TV Portrayals of Immigrants Often Emphasize Undocumented Status, Study Finds

HOLLYWOOD – In honor of Indigenous Peoples’ Day 2020, Project Angel Food and the University of Southern California (USC) Keck School of Medicine announced Monday the organizations had launched a two year collaborative study into the affects of diabetes among native Americans living in Southern California.

A plurality of Americans said the Supreme Court is ideologically balanced as currently constructed, in a Gallup poll which asked random citizens across the country about the high court.  Of the 1,019 adults age 18 and older living in the U.S, 42 percent said the court is evenly split, while 32 percent felt it was too conservative and 23 percent said it was too liberal.  When it came to the Democratic party, 58 percent said the court has shifted too far to the right.  The annual Governance poll

David Robb Labor EditorMembers of the WGA West’s Native American and Indigenous Writers’ Committee are calling on Hollywood to reject stereotypical portrayals of native people and to hire native writers, showrunners, directors and actors to tell their own stories.

, shares with ET the ups and downs his family experienced after immigrating to the United States from Honduras. He recounts growing up in government housing, times of uncertainty and how their love for each other kept them going.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorWith a background in documentary filmmaking, Diane Paragas strove to make her narrative feature debut, “Yellow Rose,” which revolves around a 17-year-old Filipina American immigrant who dreams of becoming a country singer, look as natural as possible — particularly when those dreams are shaken.Played by Eva Noblezada (Tony-nominated for her role in the 2017 Broadway revival of “Miss Saigon”), Rose spends her nights listening to records and writing songs.

Plan B— the unplanned pregnancy comedy from director NatalieMorales — has found its leads in Kuhoo Verma and Victoria Moroles. Hulu is behind the project that hails fromCounterbalance Entertainment and American High, the latter of which worked with the streaming service on recent releases Big Time Adolescence and The Binge.

Led Zeppelin have announced a special, limited edition vinyl reissue of their single ‘Immigrant Song’ to mark the 50th anniversary of the release of their album ‘Led Zeppelin III’.The album, which kicks off with ‘Immigrant Song’, celebrates the milestone today (October 5) as it was first released in the US on October 5, 1970 before a release in the UK and elsewhere followed a few weeks later.Led Zeppelin are celebrating the ‘Led Zeppelin III’ anniversary today by announcing a reissue of the

Emma Roberts shows off her growing baby bump in a long, flowy dress while arriving at a friend’s home in Los Angeles on Thursday afternoon (October 1).

NEW YORK -- A new report on racial representation on New York stages has found that little has been changing — there remains an over-representation of white actors, writers and directors.The annual study, “The Visibility Report: Racial Representation on NYC Stages,” from the Asian American Performers Action Coalition, analyzed the 18 largest nonprofit theaters as well as Broadway companies in New York City during the 2017-18 season.Over 61% of all roles on New York City stages went to white

Surprise! Amanda Seyfried has given birth to her second child – a baby boy – with her hubby Thomas Sadoski! The 34-year-old actress and 44-year-old actor confirmed the news to INARA and War Child USA and shared the first photo of their newborn! “Since the birth of our daughter 3 years ago our commitment to the innocent children that are so brutally [affected] by conflict and war has been a driving force in our lives,” the couple wrote in a statement “With the birth of our son the work of INARA

Amanda Seyfried and her husband, Thomas Sadoski, have welcomed their second child together, a baby boy.The news was announced on Monday on War Child USA's Instagram account, an organization that works to help children in war-affected communities reclaim their childhood through access to education, opportunity and justice.

Surprise! Amanda Seyfried has given birth to her second child – a baby boy – with her hubby Thomas Sadoski!

Coming to America, Dreamgirls, Dr Dolittle and Beverly Hills Cop.But in amongst his film and TV roles, he released a string of music including the 1985 hit-single ‘Party All The Time’ and 1989 song ‘Put Your Mouth on Me’ – not to mention his (low key cringey) song ‘Whatzupwitu’ featuring Michael Jackson.But it seems not everyone knew about his singing career.The revelation was so shocking to some that “Eddie Murphy” was trending on Twitter in the United States, as videos of him singing

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterJose Antonio Vargas’s media advocacy group Define American teamed with the Norman Lear Center at USC Annenberg to release its second annual “Change the Narrative, Change the World” report, which has found that portrayal of immigrants on television is getting slightly better — the operative keyword being “slightly”.

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVAs immigration policy continues to be a crucial topic in the news, a new report from Define American and the Norman Lear Center at USC Annenberg shows the television industry still has a long way to go when representing immigrant stories in narrative series.The report, entitled “Change the Narrative, Change the World,” finds that half of the immigrant characters on television were judged to be Latinx, with 21% judged to be white and only 12%