diversity

Apple’s “Central Park” animated series is feeling more like a “Hamilton” reunion by the second. Exactly a month after Kristen Bell announced she was stepping away from voicing the mixed-race character Molly, Apple has found her replacement in the form of “Hamilton” alumna and “Umbrella Academy” star Emmy Raver-Lampman. She will become the show’s third …

It’s safe to say that Victoria Rowell is the franchise player for UMC, the streaming platform featuring urban-themed TV series and movies. Rowell, 61, has a handful of projects on UMC, the network formed in 2015 by BET founder Robert Johnson and owned by AMC. Her do-it-yourself series, “Trash vs. Treasure,” is going strong while …

GLAAD released its 2020 Studio Responsibility Index (SRI) which examines and reports the quantity, quality, and diversity of LGBTQ characters in the highest theatrical grossing films released in 2019. This year’s report has some highs to celebrate as well as some lows that studios should address. The study took a look at eight studios and …

The announcement this week that golfing icon Tiger Woods would be the subject of a two-part HBO documentary series has provoked a backlash in the doc community due to a lack of above-the-line diversity on the project. The “Tiger” series is being co-helmed by Oscar-nominated “City Of Ghosts” and “A Private War” filmmaker Matthew Heineman and …

“The Bold Type” star Aisha Dee took to Instagram on Wednesday to call out the lack of diversity behind the scenes of the Freeform series. In her post, she reflects on growing up in a primarily white, conservative area in Australia and how playing her character Kat Edison “pushed [her] to be better” personally and …

Prince Charles is the latest public figure to find himself taking heat amid a period of global unrest. On Monday, Clarence House — the official social media account for Charles, 71 — shared a speech online to commemorate Windrush Day, a celebration of Caribbean immigrants contributing to the British economy after their 1948 arrival. In …

Jon Stewart owned up about some of his shortcomings when it came to cultivating a diverse staff during his tenure on “The Daily Show” in an interview on the “Breakfast Club” Tuesday. Toward the end of the interview (starting around the 50:40 mark), the conversation turned to how white men in positions of power, like …

Sherri Shepherd once sent the co-creator of “Friends” a tongue-in-cheek card about the show’s lack of diversity, according to the former “The View” host’s best friend, Jawn Murray. But it allegedly marked her first and last appearance on the show. “Sherri was one of the few black faces that was on ‘Friends.’ Her, Aisha Tyler …

An executive from Snapchat’s parent company apologized for a controversial Juneteenth filter that slipped through the company’s review processes despite input from black employees. Oona King, the vice president of diversity, equity and inclusion of Snap, shot down allegations that the company launched the filter asking users to smile to “break the chains of slavery” …

Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg on Thursday outlined plans to improve minority representation in the higher ranks of the company. In a blog post on the social network’s website, the chief operating officer said Facebook will have 30 percent more people of color, including 30 percent more black employees, in leadership positions within the next five years. …