
Film Apr 7, 2022
Helping Hollywood avoid claims of bias is now a growing business
by John Koblin
Studios are signing up consultants to help make sure their movies or shows don’t raise any cultural red flags.
Helping Hollywood avoid claims of bias is now a growing business
Studios are signing up consultants to help make sure their movies or shows don’t raise any cultural red flags.
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A Beijing-born director made Oscar history. Why isn’t China celebrating?
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Why Hollywood doesn't yet get anime
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Penny Marshall, 'Big' director and TV's 'Laverne,' is dead at 75
Penny Marshall, who played an endearingly graceless character with a thick Bronx accent in U.S. television's "Laverne & Shirley" before becoming a pioneering film director with hits including "Big" and "A League of Their Own," has died at 75, her publicist said on Tuesday. Marshall ...
'Attack on Titan' manga to become Hollywood live-action movie
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After 'Crazy Rich Asians,' 'Searching' breaks more new ground
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'Asian August' comes to Hollywood, but will it last?
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Bill Hersey, man about Tokyo, 1930-2018: some tributes
Writer's kindness was legend, and his photos and columns told the story of a Tokyo social scene's rebirth after war and Occupation.