The Gathering took place this year in Cleveland, Ohio and it was the first time back since the pandemic, allowing artists and music lovers to get together to celebrate music and the alternative bands that perform.
Last year a report from USC brought to light that Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders make up less than 6% of speaking roles in the entertainment industry and 4% of lead roles. The study looked at 13,000 popular films and found that of the 4% with AAPI leads, only 6 were women, 0 were women over 40, 0 were in the LGBTQ+ community, and 14 were Dwayne Johnson. The numbers for people behind the camera were incredibly low as well. Every year, for one month, we tell people in the AAPI community they are important. We tell them we want… Read more »
Featured properties: Better Call Saul, Pacific Rim: The Black, Russian Doll, The Flight Attendant, A Very British Scandal, Selling Sunset, Heartstopper, Outer Range
The Outfit isn’t a film you see coming. Actually, yes it is. It brilliantly mixes mob drama with mystery thriller, and Sherin and Julian are here to tell you why they applauded at the end.
Often, when we celebrate Black History Month we think about the Civil Rights leaders and activists of long ago. I remember being in elementary school and feeling like racism was a thing of the past because of the way it was taught. It would be great if we could just talk about social injustices as something that happened long ago but no longer. However, the fact that just this weekend I saw a “White Lives Matter” shirt at an event, means that people still aren’t understanding. All of February, we see quotes from Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X.… Read more »
Properties featured: 9-1-1, Nicole Byer: BBW (Big Beautiful Weirdo), People’s Choice Awards, Abbott Elementary, Mr. Saturday Night, The Expanse, Crossing Swords, Saturday Morning All Star Hits!
Properties featured: 9-1-1, The Great Christmas Light Fight, That’s My Jam, Lost in Space, The Power of the Dog, Candified: Home for the Holidays, Baking It, Alex Rider, Pen15
Properties featured: 9-1-1, Marvel’s Hit-Monkey, Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness, The Curse of Von Dutch, Star Trek: Discovery, The Princess Switch 3: Romancing the Star, Cowboy Bebop, The Great, The Wheel of Time, Blown Away: Christmas, The Mind, Explained
Properties featured: The Harder They Fall, Chicago Med, Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi: Holiday Edition, Narcos: Mexico, Big Mouth, Animaniacs, Finch
Properties featured: Only Murders in the Building, Sparking Joy with Marie Kondo, How to Be a Cowboy, grown-ish, Q-Force, The D’Amelio Show, Cinderella
