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“TV has to look like the real world”: Niecy Nash-Betts on LGBTQ representation on television

Good Morning America caught up with Emmy presenter Niecy Nash-Betts and her wife, Jessica Betts, at the event's after-party Sunday, and they spoke about queer representation on TV."Everyone wants to be fully seen," Niecy said, "and, you know, we are happy ...
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Dev Patel calls his action picture Monkey Man “an anthem of representation”

On the red carpet at the recent TIME100 Gala in New York City, one of the list's honorees, actor and now director Dev Patel, talked about his new action picture Monkey Man. Co-produced by Oscar winner Jordan Peele, the movie stars ...
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Maddie Ziegler on the important representation in her new film ‘Fitting In’

Maddie Ziegler is a teenager unexpectedly diagnosed with MRKH syndrome in Molly McGlynn’s coming-of-age film Fitting In. Ziegler told ABC Audio she was honored to play Lindy, a character who brings representation about the lesser-known reproductive condition to the screen. “It's surreal. I feel so ...
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‘Summer House: Martha’s Vineyard’ star Preston Mitchum talks reality TV, representation, and the fight for equality

Season one of Bravo's Summer House: Martha's Vineyard has finished airing, and Preston Mitchum, one of the show's stars, is opening up about his experience. The activist and attorney tells ABC Audio that he only had one expectation going into filming: "Just to have fun." "I watch reality TV ...
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Oscars 2023: The joy of film and the joy of representation, backstage at the Oscars

(NOTE LANGUAGE) Everything Everywhere All at Once was the big winner at Sunday night's 95th Annual Academy Awards, snagging almost everything: The film from Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert nabbed seven Oscars out of its leading 11 nominations, including Best Picture. Backstage, its star Michelle ...
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‘Turning Red’ directer Domee Shi talks record Asian representation at 2023 Oscars

It was a record year for Oscar nominations when it came to actors and filmmakers of Asian descent being recognized. Domee Shi is one of those people, her Pixar film Turning Red, about a tween Chinese-Canadian girl who turns into a giant ...
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“It’s amazing!”: Tenoch Huerta and Mabel Cadena celebrate indigenous representation in ‘Wakanda Forever’

While the original Black Panther was hailed for bringing Black heroes to the forefront, its hit sequel, Wakanda Foreveris earning praise for a change of its antagonist's origin to highlight Meso-American heritage. Namor was one of Marvel Comics' first characters back in 1939, and although ...
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Los Espookys’ creators talk “absurd” comedy and Latinx representation

The second season of HBO's absurdist comedy Los Espookys kicks off Friday. The show, produced by and co-starring SNL veteran Fred Armisen, Ana Fabrega, and Julio Torres, is primarily in Spanish but quickly found a mainstream audience. That said, it's a little hard to describe, ...
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Keke Palmer covers Glamour, talks upcoming film ’Nope,’ Black representation in film and more

"Keke Palmer is in control," reads the title of the latest Glamour Magazine cover story featuring none other than the multitalented star. At just 28 years old, Palmer has more than two decades worth of entertainment work under her belt, and it seems she's just getting ...
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“It’s amazing”: Stars of AMC’s ‘Dark Winds’ talk representation of Indigenous actors, filmmakers

On Sunday, AMC launches its new thriller series Dark Winds. Based on author Tony Hillerman's "Leaphorn and Chee" book series, Zahn McClarnon and Kiowa Gordon star as a pair of Navajo police officers investigating a series of murders and a violent bank robbery. The 1970s-set thriller series was produced by Hillerman fans Robert ...