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Angelique Jackson The annual report from USC’s Annenberg Inclusion Initiative found that Universal’s “Bros” accounted for 80% of the transgender characters in the 100 top-grossing movies of 2022. According to the study, just 87 of 4,169 speaking or named characters (2.1%) in 2022 movies were LGBTQ+. Of that number, five characters identified as transgender and four of them appeared in “Bros.” Written by and starring Billy Eichner, the film made history as the first gay rom-com to be given a wide theatrical release by a major studio and featured a cast almost exclusively made up of LGBTQ actors.
The film was released in September 2022 and despite disappointing box office returns (“Bros” earned just $14.7 million worldwide), qualified under the Annenberg researchers’ criteria. Authored by Dr. Stacy L.
Smith, Dr. Katherine Pieper and Sam Wheeler, the study assessed a total of 69,858 speaking characters covering the 1,600 top films from 2007 to 2022, examining the inclusion factors of gender, race/ethnicity, LGBTQ+ identity and characters with disabilities, as well as below the line departments including directors, writers, producers, composers and casting directors. The annual study was developed in 2007, but the Annenberg team first reported on the prevalence of LGBTQ+ characters in 2014.
“In that time, there has been no meaningful increase in the percentage of LGBTQ characters in top movies,” the report notes, though “numerical shifts” do suggest more inclusion than in the recent past. In 2022, a total of 9 top-grossing films featured an LGBTQ+ lead/co-lead, the largest number to date, across the 900-film sample. “When we look beyond gender and race/ethnicity, it is clear that Hollywood’s problems with inclusion are even
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Rylan Clark has shared a hospital photo of his beloved mum Linda, as he posted an update for fans.The radio host, 34, shared that his mum had been rushed to hospital on Friday, 1 September, following a fall on holiday He's since revealed that she has been okay following surgery. Sharing the photo to Instagram, he wrote today, 3 September: "Someone is out of the bed and in a chair. She can’t believe how many people have sent messages.Thanks everyone.
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Zack Sharf Digital News Director Cillian Murphy’s decades-long collaboration with Christopher Nolan hit a new peak with “Oppenheimer,” his first leading role in a Nolan feature that has garnered him the best reviews of his career and Oscar buzz for best actor. “Oppenheimer” follows Murphy’s supporting turns in three Batman films, “Inception” and “Interstellar.” Recently asked by The Independent if there were any Christopher Nolan movies not featuring Cillian Murphy that he wished he could’ve starred in, Murphy selected the director’s 2014 space epic “Interstellar.” “I adore ‘Interstellar’ just because I find it so emotional,” Murphy said. “I remember seeing it in the cinema when I had little kids.
Shania Twain has paid tribute to Celine Dion amid her recent health issues, hoping that Dion will be “singing for us all again.”Last year, the Canadian singer revealed that she was diagnosed with the neurological illness called stiff person syndrome, an extremely rare autoimmune neurological condition that affects one person in a million. Unfortunately, this meant that Dion had postponed and later cancel her upcoming 2024 ‘Courage’ tour dates due to her “ongoing health issues.”While speaking to Billboard, Shania Twain shared a heartfelt message, wishing her friend and fellow singer well.
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Simu Liu is celebrating girlfriend Allison Hsu on her birthday.