Diversity Management, News and Updates
By Albert Lin Rashida Jones is Hollywood royalty of sorts, the daughter of legendary music producer Quincy Jones and actress Peggy Lipton. She’s been in the industry for nearly 20 years, scoring recurring/regular roles in several popular TV shows, most recently Parks and Recreation. Yet Danielle Demski, one of the…
By Chris Hoenig The Golden Globes may be Hollywood’s biggest party, but it was Selma that brought one of the awards ceremony’s most moving moments. Rapper Common stole the spotlight with his acceptance speech for Best Original Score, which he won along with John Legend for the song “Glory” that…
By Chris Hoenig The face of Hollywood is changing: Movies are casting increasingly diverse characters, the Oscars are rewarding their work and Vanity Fair included a record number of Blacks on the cover of its Hollywood Issue this year (six out of the 12 actors and actresses). But there’s one…
By Chris Hoenig Actor Jonah Hill took time from promoting his newest movie to apologize for using an anti-gay slur in an attack against a paparazzo. The Wolf of Wall Street star was caught on camera over the weekend responding to a photographer who mocked his outfit by telling him…
By Julissa Catalan Diversity wins at the box office. And now, Hollywood’s growing diversity has been rewarded at the Academy Awards. Winners at Sunday night’s 86th Academy Awards appeared to know they were in the process of making history, and they also seemed to know these wins were bigger than…
By Albert Lin Blacks, Latinos, Asians and women are woefully underrepresented in Hollywood films and TV shows. That comes as no surprise. But a comprehensive study from the Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies at UCLA suggests that movies and shows with diverse casts actually earn more at…
By Albert Lin Is the face of Hollywood changing An annual benchmark of star power, Vanity Fair‘s Hollywood Issue, suggests that it may be. Of the 12 people on the foldout cover, six are Blackthe most nonwhite representation the special issue has had in its 20 years. The previous record…
By Chris Hoenig Lupita Nyong’o is the new Hollywood “It” girl. Her work in 12 Years a Slave, which won the Golden Globe for Best Drama and is a Best Picture nominee at the Oscars, has earned her Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations herself. She has won awards from…
