IllumiNative and NBCUniversal have launched a new partnership that will see the Native women-led organization leveraging its expertise to increase Indigenous representation across the media company’s portfolio.
Announced Thursday during Native American Heritage Month, the effort will help expand inclusion and representation within NBCU, with a focus on storytelling and talent development. IllumiNative’s mission to amplify contemporary Native voices, stories and issues to advance justice, equity and self-determination will carry through its consulting and recruitment services alongside workshops, conversations and trainings for the media company.
The partnership will span NBCU’s entertainment and news businesses as well as existing inclusion efforts — such as NBCU Academy, NBCU Launch and Universal’s Global Talent Development & Inclusion — and its parks and experiences division.
“We have seen an overwhelming interest in and demand for authentic Native content, and we are so excited to continue working with NBCUniversal to advance Native representation and visibility,...
Announced Thursday during Native American Heritage Month, the effort will help expand inclusion and representation within NBCU, with a focus on storytelling and talent development. IllumiNative’s mission to amplify contemporary Native voices, stories and issues to advance justice, equity and self-determination will carry through its consulting and recruitment services alongside workshops, conversations and trainings for the media company.
The partnership will span NBCU’s entertainment and news businesses as well as existing inclusion efforts — such as NBCU Academy, NBCU Launch and Universal’s Global Talent Development & Inclusion — and its parks and experiences division.
“We have seen an overwhelming interest in and demand for authentic Native content, and we are so excited to continue working with NBCUniversal to advance Native representation and visibility,...
- 11/2/2023
- by Abbey White
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
IllumiNative is honoring Native American leaders and artists at the inaugural Los Angeles edition of its Indigenous House.
Reservation Dogs showrunner Sterlin Harjo (Seminole/Muscogee Creek) and Prey producer Jhane Myers (Comanche/Blackfeet) are among the recipients of the first Native Power Builder Awards, alongside Ndn Collective director of policy and advocacy Jade Begay (Diné/Tesuque Pueblo), U.S. Representative Sharice Davids (Ho-Chunk) and the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians.
The ceremony will take place on Friday, Oct. 13 at NeueHouse Hollywood as part of a larger celebration of Indigenous Peoples’ Day (which is actually Oct. 9, but who wants to party on a Monday night?). The evening will open with a blessing song from Kahara Hodges (Diné) and also feature a presentation from the Black Eyed Peas’ Taboo (Shoshone/Hopi/Mexican) as well as music from Doc Native and Spencer Battiest (Florida Seminole/Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma), Pj Vegas (Yaqui...
Reservation Dogs showrunner Sterlin Harjo (Seminole/Muscogee Creek) and Prey producer Jhane Myers (Comanche/Blackfeet) are among the recipients of the first Native Power Builder Awards, alongside Ndn Collective director of policy and advocacy Jade Begay (Diné/Tesuque Pueblo), U.S. Representative Sharice Davids (Ho-Chunk) and the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians.
The ceremony will take place on Friday, Oct. 13 at NeueHouse Hollywood as part of a larger celebration of Indigenous Peoples’ Day (which is actually Oct. 9, but who wants to party on a Monday night?). The evening will open with a blessing song from Kahara Hodges (Diné) and also feature a presentation from the Black Eyed Peas’ Taboo (Shoshone/Hopi/Mexican) as well as music from Doc Native and Spencer Battiest (Florida Seminole/Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma), Pj Vegas (Yaqui...
- 10/2/2023
- by Rebecca Sun
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Joe Biden’s inauguration concerts continue tonight with one tied to the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, featuring a lineup that includes Yo-Yo Ma, Andra Day and Bebe Winans.
The event, scheduled to start at 8 Pm Et, will include a video from songwriter Diane Warren and Chesca’s performance of “El Cambio” (The Change), which Warren wrote and originally debuted during the Biden campaign and became an anthem. Adam Rifkin directed the video and Leah Sydney produced it.
Also on the bill for the concert, called United We Serve: A Celebration of the National MLK Day of Service, are Aloe Blacc, Rep. Sharice Davids, Rosario Dawson, Bernie King, Martin Luther King III, Rev. Al Sharpton, Sean Patrick Thomas and Lynn Whitfield.
