Hollyblogs
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Crisis PR Expert: Amber Heard and Jussie Smollett Are Paying the Price for ‘Shocking Arrogance’ (Guest Blog)
“Both traded short-term publicity and attention for long-term reputation damage,” Evan Nierman writes
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The Johnny Depp Verdict Doesn’t Just Hurt Amber Heard (Guest Blog)
“One survivor received a threatening email from a defamation lawyer even as the verdict was announced,” Harvey Weinstein accuser Louise Godbold writes
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George Stevens Jr. Looks Back on His Famous Director Dad – and His Own Work in Film (Guest Blog)
“To see John F. Kennedy, in color, walk into a room, was much more memorable than meeting any Hollywood star,” Stevens says
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Former ‘Seinfeld’ Writer Wonders: Has L.A. Gotten Too Woke for Boomer Comedians? (Guest Blog)
“I guess they’d have a problem with my idea for a nonbinary rom-com called ‘They’s All That,’” Peter Mehlman suggests
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Joe Eszterhas: That Time Otis Redding Called Me a ‘White F–ing N-Word’ | Guest Blog
The “Basic Instinct” screenwriter recounts his meeting with the legendary soul singer — just hours before his tragic death
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Women Are Finally Finding a Voice on New York Stages, From ‘Six’ to ‘Suffs’ (Guest Blog)
“I am drawn to untold stories about women and there are so many … that need telling,” Broadway producer Dale Franzen says
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Don’t Gamble Away California’s Diverse Creative Jobs (Guest Blog)
A new bill in the California legislature poses a threat “to rising talent from underrepresented groups,” ALLvanza founder Rosa Mendoza writes
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How ‘Belfast,’ ‘Dune’ and Other Oscar Films Shine the Spotlight on the Refugee Crisis (Guest Blog)
“Against the backdrop of increasing global polarization, failed diplomacy and disinformation wars, these films help reframe the refugee narrative,” UN Refugee Agency’s Anadil Hossain writes
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What the Oscars Academy Can Teach the U.S. About How to Run Political Elections (Guest Blog)
Ranked-choice voting is effective in expanding diversity and gender balance, RepresentWomen’s Katie Usalis writes
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How ‘Abbott Elementary’ Flips the Script on Popular Images of Urban Public Schools (Guest Blog)
Quinta Brunson’s diverse onscreen faculty “reflects an academic reality I wish I had experienced growing up,” anthropologist Philip McKenzie writes
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Hey, John Mulaney and ‘SNL’: Your Ageist Jokes Are Getting Really Old (Guest Blog)
We know it’s OK to mock older people because we’ve seen stars do it and people laughed, writes David Gittins of Age Inclusion in Media
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‘Dune’ Repeats Tired Tropes of a White Savior in a Middle Eastern Setting (Guest Blog)
The Oscar contender “perpetuates a harmful history” of Orientalism, argue Muslim Public Affairs Council’s Sue Obeidi and scholar Evelyn Alsultany
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‘Intimate Apparel’ Off Broadway Review: Lynn Nottage’s Seamstress Now Sings
Ricky Ian Gordon improves a modern classic with his extraordinary operatic score
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‘Shhhh’ Off Broadway Review: Clare Barron’s Kinky, Envelope-Pushing Drama
Playwright, actress and director explores extremes that have nothing to do with intimacy
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‘Skeleton Crew’ Broadway Review: Phylicia Rashad Wears the Overalls in This Factory Family
The actors rule in this Detroit drama by Dominique Morisseau
