#Jon M. Chu Among Guest Speakers USC Decided to “Release” From 2024 Commencement

#Jon M. Chu Among Guest Speakers USC Decided to “Release” From 2024 Commencement

The University of Southern California has decided to “release” guest speakers and honorees from attending this year’s commencement on May 10. Among those who were set to be featured at the main commencement program were Wicked filmmaker Jon M. Chu as the commencement speaker, and honorary degree recipient’s tennis star Billie Jean King, Maria Rosario Jackson…

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#Netflix, USC Annenberg Content Study Reveals More Than Half of Streamer’s Film, TV Series Are Led by Women

#Netflix, USC Annenberg Content Study Reveals More Than Half of Streamer’s Film, TV Series Are Led by Women

Women and girls are featured in more than 60 percent of stories and were over half of the leading and co-leading roles in Netflix content in 2021, according to the streamer’s second film and TV series diversity study. Released on Thursday, the Inclusion in Netflix Original U.S. Scripted Series and Films report also indicates increases…

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#Latest Diversity Reports from USC, SDSU Reveal Room for Improvement Behind the Camera

#Latest Diversity Reports from USC, SDSU Reveal Room for Improvement Behind the Camera

Latest Diversity Reports from USC, SDSU Reveal Room for Improvement Behind the Camera As 2023 dawns, two major academic organizations that measure the progress of inclusion in Hollywood are looking back at the track record for 2022 in film. The USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative’s latest “Inclusion in the Director’s Chair” report analyzes the gender and…

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#NYU, other top US schools, evacuated over bomb threats

#NYU, other top US schools, evacuated over bomb threats

“#NYU, other top US schools, evacuated over bomb threats” New York University evacuated three of its Greenwich Village buildings after receiving multiple bomb threats Thursday evening. The threats were leveled at the Stern School of Business, Center for Neural Science, and Hebrew Union College, the university tweeted at 7:24 p.m. The NYPD was unable to…

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