WarnerMedia Partners With Black Beauty Roster To Advance Diversity In Its Hair & Makeup Departments

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentMemento International has sold Ursula Meier’s drama “The Line” to major markets, including the U.S. with Strand Releasing, on the heels of its world premiere in competition at the Berlin Film Festival.A poignant study of acceptance and delicate family bonds, “The Line” stars Valeria Bruni Tedeschi (“La Fracture”) and Stephanie Blanchoud (“Ennemi Public”) as a mother and daughter whose turbulent relationship and explosive fight lead to a retraining order.

Sandra Bullock is giving the behind-the-scenes story on the unforgettable leech scene in “The Lost City”.

Utensils down, beauty up! Gail Simmons is busy getting ready for the season 19 premiere of Top Chef, but the Bravo personality took some time to show Us Weekly how she gets her Beauty Sleep on after a long day of being on set. Watch the exclusive video above to see the Canada native wind down with Us. 

Richard Siklos, a former exec at Netflix and Time Warner, has joined UTA as chief communications officer.

Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds are once again proving their generosity in times of crisis.

Katharine McPhee’s cutie! While the singer keeps her and David Foster’s son Rennie’s face hidden, she has given many glimpses of the little one since his arrival.

health — and help them avoid pricey loans.Hastings said that in the past five years he and his wife have focused on giving to historically Black colleges, after years of giving to programs for kindergarten through high school.“HBCUs have been so successful in producing Black lawyers, Black doctors, engineers, dentists – all the professional classes.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorNetflix co-CEO Reed Hastings and his wife, Patty Quillin, an independent film producer, are personally donating $10 million to Tougaloo College, a historically Black college and university in Mississippi, and the school’s partnership with Brown University.Of the total, $5 million will fund scholarships at Tougaloo, in Jackson, Miss., and $5 million will establish the Brown-Tougaloo Partnership Scholarship Fund at Brown, which is located in Providence, R.I. The gift is the largest ever to the Brown-Tougaloo Partnership, which began in 1964 during the civil rights movement, and has connected more than 760 students, faculty and staff from both institutions through academic exchanges, fellowships, research projects and other initiatives.

A Florida judge has granted the legal request by the family of the late Bob Saget to block records related to the “Full House” star’s death from being released.

Angelique Jackson WarnerMedia has partnered with Black Beauty Roster and its network of 10,000 vetted beauty professionals in an effort to advance diversity in hair and makeup on set.Through the new relationship, WarnerMedia and Black Beauty Roster (BBR) aim to address a problem that is twofold — first, addressing the concerns of talent of color who’ve been underserved on sets by helping producers and executives find hair stylists and makeup artists skilled in working with their hair textures and skin tones; and second, creating opportunity for those artists to work on productions and special events, which is oft complicated by union regulations and rosters. “We [at WarnerMedia] had done these listening sessions to hear about the concerns that were happening, and, of course, one of the biggest things was hair and makeup,” Yvette Urbina tells Variety, explaining the genesis of this initiative.

teaser trailer last December and a full trailer in January.These anticipate how the series will peel away the glamour and seeming paradise of La Encantada, where 32 contestants are groomed to compete for the 1989 Miss Mexico beauty pageant, to reveal its circles of hell. The full trailer also served to confirm the first season’s protagonists: Dolores, Miss Guerrero, with a perfect body and drug dependency; Jocelyn, Miss Chihuahua, who’s sister goes missing; Angeles, Miss Oaxaca, a single mom; Isabel, Miss Yucatan, educated and with big business ambitions; Concepción, La Encantada co-director; and Elena, La Encantada culture teacher.Here, Puenzo speaks for the first time in detail about one of the most anticipated premium TV series from Latin America.Episodes 1, 2 and 3 tell the stories of Elena, Miss Chihuahua and Miss Oaxaca. Why this structure?It’s women who tell this story.

Chris Morris Music ReporterProducer-director Ivan Reitman, whose wildly successful comedies of the ‘70s and ‘80s included the blockbuster spookfest “Ghostbusters,” died in his sleep on Feb. 12, his family confirmed to the Associated Press.

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Knowing what he wants! Blake Moynes has moved on from his broken engagement with Katie Thurston — and has a list of what he’s looking for in a potential partner.

A white father and son in Mississippi are facing charges after allegedly chasing and shooting at a Black FedEx driver who was delivering packages in their neighborhood.

Channing Tatum’s abs and Brad Pitt’s heroism in “The Lost City” teaser have landed a commercial spot during Sunday’s big game.