On Sunday, the Biden inaugural committee held a virtual concert that featured Cher and Barbra Streisand, among others, with most of the performers stressing unity amid political divisions. Warren...
The event, scheduled to start at 8 Pm Et, will include a video from songwriter Diane Warren and Chesca’s performance of “El Cambio” (The Change), which Warren wrote and originally debuted during the Biden campaign and became an anthem. Adam Rifkin directed the video and Leah Sydney produced it.
Also on the bill for the concert, called United We Serve: A Celebration of the National MLK Day of Service, are Aloe Blacc, Rep. Sharice Davids, Rosario Dawson, Bernie King, Martin Luther King III, Rev. Al Sharpton, Sean Patrick Thomas and Lynn Whitfield.
On Sunday, the Biden inaugural committee held a virtual concert that featured Cher and Barbra Streisand, among others, with most of the performers stressing unity amid political divisions. Warren...
- 1/18/2021
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
The Biden/Harris Presidential Inaugural Committee announced additional programming in advance of the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris on January 20. The theme of the now five consecutive nights of events is “America United.”
On Saturday, January 16 is America United: An Inauguration Welcome Event Celebrating America’s Changemakers. The event will “celebrate America, reflect and honor our history, and highlight the incredible diversity of the nation” and kick off the five days of programming.
Whoopi Goldberg, actor Nik Dodani, comedienne and actress Cristela Alonzo, musician Darren Criss, Representative Grace Meng, Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms and Resistance Revival Choir will participate. The Welcome Event will feature a special performance by the Grammy-nominated Black Pumas. It will stream live from 7:00-8:30 Pm Et at bideninaugural.org and on Presidential Inaugural Committee social media pages.
Also announced today is United We Serve: A Celebration of the National...
On Saturday, January 16 is America United: An Inauguration Welcome Event Celebrating America’s Changemakers. The event will “celebrate America, reflect and honor our history, and highlight the incredible diversity of the nation” and kick off the five days of programming.
Whoopi Goldberg, actor Nik Dodani, comedienne and actress Cristela Alonzo, musician Darren Criss, Representative Grace Meng, Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms and Resistance Revival Choir will participate. The Welcome Event will feature a special performance by the Grammy-nominated Black Pumas. It will stream live from 7:00-8:30 Pm Et at bideninaugural.org and on Presidential Inaugural Committee social media pages.
Also announced today is United We Serve: A Celebration of the National...
- 1/15/2021
- by Tom Tapp
- Deadline Film + TV
As the country awaits the final results of the presidential election, there were major strides when it came to the representation of people of color and the LGBTQ community on many fronts — many film and TV figures from Hollywood celebrated as the world saw progress in the House and Senate.
“The Squad” which includes Reps. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, Rashida Tlaib of Michigan and Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts won re-election to Congress and they have added more powerful voices to their crew including Cori Bush who was the first Black Congresswoman in the history of Missouri. Director Victoria Mahoney and RuPaul’s Drag Race season 12 winner Jaida Essence Hall were one of the many that sent their congratulations to Bush.
In addition to Bush, antiestablishment liberal and former school principal Jamaal Bowman defeated Conservative Party candidate Patrick McManus to take a seat in Congress.
The...
“The Squad” which includes Reps. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, Rashida Tlaib of Michigan and Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts won re-election to Congress and they have added more powerful voices to their crew including Cori Bush who was the first Black Congresswoman in the history of Missouri. Director Victoria Mahoney and RuPaul’s Drag Race season 12 winner Jaida Essence Hall were one of the many that sent their congratulations to Bush.
In addition to Bush, antiestablishment liberal and former school principal Jamaal Bowman defeated Conservative Party candidate Patrick McManus to take a seat in Congress.
The...
- 11/4/2020
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
Cher will headline an LGBTQ+ fundraiser for Joe Biden on August 31, and they will be joined by former South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg.
Also scheduled to take part in the virtual event are Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-wi) and Rep. David Cicilline (D-ri).
