Hollywood, Health & Society (HH&S), a program of the USC Norman Lear Center, has announced a new partnership with Project Sleep, a nonprofit that aims to improve public health by raising awareness about sleep health, sleep equity, and sleep disorders.
Entries are now being accepted for the 2023 Sentinel Awards, which will honor some of the past year’s best TV entertainment that informs and motivates viewers to make choices for healthier and safer lives.
The $20,000 grand prize in HHS's first Blue Sky Scriptwriting Contest was awarded to writer Oriana Schwindt for her pilot for the series Merryville (“Love and Light”).
HHS announced six new members to its advisory board, and will draw on their knowledge and experience with the entertainment industry to help HH&S continue its role as a free resource for writers and producers to “get the facts right.”
Five accomplished Hollywood veterans—producer Norman Lear, actors Mimi Kennedy, George Takei and Marla Gibbs and comedian George Wallace— announce they’re still very much in the game in a new video about enriching the entertainment landscape with more stories about the vibrant lives of older adults.
HHS’s first Blue Sky Scriptwriting Contest for television storytelling announced the selection of five finalists at the 2022 Sentinel Awards on October 25, 2022, where the writers were invited to accept the recognition.
The 2022 Sentinel Awards this year honor 12 shows whose outstanding storytelling tackled powerful and timely topics, including Emmy nominees and winners Dopesick, Abbott Elementary and Hacks, as well as A Million Little Things, Never Have I Ever and Reservation Dogs, the breakout coming-of-age series about four indigenous teen-age friends living in rural Oklahoma.
