LOS ANGELES, Calif.– According to Professor Stacy L. Smith, author of a new study on inclusion in 900 top movies of the last decade, “Privilege still speaks, as white, straight, able-bodied men remain the norm on screen in film.” The report “Inequality in 900 Popular Films,” released today, from Smith and the Media, Diversity & Social…
LOS ANGELES — Though the conversation on inequality in Hollywood is now at peak volume, a new report reveals that little has changed on screen or behind the camera. Authored by Professor Stacy L. Smith and the Media, Diversity & Social Change (MDSC) Initiative at USC’s Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, the study is the…
thursday, may 12 Re-Imagine Normal Street Hillcrest is reimagining Normal Street with four days of free family fun starting Thursday May 12 and ending with the Hillcrest Farmers Market Sunday May 15. Normal Street will be transformed into a car free public space opening up the street to pedestrians and cyclists. The event will kick…
GLAAD has created a video of anti-LGBT moments in Hollywood films over the last five years. “We’re still the butt of the joke,” Sarah Kate Ellis, CEO and president of GLAAD, told Variety. “We’re still infrequently seen and when we are seen, it’s in a negative light.” In the wake of the Emmy Awards, the…
In anticipation of the 87th annual Academy Awards, Hayley Miller, for the HRC Blog takes a look at some of the pro-LGBT films and actors who could win big Sunday night: “The Imitation Game,” a film about the tragic story of Alan Turing, is nominated for eight awards, including best picture. The film’s stars, Benedict Cumberbatch…
The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) have announced that an arrest has been made in the shooting death of a transgender woman who was killed in Hollywood in October. Aniya Knee Parker, 47, was shot point-blank in the head in the 600 block of North Kenmore Avenue early Oct. 2. In a two-sentence news release,…
The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) released their second annual Studio Responsibility Index and found a wholesale rejection of fleshed-out, complex representations of the LGBT community in film. Again. In a press release today, the gay rights organization sharply noted, “Despite consistent conservative labeling of Hollywood as a liberal propaganda machine, GLAAD found…
From Media Matters for America comes a post about Media Research Center (MRC) President Brent Bozell, who slammed Hollywood for including too many gay characters in television programs and films, lamenting that gay characters “never face any real opposition to the gay agenda on these so-called ‘inclusive’ programs.” In an Oct. 25 column for TownHall.com, Bozell criticized the…
http://youtu.be/19noQ4YKks4 HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — With his hand locked firmly in the grasp of his boyfriend’s, Earvin Johnson III, son of basketball legend Earvin “Magic” Johnson, was spotted by TMZ.com on Sunset Boulevard yesterday dressed in a none-too-subtle black fur coat, red hand bag and black stockings. The 20-year-old was approached by a reporter and asked…
