here are our three finalists -- a junior at the university of southern california from bethesda, maryland... a sophomore at the university of california, berkeley originally from boise, idaho... and a senior at the university of pittsburgh from jamison, pennsylvania... and now here is

. >> reporter: in fact, a new university of southern california study on diversity gives failing grades to every hollywood movie studio and most tv makers. >> our study makes it really clear, hollywood is a straight white boy's club. >> reporter: all eyes are now on this year's oscar host chris rock who told "essence" magazine get paid less than everybody in hollywood. everybody's talking about jennifer lawrence, talk to gabrielle union. >> it is going to be an extremely memorable monologue simply because of that particular topic. >> reporter: in fact, an oscars producer says chris rock threw out his original monologue and completely rewritten it to include the diversity controversy. brandi hitt, abc news, hollywood. >>> join us on sunday night at 7:00 eastern for everything oscars. 4:00 pacific, of course, here on abc and tune in and join us here morning for a full wrap-up. >> you got your tux? >> i got it measured. i'll post a photo on my instagram. >> everyone's looking forward to that. >> we're all getting dressed up. >> glad you told me. go get a dress. >> wait till you see jack's

a new university of southern california study on "diversity" - looking at 2014 and 2015 -- gives failing grades to every hollywood movie studio and most t-v smith, usc researcher // :21 - :25 // "our study makes it really clear - hollywood is a straight white boys club." all eyes are now on this year's oscar host -- chris rock? ((graphic)) who told essence magazine in its march issue -- "black women get paid less than everybody in hollywood. everybody's talking about jennifer lawrence. talk to gabrielle union."sot -- david blaustein, abc newsradio movie critic // "it is going to be an extremely memorable monologue simply because of that particular topic" 5((on camera tag))in fact... an oscars producer says chris rock threw out his original monologue...and has completely re-written it... to include the diversity controversy. brandi hitt -- abc news -- hollywood. you can watch the oscars live on nine on your side this sunday night...live coverage a sneak peak of tonight's all-new scandal when we come back. back.plus... the big names making a stop at this year's bunbury music center.we'll b

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researchers at the university of southern california studied 414-films and series. the report found out of more than 11-thousand speaking roles studied, 71- point-7 percent were white and 12-point-2 percent were black . it also found women and minorities were under- represented as directors, writers, and show creators in the industry. 3 meanwhile, the early preparations for the award show are underway. crews are getting the hollywood boulevard red carpert ready for the a-list stars, including cast members from the best picture nominee "spotlight." the oscars air this sunday. 3 kim kardashian west posted a photo of her three-month-old son, saint west, for the first time. on her website, she said: "today is my dad's birthday. i know there's nothing more in the world he would have wanted than to meet 3 3 3 here is a look at current conditions.. in our next half hour we'll talk more about what to expect in the next 7- days. 3 3 morgan freeman can soon guide you on your next road trip. coming up, the app he is 3 it's 4:xx it's t-m-z time. jay, celine dion is ready to take

after evaluating more than 11,000 speaking characters, the university of southern california found just 28 percent of the characters were nonwhite. audiences see one female for every two males on screen. gays, lesbians, and transgender characters make up only two percent of characters with speaking roles. stephanie elam reports. supposed to be on the best in film. >> and the oscar goes to >> reporter: much of the conversation leading up to the oscars is being dominated by what the acting categories lack, diversity. >> the best actor is oh my god. it is a five way tie of all the white guys. >> reporter: for the second year in a row, the academy award acting nominees are all white. the immediate backlash dominating social media and led by jada pinkett smith.>> let's do us differently. >> reporter: film a spike lee. >> in all good consciousness, we cannot attend the academy awards.>> reporter: in response to the controversy, the academy's leadership moved swiftly to institute more changes to increase diversity among oscar voters. the goal, to double the number 2020. >> the academy is overw

here are our three finalists -- a junior at the university of southern california from bethesda, maryland... a sophomore at the university of california, berkeley originally from boise, idaho... and a senior at the university of pittsburgh from jamison, pennsylvania... and now here is the host of "jeopardy!" -- [ cheers and applause ] wow. thank you, johnny. thank you, ladies and gentlemen. and welcome, folks. hey, no matter how well you thought the quarter-final games went last we or the semi-finals earlier this week, this, the two-day finals, is really the most exciting part of the college championship, because of the payday. at the end of tomrow's program, one of these three players will be $100,000 richer. there'll be $50,000 for second place and $25,000 for the third-place finisher. so i want to wish you all good luck. here we go. here are the categorie for you... yeah, ancient. 1986. [ laughter ] you should do well in that. and finally... sarah, start. uh, translator for $200.

