The Television
Academy and SAG-AFTRA recently hosted their annual Dynamic & Diverse
reception at the newly redesigned Television Academy headquarters in North
Hollywood.
Hundreds of
industry colleagues, celebrities and execs attended the soiree to celebrate
this year's Primetime Emmy Awards® nominees. For the first time in Academy
history, performers of color appear in every leading actor category.
Along with
saluting the Emmy nominations, DYNAMIC & DIVERSE is also an
opportunity to mix and mingle with the community of people of
color representing the entertainment industry.
Created in 2013
from an idea by Sharon Liggins, who was an Academy governor at the time, DYNAMIC
& DIVERSE has become an annual fixture during the Academy’s Emmy Awards
nomination festivities.
(l-r) John Marshall Jones, Hal Williams and Petri Hawkins Byrd
Jason George (Grey's Anatomy)
Television Academy Diversity Committee Co-chairs
(l-r) Hayma 'Screech' Washington and Rickey Minor.
Celebrities
in attendance included: Hal Williams (227), Malcolm Jamal Warner (The Cosby
Show), Aloe Blacc, Jessie Usher (Survivor’s Remorse), Timon Duckett (Queen
Sugar/OWN), Yvette Nicole Brown (Odd Couple/CBS), Colman Domingo (Fear the Walking
Dead/AMC), J August Richards (Notorious/ABC), Garcelle Beauvais (Spider-Man),
Yvonne Orji of Issa Rae's upcoming HBO series Insecure, Dale Godboldo (The People v.
O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story), Chris Williams, Hudson Yang and Ian Chen (Fresh Off the Boat), Lou
Gossett, Lisa Vidal, John Marshall Jones, Niecy Nash, LaMonde Byrd and Petri
Hawkins Byrd.
Shirley Gossett and Lou Gossett
Aloe Blacc
Jessie Usher
Lisa Vidal
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