After protests erupted nationwide last summer after the murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis police, the entertainment industry was initially slow to respond.
But then they sprung into action. The Times looked into how well Hollywood kept its promises latimes.com/entertainment-…
Some highlights from Hollywood’s commitment to inclusion:
- Millions in financial contributions
- Pipeline programs for talent development
- Internal processes and goal setting
- Representation in content latimes.com/entertainment-…
However, the jury is still out on whether Hollywood’s actions will result in meaningful change for an industry with barriers to entry for people without existing connections — or the ability to toil for years in low-paying assistant jobs and internships. latimes.com/entertainment-…
On-screen representation has noticeably grown. People of color accounted for nearly 40% of the leads in top films for 2020, the highest share on record.
Read more to see how the entertainment companies who said antiracism is not a 'fad’ have been keeping up and where they’ve been falling short latimes.com/entertainment-…
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“In many ways, the recall election of 2003 was a battle between the state’s more moderate and conservative factions. Schwarzenegger, who was then a member of the Kennedy family, became the standard bearer for the moderates...”
“In 2003, Kevin McCarthy of Bakersfield was the Assembly Republican leader who attached himself to Schwarzenegger and helped lead the fight for the 'moderates' in the party.”
Just when you think you've seen it all, here's something that happened this week:
Dr. Anthony Fauci weighed in on that Nicki Minaj's cousin's friend's testicles vaccine story. latimes.com/entertainment-…
ICYMI: The “Super Bass” rapper took to Twitter earlier this week announcing that she would miss the Met Gala due to the event's COVID-19 vaccine mandate, and shared a very... intimate anecdote about how the vaccine allegedly affected a cousin's friend. latimes.com/entertainment-…
The tweets sparked swift response, including one from the leading U.S. coronavirus expert himself, who debunked the notion that the vaccine affects the reproductive system. latimes.com/entertainment-…
“After going weeks without speaking to each other because I yelled at my mom about not getting vaccinated, she finally calls me from her home in Texas. The news: She has just tested positive for COVID-19.”
“More bad news. I find out from my sister that four family members in Texas, including my 79-year-old grandmother, are unvaccinated and have all contracted the virus.”
“We wanted to celebrate these fans,” Gilligan said. “It just blew my mind when I really started to understand the depth of [their art.]”
Along with some other TV colleagues, Gilligan sifted through works from artists all over the world to produce “99.1% Pure: Breaking Bad Art.”
To many artists, the opportunity was one filled with gratitude.
“‘Breaking Bad’ [fan art] was such a launching platform for me. It was one of the first things that got me noticed online,” said Chicago-based artist @bethevansart. latimes.com/entertainment-…
Those same techniques may not work as well in a less Democratic state, and they hardly negate the problems that Democrats face, both in California and Washington, in turning their ideas into governing policy.
Spurred by the pandemic, Democrats are proposing a foundational shift in how the nation pays for childcare — placing responsibility largely on taxpayers rather than parents.
It’s a transition dozens of wealthy countries already have made.
Advocates and Democrats in Congress see this moment as a chance to reframe infant and toddler childcare as a duty of the entire society, similar to K-12 education.