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Donna Langley, the chairman of Universal Filmed Entertainment, invoked the late director John Singleton today in her commencement speech for the USC School of Cinematic Arts’ Class of 2019, reminding the audience to “touch what is human” in all audiences. Langley, who joined the USC School of Cinematic Arts Board of…

UPDATE: No good deed goes unpunished in the online world, and Dr. Dre has removed his boasting Instagram post on his daughter’s USC admission after severe online backlash. Dr. Dre had earlier joked that his daughter had not bribed or scammed her way into the university, unlike other celebrity or executive children…

The University of Southern California has named Carol L. Folt as its 12th president, and she immediately vowed to lead the institution past its recent immersion in several scandals. USC was caught in the recent college bribery scandal that ensnared two athletic department staffers as well as celebrities Felicity…

University of Southern California athletic director Lynn Swann is facing calls to step down in the wake of a college admissions bribery scandal that has ensnared several people from his department, as well as actresses Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin. Swann said he first learned of the bribery problems on Friday…

USC boosters Karen Wong and Scott Lee have established the Jon M. Chu APAA Cinematic Arts Scholarship, which will be awarded to students whose projects focus on Asian Pacific culture in film, television and interactive media. "I could not be more honored to have my name included in this beautiful scholarship," said…

Former USC and National Football League star Tim Rossovich, who built a post-athletic acting career in various roles, has died after a long illness, according to USC News. He was 72 and passed Thursday in Sacramento. Rossovich was an All-American and co-captain of the USC national championship team in 1967, remembered…

Student filmmakers from USC led the way with four wins at this year's DGA Student Film Awards honoring African-American, Latino, Asian-American and female directors. It’s the second year in a row that USC has garnered the most honors, tying Chapman University last year with four awards each. This year, students from…

The University of Southern California has decided to keep Clay Helton as its football coach, ignoring his 5-7 record this year, including a loss to arch-rival UCLA. Helton presided over the Trojans' first losing season since 2000, but USC athletic director Lynn Swann said today he will be back. He may have been swayed…

Amazon Studios head Jennifer Salke, who oversees film and TV series for the streaming service, isn’t shoveling dirt on broadcast TV. "I don't think that it's on its deathbed," said Salke, speaking today at the Gould School of Law’s Institute on Entertainment Law and Business, a media summit at USC. "I think it is…

UPDATED with medal winners, 9:19 AM: The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced its Student Academy Awards medalists Thursday night during a ceremony at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills. See the list below. PREVIOUSLY, September 12: Nineteen filmmakers have won this year's Student Academy…

A new report from USC's Dr. Stacy Smith on the race and gender of film critics is urging the major studios to press news organizations to create a more diverse pool of critics to review their movies. The report, based on the reviews of the 300 top-grossing films from 2015 to 2017 as posted on the Rotten Tomatoes…

University of Southern California President C. L. Max Nikias has stepped down from his role effective immediately, the school said in a statement. Nikias has been under fire in the wake of revelations that a former campus gynecologist was allegedly involved in sexual misconduct over many years. Thousands of students…