WME, Inevitable Foundation Partner On Initiative To Empower Disabled Writers

The WGA is expected to receive overwhelming support for a strike authorization today after writers have been voting for the past week.

Earlier this week, the Boots website crashed as thousands of people scrambled to get their hands on its first-of-a-kind anti-ageing creams and serums. The Boots No7 Future Renew anti-ageing range has been fifteen years in the making, and has been created in partnership with the University of Manchester - so I had high hopes when I heard about it.

Brad Pitt’s foundation – benefitting victims of Hurricane Katrina – still hasn’t paid.The story was broken by The Hollywood Reporter, which described how homeowners in New Orleans’ Lower Ninth Ward are still left struggling, after the homes that were rebuilt for them after the hurricane have been compromised by rot, mould and structural defects.The homes were built by Brad Pitt’s Make It Right Foundation, and in some cases, had to be rebuilt three times over between the period of 2005 (when the hurricane hit) and 2014. Following the poor living conditions of the newly-built properties, the residents launched a 2018 class-action lawsuit, which sought damages against the non-profit organisation and Pitt himself.In 2022, however, another charity, Global Green USA – which also has famous connections and a history of helping rebuild infrastructure in the area – offered to step in and pay a $20.5million (£16.3million) settlement.

Ryan Reynolds is proud to support a good cause — and he’s raised more than $1 million doing it.

The 2023 class of mentees for the Black Boy Writes & Black Girl Writes Mentorship Initiative was announced today. The mentees are presented by writer Mike Gauyo (Insecure, Ginny & Georgia), in partnership with Stage 32, and with support from Culture Creative Entertainment, M88, and Final Draft.

EXCLUSIVE: Retrenchment by many distribution platforms has made for “highly turbulent times” in the documentary industry, the Sundance Institute acknowledges, but with help from a major foundation it is injecting some much-needed positive news into a field beset by anxiety.

Conor McGregor is very excited about the sports world’s big new merger.

Maybelline’s Super Stay 24H Hybrid Powder Foundation, £11.99 here in ten shades, has taken everyone by surprise, not least the brand that makes it.The base wasn’t meant to launch in the UK for ages, but then TikTok momentum took over when US fans began sharing its jaw-dropping one-swipe coverage - and lo, here it is. Our OK! beauty team has tried it for ourselves and we can happily count ourselves as members of the ‘taken aback’ club. Beauty director Lynne even notes that it looked smooth on her dry skin, which isn’t often the case with powder formulas.TikTok make-up mega-influencer Mikayla Nogueira seems to have kickstarted the social media obsession around the product when she branded the foundation “the most magic powder I’ve ever used” in a now-viral video.

Sophia Scorziello editor The Alliance for Women in Media Foundation has announced the winners of its 48th Annual Gracie Awards, an event that recognizes women-centered achievements and programming in media and entertainment. A gala honoring Gracie winners will be held on May 23 at the Four Seasons Beverly Wilshire in Los Angeles. Local and student winners will be recognized on June 20 at a luncheon in New York City.  Winners of this year’s Gracie Awards include Christina Applegate, Meghan Markle, Ava DuVernay, Faith Hill, Amanda Seyfried, Danielle Monaro, Shelley Wade, “Abbott Elementary,” “Today,” “The Drew Barrymore Show” and “48 Hours.” Showtime’s “The First Lady” will be honored with this year’s Grand Award, an accolade that recognizes immense levels of effort and achievement in production. Rachel Lindsay of “Extra” and “The Bachelor” will return as AWMF’s social media ambassador.  

Beauty fans of all ages are heaping praise on a £10 being sold at Superdrug. Shoppers are so impressed by the foundation - which people say rivals £36 Estee Lauder Double Wear - it's been hailed a 'real life filter in a bottle.'

Rafael Nadal had the support of his family yesterday for the first edition of the Rafa Nadal Foundation Awards. Taking place at the Es Baluard Museum, in Plaça de la Porta de Santa Catalina, the awards recognized the work of five social initiatives in different areas: sports, education, health and well-being, social innovation, and development cooperation.

