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Friday 14 June 2019

Amy Poehler, Issa Rae recognized for their entrepreneurship

By LINDSEY BAHR graduation only picked her
Associated Press up from school four times.
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) “I’ve paid a deep price for
— In a night of command- my advocacy,” Schulman
ing words from some of said.
the most accomplished She said there’s still, “A long
women in entertainment at way to go” and she hopes,
the annual Women in Film for one, that the words “di-
Gala Wednesday night in versity” and “inclusion” are
Beverly Hills, from the likes decoupled.
of Issa Rae, Viola Davis and “Diversity is a counting
producer Cathy Schulman, mechanism,” she said. “In-
Amy Poehler put her own clusion is not something
unconventional spin on the you can count, advertise
“empowerment speech.” or market. Inclusion is what
Poehler, who was accept- happens when diverse
ing the final honor of the people are actually pres-
evening, the Entrepreneur ent in equal numbers in de-
in Entertainment Award, cision making positions.”
simply read off a list of Davis, who is working with
names: “A League of Their Schulman on a project
Own,” Patti Smith, “Flea- called “The Woman King,”
bag,” ‘’The Virgin Suicides,” which she described as
Judge Judy, U.S. Women’s “’Braveheart’ only with all
Soccer, “American Psy- black women and no Scot-
cho,” ‘’Russian Doll,” Dolly Amy Poehler accepts the entrepreneur in entertainment award at the Women in Film Annual Gala tish brogues,” said that,
Parton. She continued list- on Wednesday, June 12, 2019, at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif. “In a world that has a bad
ing off female creators and Associated Press habit of erasing us girls...
female-created shows and inspiration from her hip-hop self.” car for producing the film we need champions like
films for two and a half min- idols and buck the social Producer Cathy Schulman, “Crash,” she said she never Cathy.”
utes. convention of women be- and former Women in Film made a dollar from the film, Women in Film, the advo-
“Thank you, thank you,” ing humble. She said she board president, who was which earned almost $100 cacy organization putting
Poehler said. “More, more, was just going to say the being recognized for her million at the box office, on the event with the help
more.” opposite of, “What I would advocacy in entertain- and even went into credit of sponsor Max Mara, an-
It was simple, brief, and got normally say.” ment, took a vastly different card debt trying to make nounced a new initiative
the point across to the ball- “You future hoes need to approach with a vulner- sure the production had at the event called Entre-
room full of women working bow down,” Rae said as able and open story about what was needed. She’s preneurial Pathways which
in the industry. She followed the inaugural recipient of the personal and financial produced 30-something is intended to help knock
a riotously funny speech the Emerging Entrepre- trials she’s had to endure films and raised a daughter down the roadblocks to
from “Insecure” creator neur Award. “Entrepreneur while trying to “make it.” too, but she said she has capital for female filmmak-
Rae, who decided to take means I did that s--- by my- Although she won an Os- from pre-school through ers and creators.q

Prince Royce to headline MLS All-Star concert

By MESFIN FEKADU Royce said though he en- “I’m doing a very differ-
Associated Press joys soccer, he didn’t play ent approach with this al-
NEW YORK (AP) — Latin the sport growing up: “In bum. It’s really a concept
singer Prince Royce says New York, as a Dominican, album,” Royce said, add-
he’s looking forward to the only two sports you re- ing that he’s “not 100 per-
headlining the 2019 Ma- ally hear about is baseball cent sure when it’s going to
jor League Soccer All-Star and basketball. I grew up come out.”
Concert because he loves in the projects of New York, “It’s a very ambitious al-
singing live. But another which we had a basketball bum,” he added. “It’s so
motive? To gain some new court in the back. And then many different rhythms, so
fans. growing up I saw a lot of many different vibes.”
The Dominican singer will baseball, you know, there Royce turned 30 last month
perform at the free event are so many Dominican and went skydiving to cel-
on July 27 in Orlando, Flor- baseball players.” ebrate. He married “Shad-
ida, at Wall Street Plaza, Royce released his self-ti- owhunters” actress Emer-
where Grammy-nominat- tled debut album in 2010, aude Toubia last year. He
ed DJ-producer A-Trak will topped the Latin charts said as he reflects on his
kick off the concert. with songs like “Corazon Sin career so far, he’s proud of
“I think for me it’s a great Cara,” ‘’Las Cosas Peque- what he’s achieved.
way to continue to gain nas” and “Darte un Beso,” “I feel very blessed that I’m
a bigger audience. It’s a and earned 13 Latin Gram- able to take care of my
whole different type of my nominations. family and live off of this
crowd,” said Royce, who In this Monday, Feb. 27, 2017, file photo, singer Prince Royce Last week he released the dream,” he said. “I’m at
said he’s become a bigger poses for a portrait in New York. song “Curame” featuring a place where I feel really
soccer fan in the last two Associated Press Manuel Turizo, and said good about myself. I’m just
years. “I know that there’s that might just be finding day ... (but) I hope that they he’s finishing up a new al- motivated to do more and
going to be some people out about my music that have a great experience.” bum, “Alter Ego.” to keep growing.”q