TikTok Launches Black Creatives Incubator Program With Robust Slate of Emerging Artists

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentAfter a year marked by upheaval, the Cesar Awards will host its 46th edition under new leadership on Friday with more diversity and parity within its 4,292-strong membership.

Michele Amabile Angermiller Grammy-winning mastering engineer Emily Lazar has launched a new initiative aimed at increasing the number of women audio engineers and producers working in music today. Dubbed “We Are Moving the Needle,” the foundation’s advisory “soundboard” includes such luminaries as Brandi Carlile, Maggie Rogers, HAIM, Linda Perry, Liz Phair and Sara Quinn of Tegan and Sara.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorSony Music Group has announced “Beyond the Instrument,” a new, annual program designed to stimulate creativity, advance educational resources and promote career development within the music industry.Save The Music and Music Forward are SMG’s first nonprofit partners for the program, according to the announcement.

Sparks were flying while Brad Pitt and Sandra Bullock filmed an intense fire scene on the set of their new movie, Bullet Train. The pair were spotted in Los Angeles on March 5, walking amid debris and flames, with the 57-year-old actor sporting some heavy-duty special effects makeup. The look included fake bruises, blood, and dirt, as he donned a white tee that was also covered in fake red blood, and grime. You can see the photos here.

Brad Pitt is having a very busy March as he's currently shooting for David Leitch's directorial Bullet Train with not one, but two of his female co-stars.

their very first film together this week in Los Angeles.In pictures obtained by, 57-year-old Pitt and 56-year-old Bullock are walking by a dumpster on fire while shooting a crash scene. Pitt rocks a ponytail and a dirty shirt with fake blood on it, while Bullock sports a layered 'do and a white button-up shirt and trench coat.

Matt Donnelly Senior Film WriterPat Mitchell, a pioneering media executive and the first woman president and CEO of PBS, Is launching a new interview series about women changing the world.“Dangerous Women: Leading Onward” is coming from the Emmy winner via Finetch.TV, a tech platform for thought leadership and investment news with a combined global reach of 850 million households.The inaugural season will see Mitchell sit down with the likes of Gloria Steinem, Thandie Newton, esteemed

Diverse Representation, the organization that advocates for greater visibility of Black representatives and attorneys in entertainment, has unveiled the names of participants taking part in its inauguralBlack Entertainment Executives Pipeline Program.

Writer-producer Soo Hugh is getting into business with UCP. Hugh has signed a multi-year overall deal to develop, write and produce projects for the studio, a division of Universal Studio Group. As part of the deal, Hugh will launch an incubator program with the mandate of helping new Asian voices create shows and establish careers in the industry.

Daniel Holloway Executive Editor, TVThe Paley Center for Media has launched a new paid internship program named in honor of longtime television-studio chief Peter Roth. The new program has been endowed through grants from Ava DuVernay’s ARRAY Alliance, the Berlanti Family Foundation, the Chuck Lorre Family Foundation, and the Katie McGrath & J.J.

Mónica Marie Zorrilla Ray Halbritter, an Oneida Indian Nation Representative, CEO of Oneida Nation Enterprises, and a trustee of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences Museum, has launched Standing Arrow Productions, a privately-funded, independent film and TV production company aimed at increasing the representation and championing the narratives of Native American and Indigenous peoples on screen.

Bryce Hall and Blake Gray, two of the most popular stars on the social media app TikTok, are facing charges for partying during the pandemic and they both just pleaded not guilty.

Michael B. Jordan is celebrating Black History Month with a special episode of Coach’s monthly web series “Coach Conversations”.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorFacebook has launched We the Culture, a new content initiative created and managed by a team of Black employees that is investing in and amplifying content from Black creators.The company announced an inaugural class of over 120 creators for We the Culture, including Danielle Young, Lauren “Lolo” Spencer (“Sitting Lolo”), Cameron J. Henderson, Lazarus Lynch, SkateLyfe Co.

Bullet Train.As reported by Deadline, the Oscar-winning actor has joined Brad Pitt, Lady Gaga, Zazie Beetz, Brian Tyree Henry, Joey King, Aaron Taylor Johnson, Andrew Koji, Masi Oka and Michael Shannon for the film.The script, written by Zak Olkewicz, is based on Japanese author Kotaro Isaka’s novel Maria Beetle.

The Lost City of D, starring Channing Tatum and Sandra Bullock, is set for 2022 release.

Now in her fourth decade in entertainment, Debra Martin Chase has produced blockbusters and awards bait, making comfortable homes for herself in Manhattan and the Hollywood Hills along the way. But on this late January afternoon, she's in a trailer in suburban New Jersey — speaking by phone during a break from shooting her new Queen Latifah drama for CBS, The Equalizer, which premiered out of the Super Bowl.

Bullet Train is shaping up to be an unmissable action-thriller to watch out for, owing majorly to the casting coup of our wildest dreams. Over the past few months, there have been various additions to the power-packed ensemble in the upcoming David Leitch directorial, which is being headlined by Brad Pitt.