Directors Guild, Content Players Decry ‘Malicious Attacks’ Against AAPI Community

Joe Biden used his first primetime address as president to call attention to the rise of anti-Asian racism amid the COVID-19 pandemic, calling the attacks “un-American.” Biden, who delivered his March 11 speech on the one-year anniversary of the first pandemic shutdowns, condemned those who have committed “vicious hate crimes against Asian Americans who’ve been attacked, harassed, blamed and scapegoated.”

After eight years at NBCUniversal, most recently as Group SVP Communications, USA Network & Syfy, Katherine Nelson will be leaving the company at the end of the month.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorThe Writers Guild of America West and East today unveiled a line-up of presenters scheduled to appear at the 2021 Writers Guild Awards joint virtual ceremony on Sunday, March 21.Among the presenters are Oscar contenders Riz Ahmed (“Sound of Metal”), Sacha Baron Cohen ( “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm”) and Andra Day (“The United States vs. Billie Holiday.”)Also presenting are Rachel Brosnahan (“The Marvelous Mrs.

direct to your inboxThe Queen has stressed the importance of staying in touch with family and friends during “testing times” in a message broadcast hours ahead of Harry and Meghan's interview on US television.Focusing on the global impact of the coronavirus pandemic, the monarch spoke of using technology that “transcends boundaries or division” and how there has been a “deeper appreciation” of the need to connect to others during the Covid-19 crisis.She also praised the “selfless dedication to

It seems we are living through a phase of so-called “cancel culture” these days. Just this week, Dr.

In Disney’s Raya and the Last Dragon, the titular character is strong, resilient, clever, has a strong bond to her community of the world of Kumandra and, above all, hopeful. That said, it’s no wonder that Kelly Marie Tran was chosen to voice the titular heroine. The Vietnamese-American actress emits those qualities and then some.

EXCLUSIVE: Four-time Oscar nominee Annette Bening (The Kids Are All Right) is set to star in Oscar-winning duo Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin’s (Free Solo) narrative directorial debut Nyad.

Entertainment Squad has picked up the North American to Paper Spiders, a comedy-drama from director by Inon Shampanier. Lili Taylor, Stefania LaVie Owen, Ian Nelson and Peyton List star in the indie film, which will be released in select theaters on Mother’s Day weekend and will be available to rent and own on North American digital HD internet, cable, and satellite platforms starting on May 7.

Emiliano De Pablos New sales company Feel Content has snapped up international sales rights to comedy-thriller “La teoría de los vidrios rotos” (“The Broken Glass Theory”), a Uruguay-Argentina-Brazil co-production.The film marks Uruguayan director-producer Diego Fernández Pujol’s sophomore feature.

If you plan on watching the Golden Globes Sunday, you may want to pay special attention to the Best Motion Picture Foreign-Language category given that, well, the Globes are put on by the Hollywood Foreign Press.

Mr Jennings said: “These are not your regular rifles that will be in use but 50 calibre military-grade sniper weapons that have a maximum range of over four miles and are used in warfare to disable armoured vehicles and shoot down helicopters.“These target shooting ranges are not something that has previously existed in this area. We were told by the planning department in December that both applications were considered major developments and so would have pre-planning public consultation.

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Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaLyle Mitchell Corbine Jr.’s assured feature debut plays like a much-needed corrective to decades of problematic depictions of the indigenous community on film.

Daniel Holloway Executive Editor, TVThe Walt Disney Co. streaming service Disney Plus on Wednesday expressed support for civil rights organizations advocating for Asian Americans amid a wave of violence against people in the AAPI community.In a statement posted on Twitter, Disney shouted out the organizations Asian Americans Advancing Justice and Stop AAPI Hate.

Cynthia Littleton Business EditorThe Directors Guild of America’s latest breakdown of TV director employment shows major gains for women and for Black helmers overall but the numbers also spotlight the systemic lack of movement for Latinx and female directors of color.The share of TV episodes directed by women during the 2019-20 television season across broadcast, cable and streaming hit a record of 34%, up from the 31% share that women commanded in the 2018-19 season and a big lift over the