Good news for those of us who love Star Wars and diversity in film. The movie has just added an Asian actress to its lineup, up-and-coming British thespian Christina Chong. » 7/17/14 6:30pm 7/17/14 6:30pm

While America is still adjusting a black Captain America, Hollywood producers should be catering to Hispanic ladies over 25 because, money. » 7/17/14 2:15pm 7/17/14 2:15pm

Universal Pictures is hard at work on the film Straight Outta Compton, an N.W.A. biopic set for release next year. The movie is happening with the cooperation of heavyweights like Ice Cube and Dr. Dre. Here is a casting call for the film that went out yesterday. » 7/17/14 11:20am 7/17/14 11:20am

Guess what? Turns out if you essentially ignore half the population, you're leaving money on the table. Apparently this is, like, an AP Calculus-level concept in Hollywood. » 7/16/14 10:50am 7/16/14 10:50am

Zoe Saldana is in the new issue of Marie Claire, promoting Guardians Of The Galaxy, and in the magazine, she insists that Hollywood give more time to stories about women. » 7/15/14 4:30pm 7/15/14 4:30pm

Today in Do Not Want or Need: Disney's working on a live-action version of Dumbo, and they've tapped the dude who wrote Transformers to develop the project. Can't wait to see how they handle the crows. » 7/09/14 10:20am 7/09/14 10:20am

It's no secret that Hollywood loves its pretty young thangs. Meaning that once a woman hits an age where starts looking like she's actually lived a life, she's tossed into the "mom roles" bucket and is legally required to soak for no less than four hours a day in a vat of paraffin wax and retinol. » 7/03/14 7:16pm 7/03/14 7:16pm

Last summer, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences — AMPAA, aka the folks who hand out Oscars — elected a new president: Cheryl Boone Isaacs, the Academy's first African-American president, and the third woman to hold the position. And now we can see that Isaacs is making some changes. » 6/27/14 4:00pm 6/27/14 4:00pm

Fact: Sunglasses are the closest humanity has ever come to achieving hotness in a box. But how to explain the magical powers of even the cheapest drugstore shades? Well, you should probably thank Greta Garbo. » 6/25/14 12:00pm 6/25/14 12:00pm

UCLA's Ralph Bunche Center for African American Studies has released its 2014 Hollywood Diversity Report — predictably, for women and minorities, the results are dismal. And when you break down the minority portion by race, the figures are even more depressing. » 6/03/14 8:00pm 6/03/14 8:00pm

For years, a biopic of Dolly Parton has been crawling over broken glass, attempting to escape development hell. Now it's come to our attention that somebody apparently thinks that Scarlett Johansson would be a great choice to play the country music legend. Let me stop you right there, Hollywood: No. » 5/27/14 10:45am 5/27/14 10:45am

It's been six weeks since Lupita Nyong'o won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for 12 Years a Slave. But given how quickly things happen today, her triumph might as well have happened years ago. The People want a new Lupita role, damn it! » 4/17/14 5:45pm 4/17/14 5:45pm

Last night was the Divergent Berlin premiere and our favorite celebrity wood sprite, Shailene Woodley, was on her best behavior. Beautiful, expensive-looking Zuhair Murad gown. Check? The lipstick that she usually forgoes on the red carpet? Also check. After the premiere, though? All bets are off. » 4/02/14 2:00pm 4/02/14 2:00pm

Tess Paras is an Asian-American actress who is tired of being cast as a white lady's nerdy or sexy sidekick. She also happens to have a little bit of musical talent kicking around. And, you know, since Royals is such a fun song to parody on account of the fact that it's got all kinds of lyrics, she and two of her… » 3/26/14 5:25pm 3/26/14 5:25pm

Have you given up on your dreams of writing the great American screenplay because the chances of being discovered by Hollywood are about as likely as finding Jimmy Hoffa working at your local Starbucks? Well, maybe you should dust off that typewriter (HA!) and give that story about a plucky young cop with a heart of… » 3/05/14 11:00pm 3/05/14 11:00pm