The move to bust the audition process wide open is one way Chu hopes to make good on his promise: that Crazy Rich Asians would comprise “amazing Asian actors cast in EVERY SINGLE ROLE.” His pronouncement followed a particularly egregious season of Hollywood “whitewashing” and now, nearly a year since he set that goal, the Step Up director intends to deliver, but finding a “cream-of-the-crop Asian cast” has proven to take some time.
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Movie Boring? Okay – How About Playing On This Jungle Jim?
“Mexico-based movie theater chain Cinepolis is betting it can lure more families back to the multiplex with its new in-theater playground concept, Cinepolis Junior, which makes its U.S. debut at two Southern California locations next week. The remodeled auditoriums at Cinepolis USA’s Pico Rivera and Vista theaters each feature a colorful play area near the screen in front of the seats, a jungle gym, and cushy beanbag chairs.”
New NPR Guidelines Wrestle With Conflict Between Transparency And Reporter-Funder Firewall
Traditionally, the network took care to keep reporters from even knowing what donors or organizations might be funding coverage of the stories they work on. But it’s difficult to do that at the same time you’re trying to be clear to listeners about who’s providing the money to support the reporting.
Russia Gives Disney’s Live-Action ‘Beauty And The Beast’ Adults-Only Rating
And yes, it’s because Gaston’s sidekick, LeFou, is depicted as gay. (At least the movie wasn’t banned for violating the law against aiming “gay propaganda” at minors, as the author of the law had demanded.)
Afghanistan’s Answer To ‘American Idol’ – It Could Make You Famous, But It Could Also Get You Killed
“The show’s judges drive around in armored vehicles. The contestants are provided with safe housing inside a compound for the duration of the show. Audience members go through multiple security checks.” Reporter Mujib Mashal visits the set and meets this season’s two favorites, a rapping barber from Mazar-i-Sharif and a 16-year-old girl whose widowed mother defied the rest of the family to get her daughter entered.
Is A Slump In Chinese Movie Box Office Because Audiences Are Getting More Selective?
“China used to be a market where the screen count was growing so much, people would kind of go see anything, or see a lot of things. But it’s become a much more mature market, like the rest of the world. It’s more sensitive to content.”
Surprise? African-American Viewership Of Oscars Was Way Up This Year
“Nielsen data shows an average of 4.17 million black viewers were tuned into the 89th Academy Awards telecast, an increase of 30% over last year. The overall audience for the Oscars was 32.9 million, a 4% decline from the previous year and the lowest since 2008. The Oscars averaged an 18.68 rating in African American homes, which is the highest number among the segment since 2014. The rating among black homes was higher than the overall rating of 18.39.”
IMdB Adds An “F” Rating For Movies
Curator Gali Gold said the rating was “a simple and effective way to signpost films where the stories are told by and about women and to highlight the issue of gender imbalance within the film industry”.
Hoo Boy, And Now The Academy May Get Into A Legal Battle
Or is that simple gamesmanship? “Theoretically, the Academy itself could sue in an effort to lower its tab with PwC, but experts speculate that the firm may proactively offer a deep discount, or even a total waiver of fees for the event, in an attempt to keep the business.”
A Movie Theatre In Alabama Can Handle A Woman/Beast Romance, But Not A Gay Character
That’s right, a drive-in movie theatre has banned Disney’s live-action remake of “Beauty and the Beast” because one character is (ahem, overtly) gay. One commenter wrote, “A drive-in theater is so perfectly apt for your prehistoric ideologies.”