Cher backed Biden during the Democratic primary and wrote after his convention acceptance speech on Thursday, ‘Am Proud Joe Biden Supporter. Love, Respect,& Believe In Joe.I Will Never Stop Believing In Joe,& I’M No Starry Eyed Girl.I’Ve Seen It All & Joe Is My President Joe Will Help Working Families. We Have A Million Shattered Dreams..I Trust Joe 2 Put Them Back Together Again.”
Am Proud Joe Bidden Supporter♥️.Love, Respect,& Believe In Joe.I Will Never Stop Believing In Joe,& I’M No Starry Eyed Girl.I’Ve Seen It All & Joe Is My President♥️.Joe Will Help Working Families.
We Have A Million Shattered Dreams.
Also scheduled to take part in the virtual event are Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-wi) and Rep. David Cicilline (D-ri).
Cher backed Biden during the Democratic primary and wrote after his convention acceptance speech on Thursday, ‘Am Proud Joe Biden Supporter. Love, Respect,& Believe In Joe.I Will Never Stop Believing In Joe,& I’M No Starry Eyed Girl.I’Ve Seen It All & Joe Is My President Joe Will Help Working Families. We Have A Million Shattered Dreams..I Trust Joe 2 Put Them Back Together Again.”
Am Proud Joe Bidden Supporter♥️.Love, Respect,& Believe In Joe.I Will Never Stop Believing In Joe,& I’M No Starry Eyed Girl.I’Ve Seen It All & Joe Is My President♥️.Joe Will Help Working Families.
We Have A Million Shattered Dreams.
- 8/22/2020
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Florencio Millan-Vazquez and his partner were taking their 6-month-old child to the doctor on Monday when federal agents smashed their car window, dragged him from the vehicle and took him for deportation while the couple’s 11-year-old child screamed “I don’t want them to take Daddy.”
Millan-Vazquez’s partner, Cheyenne Hoyt, live-streamed the arrest, offering an up-close look at the cruelty of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency and the bipartisan U.S. deportation policy that directs it.
Footage shows the devastating moment Ice agents broke through...
Millan-Vazquez’s partner, Cheyenne Hoyt, live-streamed the arrest, offering an up-close look at the cruelty of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency and the bipartisan U.S. deportation policy that directs it.
Footage shows the devastating moment Ice agents broke through...
- 7/25/2019
- by Ryan Bort
- Rollingstone.com
If you climb one of the many buttes that rise above western North Dakota, you’ll gaze upon a landscape of roaring methane flares, hidden pipelines and over 12,800 active oil wells. This is the Bakken oil boom, and it has helped make America the top world producer. But Cody Two Bears has a very different story to tell. “When Europeans first came to Turtle Island 500 years ago, we knew how to take care of this land and taught them how to live,” says Two Bears, referring to a name for...
- 6/4/2019
- by Justin Nobel
- Rollingstone.com
Sen. Pat Roberts (R-ks) announced Friday he will not seek reelection in 2020. “I will serve the remainder of this term as your senator, fighting for Kansas in these troubled times,” the 82-year-old Republican said in remarks delivered from the Kansas Department of Agriculture.
The senator boasted he’d end his political career having never lost a race, a record he was “damned proud of.” Left unsaid was the fact that Roberts, now two-thirds of the way through his fourth term in the Senate, faced his toughest challenge yet during his...
The senator boasted he’d end his political career having never lost a race, a record he was “damned proud of.” Left unsaid was the fact that Roberts, now two-thirds of the way through his fourth term in the Senate, faced his toughest challenge yet during his...
- 1/4/2019
- by Tessa Stuart
- Rollingstone.com
Powerful political women are becoming more common on our screens.
Robin Wright is playing the president on “House of Cards,” Elizabeth Marvel’s character sits in the Oval on “Homeland,” and on CBS’ “Madam Secretary,” Téa Leoni’s Elizabeth McCord is planning her move from Secretary of State to the White House. Selina Meyer may have lost the Presidency on “Veep” in Season 6, but she’s back on the presidential campaign trial in Season 7.