for the deciding game, here are the three finalists -- a junior at the university of southern california from bethesda, maryland... whose cash winnings yesterday total... [ cheers and applause ] a sophomore at the university of california, berkeley, originally from boise, idaho... whose cash winnings total... [ cheers and applause ] and a senior at the university of pittsburgh from jamison, pennsylvania... and now here is the host of "jeopardy!" -- alex trebek! [ cheers and applause ] hey, thank you, johnny. hey, exciting moment, right? it's been a long, long time since we've gone into the deciding day of a championship with three players so evenly matched. look at those scores! as you know, they will be added to today's total to determine our champion. good luck. here we go. keep it going as well as you did yesterday. here are the categories... oh... next... notice the spelling of "whirled" there. we're dealing with anagrams here. that's followed by... ugh. and... and, sarah, once again, you go first.

researchers at the university of southern california studied 414 films and series. the report found out of more than 11,000 speaking rolls, 71% were white, 124% black. it also found women and minorities were underrepresented as directors, writers and show creators in the industry. >> bernie sanders is is hoping the latest endorsement will help him with black voters. ad. in the ad lee says when bernie gets into the white house he'll do the right thing. with 65% support from black voters. democrats hold their primary on saturday. >> coming up in the carolina kitchen, learn how to make these strawberry short cake trifles. >> welcome into the carolina kitchen. jackie with perfect pretty sweets is with us. you are making something that sounds delicious. what is it? >> i'm calling it a mini trifle. it is a -- it is a cupcake in a jar. we have a nice strawberry glaze we'll make. take a store bought cake. cut it out. place this in the jar. and then we layer, with whipped cream, it is yummy when it comes >> so what we start with is the strawberry glaze. we are going to mash s

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it was released on monday by the social change initiative at the university of southern california. well, the report found that out of more than 11,000 speaking rolls rolls studied, 67% were male. 72% were white. 12% were black, and only 2% were nonheterosexual characters. >>> starbucks is overhauling its rewards program. the goal is to really speed up service at the checkout. under the old program, members didn't -- per visit. and it didn't matter how much you spent. the new program is based on how much a customer spends. starbucks expects the customer payouts are going to stay about the same under the new program. transitions happened today. so go ring up a few. >>> before we go, here's one way you can wake up in the morning. with a face full of fresh snow. the toronto zoo posted this video of a giant panda last week. according to the zoo, he woke up to see the snow, got excited. what else do you expect? got out of the cave and rolled right down the hill. he liked it so much, apparently he did it a few times. snow. >> best way to get up in the morning. >> that will wake you up righ

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and it's not just the on cars that lack diversity, according to a new study from the university of southern california, researchers found films in television produced by major media companies in the words of the researchers, whitewashed. women, people of color and people in the lgbt community are still fighting what has been termed an epidemic of invisibility. >> i think that the prequel to oscars snow white is hollywood snow white. i think our studdie makes it clear. hollywood is a straight white boy's club and we see this across the media. >> reporter: the academy of motion pictures, arts and sciences recently announced changes to the on cas -- oscars, including doubling the amount of women and minorities by 2020 and adding several governors. >>> and this is jason nicholas looking at the forecast. >> and we're talking about a big time mid-week winter storm. how will it affect you snow, rain, and a mix? we'll brick it down coming up our next item is a genuine "name your price" tool. this highly sought-after device from progressive can be yours for... twenty grand? -no! we are giving it away for just

diversity and social change initiative at the university of southern california. researchers studied over 400 films and series'. the report found that out of more than 11- thousand speaking roles ... more than 66 percent were male ... nearly 72 percent were white ... african american. when the group looked behind the cameras... it found that women and minorities were also under- represented. here's what you can expect to see tonight in primetime ... starting at eight it's superstore. after that it's telenovela at 8:30. following that is the biggest loser at nine. then at 11 we'll be back with more local news weather and sports. remember you can always let us know what you're thinking while we're not on the air. search "wsls" on facebook. thanks for joining us for wsls 10 at seven. we'll see you back here at eleven. controversy continues to i would kill for something sweet. wanna split that? no...soooo much fat... don't fight your instincts. with each for 150 calories or less! try our lemon bars, brownies, and cheesecakes. fiber one. are you eating lucky charms? no.

