Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorHollywood producer Janet Yang was feted on Tuesday evening at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures with a pillar named in her honor.Yang, who worked alongside Steven Spielberg on “Empire of the Sun,” and produced Netflix’s “Over the Moon” and “The Joy Luck Club,” became the first Asian American woman to have a pillar at the museum.
She called it “a symbol of how communities can come together.”Some of the most prominent Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in Hollywood came out to celebrate the historic moment, including legendary actor James Hong, journalist Lisa Ling, singer Katherine Ho, Gold House CEO and co-founder Bing Chen, actor Daniel Dae Kim and California State Treasurer Fiona Ma.
Also present at the celebration, which included a dinner and presentation, were producer Lisa Henson, “The People vs. Larry Flynt” scribe Larry Karaszewski, incoming Academy Museum Director and CEO Bill Kramer, and Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President David Rubin.Kramer praised Yang for being a driving force in the museum’s inclusion advisory committee.
He said, “That had been put together to help ensure that we told inclusive, diverse, accessible stories of cinema, and she was a key driver in expanding that committee and worked with us hand in hand for many grueling months to help build the museum that you see today.”Rubin spoke on behalf of Dawn Hudson, who was unable to attend the event after testing positive for COVID.
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