The Double XX Files: Health and Justice for Women in Film & TV (Highlights)
Hollywood, Health & Society, the CDC and the Writers Guild of America, East presented a panel on the topics of health and justice for women on Friday, April 17 at the WGAE in New York. “The Double...
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For Mother’s Day, a lesson on postpartum depression from some new TV moms
The image of motherhood on TV is changing. And I’m not talking about the June Cleaver ideal. That is dead and buried, thank goodness. I’m referring to the latest trend in scripted television to portray...
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Norman Lear at the ATX Television Festival in Austin: “…even though I’m a professional in the field, I’m an audience member first. My experience is the same at 93 that it was when I was a kid.” Read...
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There’s so much good TV now. How can you watch everything you want to? Here’s how one guy does it: he watches his favorite shows on his computer at TWICE the normal speed, probably by himself.The post...
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Hollywood, Health & Society: HIV/AIDS Roundtable at L.A. LGBT Center
Hollywood, Health & Society presented this roundtable on the status of HIV/AIDS in the media that brought together TV writers, HIV experts, storytellers and members of the creative team from ABC’s...
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Did OJ Change Anything?
Twenty-plus years later and the O.J. Simpson murder case continues to shock and fascinate us. As if you didn’t think there was anything more to learn, a pairing of television offerings this year retold...
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Marty Kaplan, quoted in the NYTimes on the renewed solace of TV for liberals: “We all gather around that hearth to know what’s going on out there, and be comforted by the people who come on our screens...
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Setting the Story Straight: Rewriting the Narrative on Immigrants in Television
The Writers Guild Foundation, in partnership with Define American and The Hollywood Reporter, hosts this discussion featuring writers and actors on how immigrants in America are depicted on...
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This report presents a media content analysis conducted by the Lear Center’s Media Impact Project in collaboration with Define American, a nonprofit media and culture organization, to investigate two...
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2019 Sentinel Awards Call for Entries
Hollywood, Health & Society announces a call for entries for the 2019 Sentinel Awards, which recognize outstanding achievements in television storylines that inform, educate and motivate viewers to...
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