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Exclusive: Back after three years, the Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment and the Black List have selected 10 screenwriters over a variety of genres for the fourth Cape List.

Drawing from all avenues of the Aanhpi community, the deep talent bench of the 2024 list features scripts about gunslingers, the aftermath of 9/11, Korean folk horror, the private origins of pop hits and awakening on a 1980s Irish strawberry farm. Adding to scope of skills on display, a number of the 2024 finalists like Sinuous author Sam Boyer and 56 A.P.O. scribe Vineet Dewan have appeared on previous versions of the Cape List and The Black List itself, as well as the Indigenous List.

“Cape is thrilled to return with the Black List for our fourth iteration to continue the legacy of the previous three Cape Lists,” said Michelle K. Sugihara, Cape Executive Director of the 2019 launched initiative’s first list since...

Marcia Gay Harden as Margaret, Skylar Astin as Todd and Tonja Kahlens as Tanya in ‘So Help Me Todd’ episode 18

Margaret and Todd face an explosive situation on CBS’s So Help Me Todd season one episode 18. Directed by Nick Gomez from a script by Stefanie Mah Woodburn, episode 18 – “Gloom and Boom” – will air on Thursday, April 27, 2023 at 9pm Et/Pt.

Oscar winner Marcia Gay Harden stars as Margaret Wright, Skylar Astin plays Todd Wright, and Tristen J. Winger is Lyle. Madeline Wise plays Allison, Inga Schlingmann is Susan, and Rosa Arredondo stars as Francey.

“Gloom and Boom” Plot: When a stranger with a bomb appears at the law firm demanding Margaret reverse her efforts to free her client on death row or the bomb will detonate, Margaret and Todd must rely on their legal and detective skills to untangle the crime, uncover the intentions of the bomber, and save everyone at the firm.

Matthew Wilkas guest stars as Margaret’s oldest son, the Lawrence from the episode’s title, on CBS’s So Help Me Todd season one episode seven. The Thanksgiving-themed episode, directed by Daniella Eisman from a script by Scott Prendergast and Stefanie Woodburn, will air on Thursday, November 10, 2022 at 9pm Et/Pt.

Oscar winner Marcia Gay Harden stars as Margaret Wright, Skylar Astin plays Todd Wright, and Tristen J. Winger is Lyle. Madeline Wise plays Allison, Inga Schlingmann is Susan, and Rosa Arredondo stars as Francey.

Episode seven guest stars include Clayton James, Thomas Cadrot, Artemis Litsiadis, Kimmy Shields, Craig March, Frances Flanagan, and John C. Macdonald.

“Long Lost Lawrence” Plot: When Margaret is disappointed that no one but Todd can attend her family Thanksgiving dinner, Todd tries to convince his brother, Lawrence (Wilkas), to come home. Also, Margaret’s family inadvertently helps her crack a case involving an injured bank teller and robbery.

It’s a Sunday morning in July. The doors to the dining room of a private home in West Los Angeles are swung wide open so that the 30 or so women sitting at folding banquet tables and on couches can take in some fresh air. Some crowd around the kitchen, where open boxes of donuts and bagels and trays of frittatas are out for a self-serve buffet. There’s a strawberry pie in the mix, for good measure, and plenty of coffee. Welcome to the Asian Women Writers Brunch.

The ongoing event has been Jennifer Hsu’s passion project. A practicing doctor, Hsu started writing three years ago after she says she grew tired of seeing her favorite Asian American TV characters being killed off, like Susie Chang (Tina Huang) on “Rizzoli & Isles” and Glen Rhee (Steven Yeun) on “The Walking Dead.”

“I started learning how to write but...

"I'm looking for a traveling companion." Epic Pictures Releasing has unveiled the first official trailer for a "mind-bending", psychological sci-fi thriller titled Imitation Girl, made by writer and director Natasha Kermani. Imitation Girl stars Lauren Ashley Carter (seen in the films Darling, King Rat) as a wandering space alien who lands in the middle of the New Mexico desert and takes on the form of another woman (hence the imitation). Her counterpart is a former concert pianist living in New York City. Eventually their paths will cross, as an exploration of two lost souls. The cast includes Neimah Djourabchi, Adam David Thompson, Catherine Mary Stewart, Stefanie Woodburn, Sanam Erfani, and Kevin O'Rourke. This looks a bit too bland for my tastes. Not enough real, edgy sci-fi, just some ideas but nothing tangible. Here's the first official trailer (+ poster) for Natasha Kermani's Imitation Girl, direct from YouTube: When an alien...

Stars: Lauren Ashley Carter, Neimah Djourabchi, Adam David Thompson, Catherine Mary Stewart, Stefanie Woodburn, Sanam Erfani, Kevin O’Rourke, William Wakeland, Taylor Warden, Kevin Metz | Written and Directed by Natasha Kermani

Julianna (Lauren Ashley Carter) is a young twenty-something adult performer living in New York who – although somewhat successful – is far from happy. Battling drug addiction and being trapped in a relationship that’s almost at breaking point, Julianna finds herself with a potential way out of the life she currently leads– her almost forgotten talent playing piano. As this is going on, a mysterious being (credited simply as Imitation) plummets to Earth and taking on the form of Julianna – courtesy of a centrefold spread left by a horny teenage boy in the desert – finds herself being taken in by a friendly and shy Iranian immigrant by the name of Saghi (Neimah Djourabchi). With the help of his sister (Sanam Erfani...