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Diane Haithman

Diane Haithman

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Senior Entertainment Business Reporter • diane@thewrap.com • @dhaithman

Diane came to TheWrap from a position as Staff Reporter at The Los Angeles Business Journal, covering Entertainment/Media, Philanthropy and Style. Diane was a Los Angeles Times Staff Writer for two decades, covering arts, culture and the TV industry. Her novel Dark Lady of Hollywood was published to critical acclaim by Harvard Square Editions in 2014. She serves on the adjunct faculty of Emerson College Los Angeles and has taught feature writing at USC. Diane is co-author of the nonfiction book The Elder Wisdom Circle Guide for a Meaningful Life (Penguin/Plume 2007) and is a member of the National Association of Black Journalists-Los Angeles Chapter.

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University of Michigan Ann Arbor

  • Golden Globes Hit With #TimesUpGlobes Protest Over HFPA’s No Black Members

    Time’s Up is organizing effort targeting the Hollywood Foreign Press Association two days before its awards show

    By

    Diane Haithman
    February 26, 2021 @ 2:07 PM
    News
    2:07 PM
    Golden Globes Hit With #TimesUpGlobes Protest Over HFPA’s No Black Members
  • Film and Video Production Lost Nearly 92,000 Jobs During Pandemic, Study Says

    California accounts for 50,000 of those, including 40,000 in L.A. County, according to an Otis College report

    By

    Diane Haithman
    February 25, 2021 @ 3:47 PM
    News
    3:47 PM
    Film and Video Production Lost Nearly 92,000 Jobs During Pandemic, Study Says
  • ‘One Night in Miami’ Writer Kemp Powers on the ‘Painful’ Process of Reworking His Play for the Screen

    TheWrap magazine: Powers said cutting a pivotal scene out was akin to “killing your babies”

    By

    Diane Haithman
    February 25, 2021 @ 3:02 PM
    Awards
    3:02 PM
    ‘One Night in Miami’ Writer Kemp Powers on the ‘Painful’ Process of Reworking His Play for the Screen
  • Why ‘Soul’ Writer Kemp Powers Was ‘The Right Person at the Right Time’ to Create Pixar’s 1st Black Lead

    TheWrap magazine: “I didn’t want him to seem like a stereotypical character that was just painted black,” says Powers of jazz musician Joe Gardner

    By

    Diane Haithman
    February 24, 2021 @ 4:14 PM
    News
    4:14 PM
    Why ‘Soul’ Writer Kemp Powers Was ‘The Right Person at the Right Time’ to Create Pixar’s 1st Black Lead
  • Why Macro Considers Audience Data Key to Hollywood Diversity

    “Streaming platforms are clearly the marketplace that’s driving everything, and those platforms have access to what? Data,” Charles D. King says

    By

    Diane Haithman
    February 24, 2021 @ 1:46 PM

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    1:46 PM
    Why Macro Considers Audience Data Key to Hollywood Diversity

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  • America Ferrera to Make Feature Directorial Debut With ‘I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter’

    The ‘Superstore’ star heads to Netflix with film adaptation of the Erika L. Sánchez Y/A novel

    By

    Diane Haithman
    February 24, 2021 @ 10:00 AM
    10:00 AM
    America Ferrera to Make Feature Directorial Debut With ‘I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter’
  • Entertainment Industry Coalition Asks Senate to Address Need for Pandemic Risk Insurance

    “Federal legislation is needed to get American workers meaningfully back to work on film, television and sports productions,” the letter reads

    By

    Diane Haithman
    February 19, 2021 @ 7:24 PM
    News
    7:24 PM
    Entertainment Industry Coalition Asks Senate to Address Need for Pandemic Risk Insurance
  • WrapPRO Roundtable: Inside the Shift Toward Multicultural Representation on Screen | Video

    “The one thing I worry about is unless we band together, this is just one moment in time,” BET’s Rose Catherine Pinkney says

    By

    Diane Haithman
    February 19, 2021 @ 6:00 AM

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    News
    6:00 AM
    WrapPRO Roundtable: Inside the Shift Toward Multicultural Representation on Screen | Video

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  • Black Film Critics Group to Honor Mariah Carey, George C Wolfe and Netflix

    The special achievement award “is a shout out to a body of work vs. the particular performance,” African American Film Critics Association president Gil Robertson says

    By

    Diane Haithman
    February 16, 2021 @ 6:30 AM
    News
    6:30 AM
    Black Film Critics Group to Honor Mariah Carey, George C Wolfe and Netflix
  • Inside the Fight for Exclusive Content as Streamers Acquire Studio Libraries

    “The major platforms have been buying like drunken sailors,” Stephen Kerr, president of Business Marketing Consultants, says

    By

    Diane Haithman
    February 16, 2021 @ 6:00 AM

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    News
    6:00 AM
    Inside the Fight for Exclusive Content as Streamers Acquire Studio Libraries

    Pro Available to WrapPRO members

  • How ‘Funny Boy’ Director Connected With Story About Gay Teen in War-Torn Sri Lanka (Video)

    “It’s not just about the war, it’s not just about a queer coming-of-age film. It’s about intolerance,” director-writer Deepa Mehta says

    By

    Diane Haithman
    February 12, 2021 @ 11:09 AM
    Awards
    11:09 AM
    How ‘Funny Boy’ Director Connected With Story About Gay Teen in War-Torn Sri Lanka (Video)
  • Netflix to Open New Office in Canada to ‘Work Directly’ With Canadian Creatives

    Location and timetable for the new office TBA

    By

    Diane Haithman
    February 11, 2021 @ 2:00 AM
    News
    2:00 AM
    Netflix to Open New Office in Canada to ‘Work Directly’ With Canadian Creatives
  • Battle Brews Over LA Schools Used as Film Sets While Real Students Are Stuck at Home

    “They’re not allowing these kids to set foot on campus right now, but they are allowing child actors,” one parent tells TheWrap

    By

    Diane Haithman and Jeremy Fuster
    February 9, 2021 @ 6:30 AM

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    News
    6:30 AM
    Battle Brews Over LA Schools Used as Film Sets While Real Students Are Stuck at Home

    Pro Available to WrapPRO members

  • ‘Sabaya’ Director Says Shooting in Syria Was So Dangerous He Did It Solo (Video)

    Sundance 2021: Documenting the rescue of Yazidi women enslaved by ISIS, Hogir Hirori often thought: “Should I be doing this, is it worth it?”

    By

    Diane Haithman
    February 4, 2021 @ 6:14 PM
    News
    6:14 PM
    ‘Sabaya’ Director Says Shooting in Syria Was So Dangerous He Did It Solo (Video)
  • Biden Is Oldest President Ever – Will Hollywood Finally Rethink Ageism?

    “We’ve gone through a whole cycle of: ‘And the president in this episode is a woman.’ I think now we are going to see, ‘The president in this episode is a grandpa,’” one expert says

    By

    Diane Haithman
    February 4, 2021 @ 6:00 AM

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    6:00 AM
    Biden Is Oldest President Ever – Will Hollywood Finally Rethink Ageism?

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