For the first time, there were as many female leads in family films as male leads, according to a new study. The Geena Davis Institute on Gender and Media released these findings regarding films from ...
“Film festivals play a critical role in shaping our culture, which is why representation and access is so critical.” It seems the renowned Sundance Film Festival is being added to the growing list of venerable ...
“Clearly everybody knows that everybody in the four acting groups of nominees are white, it’s infuriating, we can’t make the industry do something…” On the heels of Sunday’s Golden Globe Awards, the BAFTA (British Academy ...
“2020 will be an extraordinary year for female directors. That’s important, because we’re seeing women being given opportunities to direct action movies and not just smaller, independent films… Progress will come when females are given ...
The addition of shows like FX’s Pose and the new Batwoman series brought the number of LGBTQ characters on primetime television to a new high but GLAAD is aiming even higher. The percentage of regular ...
“We’re teaching life lessons. In ‘The Bravest Knight’, it’s an adventure about how to be a great knight, which translates into how to be a good human.” Although Hollywood has made many strides in LGBTQ ...
Is Hollywood sexist or are audiences creating this disparity with their own wallets? A female Asian writer has quit as co-writer for two upcoming sequels to the blockbuster film Crazy Rich Asians, citing that her ...
“I think society would be more connected if we just allowed others to have their own feelings and not expect everyone to feel the way we do.” Movie actress Scarlett Johansson apparently spoke out against ...
“I think the spirit of a character is what really matters. What you bring to the table in a character as far as their heart and their spirit is what really counts.” The casting of ...
Is the new Netflix comedy series “Special” breaking new ground by focusing on a disabled gay character and actually starring an actor with a disability? March 25 was Cerebral Palsy Awareness Day, and Netflix chose ...
The new film Greta is a stalker thriller with an all-female lead cast from the director of The Crying Game and Interview With the Vampire. The new film Greta treads familiar territory as a stalker film, ...
Women and people of color are finding their way to the lead roles in U.S. movies. The top films in 2018 featured a record number of females and people of color in lead roles, according ...
A recent study on family films found that female lead characters do the best at the box office, but male protagonists still outnumber them 2 to 1. One of the key findings in a new ...
“The SENATE sucks but HOLLYWOOD sucks even more!” Twenty years after activist-artists Guerrilla Girls papered film festivals and billboards in protest over a lack of female film directors, the group is back with the same message, proving ...
Doctor Who will be played by a woman for the first time, but not everyone is happy with the new trend of turning male characters into females – including some women. The long-running British television ...
The romantic comedy Crazy Rich Asians topped the box office this weekend, exceeding expectations—but is it too soon to speculate that it heralds more diversity to come in Hollywood? The Warner Bros. romantic comedy made ...
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