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My Isolation Diary
Did I See You at BE Con?
by Emily Vogel
Dear Diary,
Yesterday someone called me pretty – they actually called me pretty psychotic, but I’m choosing to focus on the positives this month – like acknowledging the benefits of having to pivot to virtual events in the midst of a global pandemic.
Craving social interaction with someone other than my cat and the DoorDash delivery guy, I was over-the-moon when my team decided not to cancel our annual BE Mentorship Conference. Thanks to technology, we were able to transform the 200-person L.A. based event into a 5-day virtual conference with livestreams reaching 300,000 viewers across 30 different countries.
Whether you’re craving more BE content or suffering #FOMO, don’t worry, we’ve got you covered. Scroll down for a piece of the action!
Eva Longoria Hopes ‘Black and Brown Communities’ Will ‘Link Arms’ to Fight Racism
“Our industry is so intersectional. Our lives are intersectional, and so our media should reflect that. Our media, what we create in Hollywood, needs to service the people who consume it, and people who consume it are mostly people of people of color,” Eva Longoria told TheWrap's editor-in-chief Sharon Waxman during Monday’s keynote conversation at BE Conference 2020.
'Kissing Booth 2' and 'Outer Banks' Stars on the Importance of Positivity in Queer Representation
“So often, being queer, I see this queer sad story. And it’s like, yes, it is hard being queer. Yes, coming out is often a struggle. But for once, it would be nice to just watch a show and see a happy queer person where that’s not the only part of their identity that’s explored,” said “Kissing Booth 2” star Maisie Richardson-Sellers.
"Outer Banks" star Madison Bailey seconded Richardson-Seller’s thoughts on queer representation, “I think we’ve definitely told our trauma story and we’ve shown a lot of the hard parts about coming out and the struggles of being Black. We’ve shown that. Now it’s time to celebrate it."
Mädchen Amick, Niecy Nash and Jessica Yu on Creating Your Own Path: ‘I Had Drive, I Had a Plan’
At age 14 on a trip to L.A. , aspiring actress Mädchen Amick went to Elite Models, where an agent told her that if she came back at 16, emancipated, she’d get representation. The "Riverdale" star went back to Nevada and told her parents that if she couldn’t provide for herself within a year, she’d come home and go back to school.
“I was really driven to make it within that year and my mom just told me, not too long ago, ‘you started paying for yourself within three months. You took over everything.’ I had drive, I had a plan, and I just worked really hard from the moment the sun came up to the moment the sun went down. I auditioned for everything, then that caught hold and ‘Twin Peaks’ changed everything.”
Gatekeepers Must Be Willing to Cede Power to Diversify Hollywood, Latinx Advocate Says
“There’s been a lot of talk about diversity and inclusion in Hollywood. There are divisions that are responsible for this. And at the end of the day, nothing has happened. We continue to talk about it,” LA Collab co-founder Ivette Rodriguez said. “Until we actually have a seat at every single table, we’re never going to move forward because anyone that has any kind of power in Hollywood — whether it’s hiring power, whatever division you’re in, whether it’s greenlighting power — it’s power. It doesn’t matter who you are. It’s power. And you say, ‘I want to make change, but as long as you don’t take my power away, as long as it doesn’t change my pocketbook, as long as I don’t have to change, then I’m all for this.'”
‘Real Housewives of Atlanta’ Star Kandi Burruss on Moving Past ‘Guilt’ of Surrogacy, IVF
Speaking with “Suga” hosts Tika Sumpter and Thai Randolph, “The Real Housewives of Atlanta” star Kandi Burruss said that after the birth of her first daughter, she had a myomectomy surgery to remove fibroids that left her with scar tissue, which made it difficult for her to become pregnant again. But after doing her research and speaking with her doctors, Burruss made the decision to use IVF for her second child and a surrogate for her third — moments that were partially documented on “Real Housewives” and led other mothers to begin opening up about their own experiences with IVF or surrogacy, Burruss said.
Tia Mowry’s Entrepreneurial Advice to Women: ‘Passion’ Is as Powerful as Traditional Credentials
“You just have to have, you know, that persistence, a thick skin and realize you just can’t take everything too personally,” Mowry said. “I mean, here I am, right? I’m an actress. Then, I’m telling everybody that I love to cook and I want my own cooking show. To the average person, they will look at that and go, ‘But, like, have you gone to culinary school? Are you a chef?’ No. I did not go to culinary school and no, I am not a trained chef, but what I do have is exactly what you guys said: passion for food and just cooking.”
Imagine TV’s Samie Kim Falvey on Women Breaking Into Hollywood: ‘You Have to Swim Outside Your Lane’
When Imagine TV president Samie Kim Falvey got her start in the entertainment business at ABC, she was one of very few women in the field and felt almost as if she “came in the side door.” But brushing off the so-called imposter syndrome led Falvey to a position at one of the top television studios in the country, and now she’s trying to use her position to continue diversifying Hollywood.
One of Falvey’s biggest influences in her career so far was executive Paul Lee. “He was one of the very first people who I reported to who said, 'You have to swim outside your lane.'”
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As a special treat, we invite you to enjoy our closing performance from BE Con with "Upload" star Andy Allo - CLICK HERE TO WATCH!
During her performance, Andy reflected on her experience mentoring at BE, “This week has been amazing. I got to mentor a group of incredible women and spent the afternoon talking about our goals, talking about how to manage our time, our schedules but also making time for ourselves…what I had us do was come up with one thing to do once a week that was just for us - walking to the beach, taking a dance class on YouTube, 5 minute meditation, and I was so inspired to do that for myself.”
Andy is continuing to lead mentorship workshops and work with small groups to achieve their goals. If BE Conference has left you hungry for more mentorship opportunities, check-out Andy’s website: https://www.andyallo.com/workshop
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Emily Vogel on behalf of WrapWomen
Content Manager, TheWrap
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