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Editorial

AAPI Representation in Hollywood


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 »

News

News Flashes 05.19.22: The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Concert, Harry Style’s New Song, XXXTENTACION Trailer, and New Umbrella Academy Trailer


Today we talk about the artists performing at the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Concert, Harry’s newest single, the trailer for Hulu’s new XXXTENTACION documentary, and The Umbrella Academy S3 trailer. The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Concert History is being made as Queen Elizabeth gets ready to celebrate her 70th year on the throne. What better way to celebrate than to bring together some of the most iconic artists of all time. The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Concert will take place on June 4th at Buckingham Palace, with 22,000 in attendance, and will stream on BBC One and Radio 2.  Queen, Diana Ross, Elton… Read more »

Film Review

Film Review: The 355


Basically: The legendary codename for women in spycraft inspires a less than epic espionage-adventure. Have you heard the term ‘the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak’? When it comes to The 355, the cast is willing but the script is weak. Let’s get into it. The 355 draws its inspiration from Agent 355, an anonymous woman who was queen of spies during the Revolutionary War. The codename has been used in comic books, literature, and now in the new film directed by Simon Kinberg from a script by Kinberg and Theresa Rebeck.  The cast, as mentioned in my… Read more »

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