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. >> reporter: a new university of southern california study on diversity look ath 2014 and 2015 gives hollywood movie studio and most tvmakers. >> our study makes it really clear, hollywood is a straight white boy's club. >> reporter: all eyes are now on chris rock who told black women get paid less than everybody in hollywood. everybody's talking about jennifer lawrence, talk to gabrielle union. >> it is going to be an extremely memorable monologue simply because of that particular topic. >> reporter: in fact, an oscar producers says chris rock threw out his original monologue and completely rewritten it to include the diversity controversy. brandi hitt, abc news, hollywood. >>> join us on sunday night at 7:00 eastern for everything oscars. 4:00 pacific, of course, here on abc and tune in and join us here at "world news now" next monday morning for a full wrap-up. >> you got your tux. >> i got it measured. i'll post a photo on my instagram. >> everyone's looking forward to that. >> we're all getting dressed up. >> glad you told me. get a dress. >> wait till you see jack's outfit real

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for the deciding game, here are the three finalists -- a junior at the university of southern california from bethesda, maryland... [ cheers and applause ] a sophomore at the university of california, berkeley, originally from boise, idaho... whose cash winnings total... [ cheers and applause ] and a senior at the university of pittsburgh from jamison, pennsylvania... who won $22,001 yesterday. and now here is the host of "jeopardy!" -- alex trebek! [ cheers and applause ] hey, thank you, johnny. hey, exciting moment, right? it's been a a ng, long time sisie we've gone into the deciding day of a championship with three players so evenly mahed. look at those scores! as you know, they will be added to today's total to determine our champion. good luck. here we go. keep it going as well as you did yesterday.

a new university of southern california study on "diversity" - looking at 2014 and 2015 -- gives failing grades to every hollywood movie studio and most t-v makers. dr. stacy l. smith, usc researcher: "our study makes it really clear - hollywood is a straight white boys club." all eyes are now on this year's oscar host -- chris rock? magazine in its march issue -- "black women get paid less than everybody in hollywood. everybody's talking about jennifer lawrence. talk to gabrielle union." david blaustein, abc newsradio entertainment correspondent & movie critic: "it is going to be an extremely memorable monologue simply because of that particular topic." in fact... an oscars producer says chris rock threw out his original monologue ... and has completely re- written it... to include the diversity controversy. brandi hitt -- abc news -- hollywood. you can watch the academy awards, right here on kolo 8 this sunday. an academy award preview show-- "road to gold", begins at one. then you can watch all the stars walk the red carpet, starting at two. and, the oscars will start at 5-30. ### dow

for the deciding game, here are the three finalists -- a junior at the university of southern california from bethesda, maryland... whose cash winnings yesterday total... [ cheers and applause ] a sophomore at the university of california, berkeley, originally from boise, idaho... whose cash winnings total... [ cheers and applause ] and a senior at the university of pittsburgh from jamison, pennsylvania... who won $22,001 yesterday. and now here is the host of "jeopardy!" -- alex trebek! [ cheers and applause ] hey, thank you, johnny. hey, exciting moment, right?

for the deciding game, here are the three finalists -- a junior at the university of southern california from bethesda, maryland... whose cash winnings yesterday total... [ cheers and applause ] a sophomore at the university of california, berkeley, originally from boise, idaho... whose cash winnings total...

