Study Finds That One-Third Of Asian Pacific Islanders Depicted In Movies Are Played By The Rock

In a post-Covid world, media consumers plan, unsurprisingly, to watch more live sports, but a new study also shows they’ll seek diversity on screen and programming that’s more international, upbeat, educational and participatory that it was pre-pandemic.

EXCLUSIVE: Oscar winner Nicolas Cage (Con Air), Ron Perlman (Hellboy), Ashley Greene (Twilight), Oscar nominee Jackie Earle Haley (Lincoln), Joel David Moore (Avatar) and Grace Byers (Empire) are among cast set to star in action movie The Retirement Plan, which gets underway on Friday in the Cayman Islands.

“The Donut King” (2020)From filmmaker Alice Gu, “The Donut King” traces the twisty, unexpected journey of Cambodian refugee Ted Ngoy, who arrived in California in the 1970s and, through a mixture of diligence and luck, built a multi-milion dollar donut empire up and down the west coast.After escaping the brutal Khmer Rouge in Cambodia, Ngoy started a new life in America as a church custodian and eventually parlayed hard luck and opportunity into the opening of his first donut shop in Orange

Since its controversial series premiere in 2017, Netflix’s 13 Reasons Why has taken more care in addressing mental health issues by highlighting resources and opening up the conversation more carefully. As a result teenage viewers are holding their own discussions and learning about mental health, anxiety, depression and more, a report from UCLA’s Center of Scholars and Storytellers (CSS) shows.

Chris Rock had some useful advice for John Mulaney after he announced his divorce.

Christopher Vourlias As the calendar turned to March this year, and the cold, dark months of a pandemic winter gave way to hopeful signs of spring, Evgenia Markova, head of the Russian film promotion body Roskino, mooted the prospect of hosting a physical version of the Key Buyers Event, a showcase of new Russian content now in its third year. “I was hoping that it would be possible,” she tells Variety.

A new report from USC’s Annenberg Inclusion Initiative found that only 5.9% of the 51,159 speaking roles in the 1,300 top-grossing movies from 2007-2019 were played by Asian American and Pacific Island actors, and that only 3.4% of those films had an API lead or co-lead, with only six movies featuring an API woman in a leading or co-leading role.

Asian and Pacific Islander characters on screen were completely missing from 39% — or roughly four out of 10 — of the top grossing films dating back to 2007, a new study has found. Of 1,300 analyzed films, only 44 movies, or 3.4%, had an API lead or co-lead.

Tina Turner, JAY-Z and Carole King are among its 2021 class.Other inductees in the performer category, which honors bands and solo artists who have created music whose originality, impact and influence has changed the course of rock & roll, include The Go-Go's, Foo Fighters and Todd Rundgren.This marks Turner's second spot in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, as she was inducted in 1991 as part of Ike & Tina Turner.

EXCLUSIVE: UK studio comedy and entertainment shows are preparing to throw open their doors to live audiences from next week, as the British government relaxes social restrictions amid an easing of the coronavirus crisis.

Demi Lovato is getting ready for her next adventure, which just might be her most unexpected yet.The Grammy-nominated singer is going to executive produce and star in a new Peacock docu-series titled Unidentified With Demi Lovato, which focuses on finding out the truth about UFOs.

Tracee Ellis Ross made fans swoon when she shared the most beautiful photos of herself posing with her superstar mom, Diana Ross, in honor of Mother’s Day. RELATED: Tracee Ellis Ross wore THE dress of the summer and we found the best lookalike for $12The duo looked ethereal in the throwback snaps that Tracee shared in a post on Instagram Sunday, which showed them cozying up together in a black and white photo, looking ethereal on the cover of Essence, and stunning in split photos too. A post

Elaine Low Senior TV WriterTo highlight its Asian American and Pacific Islander creators and talent during AAPI Heritage Month, Netflix is launching a hub on the service dedicated to AAPI content, as well as a national ad campaign.The company joins other streaming services in spotlighting its AAPI shows and movies — HBO Max and Hulu are just two other streamers that debuted a dedicated collection of content featuring Asian Americans on screen.Netflix’s Celebrate Asian American & Pacific