Animated Film, TV Creators Aim for Change Beyond Casting: "It's Not Just About Including Black Characters"

actress Bernadette Beck is speaking out about her experience working on the hit CW show, and like her co-star, Vanessa Morgan, says the show is failing its Black characters.

Bernadette Beck isn’t happy with how her character was treated on “Riverdale”.

Riverdale actress Bernadette Beck, who portrays Peaches ‘N Cream in seasons 3 and 4 of the show, is calling out the way black actresses are portrayed.

Riverdale actress —who plays in seasons 3 and 4—is coming forward to stand in solidarity with her Black castmates and to share her own story. She says her experience on-set is much like Morgan’s.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorThe Umbrella Academy star Emmy Raver-Lampman has joined Apple’s animated series Central Park in a recasting for the role of Molly Tillerman, the mixed-race character originally voiced by Kristen Bell.

Out Magazine, Hallmark Channel announced it is in "active negotiations" to include LGBTQ characters and storylines into its holiday movies this year.

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The 2000 movie “Charlie’s Angels” very nearly starred British actress Thandie Newton until her interactions with former studio head Amy Pascal and director McG led her to drop out.

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The Simpsons will no longer feature white actors voicing non-white characters, network Fox has said.

Central Park, cosigned a statement by the animated series announcing that Bell would no longer voice the role. However, Bell will apparently remain on the show as a new character. “This is a time to acknowledge our acts of complicity,” to the statement in her caption.

The Dixie Chicks have changed their band name.

Jenny Slate and Kristen Bell might’ve garnered online praise after stepping down from voicing biracial TV characters this week amid accusations of whitewashing.

Leo Barraclough Senior International CorrespondentSolveig Langeland’s Stuttgart-based sales agency Sola Media has sold CGI animated feature film “Moonbound” to multiple territories.The film, directed by Ali Samadi Ahadi on a production budget of around $9 million, will be released in Germany and Austria by Little Dreams and Warner Bros.

black and black characters should be played by black people.

 Kristen Bell and Jenny Slate are helping lead the charge of making sure that when it comes to animated roles, Black or mixed race characters should be voiced by Black or mixed race actresses. Kristen has voiced the mixed race character of “Molly” on Apple TV+’s animated musical comedy Central Park, which just finished it’s first season.