Diversity: Last News

Jack Dunn The Woodstock Film Festival has unveiled the lineup for its 25th edition, which takes place Oct. 15-20. Films will screen in venues across Woodstock, Vt., Rosendale, N.Y., Kingston, N.Y.

Gemma Collins has teamed up with Models of Diversity to raise awareness of the lack of plus size inclusion at fashion weeks across the globe. As part of the campaign, photos of the TV personality, as well as eight other plus size individuals, featured on a mobile billboard which was located on the streets at London Fashion Week on Friday, 13 September.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media Writer Director Randall Miller, who remains on probation for the fatal accident on the set of “Midnight Rider,” has scored $1.5 million in California state tax incentives to make his next independent feature. Miller and his team were granted the tax credit to make “Supercrip,” a story about a quadriplegic Uber driver whose life is changed when he meets a “self-centered movie star,” according to the description. Miller is not allowed to direct movies while on probation.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans Editor The name on everybody’s lips at this week’s Emmys is FX’s “Shōgun.” Emmy-nominated actor and producer Hiroyuki Sanada was looking forward to seeing his fellow cast members at Sunday’s show. “I haven’t seen them in maybe two years,” he told Variety. “I’m looking forward to a reunion.

Marc Malkin Senior Editor, Culture and Events Alan Cumming has been named the new artistic director of Scotland’s Pitlochry Festival Theatre. The Tony winner will join Pitlochry Festival Theatre in January, with his programmed season beginning in 2026. Founded in 1951, Pitlochry Festival Theatre is located in Highland Perthshire, set against a backdrop of Scottish hills.

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Addie Morfoot Contributor Points North Institute has appointed Elise McCave as its executive director. Sean Flynn has been named the org’s artistic director. The announcement comes on the opening day of the 20th annual Camden Intl.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Dave Bautista recently told content creator Chris Van Vliet that his recent weight loss can be attributed to his acting career, mainly because he doesn’t want to appear too “distracting” on camera opposite his more normal-sized co-stars. The “Guardians of the Galaxy” favorite said he’s “absolutely” been trimming down to play a more diverse range of acting roles. “I started trimming down because I got really big for a role.

Pat Saperstein Deputy Editor The Sundance Institute has narrowed down the search for a new Sundance Film Festival location to three areas: Cincinnati, Ohio, Boulder, Colo., and Salt Lake City/Park City, Utah. The three cities will now move forward into the concluding review process to determine the long-term location for the festival starting in 2027.

Ben Croll French promotional film org Unifrance will debut the first ever feature on Minecraft with this year’s MyMetaStories Film Festival. Running Oct. 11 – Nov.

The UK TV diversity monitoring project is to introduce questions around Jewish and Muslim identity for the first time, as Diamond‘s seventh report reveals minor diversity gains.

Olivia Colman‘s indie South of the River Pictures has hired Emmy-winning producer Lucy Barzun Donnelly.

A major road in Ayrshire has been closed after a lorry burst into flames. Emergency services raced to the scene on the A77 at Glenapp Church near Girvan after the alarm was raised at around 8pm on Tuesday.

the sitcom for barely casting any people of color.“In terms of diversity, looking back, it seems insane,” the 53-year-old said in an interview with The Independent published Sunday. “I’ve heard black people speak about this and it’s like, you never expected to see yourself, so when you didn’t, it was not a surprise, and you ended up identifying to characters, irrespective of their race,” he added.

HBO is searching for the next generation of the Harry Potter trio.

Jordan Moreau The search for the next Harry, Ron and Hermione has begun. HBO has opened a casting call for the three stars of its upcoming “Harry Potter” TV series. Fans spotted the casting call circulating online Monday, and HBO confirmed its authenticity to Variety.

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Adam Goldberg has revealed that he is proud to be a part of Friends‘ enduring legacy, but thinks the show’s lack of diversity is “insane” by modern standards.

John Hopewell Chief International Correspondent Argentine helmer Natalia Smirnoff, director of “Puzzle,” a 2010 Berlin main Competition contender, and “Lock Charmer,” selected for the 2014 Sundance Festival, is attached to direct international co-production project “Mamá (Im)perfecta” (“(Im)perfect Mom.”) The project teams Colombian production outfits Laberinto Producciones and Ganas Producciones with Argentina’s Tarea Fina and Canada’s Fait Divers Media. In development and scheduled for a May 2025 shoot, “(Im)perfect Mom” is inspired by Penguin Random House bestseller “Drunk Mom: A Memoir,” by Polish-born writer Jowita Bydlowska.

EXCLUSIVE: UK agency YMU will co-manage British fashion model and presenter Leomie Anderson.

Tributes have been flooding in for Simon Albury, the UK TV diversity campaigner who ran the Royal Television Society (RTS) for 12 years.