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Madam Secretary, Nuclear Threats and International Security

Submitted by Russ on Tue, 2021-03-23 11:51
Tea Leoni as Secretary of State Elizabeth McCord

Madam Secretary, which starred Téa Leoni as Elizabeth McCord, a former CIA analyst who becomes U.S. secretary of state (and eventually president), mixed Washington politics with international intrigue and even some old-fashioned family domestic drama during its six-season run on CBS.

Secretary McCord negotiated several global nuclear treaties (China/Russia and India/Pakistan), and managed risky international situations and domestic terrorist dangers with wise aplomb.

2016 Sentinel Awards

"Madam Secretary," "black-ish" and "Last Week Tonight with John Oliver" were among the winners at the 17th annual Sentinel Awards ceremony, a glittering evening that celebrated exemplary TV storylines covering health and climate change topics and featured a special appearance by Norman Lear.

HH&S Newsletter (Summer 2023)

Submitted by Russ on Wed, 2023-08-16 15:19

The summer newsletter spotlights "Barbie," a film in which differences are settled without gun violence; our own Trigger Warning report offers gun guidelines for the media; the second in a series of mixers "Do the Right Thing" promoting BIPOC voices in the creative community; and a “Toxic Tour” that explores first-hand the link between fossil fuels and plastic pollution.

Plastic Pollution Toxic Tour

It’s no secret that plastic is bad for the environment, but the inextricable relationship between plastic and fossil fuels is often overlooked: 99% of the world’s plastic is made from refined fossil fuels, and plastic harms the planet at every stage of its eternal life cycle, beginning with air pollution and carbon emissions from the oil refineries that create plastic and ending with waste polluting the oceans and littering the Earth. 

Do the Write Thing Mixer: Where Community and Creativity Meet

USC Annenberg's Hollywood, Health & Society made a splash with their recent mixer kickoff event titled Do the Write Thing, where creatives and community came together to celebrate voices that don’t get heard enough in Hollywood, specifically people of color and Indigenous groups.

The gathering, held May 10 at the Aster hotel and social club in Hollywood, featured conversation, catching up among friends, and some good old-fashioned networking among the guests.

Featured speakers during an informal panel were:

2022 Sentinel Awards

Some of the brightest stars and creative talent in Hollywood walked the red carpet at the 2022 Sentinel Awards held Oct. 25 at the Television Academy. It was an evening to celebrate TV entertainment that makes a difference, and 12 shows were honored for storytelling that tackled powerful and timely topics.

HH&S Newsletter (Spring 2022)

Submitted by Russ on Sun, 2022-05-22 12:24

Our Spring 2022 newsletter spotlights posts about the HH&S Blue Sky Scriptwriting Contest; actress Alyssa Milano breaking down the unknown history of abortion in the U.S.; poor reviews for the business side of Hollywood when it comes to diversity; the return of the ATX Festival in Austin; and how robots could fill a critical care gap in long-term care facilities, ravaged by the pandemic.

50 Years After the Kerner Commission: Can Entertainment Inspire a New Will?

Few studio and network executives today probably know that the landmark 1968 Kerner Commission ever existed, or what it aimed to accomplish. Now, five decades after it was convened to examine the causes of civil unrest in American cities, the commission served as the jumping-off point for a discussion about Hollywood's part in helping to heal a divided society.