America is not there yet, but Hollywood may be moving it closer. The popularity of these story lines, combined with celebrities willing to tell their #MeToo stories and create the #TimesUp movement, has infiltrated the public zeitgeist and arguably left a mark on the midterm elections.
Also Read: Anita Hill, Rosanna Arquette and 12 Other Powerful Women at TheWrap's Power Women Summit (Exclusive Photos)
Over 100 female politicos will soon be pouring into Congress. Future stars in this unusually diverse,...
Robin Wright is playing the president on “House of Cards,” Elizabeth Marvel’s character sits in the Oval on “Homeland,” and on CBS’ “Madam Secretary,” Téa Leoni’s Elizabeth McCord is planning her move from Secretary of State to the White House. Selina Meyer may have lost the Presidency on “Veep” in Season 6, but she’s back on the presidential campaign trial in Season 7.
America is not there yet, but Hollywood may be moving it closer. The popularity of these story lines, combined with celebrities willing to tell their #MeToo stories and create the #TimesUp movement, has infiltrated the public zeitgeist and arguably left a mark on the midterm elections.
Also Read: Anita Hill, Rosanna Arquette and 12 Other Powerful Women at TheWrap's Power Women Summit (Exclusive Photos)
Over 100 female politicos will soon be pouring into Congress. Future stars in this unusually diverse,...
- 11/20/2018
- by Michele Willens and Mary Murphy
- The Wrap
Hundreds of thousands of people crowded downtown Los Angeles streets on a sunny January morning to hear Hollywood stars like Constance Wu, Natalie Portman, Eva Longoria and Viola Davis issue a call to action: resist Trump.
Movements like the Women’s March and Time’s Up energized the electorate and helped send a record number of women to Congress in the midterm election. Ninety-five women have won their House races as of Wednesday, up from the current 84.
The midterm election saw a number milestones, from the first Muslim women elected to Congress, Rashida Tlaib in Michigan and Ilhan Omar in Minnesota, to voters in Massachusetts sending the first woman of color to Congress, Ayanna Pressley. Democrats Sharice Davids and Deb Haaland became the first Native American women elected to Congress.
Several prominent women also were defeated, including Sen. Claire McCaskill, who lost to Josh Hawley in Missouri, Sen. Heidi Heitkamp,...
Movements like the Women’s March and Time’s Up energized the electorate and helped send a record number of women to Congress in the midterm election. Ninety-five women have won their House races as of Wednesday, up from the current 84.
The midterm election saw a number milestones, from the first Muslim women elected to Congress, Rashida Tlaib in Michigan and Ilhan Omar in Minnesota, to voters in Massachusetts sending the first woman of color to Congress, Ayanna Pressley. Democrats Sharice Davids and Deb Haaland became the first Native American women elected to Congress.
Several prominent women also were defeated, including Sen. Claire McCaskill, who lost to Josh Hawley in Missouri, Sen. Heidi Heitkamp,...
- 11/7/2018
- by Dawn C. Chmielewski
- Deadline Film + TV
Jared Polis won the Colorado governor’s race, becoming the first openly gay person to be elected governor in America.
Polis, a five-term congressman, faced Republican Walker Stapleton, the state treasurer, in the race. Incumbent governor, Democrat John Hickenlooper, was prevented by term limits from running again.
After announcement of the win, Hickenlooper tweeted: “Over the last few weeks, Coloradans cast their votes in favor of a bright & prosperous future & tonight we elected @PolisForCO as the new governor of this great state. Congrats to all who stood up, showed up & spoke up.
Polis, a five-term congressman, faced Republican Walker Stapleton, the state treasurer, in the race. Incumbent governor, Democrat John Hickenlooper, was prevented by term limits from running again.
After announcement of the win, Hickenlooper tweeted: “Over the last few weeks, Coloradans cast their votes in favor of a bright & prosperous future & tonight we elected @PolisForCO as the new governor of this great state. Congrats to all who stood up, showed up & spoke up.
- 11/7/2018
- by Jerry Portwood
- Rollingstone.com
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