Racism is still very much alive in Hollywood.
10.05.2022 - 00:51 / deadline.com
Three women running current TV and streaming series took stock of progress as well as lingering paradoxes in an entertainment industry that is still processing both the #MeToo movement and the economic change wrought by the streaming boom.
Asked during the panel at SeriesFest if anything has changed in the years since the industry’s initial reckoning with sexual abuse and assault as well as toxic work environments, Sierra Teller Ornelas, showrunner of Peacock series Rutherford Falls replied, “I don’t think so.” She did go on to say she has observed a “slow kind of incline.” In 2010, she said, even though, “the jokes you could tell the things you could talk about the stuff you could say, you just don’t do that now.”
Ornelas was joined by Daisy Gardner, showrunner of Freeform’s Single Drunk Female and Robin Veith, who now runs Candy on Hulu. Denver’s SeriesFest is marking its in-person return with this year’s eighth annual edition, wrapping up Tuesday.
Gardner says her personal observation is that things have improved, but largely because “I have my own show.” Being the boss, though, has brought about certain ironies. After battling in a male-dominated field, now “I’m old and now I’m the handsy groper harasser, where I’m like, ‘Oh no! I can’t say that.’ Like, like where I’ll just see like some 24-year-old’s face, it will be like, ‘Right, we don’t do that. We don’t say that. Thank you so much.'” On a less sardonic note, she added, “It’s getting better and there’s an awareness and the cool thing is I think there are people at studios and networks who are making a concerted effort to change and to make structural changes so that people are in leadership positions of power.”
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Racism is still very much alive in Hollywood.
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here. The LAPD said Hollywood officers responded and took control of the suspect, who was then cleared to be seen and treated by medical personnel.
is back with season 2. The Peacock original series starring Ed Helms and Jana Schmieding will return with all-new episodes on June 16 as it picks up on the story about a small town coming to terms with its past. After seeing their friendship tested in season 1, lifelong best friends Nathan Rutherford (Helms) and Reagan Wells (Schmieding) help each other tackle work, romance and major changes to their small town and the Native American reservation it borders.
the Met Gala is the biggest night in fashion, drawing in the more important names in the entertainment industry, there was another major celebration happening across the country at the same time: the Los Angeles premiere of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.Bad Bunny joins Marvel and becomes the newest Latino hero ‘El Muerto’Oscar Isaac wears skirt to ‘Moon Knight’ screening: See his look!Ryan Reynolds can’t explain his kissing scenes to his kidsStars from the latest Marvel film missed out on the New York City spectacle, showing up to the famous El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood to premiere the film. Benedict Cumberbatch, Elizabeth Olsen, Rachel McAdams, and more put on their Monday best to promote the film, marking the 28th movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.Still, some Marvel stars managed to make their way to the Met Gala, including some recently-announced stars who are expected to make their MCU debut very soon.Bad Bunny made his very first appearance at the Met Gala on Monday, which comes following the announcement that he’s joining the MCU with the lead role in The Dead, a character that exists within the Spider-Man universe.Another star who is set to join the popular franchise is Sydney Sweeney, who also made her first appearance at the event.
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