Lin-Manuel Miranda unfortunately won’t be in attendance at the 2022 Oscars.
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UK training body ScreenSkills is actioning one of the key recommendations from Jack Thorne’s report into disability in TV by funding the training of Accessibility Co-ordinators.
Similar to Intimacy and Covid Co-ordinators, the role will support TV productions in hiring and working with disabled talent and crew and support disabled professionals to work well, safely and with dignity.
ScreenSkills, which is funding the measure through its High-end TV Skills Fund, has teamed with Jack Thorne’s new lobbying group Underlying Health Condition to push through the measure, along with Bridge06, the company set up by Sara Johnson, the former Creative Director of Vienna Blood indie Endor Productions, and The Office actress Julie Fernandez.
Fernandez and Johnson will deliver the training and have been working with Underlying Health Condition on the initiative. They said they have “already begun to research a combination of production practicalities and disability access requirements, which will lead to a gold standard course for our first cohort of trainees.”
Underlying Health Condition’s landmark report, Everyone Forgot About The Toilets, also called for the creation of industry funds to upgrade studios and facilities and support disabled freelancers. These conversations are ongoing.
“Intimacy and Covid coordinators have lit the path for positions like these to be recognised as essential,” said Thorne. “We must tell more disabled stories and we must empower more disabled people to tell them. The role of Accessibility Co-ordinator is vital, and will support both busy productions and the industry in making the changes needed.”
Thorne made disability in TV the focus of his blistering MacTaggart address last August, in which he blasted the
Lin-Manuel Miranda unfortunately won’t be in attendance at the 2022 Oscars.
“When I really love someone, I don’t notice others,” utters Anais (Anais Demoustier) to her affair partner while laying in bed together. It’s ominous wording for what’s to come for the protagonist in writer/director Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet’s new romantic comedy Anais In Love. It is similar to Jochum Trier’s The Worst Person in the World, but while that film feels grounded, Anais has its head in the clouds. However, that isn’t a massive ding on the movie as the over-optimism is used to its advantage as the character breaks numerous boundaries and hearts in her quest to find the one person who will become her everything.
The Amazons have announced their third studio album, ‘How Will I Know If Heaven Will Find Me?’ – listen to new single ‘Bloodrush’ below. Tickets for their 2022 UK and Ireland tour will be available here.Following on from 2019’s ‘Future Dust’, the 11-track “anthem-packed” record will arrive on September 2 via Fiction.
Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorFelecia Hatcher, CEO of Black Ambition, describes the initiative co-founded by Pharrell Williams as not just a moment, but a movement.The latest Black Ambition project is the HBCU Prize Competition, a partnership with Adidas, Chanel and the Rockefeller Foundation, which aims to provide a bridge to success for Black and Latinx entrepreneurs who are launching tech, design, healthcare, and consumer products/services start-up. Williams announced that applications for its second annual prize competition are now open (as of March 17) at BlackAmbitionPrize.com. Ventures in consumer products and services, media and entertainment, healthcare, technology and Web3 are eligible to win up to $1 million.
EXCLUSIVE: Shout! Factory has snapped up North American distribution rights to Candid Camera, the hidden-camera show known for its decades-long run as a television pioneer.
A trans activist was found dead along Lake Michigan in Chicago on Thursday, March 17, after being reported missing by her family earlier in the month. Elise Malary was reported missing by her family on March 11 leading to an extensive search of the area.For 24-hour crisis support and suicide prevention call Lifeline on 13 11 14. For Australia-wide LGBTQI peer support call QLife on 1800 184 527 or webchat.Her body was discovered on March 17 and identified by police on Saturday, March 19. Malary worked at the Chicago Therapy Collective, a group dedicated to supporting and advocating for the transgender community. A colleague at the group, IggyLadden, said, “She’d speak out on behalf of any issue that impacted woman of color, LGBTQ folk — her heart’s so big.”In a post, the Chicago Therapy Collective said, “The outpouring of love, care, and community response reflects the deep impact of Elise’s love and advocacy on so many of us. We hope that you are taking tender care of one another.
