HFPA Hires Diversity Consultant, Outside Counsel to Assist With ‘Transformational Change’

From cash-less concessions to advance-purchase of parking, the experience at Dodger Stadium will be decidedly different under guidelines announced by the team today as it prepares to welcome back fans during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Making some much needed adjustments!

Robina Asti was a World War II veteran who later became an inspiration to the transgender community as she fought for her husband’s Social Security benefits.Asti served in the U.S. Navy during World War II, installing radios in aircraft in the Pacific Theater.

Home Team, the UK indie production house founded by Dominic Buchanan and Bennett McGhee, has hired Jessica Hill as Senior Development Executive.

Bachelor host Chris Harrison has hired a high-profile Los Angeles lawyer to represent him amid his racism controversy and temporary step-back as the host of the ABC franchise.

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Naman Ramachandran “Attenborough’s Life in Colour” producer Humble Bee Films is strengthening its team with the hire of BBC Studios Natural History Unit executive Jayne Edwards as head of development.Humble Bee recently hired long-time Icon Films executive Stephen McQuillan as its creative director.

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Publicists from more than 100 firms that represent nearly all of the talent in Hollywood have sent a letter to the HFPA to demand “transformational change” within the organization.

Also Read: HFPA Hires Diversity Consultant, Outside Counsel to Assist With 'Transformational Change'The HFPA also retained Ropes & Gray as outside counsel “to conduct a comprehensive review of HFPA policies, assess our membership process, operations, governance, and review our alignment with industry best practices in various areas.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterA bill in the California Legislature to promote diversity in TV and film would also help a housing developer who wants to build a $200 million film studio in Banning.The bill would add Banning — a small city 90 miles east of Los Angeles — to the so-called “30-mile zone,” which is the area where producers pay lower mileage rates and per diems.

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The Annenberg Inclusion Initiative at the University Of Southern California yesterday published its fourth annual report investigating gender and ethnic diversity in the US music charts, concluding that “for women in music, there is little to celebrate when it comes to industry change”.The annual report – published to coincide with International Women’s Day, of course – looks at the artists, songwriters and producers behind the tracks in Billboard’s year-end Hot 100 charts, as well as the

diversity controversy — but Time's Up says those plans are «not enough.» A recent investigation by the revealed that the HFPA's 87-member group of international journalists currently has no Black members.

Golden Globes has pledged “transformational change” in the wake of an exposé that revealed a lack of diversity within its ranks.The Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) was the subject of an exposé by the LA Times ahead of this year’s ceremony, which took place last weekend (February 28).In the article, it was revealed that there hadn’t been a Black member of the HFPA for decades, as well as alleged corrupt behaviour from the board.Now, the HFPA has shared a statement on the Golden Globes’

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association have laid down their plans for reform following the diversity controversy surrounding this year’s Golden Globes.

UPDATE 6:54 P.M.: Literally Minutes after the HFPA announced more details of their plans to be a more diverse and inclusive organization, Time’s Up responded with “the right words are not enough. The clock is ticking.”

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeThe Television Academy has signed a deal with diversity consulting firm ReadySet to evaluate the organization’s inclusion and representation practices.The announcement comes as another awards-giving body, the Hollywood Foreign Press Assn. (which oversees the Golden Globes), has come under fire for its lack of any Black members.