Exclusive: Kamala Harris, who is Black and of South Asian descent, has made history in more ways than one as a Vice Presidential candidate. That said, Atypical star Nik Dodani rallied South Asians from film and TV for a NowThis video to celebrate Harris and to discuss the power of voting — specifically the South Asian community.
Dodani was joined by Padma Lakshmi, Aasif Mandvi, Aparna Nancherla, D’Lo, Janina Gavankar, Ravi Patel, Sakina Jaffrey and Vinny Chhibber. At the end of the video are cameos from Kamala Harris’ sister Maya Harris and niece Meena Harris.
Written and directed by Dodani, the funny video features the actors having issues with Dodani’s requests. At one point, he asks Mandvi to take off his shirt, but instead Patel takes his off and says, “You think this is going to blow up like Kumail’s thing?...
Dodani was joined by Padma Lakshmi, Aasif Mandvi, Aparna Nancherla, D’Lo, Janina Gavankar, Ravi Patel, Sakina Jaffrey and Vinny Chhibber. At the end of the video are cameos from Kamala Harris’ sister Maya Harris and niece Meena Harris.
Written and directed by Dodani, the funny video features the actors having issues with Dodani’s requests. At one point, he asks Mandvi to take off his shirt, but instead Patel takes his off and says, “You think this is going to blow up like Kumail’s thing?...
- 10/26/2020
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
Jane Fonda, Robin Morgan, and Gloria Steinem — the Co-Founders of The Women’s Media Center — announce the honorees for the 2019 Women’s Media Awards, to be held on Tuesday, Oct. 22, at the Mandarin Oriental in New York City.
The Women’s Media Center will celebrate Julie K. Brown, Joy Buolamwini, Maria Grazia Chiuri, Lauren Embrey, Laura Flanders, Gayle King, Zerlina Maxwell, Samhita Mukhopadhyay, Maysoon Zayid, and the “You Are Not Alone” Querida Familia campaign organizers: America Ferrera, Diane Guerrero, Eva Longoria, Alex Martinez Kondracke, Mónica Ramírez, and Olga Segura.
The Women’s Media Awards were created to honor champions for women in media. The Women’s Media Center honorees set the standard for what media should look like when it gives voice to the female half of the country.
Julie K. Brown, a Miami Herald journalist, will receive the Wmc Investigative Journalism Award for reporting the decades of sexual abuse and...
The Women’s Media Center will celebrate Julie K. Brown, Joy Buolamwini, Maria Grazia Chiuri, Lauren Embrey, Laura Flanders, Gayle King, Zerlina Maxwell, Samhita Mukhopadhyay, Maysoon Zayid, and the “You Are Not Alone” Querida Familia campaign organizers: America Ferrera, Diane Guerrero, Eva Longoria, Alex Martinez Kondracke, Mónica Ramírez, and Olga Segura.
The Women’s Media Awards were created to honor champions for women in media. The Women’s Media Center honorees set the standard for what media should look like when it gives voice to the female half of the country.
Julie K. Brown, a Miami Herald journalist, will receive the Wmc Investigative Journalism Award for reporting the decades of sexual abuse and...
- 10/3/2019
- Look to the Stars
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