EXCLUSIVE: Former DreamWorks exec Mark Sourian has been appointed as President of Production for the Angel Studios Original The Chosen, with plans to build out an entertainment universe from the hit faith-based series.

Scrubs creator Bill Lawrence has said that a reunion film is “inevitable”.The classic TV sitcom ran between 2001 and 2010, following the lives of trainee doctors and nurses at the Sacred Heart Hospital.The cast and creators have teased reunions before, and in a new interview with Variety, Lawrence praised the enduring friendships between them.“In the greatest way, the cast of that show and the writers are so good that they’re all working,” he said. “And the main reason to do something like that isn’t the work, it’s because we actually love hanging out.”Teasing a movie, Lawrence added: “I think it’s inevitable that it happens.

Last year, the cast of “Scrubs” reunited for a panel at the ATX Television Festival in Austin, Texas, where they revealed they were all onboard for a reunion movie.

Emily Longeretta Nine months ago, the “Scrubs” cast and creator reunited for a panel and shared their plans for a future project together — likely a movie. While it hasn’t actually begun just yet, it’s only a matter of time, according to creator Bill Lawrence. “In the greatest way, the cast of that show and the writers are so good that they’re all working. And the main reason to do something like that isn’t the work, it’s because we actually love hanging out,” Lawrence told Variety in a recent interview while promoting Apple TV+’s “Shrinking.” That’s the reason they continuously get together — whether it’s for ATX TV Festival or for dinner and drinks. In a way, it’s a tradition he’s made with the casts and crew of many of his shows, including “Cougar Town,” “Spin City” and “Ted Lasso.”

Ellise Shafer Enter the Snyderverse: Director Zack Snyder is hosting a three-day celebration of his films in April to benefit the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. The weekend of screenings will take place on April 28-30, with all proceeds going to AFSP in honor of his daughter, Autumn Snyder, who died at the age of 20 in 2017. The three-day event will include director’s cuts of Snyder’s films followed by in-person and livestreamed Q&As with Snyder and special guests. The movies that will be shown include 2013’s “Man of Steel,” 2016’s “Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice Ultimate Edition” and 2021’s “Zack Snyder’s Justice League.” Screenings will take place in Los Angeles at the Ahmanson Auditorium at ArtCenter College of Design on April 28 and 29, with a third screening on April 30 at Universal Cinema AMC at CityWalk Hollywood. Snyder earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Film from ArtCenter in 1989 and serves on the college’s board of trustees.

The event, dubbed “Full Circle, a Special Three-Day Celebration of the Snyderverse Trilogy,” will present director’s cut versions of his films “Man of Steel” and “Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice Ultimate Edition” on April 28 and 29 at the Ahmanson Auditorium at ArtCenter College of Design. “Zack Snyder’s Justice League” will screen April 30 at Universal Cinema AMC at CityWalk Hollywood.

Filmmaker Zack Snyder will host a weekend of screenings, with all proceeds going to support the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) in honor of his daughter, Autumn Snyder, who passed away at the age of 20.

“Hey Hollywood: Hire Disabled Writers, Not Just A Disability Consultant,” is the title of the Inevitable Foundation’s latest initiative announced in an open letter to the entertainment industry on Thursday signed by notable writers, actors, and showrunners like Lauren Ridloff, Marlee Matlin, and Ramy Youssef, among many others.

Pat Saperstein Deputy Editor The Inevitable Foundation, an organization which helps disabled screenwriters reach their full commercial and creative potential, has released an open letter to the entertainment industry asking producers to hire disabled creatives for their film and television projects. Written by the organization’s co-founders Richie Siegel and Marisa Torelli-Pedevska, the letter is signed by creatives including Marlee Matlin, “CODA” director Sian Heder, “A Quiet Place” star Millicent Simonds and “Grey’s Anatomy” showrunner Krista Vernoff. In the letter, the foundation is offering several solutions to the issue of disabled screenwriters often not getting jobs writing about disabled characters but rather being hired as low-paid diversity consultants.