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Black stars including Naomie Harris and Lashana Lynch have backed a Time’s Up UK campaign to ensure that the hair and makeup experience on set is professional, fair and equal. Along with the PMA Diverse Squad – a working group of eight non-white female agents – the British Blacklist and Garden…

EXCLUSIVE: The Banff World Media Festival has set panels on the “mass exodus of Black women executives in Hollywood” and LGBTQ+ representation, featuring the likes of Schitt’s Creek star Emily Hampshire and a Disney Development Director. With the fest just around the corner, Banff has added two panel…

Working class representation in UK film and TV is at its lowest level for a decade, according to new research. The Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre found that just one in 12 people now working in film, TV and radio are from lower socioeconomic backgrounds. According to the government’s…

EXCLUSIVE: ITV panel show Sorry, I Didn’t Know has sealed itself in the record books by becoming the network’s longest-running show from a production company led by Black creatives. Hosted by Bel-Air star Jimmy Akingbola and shot in front of a live audience in London, the series, which launched just…

The star of Disney+’s Shardlake has addressed having a different disability to the character he portrays in the C.J. Sansom adaptation, which launches today. Arthur Hughes, who was the first person with a disability to portray Richard III for the Royal Shakespeare Company, stressed that Shardlake was…

"I've felt that being called 'niche' is a compliment, actually,” Monkey Man star Sobhita Dhulipala tells Deadline. It is nighttime in India when we catch up with the star, and we are discussing a recent profile that dubbed her a “niche Indian actress.” "In India, there’s the conventional idea…

Deborah Williams, the head of the UK’s Creative Diversity Network (CDN), is stepping down after eight years. Williams joined the network in 2016 and has since helmed the Diamond initiative, a landmark data reporting project with buy-in from all the UK broadcasters that has analyzed the diverse…

EXCLUSIVE: Charithra Chandran, who broke out playing Edwina Sharma in Netflix’s smash regal series Bridgerton, has spoken out against an entertainment industry mentality that she feels pits people of color against each other. Chandran, who was speaking to Deadline in the days before her debut West…

With Everything Everywhere All at Once sweeping the 2022-23 awards season and Beef doing the same during the 2023-24 awards season, the Asian influence on the film and television industry has never been greater. That is one of the takeaways in a new study by McKinsey & Company. It acknowledges that…

The $6M Adobe Film and TV Fund supporting under-represented communities in film and TV has been extended to the UK. Adobe has partnered with UK training body ScreenSkills on the extension of the fund and around $250,000 will be spent in the nation in 2024 and 2025, helping 350 people from…

The DEI wars raging in Red State America have made their long-expected arrival in Hollywood. With support from one of Donald Trump’s closest aides, a SEAL Team staffer has filed a discrimination lawsuit against CBS and Paramount Global claiming he was denied a writing position on the show because of being…

Barbie may have rescued the box office in 2023, but she could not tip the balance for representation of women in films. Even as state legislatures consider restricting or eliminating DEI initiatives at public institutions, the percentage of women, women of color and women 45+ in films released in…