How Claire Huxtable Inspired YouTube’s Carletta Higginson to Open Doors for Others (GUEST COLUMN)

Editors note: Aravind Adiga won the Man Booker Prize in 2008 for his debut novel The White Tiger, which his old Columbia University classmate Ramin Bahrani turned into the movie that has been generating awards buzz since its Netflix release in January. Adiga penned a guest column for Deadline about how the pair became fast friends by bonding over Scorsese films in Bahrani’s dorm room, a kinship that has lasted ever since.

Justin Duggar is showing off his very first kiss! The 18-year-old newlywed took to Instagram on Tuesday to share a sneak peek at his wedding video.

The look of love! Justin Duggar and his wife, Claire Spivey, shared a clip from their wedding video, days after tying the knot on Friday, February 26.

We never thought we’d see the day where RTÉ presenter Claire Byrne would use the term ‘Sperminator’ on her show, but really was there any other suitable moniker to describe her guest, Ari Nagel.

Professor Luke O’Neill once again appeared on Claire Byrne Live last night to chat about some updates on the vaccines and the misinformation circulating.

There’s nothing like young love! Justin Duggar celebrated wife Claire Spivey‘s 20th birthday with a sweet tribute days after the twosome tied the knot.

Editor’s Note: A regular on the barrier-breaking Vida over the three-season run of the Starz series, Ser Anzoategui has long identified as non-binary. With the Golden Globes tonight, Anzoategu, whose credits also include East Los High and Better Things, has penned a guest column for Deadline about what they see as a need for a significant shift in the way performers are categorized in awards season.

Leah Daniels Butler Being in the entertainment industry is challenging but comes with rewards, so when I was asked to talk about what Black history meant to me, I couldn’t start the conversation without mentioning the history of Black casting directors who made it possible for me to be in the position I am in now.I am blessed to have been mentored by a casting legends Jaki Brown and Kimberly Hardin, two phenomenal women whose shoulders I stand on.

Tracy 'Twinkie' Byrd Five years ago, I decided to become a 49-year-old student of Richard Lawson Studios in his PDP 60 (Professional Development Program) class. I was the oldest student in his class at the time.

Just married! Justin Duggar is the latest member of the Duggar family to tie the knot.

Editor’s Note: Rashad Robinson is president of racial-justice organization Color of Change. Founded in 2005, it has more than 7 million members.

Torri Higginson, who recurred on the first season of hit Canadian medical drama Transplant, has been elevated to series regular for the upcoming second season. NBC acquired the drama series last year and aired the first season in the fall.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorGrowing up, February came chock full of goodness: Martin Luther King Jr., Shirley Chisholm, Frederick Douglass, W.E.B. Du Bois, Booker T.

Here we go again. Another out-of-touch so-called celebrity who needs to shut up or do more (depending on whom you ask), preaching to the entertainment industry choir.

Latrice Royale We do not teach Black History as we should in schools. However, this entire country was built on the backs of Black slaves.

Editors note: Often kept secret until retroactive reckonings occur like the ones going on now with Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Justice League, on-set bullying and drama that was once the calling card of some power players is something the powerless suffered in silence. Gary Foster, a second-generation film producer who followed his late father David Foster into the movie business, makes an argument that many of those abuses are eminently preventable.

Editors note: Hanelle Culpepper received an NAACP Image Award nomination earlier this month for her work directing the pilot for CBS All Access’ Star Trek: Picard, which made her the first Black director and first female director to launch a movie or series in the Star Trek universe. The veteran TV helmer, who directed three episodes of Picard‘s Season 1, has penned a guest column for Deadline about her personal and professional perspective on the industry and the challenges achieving equality.

I don’t know if you’ve ever experienced the pain of being told that you can’t talk to the most important person on your representative team because your union disagrees with his agency about packaging. It is the kind of loss you can only understand if you’ve emailed an executive’s assistant all by yourself to re-re-reschedule a meeting.

Editors note: Before he founded and became CEO of the Universal-based family film factory Illumination, Chris Meledandri was tasked with building an animation division at Fox. Early on, the president of Twentieth Century Fox Animation in 1998 acquired Blue Sky Studios for the studio.