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News Articles: hollywood

Michelle Yeoh, who won the Academy Award for Best Actress on Sunday, delivered a rallying cry for Hollywood's older actresses during her acceptance speech.

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  • Movies

Michelle Yeoh called out sexism in Hollywood. Will it help close the gender gap?

The 60-year-old best actress winner addressed the timing of her historic win, which comes decades into her spectacular career. But is the industry ready for more complicated, older female characters?

March 14, 2023
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  • Vanessa Romo
GPB News NPR

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  • Movies

Six must-see films with Raquel Welch, from 'Fantastic Voyage' to 'Myra Breckinridge'

The veteran film, television and stage actress died Wednesday morning at the age of 82, after a brief illness.

February 16, 2023
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By:
  • Jonathan Franklin
The Jonas Brothers react as their Hollywood Walk of Fame Star is unveiled during a ceremony on Monday in Hollywood, Calif. At the ceremony, they announced their sixth album will be released on May 5.

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  • Music

The Jonas Brothers receive Walk of Fame star and announce new album's release date

The pop group, composed of brothers Joe, Kevin and Nick Jonas, formed in 2005. Their next album, titled The Album, will be released May 5.

January 31, 2023
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By:
  • Kaitlyn Radde
A still from the CBS drama series 'Fire Country'

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  • Arts & Life

How Hollywood gets wildfires all wrong — much to the frustration of firefighters

In a time of accelerated climate change, there's a big disconnect between the portrayal of fires on-screen and the reality of the brave people who fight them in real life.

December 27, 2022
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By:
  • Chloe Veltman
Vanessa Williams recreates a scene from the 1963 historical drama <em>Cleopatra</em>, one of many such re-castings in the new photography book<em> Black Hollywood: Reimagining Iconic Movie Moments</em>.

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  • Photography

This photography book puts Black actors in Hollywood's most iconic movie moments

Photographer Carell Augustus spoke with NPR about his new book, Black Hollywood: Reimagining Iconic Movie Moments, a project more than a decade in the making.

October 15, 2022
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  • Marc Rivers
GPB News NPR

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  • Obituaries

Hollywood star and blacklist victim Marsha Hunt dies at 104

Hunt was one of the last surviving actors from Hollywood's Golden Age of the 1930s and 1940s. Her career was disrupted for a time by the McCarthy-era blacklist.

September 10, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
A star for late rapper Nipsey Hussle was unveiled on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles on Aug. 15. The ceremony included speeches and remarks from members of the late rapper's family, including his sister, Samantha Smith (third from right), and his grandmother Margaret Boutte (fourth from right), who accepted the star on behalf of the family.

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  • Arts & Life

Nipsey Hussle gets Hollywood star on what would have been his 37th birthday

The late rapper's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame is the 2,729th placed to date.

August 16, 2022
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  • Jonathan Franklin
TV writer and producer Shonda Rhimes, seen in 2019.

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  • Arts & Life

Leading Hollywood directors, writers and producers sign a pledge about onscreen guns

Shonda Rhimes, Jimmy Kimmel and Bill Lawrence are among the 200 movie and TV producers, directors and writers who are pledging to revisit the use of guns in their storytelling — but not to omit them.

June 13, 2022
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  • Anastasia Tsioulcas
GPB News NPR

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  • Obituaries

Hollywood bard, muse and reveler Eve Babitz dies at 78

With warmth and candor, Eve Babitz chronicled the excesses of her native world in the 1960s and 1970s and became a cult figure to generations of readers.

December 18, 2021
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  • The Associated Press
Lady Gaga stars as Patrizia Reggiani with Adam Driver as Maurizio Gucci in Ridley Scott's <em>House of Gucci</em>.

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  • Arts & Life

Lady Gaga responds to criticism of her performance in 'House of Gucci'

She stars in the film as the woman at the center of a scandal in the fashion world. But the actors' Italian accents have been panned, and the Gucci family has criticized the way it was depicted.

December 04, 2021
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By:
  • A Martínez,
  • Danny Hajek,
  • and 1 more
Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-Texas, seen in February, U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-Texas, has made the inclusion of Latinos in media a principal issue. A government report says the absence of Latinos in the media could impact how their fellow Americans view them.

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  • National

The Lack Of Latinos In Media Could Affect How Others View Them, The Government Says

The report discovered that the biggest growth among Hispanics in the media industry was in service jobs, while management jobs had the lowest representation.

September 21, 2021
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  • The Associated Press
Rashad Frett, on a film set

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  • Race

What Top Film Schools Are Doing To Help Diversify Hollywood

Before the pandemic, diversity training programs were all the rage at movie and TV studios. Now, how are they faring?

September 20, 2021
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By:
  • Mandalit del Barco
An illuminated advertisement for the upcoming <em>Top Gun: Maverick</em> movie is displayed at Caesars Palace during CinemaCon, the official convention of the National Association of Theatre Owners, last month, in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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  • Movies

Sorry, Tom Cruise Fans — New 'Top Gun' And 'Mission Impossible' Movies Delayed Again

The blockbuster movies have been pushed back once again — Top Gun: Maverick is now scheduled to hit theaters in the spring and Mission: Impossible 7 won't be released until next September.

September 02, 2021
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By:
  • Scott Neuman
This combination of photos shows Jordan Peele at the Los Angeles premiere of "The Twilight Zone" on March 26, 2019, left, and J.J. Abrams at the Los Angeles premiere of "Westworld" Season Two, on April 16, 2018.

Hollywood's Big Players Stay Quiet On Georgia Abortion Law

Georgia and Hollywood are worlds away from one another, physically and culturally, but irresistible tax incentives have turned the state into a filming...

May 16, 2019
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  • Associated Press
University of Georgia student Kyanna Simone Simpson, a Decatur native, plays a clever tech geek and math nerd in Netflix's new horror series Chambers.

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  • Movies

First, She Got Oprah's Attention. Now, She's On Netflix. What Will Kyanna Simone Simpson Do Next?

Kyanna Simone Simpson shows no signs of stopping. The Decatur native and University of Georgia student 's first Netflix series, Chambers , was just...

May 01, 2019
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  • Virginia Prescott
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