News & Views Ellen DeGeneres opens season eighteen with an apology Ellen DeGeneres kicked off the 18th season of her show by addressing the allegations of a toxic workplace sparked in July.
Screen Schitt’s Creek defies the patriarchy. Its Emmys’ haul is testament to a new (and much-desired) brand of comedy There is zero homophobia, violence or toxic masculinity on this show. Love is love in Schitt’s Creek without comment or fanfare.
News & Views Diversity progress at this year’s Emmys, but it hasn’t always been this way This year’s Emmy Awards are the most diverse ever, with 38 black actors and performers being nominated across 16 acting categoires.
Screen Feminist series from Japan, and European rom-com lit you can’t put down In this week’s Culture Wrap, Jessie Tu picks a Japanese feminist tv series, a hilarious debut novel, and a podcast from comedian Madi Murphy.
News & Views Disney’s Mulan tells women to know their place The story of Mulan has been told and retold for 1,600 years. This Disney version is more conservative than one told in the 17th century.
News & Views The Inventor tells a story of a fraudulent female billionaire. Where are the films starring successful women entrepreneurs? The Inventor is compelling viewing, but why have there been more films about Steve Jobs in the past 30 years than about successful female entrepreneurs?
Screen The show everyone is watching “I MAY DESTROY YOU” This week on The Culture Wrap, Jessie Tu talks about the show everyone is watching, I MAY DESTROY YOU, and gives other shout outs to interesting creatives.
News & Views Oscars’ codifies diversity and inclusion standards to improve representation The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced several new measures to improve fair inclusion and diversity of films in its Oscars procedures.
News & Views Bela Bajaria named Netflix’s new head of global TV Bela Bajaria has been named Netflix’s new vice president of global TV, putting her in charge of all of the streaming gaint’s original TV programs.
News & Views Nike releases ad featuring Venus & Serena Williams on the power of sisters Nike has released an ad reshaping the story of two of tennis’ greatest ever player Serena and Venus Williams have in total, won 122 titles and 30 majors.
News & Views I Am Woman and other things to read, watch & hear this week In this special feature, Jessie Tu shares her pick of things to read, hear and watch. Just in time for the weekend.
News & Views ‘Be kind’ motto means little to former employees at The Ellen DeGeneres Show Allegations of a toxic workplace culture, harassment, racism, and intimidation have circled around long-running daytime talk show, The Ellen DeGeneres Show.
