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Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Oscar Diversity The Oscar nominations are once again shining a spotlight on the lack of diversity in Hollywood. Not surprisingly, the author of a damning new report by USC Annenberg calls the business a “straight, white, boy’s club.” The question is: What can really be done about it? Variety asked a lot of people that question and printed a five-point plan called “Oscar & Diversity: 5 Ways to Fix Hollywood’s Imbalance.”
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In 'Speechless,' Scott Silveri combines comedy, family & disability Scott Silveri has written and produced sitcoms for more than 20 years. In all that time, he never encountered a TV family that looked anything like the one he grew up in -- with a mom, a dad...and a brother with cerebral palsy. He changed that with his show Speechless on ABC. Silveri tells us about looking to his own past for stories, and why he was determined to make a family comedy and not just a "disability show."
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Claudio Magris: Blameless In Claudio Magris' Blameless, a museum of the implements of war and destruction is created to inspire peace. But this conversation is not just about war and peace.
Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Why is Trump so behind on filling staff jobs, establishing concrete policies? Yesterday Donald Trump signed a “decision memo” to revamp the air traffic control system. But there was little legislative detail in the plan. There’s not much to other splashy announcements from the White House, including tax cuts and the arms deal with Saudi Arabia. And hundreds of positions are unfilled in federal agencies.