Study finds almost no increase in diversity in popular films over the last decade

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It’s tempting to believe that the recent groundswell in talk about Hollywood’s diversity problem would result in actual improvement. But the numbers — at least so far — paint a sobering story.

A new comprehensive study from USC’s Annenberg Inclusion Initiative found that the top 100 grossing films from 2007 to 2017 (1,100 total) show minimal to no change over the stated 11 years of the study. Both on- and off-screen, exclusion of marginalized races, ethnicities, sexual orientations, and genders, as well as people with disabilities, remains as high as ever.

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Hero ruins Trump’s Hollywood Walk of Fame star with a pickaxe

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Between diaper baby blimps and Trump impersonators holding live rats, it’s a golden age for spectacularly dumb, exceptionally good anti-Trump art.

I’m a particular fan of the latest Dadaist masterpiece on display at the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los AngelesOn Wednesday morning, an unknown man went to Trump’s star and proceeded to destroy it with a pickaxe.

Someone should put this is the Louvre.

President Trump’s star on the Walk of Fame was destroyed again this morning, after police say a man used a pick axe to deface his dedicated chunk of Hollywood Blvd. sidewalk. The suspect turned himself in to Beverly Hills Police@nbcla https://t.co/HiVTm4yOtV pic.twitter.com/4X1yNFQ6sV

— Jonathan Gonzalez (@JonathanNBCLA) July 25, 2018 Read more…

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Of course there was a giant snake to mark Steve Irwin’s posthumous Hollywood star

The late Steve “Crocodile Hunter” Irwin spent his life surrounded by wildlife, so it was fitting there was one in attendance for a posthumous honour.
The wildlife expert and TV host received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Thursday, attended …

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Mark Hamill finally got his Hollywood star of fame flanked by stormtroopers

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Star Wars began in 1977, but Luke Skywalker just got his star on the Hollywood walk of fame.

On Thursday Star Wars actor Mark Hamill’s star on the Hollywood walk of fame was unveiled. The event was appropriately ceremonial, with stormtroopers in attendance.

Stormtroopers in place to guard @HamillHimself Star unveiling. #StarWars pic.twitter.com/YrP1RtsJJI

— Craig Fiegener (@CraigNews3LV) March 8, 2018

Out here for @HamillHimself to get a star on the Walk of Fame! ⭐️🌟⭐️ Emcee just said was one of the largest crowds ever for a star ceremony…I believe it! #starwars #JediDay pic.twitter.com/rL49wTDLaN

— Michele Boyd (@micheleboyd) March 8, 2018 Read more…

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