How Movie Stars Can Demand More Diverse SetsThanks to Frances McDormand's Oscar speech, all of Hollywood now knows what an "inclusion rider" is. And there's a talent database, called Akuarel, that those actors can point to as a resource for productions looking to diversify their cast and crew. Akuarel's creator, April Reign, says she hopes this project will disprove the myth that "there's just no [diverse] talent." (WNYC News)
The filmmaker/typing teacher introduces himself in David Lynch Teaches Typing (image via rhinostew.itch.io, used with permission) Available as a free download for both Mac OS and Windows, David Lynch Teaches Typing is the brainchild of Los Angeles-based filmmaker Luke Palmer — “no relation to Laura,” he clarified in a phone interview, ensuring me that Palmer is, in fact, his real last name. Palmer and his collaborator, developer Hyacinth Nil, used to work at an after-school program together, where they came across a ridiculous game called Cooldog Teaches Typing. Later, when Palmer spotted a video game where one of the levels took place inside the Red Room from Twin Peaks, he had an “aha” moment. Palmer and Nil worked on the game for about five months before releasing it earlier this month.