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“Hollywood is race-blind”

Posted on December 21, 2011 by bigWOWO

Dan Lin and Lionel Wigram

Thanks to ML who sent this profile of Dan Lin, graduate of Harvard Business School and now a successful Hollywood producer: From Harvard Business School to Sherlock Holmes Producer. Asian Americans always wonder how they can best succeed in a world that seems to be hostile to Asian American inclusion, but fortunately, according to Dan Lin, Hollywood is actually race-blind:

Lin, who is a board member for the Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment (CAPE) and a mentor with the Center for Asian American Media (CAAM), says he sees more Asian Americans in front of the camera as actors. However the producer says he would like to see more Asian Americans behind the cameras in Hollywood.

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Asian Stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame

Posted on November 13, 2011 by bigWOWO

This isn’t something that I think about much (since I don’t live near Hollywood), but there was an article on CNN about the Hollywood Walk of Fame and minority representation. According to the article, Asians are falling behind just about everyone else. I was pleasantly surprised that the article devoted ample coverage to the Asian thing.

See this:

By the end of 2011 — with a few more minority celebrities scheduled to be honored this year — the Walk of Fame will have 77 stars overall given to Latinos, 119 stars to African-Americans or African-American ensembles (three of those performers — Nat “King” Cole, Lena Horne and Sarah Vaughn — have a second star, but they are counted only once), and only 10 stars to Asians, according to the chamber.

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Teddy Zee on Hollywood

Posted on September 3, 2010 by bigWOWO

I copped this from Alpha Asian and thought some of you might find it interesting.  Teddy Zee has a long list of achievements in Hollywood.  Check out the video above where he shares advice on how to “make it.”  He talks about the mindset/goals a person needs to have when beginning a career in Hollywood, how to think about race, and how to deal with family disapproval, etc.

I’ve spent too many years with my nose in books, but I think his advice seems sound.  Lucky for writers, they never have to party.  Or maybe they do.  But that’s only after they become successful.

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