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NCIS: Hawaii writer and story editor Yakira Chambers passes away at 42 due to 'acute asphyxiation'

NCIS: Hawaii writer and story editor Yakira Chambers has passed away. Chambers preliminary cause of death is reportedly acute asphyxiation, family sources told Deadline . ....

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Playwrights' Arena & Skylight Theatre Company to Present the World Premiere of APARTMENT LIVING

Advancing to their second World Premiere this season, live performance returns to the stage at Skylight Theatre on March 12th, in partnership with Playwrights' Arena. Award winning playwright Boni B. Alvarez captures the pulse of the times we’re living in as he gives audiences a bird’s eye view of Apartment Living. ....

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Fighting Back


Fighting Back
Co-showrunners Christina M. Kim and Robert Berens take on issues of inclusion, representation, and racism in their reboot of the ’70s hit series
Kung Fu.
Kung Fu.
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Robert Berens
For the majority of my career I ve been in many [writers’] rooms that right now people would be canceled for. In every room I was in that was inappropriate, that was not a positive work environment, all I could think about was,
One day, I hope that I m a showrunner, and I m not going to do this.
– Christina Kim
Last year, when co-showrunners Christina M. Kim and Robert Berens were staffing the room for Kim’s reimagining of the ’70s ABC cult series, ....

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Hollywood Has Opened Some Doors For Underrepresented TV Writers, But What Comes Next?


Hollywood Has Opened Some Doors For Underrepresented TV Writers, But What Comes Next?
Diversity programs have helped more people start their careers. But to build a truly inclusive Hollywood, they need more paths to power.
By Marina Fang
Updated
Jan 29, 2021
For more than a decade, Claudia Forestieri was a reporter and producer for Telemundo, telling stories about Latinx communities around the country, from the Bay Area, to Chicago, to Miami, to Los Angeles, where she now lives. The work was important and meaningful to her. But she began to wonder how she could become a different kind of storyteller: telling more complete stories over a longer timescale. ....

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