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July 18, 2018 The Skanner Page 7 Arts & Entertainment Emmy Diversity Gets a Boost From Ricky Martin, Issa Rae More than one-third of this year’s acting nominations went to people of color LOS ANGELES — Ster- ling K. Brown and Don- ald Glover aren’t such Emmy outliers this year. More than a third of the 101 acting nominations for the 70th Primetime Emmy Awards went to ethnic minorities, ac- cording to an analysis by The Associated Press. That’s up from a quarter of the field last year, when Brown (“This Is Us”) and Glover (“Atlanta”) won top acting awards. Both men are nomi- nated again, along with noteworthy first-timers including Latino actors Ricky Martin and Penelo- pe Cruz for “The Assassi- nation of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story,” Tiffany Haddish for “Sat- urday Night Live,” Issa Rae for “Insecure” and John Legend for “Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert.” Darren Criss, who is of Filipino de- scent, was also nominat- ed for “American Crime Story.” Sandra Oh, the Cana- dian-born actress of “Grey’s Anatomy” fame, became the first nominee of Asian descent in the leading drama actress category. Oh, who earned five supporting actress bids for “Grey’s,” has earned critical praise for her role as a spy hunting a female assassin in BBC America’s “Killing Eve.” “I think we’re all happy with the direction we’re going. This is the most diverse class of perform- er nominees we’ve had ... which is fantastic,” Maury McIntyre, TV academy president, said Thursday after the nom- inations for the Sept. 17 “ Night Live”) and Henry Winkler (“Barry”). In 2017, the nomina- tions showed significant gaps in Emmy progress. “Master of None” star Aziz Ansari, who is of Indian heritage, was the sole Asian-American to be nominated for a con- tinuing series lead or supporting role. Not a single Latino was includ- I think we’re all happy with the direction we’re going. This is the most diverse class of performer nomi- nees we’ve had ... which is fantastic ed in the marquee acting categories. The hard-won prog- ress made by the Afri- can-American stars and makers of shows includ- ing “black-ish” and “At- lanta” has brought them creative influence and visibility that Latinos and Asian-Americans, America’s first and third largest ethnic groups, re- spectively, are still aim- ing to achieve. The three ethnic groups make up a combined 37.2 percent of the U.S. population, according to U.S. Census figures. The TV industry has faced pressure to change in recent years, includ- awards were announced. Only one of this year’s categories, supporting actor in a drama, lacked any performers of color. In three categories, more than half the field are mi- norities. That includes sup- porting actor in a com- edy series, with black actors Tituss Burguss (“Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt”), Brian Tyree Henry (“Atlanta”) and Kenan Thompson (“Sat- urday Night Live”) and Tony Shalhoub (“The Marvelous Mrs. Mais- el”), of Lebanese descent, competing with Louie Anderson (“Baskets”) Alec Baldwin (“Saturday Transylvania cont’d from pg 6 ing (Jim Gaffigan). In fact, he’s already un- der her spell by the time Mavis and her hubby (Andy Samberg) finally figure out that the at- tractive captain’s up to no good. Can the hope- lessly-smitten Count be saved from the tempt- ress’ plan to spike his guacamole with garlic oil? Or might her mind be changed about the need to subdue the reformed, blood-sucking vampire. Thus unfolds “HT3,” a kid-friendly comedy di- rected by Genndy Tarta- kovsky who also helmed “HT1” and “HT2.” The principal cast members all reprise their roles, including Adam Sandler, Selena Gomez, Andy Samberg, Mel Brooks, Fran Drescher, Kevin James, Steve Buscemi, Molly Shannon and Da- vid Spade. While the humor-driv- en cartoon is laced with lots of side-split- ting slapstick and sight gags that are fun for the whole family, what really makes this blockbuster morality play memora- ble is its timely universal message about tolerance. Hey, it’s okay to be differ- ent, and please pass the popcorn! Excellent HHHH Rated PG for action and rude humor Running time: 97 min. To see a trailer for Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation, visit: TheSkan- ner.com. Kam Williams Movie Previews at Award winning movie crit ic Revealing celebrity s interview NEW MOVIES OPENING EVERY WEEK! GUY D’ALEMA/FX VIA AP By Lynn Elber AP Television Writer This image released by FX shows, from left, Lakeith Stanfield, Donald Glover and Brian Tyree Henry in a scene from the comedy series “Atlanta.” The program was nominated for an Emmy on Thursday for outstanding comedy series. The 70th Emmy Awards will be held on Monday, Sept. 17. ing from a multi-ethnic civil rights coalition formed after major net- works fielded a fall 1999 slate of new shows with only white stars. Net- works and producers have taken steps to boost opportunities, but with uneven results. Leonard James III, chair of the NAACP Im- age Awards committee, said last year that a long record of fighting for civ- il rights is behind the sig- nificant African-Ameri- can gains. “We’ve been engaged with the Hollywood com- munity for 100 years,” James said, including NAACP-led protests against D.W. Griffith’s “The Birth of a Nation” in 1915, just six years af- ter the organization was founded. “I think you’re beginning to see some of that work get very posi- tive results.” AP Music Writer Mesfin Fekadu in New York con- tributed to this report. Lynn Elber can be reached at lelber@ap.org and on Twitter at http:// twitter.com/lynnelber.