a stunning lack of diversity in tv and film roles according to a new study from the university of southern california. researchers looked at more than 100 films and 300 series from 2014 and 2014 and found female characters filled only 28.7% of speaking roles in films. only 18% of all films and series 28.3% of speaking characters in films and series were minorities. only 2% of speaking characters were identified as lgbt. >>> nbc meteorologist bill karins is here with your monday forecast. good morning to you. >> good morning. very warm weekend. a lot of record highs. now a rainstorm in the south. heavy rain this morning just north of houston. also northern louisiana and arkansas. eventually this rain is going to push into mississippi and alabama. that's where you need the umbrella. the heaviest rain in montgomery, mobile, especially north of mobile. possibility of 2, 3 inches. that's storm one. storm two behind that is going to be a bigger storm toward the middle and end of the week. that storm, mostly a warm storm, could give us severe weather tomorrow in areas of the deep south along the gulf. thund

here is our second group of semi-finalists -- a sophomore at augustana university from houston, texas... a junior at the university of southern california from bethesda, maryland... and a senior at wright state university from dayton, ohio... and now here is the host of "jeopardy!" -- alex trebek! [ cheers and applause ] thank you, johnny. thank you, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome. one player waiting in the wings ready to come back

here are our three finalists -- a junior at the university of southern california from bethesda, maryland... a sophomore at the university of california, berkeley originally from boise, idaho... and a senior at the university of pittsburgh from jamison, pennsylvania... and now here is the host of "jeopardy!" -- alex trebek! [ cheers and applause ] wow. thank you, johnny. thank you, ladies and gentlemen. and welcome, folks. hey, no matter how well you thought the quarter-final games went last week

here are our three finalists -- a junior at the university of southern california from bethesda, maryland... a sophomore at the university of california, berkeley originally from boise, idaho... and a senior at the university of pittsburgh from jamison, pennsylvania... and now here is the host of "jeopardy!" --

here is our second group of semi-finalists -- a sophomore at augustana university from houston, texas... a junior at the university of southern california from bethesda, maryland... and a senior at wright state university

a stunning lack of diversity in tv and film roles according to a new study from the university of southern california. researchers looked at more than 100 films and 300 series from 2014 and 2014 and found female characters filled only 28.7% of speaking roles in films. only 18% of all films and series were gender balanced. 28.3% of speaking characters in films and series were minorities. only 2% of speaking characters were identified as lgbt. >>> nbc meteorologist bill karins is here with your monday forecast. it's monday but i'm trying to get over the great weather we had. >> pretty much coast to coast. it was a normal spring-like weekend. i hope you had a chance to enjoy it. we have a weak storm coming in here. there is not a lot of precipitation from seattle southward down interstate 5 and a little bit. it's going to rain for like 15, 20 minutes and then pass on through and then it will be gone. that will be bet about it. as far as this week goes we have a couple storms we are tracking. a little weak one today. a little snow. we have severe weather to deal with, maybe tornadoes tomorrow in areas of

data by the university of southern california shows the huge discrepancy in gender. across the board...movies, t-v or other streaming services....there are nearly 3 times as many males, as there are females. and the report shows gender isn't the only issue. take a look at this chart.... three-fourths of film actors were many people say they will boycott the oscars this this diversity issue. starbucks is overhauling its rewards program, and some people are unhappy about it. under the old program, members visit -- and it didn't matter how much was spent. as a result, customers were asking baristas to ring up a series of items as separate transactions. the company says their goal is to end that, and speed up service at the checkout. however....the new program makes you spend close to 150 dollars to get rewards...instead of making 30 purchases. and customers who spend small amounts each time, will have a tougher time getting rewarded. night's sleep...you should set your degrees lower. a new study from the wall street journal says the coming in... and the time of day you

reporter: a new university of southern california study on diversity, looking at 2014 and 2015, gives failing grades to every hollywood movie studio and most t.v. makers. >> our study makes it really clear. hollywood is a straight white boys' club. reporter: all eyes on this year's oscar host, chris rock, who told essence magazine, black women get paid less than everybody in hollywood. everybody is talking about talk to gabrielle union. >> it is going to be an extremely memorable monologue. reporter: an oscar producer said chris rock threw out his original monologue and has completely rewritten it to include the diversity controversy. >> the haven't, joe biden -- the vice president will make a call for sexual assault awareness and then he will introduce lady gaga. "till it happens to you." and that explores incidents of sexual assault on college campuses. >> "the hunger games" star jennifer lawrence is this year's highest paid oscar nominee. forbes reporting that the actress earned $52 million between june 2014 and june 2015. she is nominated for best actress for her role in the film