The show underscored the strides that the Emmy awards – Hollywood’s top honours in television – have made toward greater diversity.
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Is It Even Possible to Connect ‘13 Reasons Why’ to Teen Suicide?
Over the past decade, more teens have attempted suicide but it's difficult for researchers to determine whether a fictional TV show has had any role.
Hidden Figures No More: Women Shining in Hollywood
Thirty-nine of the top 100 films of 2018 featured a woman in a leading or co-leading role.
‘Star Wars’: The Evolution of the Death Star Reflects Hollywood’s Growing Fears of a Climate Apocalypse
The death star's total and instantaneous destruction of Alderaan neatly connects with fears of a huge atom bomb’s almost unimaginable destructive power.
Bollywood and Dissent: Beyond Modi’s Love for Mangoes
For decades, Indian celebrities have had an unsaid rule of never critiquing politics or being anti-government.
What ‘The Lion King’ Teaches Us About Children’s Grief
The film shows how a child, like Simba, can overcome grief with the help and love of his friends, family and community.
The Onus of Speaking Up Against Hate Crimes isn’t Only on the Khans
In a Hindu majority country, where even the ruling Government is pivoting on majoritarian sentiments, expecting actors belonging to a community which is already targeted is not only unfair but …