Lives.
In response to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, Seed&Spark…
June is National Pride Month and to celebrate, USA Network and Syfy are partnering with GLAAD for a multiplatform campaign spotlighting positive representation of the LGBTQ+ community the entire month.
For the campaign, the two networks will include Pride-themed marathons, custom short-form videos, fan testimonials…
Tawny Newsome is known for her improv chops in comedy shows and seriess like Bajillion Dollar Propertie$ and as the queen of many podcasts including Yo! Is This Racist?  which she co-hosts with Andrew Ti. Now, Newsome is taking on the galaxy, universe and beyond in the new Netflix comedy Space Force.
The new series…
Before Jeremy Pope was playing Archie the screenwriter on Ryan Murphy’s Netflix series Hollywood, he was making a name for himself on Broadway. Prior to starring in the revisionist take on the golden age of film and TV, Pope leaned heavily into music — specifically pop and R&B. His affinity for music and acting led to…
Creative Artists Agency (CAA) will launch the virtual edition of CAA Moebius, an annual two-day screening series showcasing diverse Los Angeles-based graduate student filmmakers from the American Film Institute (AFI) Conservatory, School of Film/Video at CalArts, UCLA School of Theater, Film & Television, and USC…
The Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) anti-bullying non-profit group Act to Change is hosting “United We Stand”, a virtual event calling for the end of racism and xenophobia. The livestream is set for May 18 at 4pm ET/1pm PT and will feature John Cho, Randall Park, Lisa Ling, Kal Penn and a roster of notable…
EXCLUSIVE: Actor and Native American advocate Sonny Skyhawk (Young Guns II, Nightbeasts) and actor/writer Jaime Gomez (Nash Bridges) have teamed to launch the production shingle Native Spectrum, which will focus on traditional and contemporary stories based on Native American and Latinx folklore and culture
Native…
