Diversity: Last News

Naman Ramachandran “Second Chance,” the directorial debut of Indian filmmaker Subhadra Mahajan, has been picked up for international sales by Thailand-based Diversion ahead of its world premiere at the 2024 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. The film is set to debut on July 2 in the festival’s Proxima Competition section. The film tells the story of Nia, a young woman from the city who returns to her family home in the western Himalayas after a decade-long absence.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Khaby Lame brought his comedic chops to the U.S. — and the producers of his new unscripted series, “Khaby Is Coming to America,” are hoping his millions of TikTok fans will come along for the ride. The limited three-part series follows Lame as he explores the best (and weirdest) people, places and cuisine that America has to offer.

Producers on The Bachelor and The Bachelorette are acknowledging the racism in the past on the popular dating franchise.

EXCLUSIVE: The Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment reveals the inaugural class for its latest program, the CAPE Showrunners Incubator, powered by Starz #TakeTheLead.

Ben Croll Since taking over in 2022, NIFFF director Pierre-Yves Walder has made the festival’s socially tinged retrospective program a hallmark of his tenure. Rounding out a so-called trilogy that started with queer representation then followed with a gender focus that put the femme fatale and scream queen under the spotlight, this year’s retrospective will tackle class conflict in cheeky terms, putting the screws to those swells with a 20 film program titled Eat the Rich.

Selena Kuznikov After seasons of silence, the executive producers of ABC’s “The Bachelor” and “Bachelorette” franchise have addressed the history of racism surrounding the reality dating series in an extensive interview with the L.A. Times. Executive producers Claire Freeland and Bennett Graebner discussed (among many things) the franchise’s lack of diversity and inclusion, the show’s failure to protect the stars of its series and the inability to create a space to discuss and actually use the word “racism” in context on-camera.

SXSW have announced that they have dropped the US Army and defense contractor RTX Corporation as sponsors for the 2025 edition of the festival.This year’s SXSW was overshadowed by decisions related to the festival’s sponsorship. Many artists refused to play at the Festival in Austin, Texas in March because of the event’s connections to the US Army and weapons companies amid the Israel-Gaza conflict. These included Gruff Rhys, Kneecap, Sprints, Lambrini Girls, Gel, Rachel Chinouriri, Cardinals and NewDad.SXSW responded to the cancellations in a statement: “We are an organisation that welcomes diverse viewpoints.

Jem Aswad Executive Editor, Music As part of its long-term effort to update and diversify its membership, the Recording Academy — home of the Grammy Awards — has extended membership invitations to more than 3,900 established music professionals spanning diverse backgrounds, genres and disciplines. According to the announcement, the 2024 class of invitees is 45% women, 57% people of color and 47% under the age of 40. With this year’s new member invitees, the Recording Academy is on track to achieve its goal of adding 2,500 women voting members by 2025 this year — one year ahead of schedule.

Brent Simon As festivals have increasingly endeavored to showcase more diverse talent, benchmarks of inclusivity occasionally run the risk of feeling like a dutiful checklist. The Bentonville Film Festival, though, has celebrated — and elevated — underrepresented voices since its inception.

WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD FOR BOTH THE NETFLIX BRIDGERTON SERIES AND JULIA QUINN'S BRIDGERTON NOVELS.Netflix's Bridgerton, based on the series by author Julia Quinn, has always played a little fast and loose with historical accuracy, and made some major changes to the source material to allow the show to be more racially diverse than the books. But one choice, revealed at the end of season three, has caused so much controversy that author Julia Quinn has released a statement about it directly to fans.

Green-fingered Friends of Dunedin Park have transformed the recreation area into a blooming beautiful space for the whole community to enjoy.

Bridgerton‘s author Julia Quinn has released a statement on some of the fan backlash from season three’s major change to Francesca’s story.

A Crieff-based environmental charity is embarking on an ambitious new project to promote sustainable food choices within Strathearn.

Two abandoned seal pups have been saved in a 182-mile rescue by land and sea.

Rafa Sales Ross Guest Contributor The Mediterrane Film Festival kickstarted its second edition with the international premiere of Alexandre de La Patellière and Matthieu Delaporte’s “The Count of Monte Cristo.” The film, shown at the heart of Malta’s capital of Valletta on Saturday night, was followed by a reception at the historic Mdina Ditch Gardens, in which Malta Film Commissioner Johann Grech highlighted the importance of the festival as an event to “unite the nations of the Mediterranean through film.” The sentiment echoes this year’s festival theme of Unity Through Film, with Grech adding that he hopes the festival will bring nations together to “share stories that celebrate not only our diversity but also our shared outlook.” The film commissioner emphasised the success of the festival’s first edition, claiming the return to the local economy “far exceeded our investment, showing once again what a force for good film is in our country.” Several members of the local film industry were present at the gathering as well as international attendees in this year’s jury president Jon S. Baird (“Tetris,” “Stan and Ollie”) and “Triangle of Sadness” actor Zlatko Burić, who was part of last year’s jury.

General Hospital is one of the most beloved soap opera series of all time and the cast keeps going though changes, for better and for worse.

Most motorists will have roads they love and those they hate driving on. But whether it's due to design, congestion, or even their perilous nature, some of the UK's roads are more infamous than others.

Marta Balaga Women in Animation is expanding. “Our focus is on the globalization of WIA and setting up new chapters in all parts of the world,” said its president, Marge Dean. “We have partnered with UNESCO and Disney to start developing a similar kind of presence in South Africa, then we would like to expand into the rest of Africa.

For a long time, there was a very stereotypical representation of what autism looked like in traditional media. For Cian O’Clery and Karina Holden, Love on the Spectrum was a perfect opportunity to showcase a diverse cast of neurodivergent people. “It’s important to be able to have people tell their own stories and show that autism is something that represents different needs for different people,” says Holden.

Paloma Faith has said that she expects the bookings of Glastonbury headliners to “go back to white men again” after this year’s line-up.The festival has been criticised in the past for male-heavy line-ups and a lack of diversity in headliners, but this year Dua Lipa and SZA are headlining alongside Coldplay with Shania Twain in the legends slot.Also on the line-up are the likes of Little Simz, PJ Harvey, Cyndi Lauper, Jessie Ware and Gossip. Faith herself will be performing on the Pyramid Stage on the Sunday afternoon before Twain.“What tends to happen is they’ll diversify and include non-white races and women again, and everyone says, ‘Isn’t it great? We’re progressing’ – and then it goes back to white men again for years,” Faith told Radio Times.

CAA said Tuesday that Elizabeth A. Morrison has joined the agency as Global Head of Inclusion, Recruiting, and Development.