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By Dawn Chmielewski (Reuters) – Walt Disney Co on Friday said that remarks by activist investor Nelson Peltz criticizing the company for making movies dominated by female and Black actors is evidence that he shouldn’t be on Disney’s board. Peltz, whose fight to join Disney as a director has become one of the year’s most […]
Last summer, I was living in Venice Beach and had decided, due to a friend’s persistence, to visit a fortune teller. Me, ever the sceptic but game for a laugh, agreed to go along. What the fortune teller said made me roll my eyes: “I am not saying you are Cleopatra but somehow you share […]
“It is more likely that Cleopatra looked like our actor than Elizabeth Taylor ever did.” Last summer, I was living in Venice Beach and had decided, due to a friend’s persistence, to visit a fortune teller. Me, ever the sceptic but game for a laugh, agreed to go along. What the fortune teller said made […]
Nina Gold is talking to Screen International about her work on various upcoming films and television series, and explaining — in answer to a steady interrogation — how these particular opportunities for her casting company came about. Then she pauses. “This is making me sound like a terrible, old nepotistic person,” she protests. “You know, […]
Comment: At the Cop27 summit in Egypt, a dash for gas risks distracting from the support for climate resilience Africans really need Here in Egypt at Cop27 climate talks, attendees are on the receiving end of a barrage of announcements centred around Africa. Africa, where climate vulnerability is higher than any other region. Where renewable […]
The company of this production of 1776 is multi-racial and trans, female and non-binary. Joan Marcus/Roundabout Theatre Company hide caption toggle caption Joan Marcus/Roundabout Theatre Company The company of this production of 1776 is multi-racial and trans, female and non-binary. Joan Marcus/Roundabout Theatre Company The classic musical 1776 has been given a revolutionary new production […]
The 24th International AIDS Conference (IAC) is scheduled to take place in Montreal, Canada between July 29 to August 2. Aimed at promoting the latest HIV science and exploring a range of topics from surveillance ethics and health innovation to HIV cure and vaccine research, the conference was expected to bring together tens of thousands […]
Disney’s Washington Black issues another casting call for extras | CKBW […]
Vincent Gardenia (left), Rick Moranis and Ellen Greene on the set of the film “Little Shop of Horrors,” directed by Frank Oz. Photo: Murray Close / Sygma via Getty Images Berkeley Playhouse staff loved the way Pasadena Playhouse in Southern California cast the show “Little Shop of Horrors” in 2019. There, the players in Howard […]
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