For Netflix’s The Mitchells vs. the Machines, produced by Sony Pictures Animation, the idea of “Katie Vision” was bounced around for a bit, until production designer Lindsey Olivares got her hands on one of their animation tests. Director Mike Rianda said, “One weekend without telling anyone, she just stole some animation and drew on the screen and made it just with the crappy Photoshop she had on her computer. It was so exciting to see basically the super-expensive animated movie that some teenager had graffitied all over.”
Scottish brewing giants Brewdog have announced the launch of a new beer aimed at helping to raise funds for Ukraine.
Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin will soon be sharing the screen once again, this time with NFL legend Tom Brady. According to Fonda, Brady himself made her a fairly enticing offer to sign onto the project.Fonda and Tomlin came out together on Saturday for the Homeboy Industries Lo Máximo Awards and Fundraising Gala in Los Angeles, and the pair spoke with ET about the upcoming project, .«Tom Brady called me and he invited himself over and he told me that if I'd do it, he'd kiss me,» Fonda quipped.
Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin step out together for the 2022 Lo Maximo Awards and Fundraising Gala held at the JW Marriott Los Angeles L.A. LIVE over the weekend in Los Angeles.
Jane Fonda received a special surprise from an unexpected star. On Saturday, the actress revealed that Tom Brady sent her a "humongous" floral arrangement after her shoulder replacement. "He sent me a humongous thing of orchids because I had my shoulder replaced," the 84-year-old told People magazine about the NFL star.
K.J. Yossman Government-back industry training body ScreenSkills is set to invest £10 million ($13 million) in up-skilling high-end TV crew.The money, which is earmarked for use from 2022-23 will come from the ScreenSkills High-end TV Skills Fund, made up of contributions from U.K.
ScreenSkills Invests £10M In UK High-End TV
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Neil Patrick Harris' husband David Burtka received a special honor on Friday afternoon at the star-studded Hudson River Park Friends 6th Annual Playground Committee Luncheon, attended by HELLO!MORE: Inside Neil Patrick Harris and David Burtka's incredible family homeThe doting dad-of-two was recognised for his service to the Hudson River Parks by his good friend, Mary Guiliani, author and founder of Mary Guiliani Catering and Events. Mary gave an incredible insight into David's life away from the spotlight, revealing just what a great father he is, and how fun it is for their twin's friends to go and visit their home.
K.J. Yossman British rapper Dizzee Rascal has been found guilty of assaulting his former partner.According to U.K. press reports, the musician, whose real name is Dylan Kwabena Mills, was found guilty of assault by beating at Wimbledon Magistrates Court on Monday.
A judge has reduced EastEnders actor Jamie Borthwick's six-month driving ban to two months.The 27 year old was banned from driving for six months, fined £660, and a further £166 in court costs, after he admitted to speeding in his Mercedes at 52mph on a 30mph road in Romford, east London, in May last year. Since his driving ban came into effect, Jamie, best known for playing Jay Brown on the popular soap, has been paying for public transport to get to BBC studios for filming. However, his lawyer claimed that he is now unable to take public transport to work because he is constantly recognised and is unable to drive his great uncle and aunt to their hospital appointments.
Shameless alumna Shanola Hampton has been tapped as the lead of NBC pilot Found. Hampton also will serve as producer on the one-hour missing-persons drama, written by Nkechi Okoro Carroll, which hails from Berlanti Productions, Carroll’s Rock My Soul Productions and Warner Bros. TV, where Greg Berlanti and Carroll are under overall deals.
Love Island star Millie Court has debuted a transformed hairstyle after temporarily ditching her sleek blonde bob for a full head of “Carrie Bradshaw-inspired” curls.The 25 year old showed off her new ‘do in a post shared to her Instagram account, where she’s seen posing for snaps inside a laundrette. “Don’t mind me, just waiting for my @asos wash load to finish,” she writes in the caption. In the post, which has now raked in over 100K likes, Millie wears a feather mini dress, platform heels and black lace gloves, but it’s her hair that has grabbed fans’ attention.