Abbey White

A day before Ramy Youssef was set to record his latest special “More Feelings,” a friend and fellow comedian and actor Steve Way was scheduled to do a practice run as his opener at Brooklyn’s Bell House. It never happened. “The day of the show, they tell Ramy, ‘Sorry, we can’t get Steve on stage.’ They needed a week’s notice to rent a ramp,’” Way, who has his own special coming soon, recalls. “This isn’t Make-A-Wish. I would rather be told I’m not good enough than, ‘Sorry, there are stairs.’”

When California State University Northridge’s head of film production Nate Thomas came to visit one of his first students, Paul Hunter, on the set of the new David Oyelowo-starring Apple TV Plus series “Government Cheese,” the Northridge alum and show co-creator could be heard boasting about his time in the program.
After learning to tell stories at CSUN, Hunter spun a renowned career directing music videos for Beyonce and U2, among others, into helming Bacardi spots with Michael B. Jordan an...

The Canadian drama about a homicide detective who experiences sudden vision loss explores the relationships that blind people have in community and with technology.

When director Jenny Mackenzie began working on her latest documentary, The Right to Read, it was a story focused on kindergarten readiness and pre-literacy. But once she met Kareem Weaver, a former educator and member of the Oakland NAACP Education Committee, the documentary’s game-changing story clicked into place.
It’s an angle that doubles as a powerful and eye-opening challenge to much of the way America’s literacy crisis has historically been perceived and addressed. The Right to Read fo...

A new community survey from Humanitas is offering a first-of-its-kind look into the state of food insecurity within the TV and film writing industry.
Published by the nonprofit behind the Humanitas Prizes, New Voices, College Screenwriting Awards, and a slate of public programs, the Groceries for Writers Food Insecurity Survey Results are some of the only known data specifically addressing the conditions and impacts of insufficient access to food and the quality of diet among emerging and pro...

Insider produced a database to track the historical presence of LGBTQ and gender-minority characters in animated children’s television.

"Pose' received a best drama Emmy nomination in 2019, with other mainstream awarding bodies -- the Golden Globes, AFI Awards, Critics Choice Awards, Peabody Awards -- having bestowed similar series honors on the FX show. Like the award-nominated and winning work that has come before it, the cable program does not stand independently from its actors' efforts. And by ignoring their individual accomplishments, Hollywood reinforces that it's only interested in celebrating the fruits of trans and nonbinary labor, not the people who bear it.

Here’s what representatives from GLAAD (which focuses on LGBTQ representation), Color of Change (race), the Geena Davis Institute (gender), Define American (immigration), and RespectAbility (disability), as well as a religion expert, told me about the work of Hollywood diversity consulting and the state of representation onscreen.

Here are five reasons why season three of Voltron: Legendary Defender shouldn’t be missed.

After 56 years at Barbie’s side, Ken is getting a makeover. Mattel announced this week that it’s expanding its fleet of Mr. Rights, offering 15 variations of Ken dolls in three body types, seven skin tones, eight hair colors, and nine hairstyles. Like Barbie’s own makeover last year, which busted the mold on her shape, size, and color, Ken will follow suit for a long-overdue transition into the 21st century.

From 'Star Wars' to 'Dune,' spice's galactic appeal is rooted in our global history.

Envisioning what futuristic or alien planet food might look like takes research and a whole lot of creativity.

This independent tea maker produces blends inspired by some of our most recognizable geek obsessions including 'Harry Potter,' 'Star Trek,' and Mario Kart. "I always feel like nerds and tea go together—for reading books, watching TV, I've always loved to do it with a good cup of tea," Prasarn told Food & Wine.

BYUtv, based out of the Provo, Utah university’s state-of-the-art facility, is responsible for reality series like the genealogy-focused Relative Race and the hidden-camera show Random Acts, but now it’s wading further into the scripted TV pool with its new series, Extinct.

Paste sat down with Michael Reisz, Shadowhunters executive producer and “Malec” episode writer, to discuss the jaw-dropping scene’s inspiration, his effort to write authentic characters, and the pressure of bringing new life to an already popular LGBT romance amid controversy.